Lectures

by Lydia Hughes, October 2022

The Trust organises an annual lecture as part of its commitment to Marxist political education. Whilst not all lectures were recorded, we have tried to archive as much of the material as possible below.

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1996 Eric Hobsbawm

Identity Politics and the Left

1998 Noam Chomsky

Power in The Global Arena

2000 Tom Nairn

Farewell Britannia: Break-Up or New Union?

2004 Robin Blackburn

A Rescue Plan for Pensions

2006 Moshé Machover

Israelis and Palestinians: Conflict and Resolution

2008 Terry Eagleton

Socialism and Culture

2013 Paul Mason

Why It’s Still Kicking Off Everywhere

2014 Nancy Fraser

The Limits of Commodification

2018 Gary Younge

All That Is Solid Melts Into Air – The politics of hope in a time of fragility

2022 Jodi Dean

Becoming Neofeudal: The inner logic of communicative capitalism

2023 Michael Hardt

The Subversive 1970s: The End of Mediation and Experiments in Autonomy

2024 Achille Mbembe

Substantive Democracy

Lydia Hughes