School Of Progress

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Free registration

Registration for the School is open and free. Depending on the venue, a contribution may be requested to attend in person, such as ordering a drink or a meal when a room in a restaurant or bar is privately booked. Online broadcasts are available on social media.

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Work, labour law, history and recent developments

Sat, 22 Aug

Evening course open to left-wing activists and supporters. How has the relationship with work changed over the past hundred years? What were the major legislative steps accompanying these changes? In-person in Paris and streamed live on social media.

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The EU, a liberal construction?

Sat, 22 Aug

Evening course open to left-wing activists and supporters. The European Union is at the heart of debates on the left, particularly since 2005. A look back at the liberal flaws in its construction. In-person in Paris and streamed live on social media.

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2017-2022: Emmanuel Macron's record

Sat, 22 Aug

Evening course open to left-wing activists and supporters. An assessment of Emmanuel Macron's five years in economic, social and democratic terms. In-person in Paris and streamed live on social media.

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Women and men intellectuals in politics

Sat, 22 Aug

Evening course open to left-wing activists and supporters. Since the Dreyfus affair, intellectuals have played a major, though historically uneven, role in politics. In-person in Paris and streamed live on social media.

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Poverty, an inevitability?

Sat, 22 Aug

Evening course open to left-wing activists and supporters. What does it mean to be poor in France today? An overview of poverty in 21st-century France. In-person in Paris and streamed live on social media.

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Better voting is possible!

Sat, 22 Aug

Evening course open to left-wing activists and supporters. Can voting systems such as majority judgment, the Condorcet method and the Borda method transform democracy? In-person in Paris and streamed live on social media.

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School holidays

Sat, 22 Aug

No course is scheduled during the school holidays.

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Ukraine war

Sat, 22 Aug

Special online-only course responding to current events: why the war in Ukraine, and what are the consequences?

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Educational inequalities

Sat, 22 Aug

Evening course open to left-wing activists and supporters. The French republican school is failing to fulfil its role as a vehicle for social mobility. What are the causes and how can this be remedied? In-person in Paris and streamed live on social media.

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Gender and popular education

Sat, 22 Aug

Course exceptionally available online only.

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Ecofeminism

Sat, 22 Aug

Evening course open to left-wing activists and supporters. Often the subject of conservative fantasies, ecofeminism examines the links between environmental protection and gender-based relations of domination. In-person in Paris and streamed live on social media.

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Migration

Sat, 22 Aug

Evening course open to left-wing activists and supporters. Benoît Hamon, now director general of the NGO SINGA, leads a course on migration. In-person in Paris and streamed live on social media.