[URPE] Summer Conference Schedule

[Al Campbell]

Dear URPE members,
	The schedule below is almost complete - we know of one more talk we 
are waiting for a title on, and we are waiting to see if a graduate panel will come 
together, and there are always some last minute changes, but it's pretty complete. 
We will send out one more iteratoin in a week.
	So we are sending it out now, since there are only two weeks until the 
conference.  And though it is unlikely, there is the possibility that some URPE 
members have procrastinated finalizing their plans to getting themselves there, 
put it off to the last minute - yes, I know it is not in character with a typical URPE 
person, but I do believe there might just be some who have done this.
	As you can see, there is quite a bit of intellectually interesting stuff, and 
also time for recreation/vacation at our new site.
	So, we are looking forward to seeing you at the baptismal meeting of what 
we hope will be a long time location ........
	If  you have any questions (including a last minute urge to present some 
work) on workshops, contact Graham Cassano (who coordinated all the 
workshops) at graham at xrgb.com.  Any more general questions can be 
addressed to either him or me, with my email being Al at economics.utah.edu.
	In solidarity, Al and Graham.
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7/29/2006

Note: This is the tentative schedule as of the last week of July. There will 
be a few changes. And if you have been thinking about presenting but have 
not got in touch with us yet, there is still some room for additions - contact 
Graham Cassano at Graham at xrgb.com

                  2006 URPE Summer Workshop/Retreat

                 Nationalism, Internationalism and 
                               Nature

                        August 11 - 14, 2006
                            Camp Deer Run
                            Pine Bush, NY

FRIDAY, AUGUST 11

2:00 - 4:00. Steering Committee Meeting

4:00. REGISTRATION BEGINS AND CONTINUES ALL WEEKEND

5:00. RECEPTION/INTRODUCTION TO URPE

6:00.  DINNER (NOTE ON ALL MEALS - to maximize the quality of the 
(well prepared) food they serve, this camp has asked that we all show up at 
(roughly) the same time, so the food can be served hot. It is one of a 
number of things that will be done slightly differently at this camp than 
where we were for the last decade and a half, and it sounds like it could 
have some enriching aspects to it.

6:00. Graduate students who have already arrived meet over dinner.

7:00 - 9:00.  PLENARY  1: LATIN AMERICA: BREAKING THE 
MOLD

Where Does Mexico Go from Here? David Barkin, Professor of Economics 
at the Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana-Xochimilco. His most recent 
book (2006) is La Gestión de Agua Urbana en México. For those who do 
not read Spanish, Wealth, Poverty and Sustainable Development is a recent 
book that reflects a similar ecological approach.  It is bilingual and can 
now be downloaded free.

Financial Capitalism and the Economic State of Emergency in Brazil: 
Abandoning  the Developmental Perspective.  Leda Paulani, Professor of 
Economics at the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil.  Current president of the 
SEP (URPE´s corresponding Political Economy organization in Brazil)

Chávez, Chavismo and Latin America's Lefts.  Fred Rosen, a long-time 
central figure in NACLA (North American Congress on Latin America).  
His most recent book is an edited collection, Latin America After 
Neoliberalism: Turning the Tide? (The New Press, 2006)

9:15 - 11:00.  Informal socializing: catching up on old friends, getting to 
know new ones.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 12

8:00. BREAKFAST

8:45 - 9:30

Site A: (continued discussion) Latin America: Breaking the Mold (David 
Barkin, Leda Paulani, Fred Rosen)

9:45 - 10:40

Site A: Healthcare Finance and Class: The Role of the American 
Corporation (Robert Kemp)

Site B: Socialism and the Political Economy of Contemporary China 
(Sidney Gluck)

10:55 - 11:50

Site A: Working for Ourselves: Household Production and Socialism 
(Paddy Quick)

Site B: The Future of Immigration: A Light at the End of the Tunnel? 
(Alex Julca, Germai Medhanie)

12:00. LUNCH

1:00 - 2:00.  RECREATION. Swim, hike, relax with friends and enjoy the 
beautiful camp.

2:15 - 3:45

Site A: Guramylay: Growing the Green Economy (Julie A. Matthaei, 
Germai Medhanie and Zaira Sherifova)

Site B: Demand Side Policies and Grassroots Strategies for Sustainable 
Development (Margaret Duncan, Laura Ebert and Maeve Powlick)

4:00 - 5:30. The DAVID GORDON LECTURE.

Changes in U.S. Capitalism Since the Reagan Era: Where Are We Now? 
Michael Reich, Professor of Economics, UC Berkeley and Director, 
Institute of Industrial Relations.

6:00. DINNER

7:00 - 9:00. PLENARY 2: Wars and Natural Resources 

A War for Expensive Oil: What´s Itching the Bully in the China Shop? 
Wadi´h Halabi currently serves on the Economics Commission of the 
Communist Party USA. 

Globalists vs Nationalists Resource Strategies . Jerry Harris is 
Organizational Secretary of the Global Studies Association, and Professor 
of History at DeVry University, Chicago.  He has a forthcoming book, The 
Dialectics of Globalization.

Resource Wars. William K. Tabb is Professor of Economics at Queens 
College, City University of New York. His most recent book is Economic 
Governance in the Age of Globalization (Columbia University Press, 
2004).

9:30 - 12:00.  ENTERTAINMENT. Dance (or just listen if you are a 
fuddy-duddy!) to "Citizen Band," a 5 piece band that plays great rock-and-
roll, motown, etc.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 13

8:00. BREAKFAST
 
8:45 - 9:30.

Site A: (continued discussion) Wars and Natural Resources (Wadi´h 
Halabi, Jerry Harris, Bill Tabb)

9:45 - 10:40

Site A: The Contradictory Imperatives of New Deal Banking Reform 
(Ellen Russell)

Site B: Ecological Economics as Theory and Practice (David Barkin)

10:55-11:50

Site A: Hegemony Unfolding (Chris Rude) 

Site B: Hunger and International Development: An Open Forum (Lane 
Vanderslice)

12:00. LUNCH

12:00 Women´s Caucus meets over lunch.

1:00 - 2:15.  Business meeting for URPE members. For others, 
RECREATION. Swim, hike, relax with friends and enjoy the beautiful 
camp.

2:30 - 3:45

Site A: Resisting Corporate Dominance of Local Political Economies; 
Lessons from the Front Line of Struggle (Ward Morehouse, Carolyn Toll 
Oppenheim)

Site B: Developments in Marxian Value-Theory (David Laibman and Gil 
Skillman)


4:00 - 5:30.

Site A: New Approaches to Union Organizing in the U.S. (Nicole Blais, 
Ethan Drozd, Brandynn Holgate)

Site B: Editors of Capitalism, Nature, Socialism on Green Commerce, 
Nuclear Energy, the National Guard and the World Bank (Heather Rogers, 
Karen Charmen, Tom Burgess, and Irwin Sperber)

6:00. DINNER

7:00 - 9:00. PLENARY 3. Katrina: Race and Class

Abandoned Before the Storms: The Glaring Disaster of Gender, Race and 
Class Disparities in the Gulf. Avis Jones-DeWeever, Director of the 
Poverty, Education and Social Justice Program at the Institute for Women's 
Policy Research.

The Political Economy of Neighborhood Planning in Post Katrina New 
Orleans. Khalil Tian Shahyd, Doctoral Student in Political Ecology at the 
University of Delaware.

Alternative Policies for Rebuilding New Orleans. Linwood Tauheed, 
Professor of Economics and Black Studies at the University of Missouri, 
Kansas City.

9:30 - 11:00.  ENTERTAINMENT. Progressive (and otherwise good) 
Folk Music. David Laibman and Gil Skillman

MONDAY, AUGUST 14

8:00. BREAKFAST

8:45 - 9:30. 

Site A:  (continued discussion) Katrina: Race and Class (Avis Jones-
DeWeever, Khalil Tian Shahyd, Linwood Tauheed)

9:45 -11:15

Site A: URPE Reports on the World Social Forum (Mathew Bradbury, 
Julie Matthaei, Germai Medhanie, Dave Shukla)

12:00. LUNCH

See you all next year!


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