On Saturday 14 February delegates from all over Britain will be joined in London by international visitors for the 2nd Marxist Student Federation conference, held in SOAS. The theme of this year’s conference is internationalism: struggles of workers and youth are breaking out in one country after another. There is much that we can learn from these struggles
On Saturday 14 February delegates from all over Britain will be joined in London by international visitors for the 2nd Marxist Student Federation conference at SOAS. As well as discussing the international student movement across the world, students will be discussing on the perspectives and tasks for the Marxist students in Britain.
2nd Annual Conference of the Marxist Student Federation
Saturday 14th February
10am-6pm
SOAS, Kamran Djam Lecture Theatre (SOAS main building)
Free to MSF members; £3 entry for non-members
Social afterwards from 7pm
“Capital is an international force. To vanquish it, an international workers’ alliance, an international brotherhood, is needed. We are opposed to national enmity and discord, to national exclusiveness. We are internationalists.”
– Lenin (Letter to the Workers and Peasants of the Ukraine, 1919)
The theme of this year’s conference is internationalism. We are living through the early stages of the most turbulent period in world history. Global capitalism is in crisis and struggles of workers and youth are breaking out in one country after another. There is much we can learn from these struggles about how to do our work as Marxists in Britain, and there is plenty also that we can do to help strengthen the forces of Marxism internationally.
As the general election approaches in Britain, anti-immigration rhetoric is being ramped up by political parties and the media. International working class solidarity is more important than ever – Marxists point out that capitalism, not immigration, causes unemployment and scarcity, and that only an international movement can overthrow the international bourgeoisie.
A provisional rough agenda is below, with more details to follow. If you would like to attend the conference, please get in touch with your local Marxist society or contact@marxiststudent.com
Conference Agenda
10am – 1pm: World crisis and international struggle – reports from movements across the globe, including Mexico, USA, Brazil, Spain, Greece, and Italy.
2pm – 4.30pm: Perspectives and policy of Marxist students in Britain (see the draft perspectives document here)
4.30pm – 6pm: Reports and plans of Marxist societies around Britain
7pm – 11pm: Revolutionary social (room L67, SOAS main building)
