Summer School
Money Talks
22-24 July
Fircroft College
1018 Bristol Road South,
Selly Oak,
Birmingham B29 6LH
Money flows through every aspect of society, and therefore
affects every aspect of our lives. What possessions we have, the efficiency of
the services we use, and how we are supposed to value ourselves are all shaped
by the money system. We’re encouraged to think of the economy in much the same
way as we think about the weather – something changeable, but always there.
When the climate is ‘good’, life feels brighter. When the climate is ‘bad’, we
huddle down until we can ride out the storm. Although we’ll always have the
weather, the economy doesn’t have to be permanent. Our weekend of talks and
discussion looks at the role of money in our society. In what ways does money
affect how we think and behave? How does the economy really function? How did
money come to be such a dominant force? We also look forward to a moneyless
socialist society, which will be – in more than one sense of the word – free.
FRIDAY 22 JULY
17.00: Arrival
18.30 - 19.00: Evening Meal
19.45: Colin Skelly gives a talk about 'Labour-Time Vouchers
and Socialism'
21.15: Social
SATURDAY 23 JULY
7.30 - 9.30: Breakfast
10.00: Adam Buick provides 'An Idiot's Guide to Banking: How
To Avoid Being A Currency Crank'
12.30 - 13.15: Lunch
15.30: Darren Poynton selects some short videos on 'The Root
of All Evil? How Money Affects Behaviour And Attitudes'
18.30 - 19.00: Evening Meal
19.15: 'Socialists In Space: A Game Of Co-operative
Economics' run by Bill Martin
This team game will give us a chance to co-operatively run a
money-free society!
20.45: Social
SUNDAY, 24 JULY
7.30 - 9.30: Breakfast
10.00: Janet Surman discusses 'Profiting From A Moneyless
World'
12.30 - 13.15: Lunch
13.30 - 14.00: Departure
Please note that sessions may be filmed and/or recorded -
attendees can opt out of being included in any published videos or recordings
if they so wish.
There will be an exhibition on the SPGB's views on money and
a moneyless society over the decades. This will include some rarely-seen
articles from the Socialist Standard, leaflets, posters and cartoons.
Attendees will receive a free, exclusive, illustrated
publication packed with specially-commissioned articles on the theme of money
and a moneyless society.
As always, Summer School will also include a bookstall, with
hundreds of titles about politics, society, economics, history etc. For one
weekend, it's the only radical bookshop in the whole West Midlands!
Full residential cost (including accommodation and meals
Friday evening to Sunday afternoon) is £100. The concessionary rate is £50. Day
visitors are welcome, but please book in advance.
To book a place, send a cheque (payable to the Socialist
Party of Great Britain) to Summer School, Sutton Farm, Aldborough,
Boroughbridge, York, YO51 9ER, or book online. E-mail enquiries to
spgbschool@yahoo.co.uk
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