Forwarded on behalf of Mike Lebowitz [the attachment is reproduced
below]:
>Dear Friends and Comrades,
> Attached (this time it should open!) is an announcement of a
> conference next May in Havana which I have been helping to organise.
The
> theme, "Karl Marx and the Challenges of the 21st Century,"
is one that
> should interest listmembers, and the hope is to have papers
distributed
> in advance and a series of continuing panels ('commissions') which
> maximise discussion among participants.
>
Among those who have already indicated their intention to present
> papers are Greg Albo, Robert Albritton, Samir Amin, Patrick Bond,
Werner
> Bonefeld, Paul Burkett, Alexander Buzgalin, Al Campbell, Paresh
> Chattopadhyay, Simon Clarke, Han Deqiang, Heinz Dieterich, Elizabeth
> Dore, Gerard Dumenil, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Helio Gallardo, Marta
> Harnecker, Martin Hart-Landsberg, Remy Herrara, John Holloway,
Francois
> Houtard, David Kotz, Georges Labica, Michael Lebowitz, Hein Marais,
> Terrance McDonough, Istvan Meszaros, Dimitri Milonakis, Simon Mohun,
Fred
> Moseley, Trevor Ngwane, Leo Panitch, James Petras, Robert Pollin,
Richard
> Westra and Brigitte Young.
>
If you are interested in presenting, unfortunately there is a
> relatively short deadline that has been set (although there may be
some
> flexibility-- in Cuba there generally is). Another possibility is to
> serve as a paper discussant; if you are interested in this (or have
any
> other specific questions ), write to me with a copy to Nchamah
Miller
>
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
indicating the subject area you would prefer.
> Also, could you please circulate this to any other lists where
> you think this conference will be of interest. Thanks.
> in solidarity,
> mike
>
>-----------------------
>Michael A. Lebowitz
>Economics Department
>Simon Fraser University
>Burnaby, B.C., Canada V5A 1S6
>Office: Phone (604) 291-4669
> Fax (604) 291-5944
>Home: (604) 689-9510 [NOTE CHANGE]
>Lasqueti Island: (250) 333-8810
[Content of attachment referred to above]:
Havana conference: May 5 - 8, 2003
Karl Marx and the Challenges of the 21st Century
At the time of posting of this notice we already have the
confirmation of many internationally recognized scholars from all
continents and thus we are driven in our efforts to making this
conference as open as possible and maintaining our set
objectives.
Other Conference related activities
With a view to maintaining communications post the conference, the
Organizing Committee will be presenting a proposal to establish an
on-going Permanent International Workshop: Marx and the challenges of the
Century XXI which would publish, organize events and in general maintain
a continued interchange between participants to the conference and new
colleagues that may wish to join us.
Those who wish to participate in the activities that will be organized
for the International Workers Day on May 1st, and others that will be
co-ordinated by the Cuban Workers Labour Union together with the
Organizing Committee during the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th of May should advise
the Co-ordinator of the Scientific Committee prior to the 31st of January
2003. The program for the activities for those days will be
published shortly and will include academic discussion and interchanges
with Cuban specialists and well as activities with the Cuban labour
movement among others.
We will be offering courses and events pre and post the conference as
well as co-lateral activities that will be published in other
notices.
All work will be done in commission-oriented sessions in panels grouped
by themes.
There will also be optional evening sessions at conference rooms nearby
the hotels that have been selected for the conference. These
sessions will be dedicated to interchanges on themes that affect current
day Cuba, among other topics of relevance. Work sessions will be in
English and in Spanish.
CONFERENCE FORMAT
Presenters will be allotted a 15-minute presentation period for their
papers, and these will be the basis for discussions in working
commissions.
The Conference Schedule is as follows:
MONDAY: May 5
8:00 - 9:00 Registration of foreign participants Cuban participants
will register at the Instituto de Filosophia on April 28th to
30th.
9:30 - 11:30 Plenary Session Opening Speech Presentation of Scheduled
Work Program among others a proposal for the continuation of the work
commenced at this Conference on the basis of a Permanent International
Workshop: Marx and the Challenges of the Century XXI.
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 - 13:30 Work in Commissions
13:30 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 16:00 Work in Commissions
16:00 Welcome cocktail.
Tour through Havana Tuesday May 6
Wed. May 7
9:00 - 11:00 Work in oriented commissions
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee break
11:30 - 13:30 Work in oriented commissions
13:30 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 16:00 Work in oriented commissions
21:00 - 23:00 Optional theme sessions
Thurs. May 8
9:00 - 11:00 Work in oriented commissions
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee break
11:30 - 13:30 Plenary session Reading and debate on the basis of the
discussions of summary minutes of the work in the commissions Discussion
of the platform documents and adoption of the agreements.
13:30 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 17:00 Plenary session Reading and debate on the basis of the
discussions of summary minutes of the work of the commissions Discussion
of the platform documents and adoption of the agreements.
17:00 Closing
20:00 Farewell cocktail
TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS: Public rates per PAX
HOTELS
Habana Libre (5 star)
Vedado (4 star)
Colina (3 star)
Room Rate Double Occupancy
US$ 338.00
US$ 207.00
US$ 192.00
Room Rate Single Occupancy
US$ 508.00
US$ 277.00
US$ 238.00
All prices include: Stay for 5 nights Transfers in/out Transfers to and
from activities City Tour Farewell cocktail Guide services.
Personalized attention.
Note rates do not include any other service not mentioned.
All co-ordination and information or any other item of interest will be
covered and through Rumbos Cuba, Lic. Maria Elena Dominguez Cabrera:
e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Organizing Committee (Comité Organizador)
Presidenta: Dra. Romelia Pino Freyre*, Directora del Instituto
de Filosofía.
Coordinador del Comité Científico: Dr. Jesús Pastor García
Brigos* [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Coordinador del Comité de Logística: Lic. Alberto Pérez
Miembros del Comité Científico de la Conferencia: (por orden
alfabético del primer apellido)
Professor Robert Albritton*. Department of Political Science, York
University, Toronto, Canada
Professor Samir Amín*, Forum du Tiers Monde
Luciano Alzaga*, Suecia.
Dr. Al Campbell*, Professor of Economics, University of Utah.
Dr. Ken Cole*, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United
Kingdom.
Prof. Renée Marie Croose Parry, Instituto de Filosofía
B.Sc. Kenneth Croose Parry, Instituto de Filosofía.
Dra. Norma Gálvez, Instituto Superior de Arte, Ministerio de
Cultura
Dra. Carmen Gómez García, Sociedad Cubana de Investigaciones
Filosóficas
Marta Harnecker*, Centro de Investigaciones Memoria Popular
Latinoamericana (MEPLA)
Profesor Remy Herrera*, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique y
Université de Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Francia.
Prof. Emeritus Georges Labica*, Director Cientifico Honorario C.N.R.S.,
Paris.
Prof. Emeritus Michael Lebowitz,* Economics Department, Simon Fraser
University, Canada
Dr. Miguel Limia David, Consejo de Ciencias Sociales, del Ministerio de
Ciencia, Tecnología y Medio Ambiente, CITMA
Dr. Darío Machado
Lic. Luis Marcelo Yera
Nchamah Miller*, Investigadora colombiana, York University,
Toronto.
Lic. Humberto Miranda, Grupo GALFISA, Instituto de Filosofía,
CITMA
Dr. Ernesto Molina*, Asociación de Economistas y Contadores de
Cuba
Dra. Isabel Monal,, Cátedra de Estudios Marxistas
Julio Antonio Mella
Lic. Haydee Montes Cabrera, Central de Trabajadores de Cuba (
CTC)
Dra. Concepción Nieves Ayús, Grupo Cuba: teoría y sociedad, Instituto de
Filosofía, CITMA
Dr. Hugo Pons, Centro de Estudios de Economía y
Planificación, Ministerio de Economía y Planificación
Dr. Rigoberto Pupo, Facultad de Filosofía, Sociología e Historia,
Universidad de la Habana
Isabel Rauber, Pasado y Presente XXI.
Dra. Daysy Rivero Alvisa, Presidenta Sociedad Económica de Amigos del
País.
Lic. Boris Luis Rodríguez, Asociación Cubana de las Naciones
Unidas
Dr. Ramón Sánchez Noda, Dirección de Marxismo- Leninismo, Ministerio de
Educación Superior, MES.
Dr. Luis Suarez, Dirección de Marxismo-Leninismo, MES.
Dr. Jorge Luis Santana, Grupo Cuba: teoría y sociedad, Instituto de
Filosofía, CITMA
Lic. Lynette Thoman.*, University of York, Canada
Dr. Vicente Zito Lema*, Director Académico, Universidad Popular
Madres de la Plaza de Mayo, Argentina.
*International Advisory Committee
Teléfonos: Instituto de Filosofía 8321887; 8320301;
8329768 Fax: 8321887
Correo electrónico del Instituto de Filosofía:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Correos del Comité Organizador Científico: Dr. Jesús Pastor García Brigos, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Nchamah Miller , [EMAIL PROTECTED]
- Counting the poor Louis Proyect
- Re: Counting the poor Michael Pollak
- Re: Counting the poor Bill Burgess
- Re: Counting the poor F G