From: Ian Hunt (ian.hunt@FLINDERS.EDU.AU)
Date: Thu Oct 26 2006 - 04:06:47 EDT
Why should we panic? We should not presume what will be forms of transition to socialism or what will be the final mix of economic relations in a society in which the direct producers engage own their means of production and engage in free cooperation. If we don't presume any of that, we can only welcome discussion of a well worked out idea like 'economic democracy' and any other contenders for emancipating economic relations, Cheers, Ian >At 21:03 25/10/2006, jerry wrote: >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Carl Davidson [mailto:carld717@aol.com] >>Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 12:27 PM >> >> >>[Chicago's David Schweickart, Philosophy, Loyola, is in Venezuela, invited >>to present his theory of 'Economic Democracy' as a market socialist >>alternative for the 21st Century that is in tune with global justice, >>paticipatory democracy and Karl Marx's orginal ideas as well. > > Don't panic, folks! There is no special significance re a >market socialist path in Venezuela. I invited David S on behalf of >Centro Internacional Miranda as director of our Socialism for the >21st Century programme. The occasion is our publication of a >Venezuelan edition of a Spanish book drawn from Science & Society >essays. Among the other collaborators are Al Campbell (who was here >teaching in the School of Planning and gave a talk on 6 October), >Robin Hahnel and ope-l denizen David Laibman (who arrive tomorrow >night and speak on Saturday) and joint authors and ope-l folks Allyn >Cottrell and Paul Cockshott (neither of them able to come on this >occasion). In this group, David S is actually the outlier. > Among events in the works in this programme for next year >are visits by Marty Hart-Landsberg and (ope-l lurker) Paul Burkett. >More immediately, upcoming CIM events include a dialogue between >Chomsky and a group of Venezuelan intellectuals, a 3 day >international conference on communal banks, a book launch of the >Venezuelan edition of my "Build it Now: Socialism for the 21st >Century' and a working meeting on the Bank of the South (which will >include Eric Toussaint and, hopefully, lurker Claudio Katz)--- all >this, incidentally by mid-November. > One of these days our website will finally fly! > in solidarity, > michael >Michael A. Lebowitz >Professor Emeritus >Economics Department >Simon Fraser University >Burnaby, B.C., Canada V5A 1S6 > >Currently based in Venezuela. >NOTE NEW PHONE NUMBERS >Can be reached at >Residencias Anauco Suites >Departamento 601 >Parque Central, Zona Postal 1010, Oficina 1 >Caracas, Venezuela >(58-212) 573-6333, 571-1520, 571-3820 (or hotel cell: 0412-200-7540) >fax: (58-212) 573-7724 -- Associate Professor Ian Hunt, Dept of Philosophy, School of Humanities, Director, Centre for Applied Philosophy, Flinders University of SA, Humanities Building, Bedford Park, SA, 5042, Ph: (08) 8201 2054 Fax: (08) 8201 2784
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