From: Gerald_A_Levy@MSN.COM
Date: Mon Aug 29 2005 - 10:27:57 EDT
----- Original Message ----- From: "John Roberts" <john.roberts@brunel.ac.uk> Subject: Capital and Class conference Dear All Below and attached are details of a conference organised by The Conference of Socialist Economists, publishers of the journal 'Capital and Class'. The conference theme is 'Empire and Beyond' and will be held at Leeds University, UK, 7-8 April 2006. Best wishes, John Call for Papers Empire and Beyond Conference University of Leeds, UK 7-8 April 2006 Organised by The Conference of Socialist Economists, publishers of the journal Capital and Class In the last decade or so global capitalism has undergone a radical transformation in a number of contradictory ways: · Powerful imperialist states seem increasingly willing to cast away old 'containment' policies in favour of direct military operations around the world · These very same imperialist states have also increasingly justified their military plunders under a new ideology of 'universal human rights', 'global right', and the like · Nation states around the world centralise power in order to co-ordinate and mediate a number of local, national and global social networks · The emergence of protectionist policies in the US coupled with a drive to marketise the rest of the world through neo-liberal policies has had profound consequences including increasing inequalities, poverty, political corruption, state crime and economic crises · Powerful technologies have emerged that discipline people through seemingly anonymous networks of power · New modes of global, national and local resistance have arisen to challenge capitalist globalisation The Left has provided some of the most cogent analyses of these processes, the work of Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri arguably being one of the most well known. However, these debates are still ongoing and the re-election of George W. Bush and the 'war on terror' demonstrates the urgency for those on the Left to press forward the debate on these issues within the labour movement and amongst groups working for a progressive, radical and emancipatory politics. To help continue and facilitate these debates the Conference of Socialist Economists is holding a two-day conference at Leeds University, UK, around the theme of Empire and Beyond. Issues to be discussed include: · Empire and beyond: new imperialism for old? · The restructuring of the state · The state debate revisited · New modes of governance and discipline · Economic crises · The political economy of neo-liberalism · The relevance of post-structuralism for Marxist theory · Anti-capitalist movements & networks of global resistance · The changing nature of 'identity politics' · Human rights and democracy in the world today · Technology, environmentalism and globalisation · Uneven and combined development: the South and globalisation · The changing nature of the labour movement and class politics · Globalisation and its impact upon (popular) culture · The nature of socialism today The cost for the conference will be: Two nights full board plus one year subscription to Capital and Class £150 Two nights without subscription £130 (waged) or £65 (unwaged) One night £80 (waged) or £40 (unwaged) Day rate £20 (waged) or £10 (unwaged) Please submit an abstract to present a paper or a proposal for a panel (3 to 4 speakers discussing an issue or theme) to cseconf@gn.apc.org by 3rd October 2005
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