[URPE] URPE SUMMER CONFERENCE -- REGISTER BY JULY 27 -- THIS WEEK!

Tue Jul 24 23:51:09 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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PROGRAM

FRIDAY, AUGUST 10

2:00 - 4:00 Steering Committee Meeting

4:00. REGISTRATION BEGINS AND CONTINUES ALL WEEKEND

5:00. RECEPTION/INTRODUCTION TO URPE

6:00. DINNER

6:00. Graduate students who have already arrived meet over dinner.

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.

9:15 - 11:00. Informal socializing: catching up with old friends, 
getting to know new ones.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 11

8:00. BREAKFAST

8:45 - 9:30 Continued discussion from the plenary session Friday night

9:45 - 10:40

Site A: After the War is Over: the Political Economy of the US 
Neoliberal Military State. (Chris Rude)

Site B: Competition: the Birth of a New Science (Jim Case)

10: 55 -12:00

Site A: Immigration, Emigration, and the Irish past and present.  
(Brendan Mark, Graham Cassano, Mike Ryan)

Site B: Political Economy perspectives of financial institutions in 
economic development (Leanne Ussher, Laura Ebert, Rex McKenzie)

12:00. LUNCH

1:00 - 2:00. RECREATION. Swim, hike, relax with friends.

2:15 - 3:45.

Site A: The Political Economy of Motherhood (Marie Duggan, Tami Ohler, 
Ayanna Bledsoe)

Site B: Class Analysis and the Soviet Union (David Laibman, Rick Wolff, 
Paddy Quick)

4:00 - 5:30.

Site A: Monopoly Capitalism, Class Consciousness, and Organizing (Andrew 
Jones, Dave Shukla, Chip Smith)

Site B : Theoretical Constructions of Household Production (Harriet 
Fraad, Paddy Quick, Rick Wolff, Graham Cassano)

6:00. DINNER

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 current previous book of his on this subject is Unions, 
Immigrants and the New US labor Market.

9:15 - 12:00. ENTERTAINMENT. Back (but expanded!) by popular demand 
(from us), dance and/or chill out to the phenomenal (it really is) 
sounds of Soul Purpose. Here's what they say about their band:

SOUL PURPOSE is a seven-piece DANCE BAND-
Male and female lead vocals, sax, trumpet, guitar, bass, drums and 
keyboards.

DANCE MUSIC is what we play. Combining the impact of a solid rhythm 
section with dynamic horn lines and a powerful vocal presence, we've 
been hitting the party, club, festival and wedding scene with a 
"Soulful" punch since 1998. Our repertoire includes Soul, Motown, Rock, 
Swing, Blues and Jazz. We play tunes that are irresistible---fun for 
both dancers and listeners alike!

SUNDAY, AUGUST 12

8:00. BREAKFAST

8:45 - 9:30. Continued discussion from the plenary session Saturday night

9:45 - 10:40.

Site A: The Pillars of Marxist Theory (Alex Tokarev)

Site B: The Current State of Labor Studies Programs (Frances Boyes)

10:55 - 11:50

Site A: Evaluating the Rise of Neoliberalism in Latin America: the Cases 
of 
Argentina, Brazil and Mexico (Paul Cooney)

Site B: Recent Trends in Privatization of the Commons and International 
Capital:  The Rise of "Nature's Real Estate Agency" in New York and the 
Global Economy (Irwin Sperber)

12:00. LUNCH

12:00. Women's Caucus meets over lunch.

1:00 - 2:00. BUSINESS MEETNG for URPE members. For non URPE members, a 
recreation period as on Saturday

2:05 - 2:50.

Site A: Labor Migration and World Systems Theory (Paul Hancock)

Site B: Report on the Atlanta Social Forum (Germai Medhanie, Julie Matthaei)

3:05 - 4:00.

Site A: The High Cost of Free Trade (Jon Hunt)

Site B: Welfare Transformed: The Hidden Story (Robert Cherry)

4:15 - 5:45. 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.

6:00. DINNER

7:00 - 9:00.
Film and Discussion: Sacco andVanzetti (introduced by Rina Garst)

"Miller realizes that the political passions fuelled by Sacco and 
Vanzetti in the 1920s are supremely pertinent to our own era's 
democratic crises. Anti-immigrant paranoia, threats to civil liberties, 
and rigged courtrooms are far from new. The film reminds a new 
generation that these inequities became catalysts for an international 
mass movement in the early part of the twentieth century."  Cineaste.

9:30 - 11:00. ENTERTAINMENT. Radical Folk Music, led by David Laibman 
and Gil Skillman. Bring your instruments, and be prepared to sing along!

MONDAY, AUGUST 13

8:00. BREAKFAST

8:50 - 9:45.

Site A: Book Symposium--The Politics of Immigration (David Wilson, Jane 
Guskin)

Site B: Exploring the Solidarity Economy Framework and Founding the U.S. 
Solidarity Economy (Germai Medhanie, Julie Matthaei)

9:55 - 10:50.

Site A: Measuring Wellbeing in a Meaningful Way. (Tom Masterson)

Site B:

11:00 - 11.55

Site A: Cuba Update (Al Campbell, Susan Metz)

Site B:  Transformation Central (Germai Medhanie, Julie Matthaei)

12:00. LUNCH

See you all next year!

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