Five veteran members of the Fourth International discuss the early years of the Trotskyist movement
Saturday 14th November, 1pm-6pm (registration from 12 noon)
University of North London, Spring House, 6-40 Holloway Road N7 (Highbury & Islington tube)
Plenary Speeches and Workshop Discussion with
Charlie van Gelderen joined the trotskyist movement in South Africa in the 1930s. Sole survivor of those who attended the founding conference of the Fourth International in Paris in 1938. He settled in Britain and was active in rebuilding the Italian section at the end of the Second World War. Currently an active supporter of Socialist Outlook.
Bill Hunter is the author of 'Lifelong Apprenticeship'. Born 6 years before the general strike of 1926, a trotskyist since the age of 18, he was active in many working class struggles as well as winning militants during the crisis in the Communist Party after the Soviet Union's invasion of Hungary in 1956. Currently a supporter of Socialist Voice.
Harry Ratner joined the trotskyist movement at the age of 16 in 1936. He worked clandestinely with the French trotskyists at the start of the second world war and reported on the growing radicalisation among British troops as the war progressed. Active as a shop steward he lead many strikes and protests against redundancies in the textile machinery industry in the 1940s and 1950s. Member of the editorial board of Revolutionary History.
Livio Maitan is a longstanding member of the trotskyist movement in Italy, currently a supporter of Bandiera Rossa and on the leadership of the Partido Rifondazione Comunista.
John Archer became an active trotskyist in the early 1930's and a supporter of the Pierre Lambert international tendency since the 1970's. He is a supporter of Labour News.
Entrance £8 (£6 unwaged) – Advance registration £7 (£5 unwaged). To register for the creche (available in advance only) or for more details phone 0181 800 7460. Cheques made payable to "Socialist Outlook", please return slip to: "60 Years of the FI", PO Box 1109, London N4 2AA.