Alex Callinocos speaking at the Alternative G20 Summit, London on 1st April 2009

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Callinicos

Marxist theoretician Alex Callinicos speaking at the Alternative G20 Summit held at the University of East London on April 1st 2009:
http://www.altg20.org.uk/
http://www.g-20meltdown.org/node/1

The G20 Alternative Summit was a popular assembly or teach-in in a densely populated, working class area of London. It is being hosted at the national level by Britains University and College Lecturers Union (UCU). In short, this was an event for everyone who thinks that the bankers and politicians in their pay have been making a mess of things and need to be sacked and replaced.

At the last minute UEL pulled their support of the event, which was supposed to be held accross 2 lecture halls, forcing the event to be staged outside.
It's a sad day when our educational system, our Universities, pull away from opportunities to THINK and find solutions. Organiser and lecturer Chris Knight is currently suspended for comments made to the press in the run up to the G20 Meltdown... Serious Kudos to him for keeping on track and making sure this event happened!!!!

Sorry about the video quality

Peace x

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[siddhaam]

Thank you Spartacat for posting these videos. Best wishes from the old sod :)

[TheSpartacat]

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[Plutonwolf]

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[Plutonwolf]

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[tenagliac]

If you read Ayn Rand you are to believe that capitalism is the only moral economic system. Those with wealth and ability will triumph by means of their logical self interest, their virtue of selfishness,

But that denies the true corruptible human nature and we're paying the price for that blindness today.

We thought slavery was abolished, but actually, it's just been transformed into our world of perpetual debt ruled by the new world aristocracy.