Marx Conference in Havana just completed

2004-05-13 Thread michael a. lebowitz
Dear Friends and Comrades, Here's a brief (clearly personal) report on the Marx Conference in Havana (Karl Marx and the Challenges of the 21st Century) that ran from 4-8 May; this particularly may interest those who attended last year and/or thought about coming this year. In general, in my

Re: Marx Conference in Havana just complete

2004-05-13 Thread Michael Perelman
Thank you, Michael, for the excellent report. I understand that Cuba was trying to draw back from the dollar economy a bit before Bush acted. Am I wrong? Could you teach us something about the evolution of the cuban economy? Thanks again. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California

Re: Marx Conference in Havana just completed

2004-05-13 Thread Michael Perelman
Thank you, Michael, for the excellent report. I understand that Cuba was trying to draw back from the dollar economy a bit before Bush acted. Am I wrong? Could you teach us something about the evolution of the cuban economy? Thanks again. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California

Marx Conference in Havana

2004-01-14 Thread michael a. lebowitz
Dear Friends and Comrades, Please forgive me for the impersonal nature of this note (and any duplicate postings), but I'm just back to Caracas and am about to go into overdrive. I'm writing to remind you about the Marx Conference, which is scheduled for 4-7 May in Havana (with a series of events

Marx Conference in Havana, May 2004

2003-11-20 Thread michael a. lebowitz
Dear Friends and Comrades, I have pasted below the invitation to attend the 2nd Marx Conference in Havana in May 2004. For those who attended this year's conference, let me call your attention to some significant changes. Whereas this year's conference was organised on a shoe-string basis