>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >FOURTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MAY DAY > >The Cuban Workers Confederation (CTC) and the Instituto de Historia de Cuba >are pleased to invite researchers, scholars, journalists, trade unionists, >information specialists, institutions, and organizations to participate at >the Fourth International Scholar Conference on May Day, to be held in La >Habana, on April 25, 26 and 27, 2001. > >The purpose of the conference will be to provide analyses and debates on >workers' role, their past and challenges at present in this early century, >full of enormous challenges and difficulties to overcome. > >This new conference will take place on the occasion of the 130 Anniversary >of the proclamation of the Commune of Paris. During 72 days, the French >proletariat was the protagonist of events of heroism. This fact was the >inspiration for workers' struggles worldwide. The remembrance and analysis >of the happening in different countries on this event, therefore, will be a >matter of attention at the present conference. > >Themes: > >* Workers and changes in economic, political and social processes, and >domestic events as well, which nfluenced in the dynamics of its formation, >organization, and development. > >* International and domestic organizations and movements (trade union, >political, recreation, sport, cultural, solidarity, and other sort) created >by workers. > >* Struggles to remove discriminatory treatment against women, immigrants >and child labor. > >* The role of labour class as historic subject of social changes; its >structure and section distribution; evaluation f its living conditions; its >psychology; its job; and its leisure time. > >* Echo of international events in internal affairs of countries, >concerning political, ideological, and economic matters of workers. > >* Neoliberal globalization and its echo in the labour movement, in the >whole labour world. And its effects on unemployment, wages, working >conditions, social welfare, night employment, lack of professional >qualification, and others. > >Paper Presentations > >Participants should deliver their papers not later than late January 2001. >Papers should be typed at double space. If any audio-visual aid is >required, please specify this. > >Papers should be no longer than fifteen pages. Presentations should last >not more than fifteen minutes, plus ten minutes for debate. > >The abstract should be no longer than 200 words, with the following >structure: title, author full name, and institution of employment, business >address, and brief curriculum vitae. > >The conference will be structured on the basis of panels, papers, >conferences, communications, and posters. The Organizing Committee will >determine the structure of conferences and panels. This Committee will >also analyse proposals of the participants in advance. > >The Organizing Committee will feel grateful extremely grateful to any >person, institution or mass media that discloses this call. > >REGISTRATION AND SUBSCRIPTION FEE > >The subscription fee will be $40.00 USD for visitors and $30.00 Cuban pesos >for home participants. This fee should be endorsed to the Organizing >Committee. Payment includes participation at work sessions, documentation, >attendance certificate, and credentials. Official languages will be >English and Spanish. > >The Organizing Committee suggests lodging at: >Inglaterra Hotel * Fax (537) 33-8254 >Deauville Hotel * Fax (537) 33-8148 >CTC Hotel * Tel: 62-3030 > >These hotels are near the Instituto de Historia de Cuba, the venue of the >conference. It is also suggested to contact the nearest local travel agency. > >Co-Sponsors: >Centro de Estudios Filosoficos, Politicos y Sociales "Vicente Lombardo >Toledano" (Mexico) >Centro de Investigaciones de Ciencias Sociales (Argentina) >Programa de Investigacion sobre el movimiento de la sociedad argentina >(Argentina) >Centro de Investigaciones en Ciencias Sociales (Argentina) >Instituto de Filosofia (Cuba) >Escuela Nacional de Cuadros "Lazaro Pen~a" (Cuba) >Museo Nacional de las Luchas Obreras (Cuba) > >Contact Information: >Dr. Luis H. Serrano Perez >Instituto de Historia de Cuba >Palacio de Aldama >Amistad No 510 e/Reina y Estrella >Cuidad de La Habana, Cuba >Fax: (537) 635019 y 613545 >Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Lic. Agustin Lopez >Central de Trabajadores de Cuba >San Carlos y Pen~alver >Telefono: 70-3506 >Fax: (537) 335408 > > >Louis Proyect > >(The Marxism mailing list: http://www.marxmail.org) __________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki - Finland +358-40-7177941, fax +358-9-7591081 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kominf.pp.fi ___________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe/unsubscribe messages mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________
