Glasgow goes to Marxism 2015 - £5 discount - Register before Wed 1st April and receive a great discount - £5 off your Marxism ticket.

[Keith 74]

Thought this may be of interest to some folks on this list. Always a big group go down from accross Scotland so you won't be on your own. 

Keith

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​9-13th July, Central London - marxismfestival.org.uk

Marxism 2015 is a five day political festival bringing together thousands of activists, trade unionists, students, writers and academics. There are over 160 meetings on everything from Palestine to UKIP, climate change to socialist alternatives.

Speakers at last years Marxism festival included John Pilger, Gareth Peirce, Darcus Howe, Peter Hain MP, Billy Hayes, Sheila Coleman, Michael Roberts, Janet Alder, Ronnie Kasrils and Louise Raw.

At Marxism 2015 there will be plenty to discuss. It will take place only a few weeks after the General Election. Although at this stage none of us can predict the outcome, it looks set to be one of the most racist election campaigns witnessed in Britain. Whatever the result, the question will remain of how we can build a bigger and more united left in Britain and take on the racist scapegoating of UKIP.

Events in the United States have shone a spotlight on the issue of police racism and violence. At the same time over 100 years on from the start of the First World War, questions of imperialism remain. From Gaza to Iraq, Syria to Ukraine, bloodshed and destruction continues and so does resistance to war.

We will explore all of these issues as well as many others at Marxism 2015 and welcome ideas for the event.

For full details and to book up today go to marxismfestival.org.uk or call us in the Marxism Office on 020 7819 1190

We are happy to postdate payments and break the total cost into instalments to make booking easier. 

Things you can do today:

1 - Click here to Share the festival TRAILER - Fantastic new Marxism 2015 trailer video on the Marxism Festival - https://youtu.be/Gq1rh4htYrg - Please share far and wide it is a great taster of what Marxism will be like this year.

2 - Click here to Book your festival TICKET

Ticket price includes free crèche  and accommodation - http://marxismfestival.org.uk/booking.htm

3 - Click here to Connect with the festival on FACEBOOK 

- https://www.facebook.com/marxismfest -

Click here to connect on TWITTER -  https://twitter.com/MarxismFestival

We hope you can come and be part of the discussions at Marxism 2015.

If you need more information or hard copies of publicity please get in touch with us on the details above.

Student/Low or No Income Offer

Travel Glasgow/Edinburgh - London return - Free accomodation and creche - plus your festival ticket.  All for only £65

Extra Information
You can check out last years Marxism timetable
http://www.marxismfestival.org.uk/tim...

Affordable transport Glasgow - London

Traveling can be expensive - we book up lots of cheap tickets well in advance of the festival to help reduce your travel costs.

Get in touch if you need help finding the cheapest form of transport or if you would like us to book your train ticket for you. 

Trains tickets: cheap tickets will go on sale from 16 April on www.eastcoast.co.uk

Free crèche  and accommodation.

Don’t forget Marxism Festival offers a free crèche as well as basic accommodation Creche places must be booked by Friday 19th June. 

Free accommodation.

Accommodation is usually “crash pad” type of accommodation on floors and in community centres. If you have a specific accommodation requirement, eg cannot sleep on a floor, have children with you or are disabled please let us know by Friday 19th June 2015 so that we can make the necessary arrangements. All accommodation requested after this date will be on a floor in a community centre.

Helping you enjoy the event.

We recognize that it can be expensive for some people to eat and travel in London for the duration of the festival. Thats why each day we organise a cheap picnic each day £1/£3 to eat as much as you like. It means we can all each cheaply and also meet up with others from accross Scotland. We also do local fundraisers in Glasgow in the months leading up to the event to help subsidise things like transport and food. Please get in touch if you have worries about being able to afford to go. 

Hotels/Youth Hostels/Student Halls.

If you prefer to stay closer to the event in paid accomodation there are a host of hotels etc to stay in.   Many people from Glasgow book into the Student Halls which is 10 minute walk from the event. Its costs around £45 per night for a single room. There are lots of hotels in London obviously but some options listed below. 

County Hotel

http://www.imperialhotels.co.uk/county 

Big, clean and for the centre of London cheapish at £54/73 single/double bed and full breakfast. It's across the road from Euston station. You have to share toilets and shower. 

Tavistock Hotel

https://www.imperialhotels.co.uk/tavistockk costs £83/£109 bed and breakfast. This is next door to Marxism festival.

Royal National Hotel

http://www.imperialhotels.co.uk/royal-national

You can get triple room for £135 but check the website for prices. 

If you need more information or hard copies of publicity please get in touch with us on the details above.

Get in touch with any questions, to book your ticket, for help with transport or to let us know you have booked online so that we can meet up during the festival.  Email: swpgl...@gmail.com

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