[URPE] Final Reminder: URPE Summer Conference: ALTERNATIVES! Aug. 20-23

[urpe-moderator at lists.econ.utah.edu]

Dear URPE Members,

Please let us know if you are planning to attend the Summer Conference 
so we can give that information to the camp.

We will be having a self-managed yoga session; please bring your own 
yoga mat if you are planning to participate.

Thank you,

Germai Medhanie


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UNION FOR RADICAL POLITICAL ECONOMICS (URPE) SUMMER CONFERENCE:

ALTERNATIVES!

Camp Chinqueka, Bantam, Connecticut

Saturday, August 20 - Tuesday, August 23, 2005

For several years now, people have asked for a Summer Workshop/Retreat 
focused on alternatives - what can we do in the face of this brutal 
hegemonic world social-political-economic order?  This year's workshop 
will be focused on this (with lots of other topics addressed in the 
workshops as well).  It promises to be very interesting, and given the 
despair that has overcome fighters for social justice, inspiring - there 
are plenty of ways to fight back, and beyond that, there are plenty of 
important challenges to the hegemonic order going on right now. 

Camp Chinqueka is located by Mt. Tom State Park in Western CT. The camp 
provides opportunities for swimming, boating, tennis, basketball, soccer 
and hiking. The relaxed environment of the camp provides a good setting 
for informal discussions and social interaction. Children are welcome, 
and full child care is provided at no additional charge for people who 
register early.

Plan to join us - it will be both informative and fun!

KEEP CHECKING THE URPE  WEBSITE (WWW.URPE.ORG) FOR THE COMPLETE 
CONFERENCE PROGRAM -- WORKSHOPS ARE STILL BEING ADDED.

The URPE website, www.urpe.org, also gives you other information on the 
conference and how to get there. You can reach the URPE National Office 
at 413-577-0806 or send an email to urpe at labornet.org.


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PLENARIES AND SPECIAL EVENTS:


POLICY ALTERNATIVES

Policy Implications of No Child Left Behind
Susan Williams McElroy, Professor of Economics & Education Policy, The 
University of Texas at Dallas

Be Utopian: Demand the Realistic
Robert Pollin, Professor of Economics and Co-Director of the Political 
Economy Research Institute, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Author 
most recently of Contours of Descent: U.S. Economic Fractures and the 
Landscape of Global Austerity

Labor Policy: What are the Questions?
Gil Skillman, Professor of Economics at Wesleyan University, co-author 
with Joyce Jacobsen of  Labor Markets and Employment Relationships, and 
co-editor of  Eastern Economic Journal


RESTRUCTURING SOCIAL RELATIONS

The Transformative Moment: Personal Healing and the Restructuring of 
Economic Relations
Julie Matthaei, Professor of Economics, Wellesley College

Commodity Fetishism: A Concept for Organizing Sweatshop Labor
John Miller, Professor of Economics, Wheaton College

Re-embedding the Rural Economy: Social Capital, Economic Justice, and 
Environmental Stewardship
Héctor Sáez, Professor of Economics, Community Development and  Applied 
Economics Program and Environmental Program, University of Vermont


ALTERNATIVES TO CAPITALISM

How Do We Begin to Get Serious About an American Transitional Strategy?
Gar Alperovitz, Professor of Political Economy, University of Maryland. 
Author most recently of Beyond Capitalism: Reclaiming Our Wealth, Our 
Liberty and Our Democracy

New Possibilities for a Democratic Planned Economy
Allin Cottrell, Professor of Economics, Wake Forest University

Participatory Economics
Robin Hahnel, Professor of Economics, American University. Author most 
recently of Economic Justice and Democracy: From Competition to Cooperation


GRADUATE STUDENTS AND HETERODOX ECONOMICS
Grad student participants to be announced


DAVID GORDON LECTURE
The Future Within the Present: Seven Theses for a Robust 21st-Century 
Socialism
David Laibman, Professor of Economics, Brooklyn College and Graduate 
School, CUNY; Editor, Science & Society


SPECIAL CONFERENCE EVENT - Two workshops organized in conjunction with 
the Association  for Economic and Social Analysis (AESA):

 A Class Analysis of Socialism and Communism: What Was the USSR?
Stephen Resnick, Professor of Economics, University of Massachusetts, 
Amherst
Richard Wolff, Professors of Economics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Agents for Socialism and Community: Flirting with Aristotle?
Ted Burczak, Professor of Economics, Denison University: Socialism After 
Hayek
Philip Kozel, Professor of Economics, Connecticut College: Aristotle and 
Local Currency Movements


SEE URPE WEBSITE (WWW.URPE.ORG) FOR FULL LISTING OF WORKSHOPS