Fircroft College in Birmingham
19th – 21st August 2022.
This year’s Summer School theme is ‘The Class Divide’.
The Class Divide
The richest 10% of people own more than 80% of global wealth, and the 10 richest men have six times more wealth than the poorest 3.1 billion people combined. These vast inequalities in wealth reflect how society is split into two classes: the capitalist class get their wealth through owning industries and corporations, and the working class rely on wages or benefits to buy what is needed.
The Socialist Party’s weekend of talks and discussion looks at why capitalism is divided into classes and how the antagonism between them impacts the way we live. What is ‘class consciousness’ and how does it develop? To what extent is it meaningful to say that there is a middle class? What classes were there before capitalism, in previous stages of history? And what could a future classless society be like?
The full residential cost (including accommodation and meals from Friday evening to Sunday afternoon) is £100; the concessionary rate is £50.
Book online here or send a cheque (payable to the Socialist Party of Great Britain) with your contact details to Summer School, The Socialist Party, 52 Clapham High Street, London, SW4 7UN.
Day visitors are welcome, but please book by e-mail in advance.
E-mail enquiries to spgbschool@yahoo.co.uk.
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