[URPE] URPE SUMMER CONFERENCE -- PROGRAM and CALL FOR WORKSHOPS -- August 10-13

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  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.
    
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 GORDONLECTURE

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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Informal Socializing -- Outdoor Recreation -- Evening Entertainment

See you there!




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