[Marxism] 2007 URPE Summer Conference

Thu Jul 5 08:04:52 MDT 2007

2007 URPE SUMMER CONFERENCE
(Union for Radical Political Economics)

GLOBAL MIGRATION AND THE LOGIC OF CAPITALISM

Friday, Aug. 10 - Monday, Aug. 13

Camp Deer Run, Pine Bush, NY

See the URPE website -- http://urpe.org/urpesumm.html -- for  
information on the camp: location, directions, facilities, rates,  
registration form, etc.

Contact the URPE National Office if you have further questions:
urpe at labornet.org or 413-577-0806

Please register by July 27! Later registration involves an extra fee.

Download our flyer -- let others know about our conference:
http://urpe.org/URPESumConf07B.pdf

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CALL FOR WORKSHOPS

This year’s URPE Summer Workshop/Retreat, August 10 – 13, will focus  
on the politically current issue of immigration.  See the program of  
plenaries and the David Gordon Lecture below. As always, we will fill  
the weekend with workshops on all aspects of Radical Political  
Economy (not just immigration). Some workshops will focus on  
theoretical work, while others will keep us all abreast of active  
struggles in the US and around the world.

If you’d like to generate and participate in some dialogue on your  
work with others engaged in the same theoretical and real world  
struggles, please propose a workshop on it – with a group of one or  
two others if you know some people working on the same topic, or by  
yourself if not. The workshop coordinator this year is Graham  
Cassano. Please send your proposal to Graham at xrgb.com.

As of late June there is still space for new workshops.

In solidarity, the URPE Steering Committee

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PLENARIES and DAVID GORDON LECTURE

FRIDAY, AUGUST 10

7:00 – 9:00.  PLENARY 1:
THE CHANGING NATURE OF LABOR STRUGGLES IN THE UNITED STATES

Theory and Practice: A Labor Activist Reflects on Controversies in  
Economic Theory.
Brian Callaci, Campaigner, UNITE HERE.

Building the Movement for a New Social Contract in New Haven,  
Connecticut and Beyond.
Gwen Mills, CT/RI Political Director, UNITE HERE; Community  
Organizer, Connecticut Center for a New Economy.

Rebuilding the U.S. Labor Movement: Competing Visions and the Road  
Not Taken.
Mark Brenner, Labor Notes.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 11

7:00 – 9:00. PLENARY 2:
CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF TRANSNATIONAL MIGRATION

Female Migrant Labor and the Global Integration of Labor Markets.
Salimah Valiani, Social and Economic Policy Department of the  
Canadian Labor Congress.

Economic Insecurity and Remittances as Causes for Migration.
Alex Julca, Researcher.

Migration Chains to Chained Migration: The Rise of the U.S. Temporary  
Migrants.
Manny Ness, Professor of Political Science, Brooklyn College, CUNY. A  
currently available previous book of his on this subject is Unions,  
Immigrants and the New US Labor Market.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 12

4:00 – 5:30. The DAVID GORDON LECTURE

Radical Economics and Social Change Movements: Strengthening the  
Links between Academics and Activists.
Jim Stanford, Economist, Canadian Auto Workers union; Economics  
columnist, The Globe and Mail newspaper.

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OTHER WORKSHOPS WILL INCLUDE:

The Current State of Labor Studies Programs

After the War is Over: The Political Economy of the US Neoliberal  
Military State

Competition: The Birth of a New Science

Immigration, Emigration, and the Irish Past and Present

Political Economy Perspectives of Financial Institutions in Economic  
Development

Class Analysis and the Soviet Union

Theoretical Constructions of Household Production

The Pillars of Marxist Theory

Welfare Transformed: The Hidden Story

The Political Economy of Motherhood

Monopoly Capitalism, Class Consciousness, and Organizing

The High Cost of Free Trade

Film and Discussion: Sacco andVanzetti

Cuba Update

Report on the Atlanta Social Forum

Book Symposium—The Politics of Immigration

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Informal Socializing -- Outdoor Recreation -- Evening Entertainment

See you there!

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