Socialism 2007 (the other thing that happened this weekend)
Socialism 2007, the Socialist Party's weekend of discussion and debate, took place on 17-18 November and attracted around 900 members. The weekend was organised into three sessions of two hour debates or talks and a rally on the Saturday and Sunday. Having worked with Socialist Students in Oxford before recently joining the AWL I had bought a ticket some time ago. Furthermore, having never been at one of these events before I had no idea what to expect. In each session there were eleven or twelve different debates, discussions or forums to go to; the choice was an incredibly wide one spread...