[URPE] [NYC] Socialism & Market Economy: Achievements and Challenges of Vietnam’s Revolution

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Tomorrow night: P L E A S E     F O R W A R D    W I D E L Y

Socialism & Market Economy: Achievements and Challenges of Vietnam’s
Revolution

Merle E. Ratner and Ngo Thanh Nhan

Tuesday, October 11 at 7:00 PM at The Brecht Forum

2005 marks the 30th anniversary of the victory of the Vietnamese people
against U.S. imperialism.  The Vietnamese revolution has embarked on a bold
attempt to develop socialism while building up their economy using a
multi-sector market economy.

Drawing on recent visits to Vietnam, Merle and Nhan will examine the 
current
state of the Vietnamese revolution.  How is Vietnam combining socialism and
market economics?  What are the gains and contradictions inherent in such a
synthesis?  In one of the world’s poorest countries, how is Vietnam 
doing in
eliminating poverty? What is Vietnam’s approach to grass roots democracy?
How is Vietnam dealing with the perils of global capital?

Merle Ratner is the Co-Chair of the Brecht Forum. She recently returned 
from
a three month visit to Vietnam as the guest of the Ho Chi Minh Political
Academy

Ngo Thanh Nhan is a Brecht Forum Board member who frequently travels to
Vietnam and is a specialist in the traditional Vietnamese character scripts
Merle and Nhan are both Co-Coordinators of the Vietnam Agent Orange 
Relief &
Responsibility Campaign

The Brecht Forum
451 West St.  (Betw Bank & Bethune)
New York, NY 10014
(212) 242- 4201
www.brechtforum.org

1,2,3 A,C,E to 14th st.
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8th St Crosstown bus to Christopher St.
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