Hands Off The People Of Iran Weekend School

Info on the weekend :

On Saturday-Sunday, 14-15th June 2008 the Campaign Hands Off the People of Iran will hold a weekend school, in University of London Union, Malet Street to discuss issues regarding the threat of war, sanctions and various aspects of the opposition to the the rule of the theocracy, inside Iran.

The final timetable for the HOPI weekend school is now up. Also note that there will be a social event on Saturday evening just around the corner from the Smugglers Tavern, Warren Street, W1T 5ND.

The organisers hope the two day event will be informative and there will be plenty of time for debate.

Saturday 14th June 2008

11.00-11.10
Introduction: The threat of war
Mark Fischer, Hopi chair and Communist Party of Great Britain

11.10-12.20
The 1979 revolution and its aftermath
Torab Saleth, Workers Left Unity Iran

12:20-12:35
Message from Iranian students in Tehran

12.35-13.30
Lunch Break

13:30 - 15:30
The working class movements and their response to the economic crisis in Iran
David Mather
Amir Javaheri Langaroudi

15.30-15.45
speaker from inside Iran- Recent workers struggles in Iran

15.45-16.00
Coffee Break

16:00-18:00
War, human rights and ‘humanitarian interventions’
Prof Bill Bowring, author and lecturer at School of Law, Birkbeck College London
Mike Macnair, lecturer in law at Oxford University and CPGB

18.30 onwards: Social at the Smugglers Tavern, 28 Warren Street, W1T 5ND

Sunday 15th June 2008

11.00-11.15
message from women activists inside Iran

11.15-12.30
Sanctions
Christine Cooper

12.30-13.30
Lunch Break

13.30-14.00
John McDonnell (MP)

14.30-15.45
Iran, Israel and the Middle East and the nuclear question
Moshe Machover

15.45-16.00
Coffee Break

16:00-17:00
Can imperialism liberate women?
Azar Majedi, Hopi steering committee

17:00 - 18:00
Iran's national minorities- Baluchistan
Rahim Bandoui