Marxism 2026: The Full Timetable

Marxism 2026 takes place at Trinity College Dublin from Friday 27 to Sunday 29 November.

The final timetable is here: more than 40 meetings, lectures, panels and rallies across the Arts Block.

Sessions run in the Burke Theatre and Rooms 3074, 3071, 3051 and 3026. Room 3025 is open all weekend and hosts Ireland’s largest left-wing book stall.

Tickets are available on Eventbrite.

Speakers marked with an asterisk (*) will appear via Zoom.

Friday 27 November

6.00–7.15pm

Students in the Struggle
Burke Theatre
Amy Kennedy (TCDSU President), Éabha Hughes, Roaa Aladdin

Book launch
Wolfe Tone, Irish Jacobin
Room 3074
Kieran Allen

Trans Rights are Human Rights
Room 3071
Jenny Maguire, Arcadia Jacob, Sylvia Kierkegaard

What is the Real Marxist Tradition?
Room 3051
Gyekye Tanoh

7.30–9.00pm

Opening rally
A World on Fire! A World of Resistance!
Burke Theatre
Richard Boyd Barrett, Ilan Pappé*, Clara Tatlow-Devally, Jérôme Legavre, Deirdre Cronin

Saturday 28 November

10.00–11.15am

Fighting Racism in Ireland
Burke Theatre
Amanda Ade, Roh Perera, Sipho Sibanda*, Miriam Boush

Europe on Fire!
What lessons for Ireland?
Room 3074
Jérôme Legavre, Conor Reddy, Richard Boyd Barrett

Social Reproduction Theory
Can it help us fight misogyny?
Room 3071
Marnie Holborow

Roger Casement
A light in the heart of darkness
Room 3051
Melisa Halpin, Gyekye Tanoh

Socialism or Barbarism?
Rosa Luxemburg’s relevance today
Room 3026
Rachel Hickey

11.30am–12.45pm

After the Midterms
What path for the Left in Trump’s USA?
Burke Theatre
Aminah Sheikh, Becca Bor, Afeni, Helen Hennessey

Palestine, Egypt and the Arab Spring
Does the road to Jerusalem go through Cairo?
Room 3074
Hossam El Hamalawy, Anne Alexander

Book launch
Radicalism and the Protestant Working Class
Room 3071
Fergal MacBhloiscaidh

Marx and Engels: Partners in Revolution
Room 3051
Kieran Allen

Capitalism and Disability
Room 3026
Sophia Mulvany, Goretti Horgan

Lunch
The IPSC March for Palestine is at 1.00pm.

3.00–4.15pm

Resisting Imperialism and War
From Gaza to Garvaghy Road
Burke Theatre
Abdallah Aljazzar, Richard Boyd Barrett, Sumoud Amter, Jamal Juma’, Aamor Crofts

Class versus Identity
Marxism and the new politics of difference
Room 3074
Sinéad Kennedy

USA versus China: A New Cold War?
Room 3071
Brian O’Boyle

Frederick Douglass: “No Struggle. No Progress.”
What can we learn from his life?
Room 3051
Summayyah Popoola

Why is Stalinism in Vogue?
Room 3026
Steph Hanlon

4.30–5.45pm

Marx and the Tech Bros: Is it Technofeudalism?
Burke Theatre
Yanis Varoufakis* in conversation with Mark Walsh

The Fire Last Time
1968 and lessons for today
Room 3074
Eamonn McCann in conversation with Ade Wallace

Conspiracy to Counter-Revolution
Fascism in Ireland and Britain
Room 3071
Richard Donnelly, Jim Larmour

Whatever happened to Leon Trotsky?
Room 3051
Lewis Nielsen

Stalemate on the Hill: Is Stormont Finished?
Room 3026
Rebekah Corbett

6.00–7.30pm

Tech Tyranny
Data centres, AI and resistance
Burke Theatre
Paris Marx, Anne Alexander, Patrick Bresnihan

The New Scramble for Africa
Room 3074
Gyekye Tanoh

Ireland’s Radical Literary Tradition
Room 3071
Paul O’Brien

European Militarisation and the Erosion of Irish Neutrality
Room 3051
Nathan Young, Sara O’Rourke

Sunday 29 November

11.00am–12.15pm

The Injustice in Our Justice System
Burke Theatre
Osgur Breathnach, Sammy Wheelock, Leon Diop (Yves Sakila Campaign)

How should Marxists respond to AI?
Room 3074
Mark Walsh

Is Zionism Racism?
Room 3071
Becca Bor

Is the Working Class really Capitalism’s Gravedigger?
Room 3051
Joe Daly

12.30–1.45pm

Sexism, Misogyny and the Manosphere
Burke Theatre
Hazel de Nortúin, Natasha O’Brien, Emma Hendrick, Miriam Boush, hosted by Ailbhe Smyth

Where is the Climate Movement?
Room 3074
Eoghan Daltún, Bríd Smith, Jennie Stephens

Book launch
Counter-Revolution in Egypt
Room 3071
Hossam El Hamalawy

Book launch
Revolution and Counter-Revolution in the Spanish Civil War
Room 3051
Hector Sierra

Lunch

3.00–4.15pm

Radical Music, Protest Song and Resisting Colonialism
Burke Theatre
Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin, Lisa O’Neill*, Carsie Blanton*, compèred by Laura Watson

Genocide: The Destruction of Palestine
Room 3074
Fintan Drury, Roaa Aladdin

Ireland’s Role within Dollar Imperialism
Room 3071
Brian O’Boyle

Towards the Workers’ Republic!
The revolutionary ideas of James Connolly
Room 3051
Shaun Harkin

4.30–5.45pm

Culture, Imperialism and Resistance
Burke Theatre
Naoise Dolan, Joe Rooney, Sinéad Kennedy, Richard Boyd Barrett

Book launch
Hyperscale: The Rise of the Data Empires
Room 3074
Paris Marx

The Return of Strikes
What next for organised labour?
Room 3071
Jim Larmour, Kellie McConnell, Shaam, Deirdre Cronin

Lenin and the Actuality of Revolution
Room 3051
Stewart Smyth

5.45–6.15pm

Final rally
End Times Capitalism: We need a Revolution!
Burke Theatre
Aminah Sheikh, Kellie McConnell, Lewis Nielsen, Afeni

Marxism 2026 is organised by the Socialist Workers Network, a network within People Before Profit, in association with Rebel and the Irish Marxist Review.