Socialist Scholars Conference
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The Socialist Scholars Conference is the old name for the Left Forum.
The Socialist Scholars Conference was an annual weekend gathering of prominent socialist scholars in New York for debate, dialogue, and solidarity. It was held annually in from 1983 to 2004, but was discontinued in 2005 due to internal divisions.[1] It was sponsored by the City University of New York’s (CUNY) chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA).
Bogdan Denitch founded the event and is now an emeritus professor of sociology at CUNY, an Honorary Co-Chair of the DSA, and the DSA's permanent delegate to the Socialist International.[2]
Prominent speakers at the conferences over the past eight years include:
References
Socialist Scholars Conference 1966, was held September 9-11 , at the Hotel Commodore, New York.[1]
Steering Committee for 1966
In 1966, the following served on the Steering Committee for the 1966 Socialist Scholars Conference:[2]
- James E. Becker, New York University
- Arthur Bierman, City College of New York
- Norman Dain, Rutgers University
- Vernon K. Dibble, Columbia University
- Philip S. Foner, New York
- Eugene D. Genovese, Rutgers University
- Ann J. Lane, Sarah Lawrence College
- Louis Menashe, (Chairman) Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn
- James O'Connor, San Jose State College
- Paul M. Sweezy, Monthly Review
- James Weinstein, Studies on the Left
Panels
On Socialist Man
- Robert S. Cohen, Boston University
- Shane Mage, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn
- Donald McKelvey, Student Union for Peace Action
- H. H. Wilson - Chairman, Princeton University
Components of Contemporary Revolutionary Movements
- Africa: Irving Markovitz, Queens College
- Asia: Franz Schurmann, University of California, Berkeley
- Latin America: James Petras, University of California, Berkeley
Commentators:
- Gordon Lewis, University of Puerto Rico
- Robert Wolfe, New York University
- Chairman: Robert S. Browne, Fairleigh Dickenson University
Libermanism and Economic Reforms in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union
The New System of Economic Management and Planning in the USSR
- Victor Perlo, New York
A Critique of Economic Soviet Economic Union Reforms
- Allen Solganick, University of Maryland
Soviet and Eastern European Economic Reforms: A Hallway House
- Alexander Erlich, Columbia University
Commentators:
- Harry Braverman, New York
- Lynn Turgeon, Chairman, Hofstra University
Realism in Literature Fantastic Realism
Critical Realism
- Norman Rudich, Wesleyan University
Commentators:
- Harvey Blume, Columbia University
- Gaylord Leroy, Temple University
- Vernon K. Dibble, Chairman, Columbia University
Poverty and Powerlessness
Organizing the Poor: Can it Be Done?
- Richard A. Cloward and Frances Fox Piven, Columbia University
Commentators:
- Sherman Barr, Mobilization for Youth
- James Haughton, Harlem Unemployment Center
- Oscar Lewis University of Illinois
- William Ryan Yale Universty
- Chairman, Judith Mage, Social Service Employees Union
Critique of Baran and Sweezy, Monopoly Capital
- Karl Niebyl, Temple University
- Russ Nixon, New York University
- James O'Connor, San Jose Sate College
- John Owen, Johns Hopkins University
- Paul M. Sweezy, Monthly Review
- Russ Nixon, Chairman
Dinner Address:
- Conor Cruise O'Brien
- Albert Schweitzer, Professor of Humanities, New York University, Introduced by Warren I. Susman, Rutgers University
Political Ideology of American Corporate Liberalism
The Corporate Ideology of American Labor Leaders: From Gompers to Hillman
- Ronald Radosh, Queensborough Community College
The Corporate-Liberal Ascendancy and the Socialist Acquiescence: An Inquiry into Strange Times
- Martin J. Sklar, Rochester University
Commentators:
- Philip S. Foner, New York City
- Gabriel Kolko, University of Pennsylvania
- James Weinstein, Studies on the Left
- Robert Engler, Sarah Lawrence College
The Crisis of the Comintern: Fascism and the Popular Front
Communist Theories of Fascism, 1921-1935
- John M. Cammett, Rutgers University
The Formation of the Popular Front in France: Socialist-Communist Unity of Action in 1934
- Leslie Derfler, Carnegie Institute of Technology
No Pararan! - Notes on the Origins of the Frente Popular
- Robert G. Colodny, University of Pittsburgh
Commentators:
- Helmut Gruber, Chairman, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn
- Manuela Dobos-Schleicher, Columbia University
Contemporary Imperialism
The Economics of Contemporary U.S. Imperialism
- Harry Magdoff, New York
Commentators:
- James E. Becker, Chairman, New York University
- Brijen Gupta, Brooklyn College
- Michael A. Lebowitz, Simon Fraser University
The Legacy of Negro Slavery
The Legacy of Negro Slavery and the Roots of Black Nationalism
- Eugene D. Genovese, Rutgers University
Commentators:
- Herbert Aptheker, American Institute for Marxist Studies
- Frank Kofsky, University of Pittsburgh
- C. Vann Woodward, Yale University
- Nathan Hare, Chairman, Howard University
References
Socialist Scholars Conference 1990
The Socialist Scholars Conference 1990, held September 6-8, at the Hotel Commodore, New York, included panels such as:[1]
The World Wide Struggles for Democracy
- Maria Helena Moreira Alves, Workers Party, Brazil
- Ruben Zamora, The Democratic Convergence, El Salvador
- Boris Kagarlitsky, Soviet Democratic Socialist Leader
- Joseph S. Murphy, Chancellor, City University of New York
- Daniel Singer, Author, Is Socialism Doomed?
Is Socialism a Real Alternative in the Third World
- Sponsor: Monthly Review
- Moderator: Paul M. Sweezy, Co Editor, Monthly Review
- Maria Helena Moreira Alves, Workers Party, Brazil
- Bill Hinton, author, The Great Reversal
- Carlos Vilas, Author, The Socialism Revolution
Working Women and the Womens Movment
- Moderator: Rosalyn Baxandall American Studies, SUNY Old Westbury
- Barbara Garson, Author of the Electronic Sweatshop
- Nancy Breen, Economics, Connecticut College
- Nancy Stern, Esq., Attorney on the First Amendment Cases in the U.S.
- Priscilla Murolo, History, Sarah Lawrence College
Black Politics in America
- Maulana Karenga, University of California, Long Beach
- Manning Marable, University of Colorado
- Paulette Pierce, Queens College
- Paul Robeson, Jr., Author, Journalist
The Nicaraguan Election In Perspective: Whither the Revolution
- Sponsor: The Bildner Center
- Moderator: Ronald G. Hellman, The Bildner Center; CUNY
- Kenneth Sharpe, Political Science, Swarthmore
- George Cikers, Sociology, Brooklyn College
- Jack Hammond, Sociology, Hunter
- Ingrid Herman, Costa Rican Mission to the U.N.
- Pablo Gonzales Casanova, UNAM, Mexico
Reproductive Rights and the Role of the Sate at Home and Abroad
- Sponsor: Democratic Socialists of America
- Moderator: Barbara Ehrenreich, Democratic Socialists of America
- Judith Lorber, Women's Studies Program, CUNY Grad Center
- Vernice Miller, Center for Constitutional Rights
- Andrea Miller, Chair, Democratic Socialists of America Youth Section
- Slavenka Drakulic, Yugoslav author, feminist
Cross National Perspectives on Work, Welfare and the Poverty of Women
- Sponsor: New Initiative for Full Employment
Moderator: Helen Ginsburg Economics, Brooklyn College
- Gertrude S. Goldberg, Adelphi University, Paper - Canada/United States
- June Axinn, University of University
- Margarite Rosenthal, Salem State College
- Eleanor Kremen, Adelphi University, Paper - Soviet Perspectives
New York City Fiscal Crisis, 1990: Dinkins and Labor
- Sponsor: Labor Solidarity Network and Punch Out
- Paul Bartlett, La Guardia College, CUNY and Punch Out
- Ed Ott, Labor Laison, Mount Sinai Hospital
- Penelope Pi-Sunyer, The City
U.S., South America: Union to Union Solidarity
- John Hudson, Vice President for ACTWU
- Nomonde Ngubo, South African trade unionist, representative to the United Mine Workers
"BBC Tribute to CLR James with Stuart Hall, Tariq Ali and Others" A Video and Roundtable
Connecting Present and Past: Archivists Historians Perspectives
- Sponsor: Taminent Institute Library
- Moderator: Peter Filardo, Taminent Library
- Rob Snyder, Columbia University
- Pauline Toole, Political Activist
Do the Right Thing Revisited
- Sponsor: Cineaste
- Moderator: Leonard Quart Film, College of Staten Island
- Dan Georgakas, Editor, Cineaste
- Herb Boyd, critic, National Guardian
- William Mackey, Jr., Van Arsdale School of Labor Studies, Empire State College
Computer Systems: Social Construction and Employment Effects
- Sponsor: Union for Radical Political Economics
- Moderator: Paddy Quick, Economics, St. Francis College
- Ron Baiman, A.T. & T, Market Analysis and Forecasting, Paper - The Impact of Microelectronics on Employment
- Joan Greenbaum, Computer Science, LaGuardia College, Paper - The Head and the Heart: Gender Analysis
Tax Policy: The Biggest Shell Game of All
- Sponsor: CUNY Branch, Democratic Socialists of America
- Moderator: Nat Mills
- Thomas Karier, Levy Economics Institute, Bard College
- John Miller, Wheaton College
- James Suarez, Manhattan College
- Mary Wentworth, Citizens for Fair Taxes
Homelessness and the Right to Housing in New York
- Sponsor: City Limits; News of the Other New York
- Moderator: Doug Turetsky, Editor, City Limits
- Chris Quinn, organizer, Housing Justice Campaign
- Richard Rivera, attorney, Puerto Rican Defense and Education Fund
- Jean Chappell, Parents on the Move, Brooklyn Arms Hotel
The Politics of Labor and Ecology
- Sponsor: Capitalism, Socialism, Nature
- Will Miller, Philosophy, University, of Vermont, Paper - Labor and Ecology
- Nancy Anderson, NYC Environmental Policy Analyst, Paper - Hazards to Our Rights to Know
"War on Drugs" A Left Analysis
- Sponsor: Against the Current
- Cynthia Bowens, New African Voices Alliance
- Michael Latwin, City Public Defender
- Dolores Trevizo, Political Economy, UCLA
AIDS: International Perspectives
- Sponsor: Social Text
- Simon Watney, AIDS, activist
- Cindy Patton, AIDS, activists
Dialectics of Revolution
- Stephen Eric Bronner, Political Science, Rutgers University, Paper - Socialism and Revolution
- Andrew Kilman, Economics, New York Institute of Technology, Paper - Restructured Capitalism/Alienated Labor
- Douglas Kellner, Philosophy, University of Texas, Paper - Post-Modernism and Revolution
- Kevin Anderson, Sociology, Northern Illinois University, Paper - Lenin, Hegel and Western Marxism
Developments in the USSR and Eastern Europe and their Significance for Western Europe and the US Left
- Sponsor: Frontline
- Moderator: Phyllis Bennis, Correspondent; Frontline
- Donald Sassoon, University of London
- Irwin Silber, co-editor, Frontline
- Joanne Barkan, Democratic Socialists of America
Conspiracy Theory
- Sponsor: Social Text
- Sol Yurick, Editor Social Text
- Bill Schapp, Covert Action Information Bulletin
- Carl Oglesby, writer, lecturer
Politics in the Classroom
- Sponsor: Radical Teacher
- Frinde Maher, Wheaton college
- Leonard Vogt, La Gardia Community College, CUNY
- Clare Damino, Freedom Prep
Labor and Employee Stock Ownership Plans
- Moderator: Joe Blasi, Rutgers University, Board Northwest Steel
- David Ellerman, Employee Ownership Services
- Mike Locker, Industrial Cooperative Association
- Adam Blumenthal, American Capital Strategies
Author Meets the Critics: Anders Stephanson
- Sponsor: Social Text
- Anders Stephanson, Author, Kennan and the Art of Foreign Policy
The Future of Socialism in America
- Barbara Ehrenreich, Democratic Socialists of Amercia
- Manning Marable, University of Colorado
- Irwin Sibler, Frontline
- Bogdan Denitch, Sociology, CUNY, Graduate Center
Pantheon, Publishing and Corporate Censorship
- Moderator: Leo Cawley, Interlocutor, WBAI Radio Station
- Todd Gitlin, Sociology, University of California, Berkeley
- John Leonard, Columnist, Newsday
- Jim Peck, former Senior Editor Pantheon
Central America and the Democratic Revolution
- Sponsor: The Bildner Center and CUNY, Democratic Socialists of America
- Paul Berman, Village Voice
- Ingrid Herman, Costa Rican Mission
- Ruben Zamora, Democratic Convergence El Salvador
- Pablo Gonzales Casanova, UNAM, Mexico City
Intellectuals and the Cold War
- Sponsor: New Politics
- Moderator: Phyllis Jacobson, Co-Editor, New Politics
- Stanley Aronowitz, Sociology, CUNY Graduate Center
- Steven Longstaff, New York University, Toronto
- Alan Wald, University of Michigan
- Denis MacShane, Deputy General Secretary, International Trades
Collapse of the Financial System
- Sponsor: Monthly Review
- Harry Magdoff, Monthly Review
- Doug Henwood, Left Business Observer
- Janet Bush, London Financial Times
- Bill Tabb, Queens College
Labor and Participatory Management
- Andy Banks, Florida International University
- John Russo, Youngstown State University
- Guillermo Grenier, Florida State University
Opposing the CIA on Campus: A Workshop on Strategies and Tactics
- Sponsor: Radical Philosophy Association
- Moderator: Bill Schapp, Covert Action Information Bulletin
- Phil Agee, former CIA Agent
- Michael Howard, Philosophy, University of Maine, Orono
- David McMichael, Former CIA Agent
- Annette Funk Philosophy, Brooklyn College
- Ami Chin Mills, The CIA on Campus: A Handbook for Activists
- Phil Gaspar, Philosophy, Middlebury College
60s/90s: The Kids Are Allright
- Sponsor : Social Text
- Donna Gaines, Village Voice
- William DiFazio, St. Johns University
- Liegia DiFazio, SUNY at Buffalo
- Kenya James, Harlem Writers Crew
Double Agents: The Graduate Student In the Class Room
- Sponsor: Radical Teacher
- Barbara Roseman, English, CUNY Graduate Teacher
- Cheryl Fish, English, CUNY Graduate
- Andrew Long, Art History, CUNY, Graduate Center
African-Americans and the Third World in 1992
- Sponsor: New York Green Network
- Salah Sawaz, Director, Palestine, Aid Society
- Ron Daniels, Convenor of African-American Progressive Network
- Larry Feiner, N.Y. Green Network Org. Committee
- Yanique Joseph, N.Y. Green Network
Towards Adequate Health Services for All
- Moderator: Nat Mills
- Jerry Hudson, Exec Director, Local 1199 Health Care Campaign
- Dr. Erick Larsen, New York Medical College
- Lani Sanjek, NYS Health Service Campaign
- Leonard Rodberg, Developer of National Health Care Legislation
Eco-Feminism, Panel Discussion
- Sponsor: New York Marxist School
- Martha Herbert, Writer and Medical Student
- Ynestra King, A Founder, Woman Earth
- Margo Adler, National Public Radio
Drawing the Line at Pittston. Film Production of Paper Tiger
- Video with UMW strikers, Bo Booker, Joel Phillips
Is Democratic Socialism Possible in China?
- Sponsor: Social Text
- Caltian Yu, Harvard University
- Zhao Jing Lun, journalist
- Su Shao Zhi, Marquette University
Greeting 1990 with the Encyclopedia of the American Left. A Colloquium by a score plus of more than 200 contributors of the forthcoming The Encyclopedia of the American Left
- Mari Jo Buhle, Brown University
- Dan Georgakas, Empire State College
- Paul Buhle, Taminent Library
Teaching In Prisons
- Dan Schultz, Cayuga Community College, Auburn Correctional Facility
- Regi Teasley, Keuka College, Elmira Correctional Facility
Drugs, Denial and American Culture
- Sponsor: Social Text
- David Forbes, Brooklyn Diocese, Abuse Prevention Program
- Lynn Chancer, Barnard College
- Michael Welch, St. Johns University
Discourse, Ethics and Intellectuals Life in Black
- Sponsor: Radical Philosophers Association
- Frank Kirkland, Hunter College, Paper - Modernity and Intellectual Life in Black
- Maulane Karenga, California Sate University, Long Beach, Paper - Malcolm X and the Critique of Domination: Race, Class, Human, Dimensions
- Cliff DuRand, Morgan State University; commentator
- Eric Perkins, ETS, Princeton
The Alternative Press and the Left: How Can Alternative Papers Further the Goals and Visions of the Left?
- Sponsor: Network of the Alternative Student Press
- Archon Fong, The Thistle, M.I.T.
- Raynard Davis, The SCAR News
- Roz Payne, Former member, Newsreel
Leninism: Towards Rejection or Renewal
- Sponsor: Fourth Internationalism Tendency and Solidarity
- Moderator: Roy Rollins
- Paul LeBlanc
- Cliff Conner, Socialist Action
- Marilyn Vogt-Downey
- Paul Sigel, Socialist Action; Professor Emeritus, L.I.U.
Dynamics of the Crisis in the Soviet Type Environment
- Behzad Yaghmaian, Economics, Stockton State College, Paper - Causes and Consequences of Soviet Economic Reforms
- Raymond Lotta, Paper - Perestroika: Failure of Socialism or Crisis State Capitalism
- Larry Everest, author, Soviet 'New Thinking' and the World Economy, Paper - Constraints and Contradictions of Empir
- Susan Rezvani, Sociology, CUNY Graduate Center
Race and Class
- Sponsor: New Politics
- Moderator: Gertrude Ezorsky, editorial board, New Politics
- Harold Cruse, Emeritus, Afro-American Studies, University of Michigan
- Susanne MacGregor, Birkbeck College, London
- Adolf Reed, Jr., Afro-American Studies, Yale
- Stephen Steinberg, Queens College
Democratic Movements in Post-Communists Societies
- Sponsor: Democratic Socialists of America
- Mitchell Cohen, Politics Department, Baruch College
- Andrew Arato, Author, The Young Lukacs
- Joanne Landy, Campaign for Peace and Democracy/East & West
- Alec Callinicos, SWP, Britain
- Mitja Zagar, Slovene Marxist Center
The Democratic Party and Electoral Strategy for the Left
- Sponsor: Democratic Socialists of America
- Bernie Sanders, former mayor, Burlington, Vermont
- Jim Schoch, former Democratic Socialists of America Director
- Christine Riddiough, Democratic Socialists of America Vice Chair; former Director National Gay and Lesbian Clubs
Ecology, Debt Crisis and Global Green Politics
- Sponsor: New York Green Network
- Moderator: Yanique Joseph, New York Green Network
- Richard Falk, Center for International Studies, Princeton
- Larry Feiner, New York Green Network
- Cheryl Payer, Author, The Debt Trap & The World Bank
The Economics of Perestroika
- Sponsor: Science and Society
- Moderator: David Laibman, Economics, Brooklyn College
- Paul Robeson, Jr., author, lecturer
- Lynn Turgeon, Economics, Hofstra University
- Irwin Silber, Frontline
The Future of Socialism: Implications for Western Europe and the United States
- Stanley Aronowitz CUNY Graduate Center
- Anders Stephanson, Rutgers University
- Carl Johnson, Sociology, CUNY
Paulo Freire's Empowering Education: Teaching for Critical Consciousness
- Ira Shor, English, College of Staten Island
Politics of Western Medicine: Cancer, Aids and Poverty
- Sponsor: New York Marxist School
- Bob Lederer, ACT-UP, Committee on Alternative Treatment
- Ralph Moss, Author, The Cancer Industry
- Jaime Tessler, Central America Solidarity Health Activist
Political Change in Eastern Europe: A Roundtable Discussion
- Sponsor: Science and Society
- John Cammett, History, John Jay College, CUNY
- Carl Bloice, Moscow correspondent, Peoples Daily World
- Renate Bridenthal, History, Brooklyn College
- Joan Ecklein, University of Massachusetts
Crisis or Bureaucratic Order: Eastern Europe, the Soviet Union and China; Restructuring from below
- Sponsor: Against the Current
- Susan Weisman, Editor, Critique and Against the Current
- Kim Moody, Labor Notes, author, Decline of American Unionism
- Jin Xiaochang, History of Sociology, New School
- Richard Smith, author: Class Structure and Economic Development of China
- David Mandel, University of Quebec, Montreal, Paper - New Workers Movement in the Soviet Union
International Labor Solidarity: Eastern Europe and Beyond
- Sponsor: Labor Education Center, Rutgers University
- Moderator: David Bensman, Labor Education Department, Rutgers University
- Paul Garver, Labor Education Center, Rutgers University
- Tony Mazzochi, AFSC commentator
- Guillermo Grenier, Center for Labor Studies, Florida International University
- Arthur Lipow, Birkbeck College, London
Democratization, Reaction, and the United States Role: The Cases of South Korea and the Philippines
- Sponsor: Association for Philippines Information
- Moderator: Hanna Lessinger, The Guardian
- Nan Won Kim, Young Koreans United
- J. V. Bautista, BAYAN representative
- Boone Schirmer, Solidarity activist
The Marginalization of Africa
- Sponsor: CUNY, Democratic Socialists of America
- Moderator: Jim Mittleman, Queens College, CUNY
- Nzongola Ntalaja, Howard University, African Studies
- Berket Selassie, Howard University, Eritean Peoples Front
The New African-American Middle Class and the Struggle for Black Empowerment
- Moderator: Sam Anderson, Network of Black Organizers
- Amiri Baraka, Playwright, Poet, Activist
- Abdul Alkalimat, Africana Studies, SUNY- Stony Brook
- Basil Wilson, History, John Jay College, CUNY
Covert Action at Home and Abroad
- Moderator: Valerie Van Isler, WBAI, Undercurrents
- Phil Agee, author: Inside the Company: CIA Diary
- Alan Glick, author: The War at Home
- Elombe Brath, Patrice Lumumba Coalition
Teaching Marxism in the Classroom
- Sponsor: Radical Philosophy Association
- Moderator: Stephen Jay Gould, Philosophy, Connecticut State
- Paula Rothenberg, NJ Project Integrating Scholarship on Gender, Paper - Teaching Issues Race, Class, Gender and Homophobia
- Phil Presbey, Philosophy, Albertus Magnus College, Paper - Teaching Marx on a Just Distribution of Wealth
- Bill Sensiba, Political Science, Stockton State College, *Paper - Radicalizing Students at the State College
New York and London: Cities in Decay
- Sponsor: MassCult
- Susanne MacGregor, Birkbeck College, University of London
- Stuart Weir, Editor, New Statesman
- Eric Lichten, Long Island University
- William DiFazio, St. John's University
Labor Movement Role with Non-US Trade Unions
- Sponsor: PAC of Coalition of Labor Union Women
- Moderator: C. C. Reilly-Rivera, PAC of Coalition of Labor Union Women
- Fritz Roll, German Trade Union Activist
- Ron Blackwell, Economist, ACTWU
Feminism and the Public Sphere
- Sponsor: Social Text
- Patricia Mann, City College of New York
- Nancy Fraser, Northwestern University
- Linda Zerilli, Rutgers University
- Bruce Robbins, Rutgers University
Drug Wars on the Left
- Sponsor: South End Press
- Clarence Lucane, Washington D.C., writer activist
- Richard Golstein, Village Voice
How To Disscuss the Soviet Direction Direction of Reform: Dialogue and Discussion
- Sponsor: Research Group on Socialism and Democracy
- George Fisher, Historian of Soviet Affairs, former professor CUNY
- Michael Brown, Editor Socialism and Democracy
Culture Gender and Freedom
- Rosario Ibarra, Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights
- Paulette Pierce, Queens College, CUNY
- Slavenka Drakulic, Yugoslav Author and Feminist
- Ellen Willis, Author, Journalist at the Village Voice
- Barbara Ehrenreich, Author, Democratic Socialists of America; Co-Chair
Where are We in History
- Andre Gunder Frank, Author
- Bill Tabb, economics, Queens College
- Cheryl Payer, Author; New York University Law School
- Vincente Navarro, John Hopkins
Intellectuals and the Revolution in East Europe
- Sponsor: New Politics
- Moderator: Julius Jacobson, Co-Editor, New Politics
- Daniel Singer, European Editor, The Nation
- Lawrence Weschler, Staff writer for the New Yorker
- Joanne Landy, Dir., Campaign for Peace and Democracy
- Patrick Flaherty, Expert on the Soviet Union
Cocaine, Covert Operations and the Constitution
- Sponsor: Christic Institute
- Father Bill Teska, Religious Outreach Director, The Christic Institute
- Lanny Sinkin, Litigation Director, The Christic Institute
Prospects for Democracy in Post Communist Societies
- Andrew Arato, New School For Social Research
- Milos Nikolic, Yugoslav Theorist
- Robin Blackburn, Editor, The New Left Review
- Mary Louise Weinberger, Journalist, West Germany
Author Meets Critics Alan Wolfe, "Of Whose Keeper, Moral Obligation and Social Science"
- Barbara Katz Rothman, Sociology, CUNY Graduate Center
- Michael Waltzer, Princeton University
- Alan Wolfe, Author
Social Policy and Economic Liberalism in Latin America
- Sponsor: The Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies
- Moderator: Matthew Ede, The Bildner Center, and Queens College
- Kim Edel, Sociology, CUNY, Graduate Center
- Geisas Rocha, Political Science, CUNY Graduate Center
- Martin Weinstein, William Patterson College
- Carlos Vilas, UNAM, Mexico City
The Impact of Changes in Eastern Europe on the Economics and Political Movements in Africa and Latin America
- Archie Singham, Political Science, CUNY Graduate Center
- Gerald Horne, Black Studies, University of California SB
- Tim Hector, Chair, Antigua Caribbean Liberation Movement
Cuba from a Cuban Perspective
- Moderator: Clinton Atlum, Chief, Cuban Interest Section, Washington D.C.
- Juan Hernandez, Political Attache, Cuba Mission to the UN
- Maria Perez, Cuban-American Research and Education Fund
Democratic Socialism: It's Ethical Necessity and Real Possibly
- Sponsor: Radical Philosophers Association
- Moderator: Paul Surlis, Theology, St. John's University
- Carol Gould, Philosophy, Stevens Institute University, Paper - Social and Economic Justice and the Limits of Democracy
- James Marsh, Philosophy, Fordham University, Paper - On the Possibility of Democratic Socialism
The Imperial City: New York Servicing the World
- Sponsor: Left Business Observer
- Robert Fitch, Journalist, Paper - What a Friend We Have in David Fiscal Policy of Mayor Dinkins
- Anita Finkel, Word Processor and editor, New Dance Review, Paper - Flextime vs. Lunchtime: The Secretars Day
- Doug Henwood, editor Left Business Observer, Paper - The City That Finance Made
The Lure of Market in Eastern Europe
- Sponsor: Union for Radical Politics Economies
- Moderator: Paddy Quick, Economics, St. Francis Sollege
- Peter Darvas, Sociology, New York University
- David Laibman, Economics, Brooklyn College
- Christine Rider, Economics and Finance, St. Johns University
The Future of Gorbachev's Reform Politics
- Sponsor: CUNY Democratic Socialists of America
- Gurt Weisskrichen, SDP Expert on Eastern Europe
- Peter Rutland, Government, Weslyn University
- Andrei Adreyev, Press Secretary Soviet Mission
- Branko Cartan, Presidium, Croatian League of Communists
Sex Work, Aids and Power
- Sponsor: Social Text
- Moderator: Veronica Vera, Prostitutes of New York
- Candida Royalle, Producer, Femme Distribution, Erotic Films for Women
- Cindy Patton, Aids Activist
- Anne McClintock, Columbia of the Living with Aids Show
Elementry Through College: What Hirsch and Bloom Don't Know
- Sponsor: Radical Teacher
- Paul Lauter, Trinity College
- Delridge Hunter, Medgar Evers College, CUNY
- Florence Tager, Medgar Evers College, CUNY
- Ann Fitzgerad, Association of Junior Leagues
Author Meets Critics: Dick Howard, "The Marxism Legacy"
- Marx Wartovsky, Philosophy, Baruch College, CUNY
- Dick Howard, Author
- Scott McLenee, Dissent
Contract Negotiations and the Rank and File
- Sponsor: Labor Solidarity Network, Punch Out
- Tom Murray, DC 1707
- Jeff Perry, Sec-Treasurer, Local 300 Mailhandlers
- Jim Guyette, President-Trustee Local P-9
- Nina Howes, Organizer Local 1199
Palestinian and Israeli Women in the Struggle for Peace and Liberation - a slide show, lecture, discussion
- Sponsor: International Jewish Peace Union
- Moderator: Sherry Gorelick, Rutgers University
- Rabab Hadi, Palestine Solidarity Committee
Dimensions of Raya Dunayevskaya's Marxist Humanism
- Laurie Green, History, New York University, Paper - On Rosa Luxemburg and Marxist Feminism
- Nigel Gibson, Political Science, Columbia University
- Kevin Anderson, Sociology, Northern Illinois University, Paper - On Dialectics and Humanism
- Ted McGlone, Economics, St. John's University, Paper - On State Capitalism and the Eastern European Revolts
Socialist States-Socialist World: Evaluating the Current Terms of Crisis: Roundtable Editors Socialism and Democracy
- Sponsor: Research Group on Socialism and Democracy
- Michael E. Brown
- Randy Martin
- Ludmila Melchior
- Frank Rosengart
Postmodern Racial Politics
- Sponsor: Socialist Review
- Mike Hanchard, Political Science, Princeton University
- Lucius Outlaw, Department of Philosophy, Haverford College
- Howard Winant, Department of Sociology, Temple University
- Clara Rodriquez, Sociology, Fordham University
Time for a Left Third Party?
- Moderator: Valarie Van Isler, Exec Director, Undercurrents WBAI
- Don Rojas, Coalition Against US Intervention Latin America & Caribbean
- Lloyd D'Aguilar, Producer, Human Rights in America WBAI
- Lenni Brenner, Author: The Lesser Evil: The Democratic Party
The Politics of Socialist Ecology
- Sponsor: Capitalism, Nature, Socialism
- Moderator: Stephen Eric Bronner, Political Science, Rutgers University
- George Katsiaficas, author: Imagination of the New Left, Paper - Earth and a New Environmental Politics
- Meg Wilcox, University of Lowell, Paper - Health and Safety in Nicaragua
- Daniel Farber, Coordinating Editor CNS, Paper - Imperialism and the Ecological Crisis in Central America
Socialist Prospects and the End of the Cold War
- Sponsor: Democratic Socialists of America
- Bogdan Denitch, Author, Socialist Debates
- Norman Birnbaum, Georgetown University
- Luciana Castellina, Italian PCI
- Lucy Komisar, Author, Journalist
Michael Harrington as Theorist: A Critical Evaluation
- Sponsor: Dissent
- Frances Fox Piven, Political Science Graduate center CUNY
- Joanne Barkan, Democratic Socialists of America National Political Committee
- Irving Howe, Editor of Dissent
Pornography with a Human Face: Towards a Sexual Glastnost
- Vivian Forlander, distributor, Femme Productions
- Michael Kimmel, Editor, Men Confronting Pornography
- Ame Gilbert, Carnival Knowledge Collective
- Sheldon Ranz, write, adult video consultant
Building Bridges: Community-Labor Coalitions
- Sponsor: Monthly Review
- Moderator: Jeremy Brecher Co-Editor, Building Bridges
- Temma Kaplan, Barbard Center for Research on Women
- Kim Moody, Labor Notes
- Jose Morales, El Puente Youth Center
Television and the Public Sphere
- Sponsor: Mass Cult Research Group
- Robin Anderson, Fordham University
- Elayne Rapping, Adelphi University
- Lynn Chancer, Barnard
- Paolo Carpignano, Fordham University
- William DiFanzio, St. John's University
Recent Developments in Marxist Theory
- Nancy Holmstrom, Department of Philosophy, Rutgers University
- Michael Brown, Department of Sociology, CUNY
- Bertell Ollman, Department of Plitics, New York University
Labor Resurgency?
- Sponsor: Democratic Socialists of America
- Paul Booth, Field Service Department, AFSCME
- Jo-Ann Mort, ACTWU Communications Director
- Paul Garver, Rutgers Labor Education Center
- Paul Baichich, International Assoc. of Machinists at Eastern Airlines
Nicaragua's 1990 Elections: The US War Continues
- Sponsor: South End Press
- Phil Agee, Author, Inside the Company: CIA
- Holly Sklar author: Washington's War on Nicaragua
The Viability of Jewish Life in the Soviet Union Today
- Sam Norich, Director, Yivo Institute
- Abraham Brumberg, Former Editor, Problems in Communism
That was Then, This is Now: Young Activists Reflect on the Legacy of the 1960's
- Sponsor: Socialist Review
- Moderator: Leslie Kaufman, Executive Director, Socialist Review
- Raynard Davis, DC Students Against Apartheid and Racism
- Heidi Dorow, Lesbian AIDS activist, ACT-UP, NY
- Kate Fox, Youth Green
- Lisa Sullivan, Black youth organizer, New Haven, CT
The Franco-German Couple and the European Economic Community
- Olivier Mathey, Bankers Trust
- Dieter Dietke, Friedrich Ebert Foundation
- Marie Louise Weinberger, Journalist, West Germany
- Phillip Cerny, University of York
Sex Abuse: Threat or Menace
- Sponsor: Social Text
- Debbie Nathan, Village Voice
- Ellen Willis, Village Voice
Cuba Today
- Sponsor: New Politics
- Moderator: Thomas Harrison, Editorial Board, New Politics
- Deborah Evanson, author: Revolution and Counterrevolution in Cuba 1933-60
- Saul Landau, author: The Dangerous Doctrine: National Security and US Policy
- Carlos Luis, poet, Political Bureau, Cuban Social Democrats
- Samuel Farber, Brooklyn College
Students Movements in Authoritarian Societies
- Sponsor: Youth Section, Democratic Socialists of America
- Peter Mathern, Founding Member, Czech Student Union
- Sebastian McKay, South African student studying in the U.S.
The Left and the Prospects for the Dinkins Mayoralty
- Sponsor: Against the Current
- Mary Malloy, New School and Consultant on New York Fiscal Constraints
- Robert Fitch, writer on urban issues
Topics in Gay Male Liberation, A Roundtable Discussion
- Sponsor: The Male Study Group of New York
- Moderator: Gary Lucef, Founder Columbia University Gay Study Group
Women Aids, and Activism
- Sponsor: South End Press
- Monica Pearl, Act-Up, New York Women's Action Committee
- Marion Banzhaf, Act-Up, New York Women's Action Committee
- Risa Dennenberg, Act-Up, New York Women's Action Committee
- Zoe Leonard, Act-Up, New York Women's Action Committee
Ecological Economics (and Report from TOES 1990)
- Sponsor: New York Green Network
- Tony Gugemi, Massachusetts Greens Center for Popular Economics
- Alredo De la Romana, Polanyi Institute
- Kalpana Das, Monchanin Cultural Center, Montreal
- Romesh Diwan, authro: Essays on Gandhian Economics
Is Socialism Dead?
- Sponsor: Socialist Dialog
- Moderator: Fritjof Thygessen
- Arthur Lipow, Board, Campaign for Peace and Democracy East/West
- Robert Brenner. Solidarity Organization, Editorial Board, Against the Current
- Gil Green, National Committee Member, Communist Party USA
Derrida and Marx: Contradictions and Possibilities
- Sponsor: Radical Philosophy Association
- Moderator: Brian Seitz
- Arthur Lipow, Queens College
- Nora R. Wainer, English, CUNY Graduate Center, Paper - The Equation of Derrida and Marx
- Bill Martin, Philosophy, University of Kansas, Paper - Enlightened Socialism: Stalinism & and Prospects for Community
- Leonard Lawlor, Philosophy, Memphis State University, Paper - Political Risks: On Derrida's Notion of Difference
- Fred Evans, Philosophy, Lowa State University, Paper - Language and Political Agency: Derrida, Marx and Bahktin
The Soviet Union Tomorrow
- Carl Bloice, Peoples Daily World, Moscow Correspondent
- Ralph Milliband, Editor, Socialist Resistrar
- Paul Robeson, Jr., writer Lecturer
- Daniel Songer, Author, Is Socialism Doomed?
The Politics of Post-Modernism
- Stanley Aronowitz, Social Text
- Chantal Mouffe, Cornell University
- Paul Berman, Village Voice
- Marshall Berman, Politcal Science
German Reunification Prospects and Problems
- Moderator: Norman Birnbaum, Georgetown University
- Hermann Scheer, SDP Deputy to West German Parliament
- Dieter Dietke, Frederick Ebert Foundation
- Petra Opitiz, East German Academy of Science
- Marie Louise Weinberger, West German Journalist
Rethinking the American Communist Legacy
- Sponsor: Radical Philosophers Association
- Moderator: Tony Rosso, Professor of English, Southern Connecticut State
- Alan Wald, English University of Michigan, Paper - Communist Wars
- Rosalyn Baxandall, American Studies, CUNY - Old Westbury, Paper - Women and the Legacy of the Party
- Javey Terres, English, Princeton University; commentator
Author Meets Critics: Lawrence Weschler "A Miracle, A Universe: Settling Accounts with Toturers"
- Jo-Mare Burt, Columbia University and formerly Serpaj, Uruguay
- Aryeh Neier, Executive Director, Human Rights Watch
- Elio Gaspari, Veja Brazil
- Lawrence Weschler, Author
Ecology in Europe East and West and Future of the Left
- Ina Merkel, Unabhangige Frauen (Independent Women)
- Tatiana Bohm, Green Party and Green League
- Phil Hill, correspondent, Guardian
Many Singles Issues Together Make a Big Majority
- Sponsor: CUNY Democratic Socialists of America
- Moderator: Nat Mills
- Jeremy Brecher, author: Building Bridges and Strike!
- Guy Molyneux, Editor, The Commonwealth Report
- David Sprintzen, Chair, Progressive Coalition of Long Island
Immigration and Ethnic Politics In Western Europe
- Martin Schain, Politics NYU
- Patrizia Dogliani, University of Moderna, Italy
- Susan McGregor, British Social Policy Analyst
- Aristide Zohlberg, Politics, New School for Social Research
Workshop on Researching the Corporatization of the Universe and the Struggle Against Elitism, Sexism and Racism
- Sponsor: Network of the Alternative Student Press
- Rich Cowan, National Coalition for Universities in the Public Interest
Resistance and Demoralization: Responses to War
- Sponsor: Research group on Socialism
- Moderator: Randy Martin, Social Science, Pratt Institute
- Barton Meyers, Department of Philosophy, Brooklyn, Paper - Resistance to Demoralization in the Face of Bombing
- Douglas Robbins, Social Science, Pratt Institut, Paper - U.S. Military Use of Psychological War
After Panama: U.S. Imperialism in the Caribbean and Central America
- Sponsor: Science and Society
- Moderator: Marvin E. Gettleman
- Joel Millman
- Deborah Levenson
- George Priestley
- Raul Molina, R.U.O.G., Guatemala
Roundtable on Ecology, Economy, Equality; Towards a Black, Red and Green Perspective
- Sponsor: New York Green Network
- Rev. Ben Chavis, Commission on Racial Justice United
- Yanique Joseph, New York Green Network
- Sophia Benderley, founer Sisterhood of Black Single Mothers
- Joel Washington, African American labor and Cultural Activist
New Directions for the Labor Movement: Rankand File Fightbacks In the Labor Movement
- Sponsor: Against the Current
- Kim Moody, Labor Notes
- Tim Schermeron, Transit Workers Union, Local 100
- Peter Downs, New Directions Caucus of United Auto Workers
After the Cold War
- Sponsor: Socialist Dialog
- Moderator: Leslie Kagan Co-Chair NCIPA
- Jim Haughton, Director, Harlem Fightback
- Ann Schwartz, National Executive Committee, Frontline
- Dave McReynolds, Socialist Party USA, War Resisters League
National Liberation Struggles In the Light of Perestroika and Glastnost
- Sponsor: Guardian and Alliance for Philippine Concerns
- Moderator: Shreeram Krishnaswami
- Lester Ruiz, New College, Hofstra University
- Gustavo Acosta, El Salvador Media Project
Nationalism and Its Alternatives: Radical Perspectives on Sovereignty and Citizenship
- Sponsor: Radical Philosophers Association
- Moderator: Omar Dahbour, Philosophy, Hunter College
- Michele Ishay, Political Science, Rutgers University
- Robert Schaeffer, Green Peace magazine
Post-Apartheid Southern Africa: The Impact on Region
- Moderator: Bernard Magubane, Anthropology, University of Connecticut
- Suzanne Mnumzana, African National Congress
- Jenifer Davis, American Committee on Africa
- Elombe Brath, Patrice Lumumba Coalition
Labor and the Media
- Sponsor: Labor Solidarity Network, New York Labor Punch Out
- Moderator: Paul Bartlett, Punch Out
- Jonathan Tasini, Labor Journalist, BusinessWeek
- Ken Crowe, Newsday
- Henry Zeiger, Punch Out
Contradictions in the Contemporary Chinese State
- Sponsor: Science and Society
- Moderator: Paul Bartlett, Punch Out
- Hugh Dean
- Annette Rubinstein
- Martin Rivlin, Columbia Institute
- Xaio Ma, China Institute
- Mark Thompson
The Left and Legalization
- Jim Ostrowski, Manhattan Bar Association
- Kildare Clark, Medical Professional
- Harry Levine, Sociology, Queens College
- Joe Johnson, Rainbow Coalition
Where Should Socialists go from Here
- Luciana Castelina, Member European Parliament, Italy
- Irving Howe, Editor, Dissent
- Tim Hector, Editor, Outlook
- Bogdan Denitch, Co-Chair, Socialist Scholars Conference
References
- ↑ Second Annual Socialist Scholars Conference program.
In April 1993, Panels of the Socialist Scholars Conference 1993 were:
Panels
The Politics of Culture
- Sponsor: Democratic Socialists of America African American Commission
- Chair: Ron Winley, Co-Chair Black Students Alliance
- Cornel West, Princeton University
- Manning Marable, University of Colorado, Boulder
- Safiya Bendele, Medgar Evers College
- Amiri Baraka, SUNY Stonybrook
- Michele Gibbs, Artist and Writer
- Gerry Hudson, Executive Vice President, Local 1199
Labor and Politics
- Sponsor: MassCult Research Group
- Phil Mattera, Corporate Campaign
- Ed Sadlowski, United Steelworkers of America
- William DiFzio, St. Johns University
- Jo-Ann Mort, ACTWU
- William NuChow, Local 840, Teamsters
Is a New Russian Revolution Brewing?
- Chair: Elizabeth Bowman, Connecticut College
- Alexander Buzaglin, Moscow State University
- Hillel Ticktin, University of Glasgow
- Savas Michael, University of Athens, Greece
- Daniel Singer, The Nation
The Limits of Capitalism: The Third World
- Sponsor: Monthly Review
- Chair: Harry Magdoff, Monthly Review
- Carlos Villas, UNAM, Mexico City
Curbing Corporate Power: New Approaches to Corporate Accountability
- Chair: Ward Morehouse, CIPA
- Robert Engler, CUNY, Graduate Center
- Sumner Rosen, Columbia School of Social Work
- Richard Grossman, Author, Fear at Work
- Margaret Willig-Crane, Economic and Social Human Rights Advocacy Network
National Health Care: Where It's At and What you Can Do About It
- Chair: Martha Livingston, PNHP
- Susan Cowell, ILGWU; NY Jobs with Justice
- Mark Hannay, ACT-UP
- Susan Dooha, National Transplant Support Network
- Rob Fasano, NYC, Chapter Health Care Policy Network
- Marilyn Clement, Health Care: We Gotta Have It!
Bertell Ollman's Dialectical Investigation: A Symposium
- Sponsor: Radical Philosophy Association
- Joe Walsh, Stockton State University
- Frank Cunningham, University of Toronto
- Joel Kovel, Bard College
- John Ehrenberg, LIU Brooklyn
- Bertell Ollman, New York University
The Immigration Crisis in Europe: The non-European Populations in Europe
- Sponsor: Democratic Socialists of America, CUNY
- Chair: Danielle Cohen
- Aristide Zohlberg, New School for Social Research
- Nanette Funk, Brooklyn College
Are Major Reforms for the Third World Possible under Clinton?
- Sponsor: Green Policy Group
- Chair: Nikki Joseph, Green Policy Group
- Larry Feiner, Green Policy Group
- Tom Cuglielmi, Green Policy Group
- Lester Henry, Brooklyn College
El Salvador: Human Rights, Elections and Reconstruction
- Sponsor: CISPES
- Michael Lent, CISPES
- Jaime Suriano, FMLN, El Salvador
Being "Ethic" and Being "White": Creating Identities and Alliances
- Sponsor: Italian Americans for a Multinational U.S.
- Chair: Juliet Ucelli, Brecht Forum
- Larry Kirwan, Lead Singer, Black 47
- George De Stefano, Italian Americans for a Multinational U.S.
- Amanda Buger, Panels of Americans
Rank And File Revolts in The New York Area Postal Service 1970 to Present
- Chair: Jay Mazur, CUNY Graduate Center
- Tom Germano, NYS, Cornell Labor School at Old Wesbury
- Dave Cline, Local 300 Mailhandler Division L.I.U.N.A.
Transforming Silence into Language and Action
Pollution Solutions: The Politics of Waste Disposal in New York
- Sponsor: Take Back America
- Jerry Renerts, Engineer, Scientist, Inventor
- John Klotz, Major Board Member of Sierra Club
- Frank Principle, National Speaker of Environmental Issues
- Timothy Mazzei, Environmental Attorney
Political Media /Media Politics: Print video, Radio
- Sponsor: Democratic Socialists of America
- Bob Fitrakis, Columbus State Community College
- Dot Benz, Local ILGWU 21-23
- Ken Nash, Co-Host, Building Bridges
Is God on our Side?: Religion as Ally or Enemy for the Left
- Chair: Stephen Hart, University of Wisconsin
- Victoria Erickson Chaplain, Drew University
- Emily Thomas, Justice in Immigration Network
- Michael Zweig, SUNY, Stony Brook
Race, Class and Clinton: The Future for Black Politics
- Sponsor: International Jewish Peace Union, Palestine Solidarity Movement
- Chair: Ronald Bleier, IJPU/PSC
- Dr. Norman Finkelstein, CUNY, Brooklyn College
- Phyllis Bennis, Journalist Author
The Limits of Identity Politics
- Sponsor: Radical Teacher
- Chair: Susan O'Malley, CUNY, Kingsborough
- Willey Sillanpoa, University of Rhode Island
- James Miller, Trinity College
Is Ethnicity the Locomotive of History?
- Chair: Jeff Perry, National Postal Mail Handlers Union
- Ted Allen, Author, The Invention of the White Race
- William Fletcher, Trade Unionist
References
Socialist Scholars Conference 1998 "A World to Win: From the 'Manifesto' to New Organizing for Socialist Change" was held March 20 to 22, 1998 Borough of Manhattan Community College, 199 Chambers Street NYC.[1]
Speakers
Speakers included;
- Michael Moore
- Katha Pollitt
- Stephen Jay Gould
- Frances Fox Piven
- Manning Marable
- Ellen Willis
- Reverend Al Sharpton
- Samir Amin
- Doug Henwood
- Stanley Aronowitz
- Ellen Meiksins Wood
- David Abdulah
- Leith Mullings
- Harry Magdoff
- Daniel Singer
- Paul Sweezy
- Sal Albanese
- Elaine Bernard
- Aijaz Ahmad
- Paco Ignacio Taibo
- Bill Fletcher, Jr.
- David Harvey
- Jakob Moneta
- John Bellamy Foster
- Bogdan Denitch,
- Tom Frank
- Kim Moody
- Angela Ards
- Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
- Hector Figueroa
- Edward Herman[2]
References
Socialist Scholars Conference 2002 was held April 12-14 at the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Art and Science Foundation Building, New York.
Personnel
Organizers
- Bogdan Denitch Chair
- Eric Canepa
- David Baumel
- Anora Mahmudova, Exhibits and Advertising Manager
- Daphne Carr, Press Liaison
- Erin Finnerty, Press Liaison
- Chris Agee, Web Design
- Greg Zucker, Book Ads, Video Coordinator, Publicity Team
- Jonathan Walsh, Video Coordinator, Publicity Team
- Eloisa Gordon, Program
- Jennifer Kramer, Speakers’ Travel Coordinator
- Juanita Webster, Registar
Volunteers
- Perry Bernstein
- Margaret Wilig Crane
- Roger Crane
- Gregory Diamant
- Suzanne Gottlieb
- Donald Holloway
- Erin Kaiser
- Peter Kott
- Patricia Krüger
- Steven Levine
- Ludmila Melchior
- Jay Mazur
- Larry Miller
- Juliana Neuspiel
- Robert Saute
- Jason Schulman
Board of advisors
- Stanley Aronowitz
- Mary Boger
- Stephen Brier
- Stephen Eric Bronner
- Joseph Buttigieg
- Lynn Chancer
- Hester Eisenstein
- Keitha Fine
- Josh Freeman
- Marvin Gettleman
- Jeff Gold
- Eloisa Gordon
- Jack Hammond
- Carl Johnson
- Peter Kwong
- Mahmood Mamdani
- Manning Marable
- David Maurrasse
- John G. Mason
- Liz Mestres
- Gina Neff
- Leo Panitch
- Frances Fox Piven
- Charles Price-Reavis
- Jan Rehmann
- Gerardo Rénique
- Colin Robinson
- Robert J. S. Ross
- Nan Rubin
- Robert Saute
- Neil Smith
- William K. Tabb
- Joel Washington
- Ian Williams[1]
Thanks To:
At The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art:
- George Campbell, Jr. President
- David Greenstein, Director of Cooper Union Adult Education and Public Programs
- Christine Sarkissian
- John Lynch
- Winston Wilkerson
At the Graduate Center, CUNY:
At the national office of Democratic Socialists of America:
Recordings of Sessions
Contact Radio Free Maine: www.radiofreemaine.com
Cover design:
- Daphne Carr;
- Anora Mahmudova Design and layout of program[3]
Panels
1. After 9/11: New Politics for Social Movements and the Left
- Sponsor: Socialist Scholars Conference
- Chair Bogdan Denitch of Transition to Democracy
- Elaine Bernard of the Harvard Trade Union Program
- Bernard Cassen of ATTAC, France
- Manning Marable of Black Radical Congress
- Dot Keet of Alternative Information and Development Center
- Tariq Ali of the New Left Review
2. Clash of Fundamentalisms
- Sponsor: Socialist Scholars Conference
- Chair: Wadood Hamad of the Campaign Against Sanctions and Dictatorship in Iraq
- Edward Said of Columbia University
- Nawal El-Saadawi author, Woman at Point Zero
- Tariq Ali of the New Left Review
3. The World Economy in Crisis
- Sponsor: Monthly Review
- Chair: Harry Magdoff of the Monthly Review
- John Bellamy Foster of the Monthly Review
- Ilene Graebel
- Michael Yates of the Monthly Review
4. Reparations
- Sponsor: Socialist Scholars Conference
- Chair: *Joel Washington of the Brecht Forum
- Maulana Karenga, of California State University, Long Beach
- Charles Baron, on the New York City Council
- Kibibi Tyehimba of NCOBRA, Washington DC
- Muntu Matsimela of the Black Radical Congress
- Roger Green of the New York State Assembly
- Joel Washington of the Black Radical Congress
5. Daniel Singer 2001 Prize: Anti-Capitalism and the Terrain of Social Justice
- Sponsor: The Daniel Singer Millennium Prize Foundation
- Chair: *Percy Brazil of The Daniel Singer Millennium Prize Foundation
- Sam Gindin of York University; recipient of 2001 Daniel Singer Millennium Prize
- Bill Fletcher of the Transafrica Forum
- Immanuel Wallerstein of Yale University
6. Taking Power: Green Visions
- Sponsor:Westside Greens
- Chair: Julia Willibrand of Westside Greens
- Howie Hawkins of the New York State Green Party
- Joel Kovel of the New York State Green Party
- Barbara Garson, author of Money Makes the World Go Around
7. Culture and Commodification
- Sponsor: Socialist Scholars Conference
- Chair: Randal Doane of the College of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio
- Stephen Eric Bronner of Rutgers University
- Philip Green of the New School University
- Marshall Berman of CUNY Graduate Center
8. Philanthropy and the Left
- Sponsor: Socialist Scholars Conference
- Chair: David Maurrasse of Columbia University
- Colin Greer of the New World Foundation TBA
9. Argentina in World Context
- Sponsor: NACLA, Union for Radical Political Economics, Dollars & Sense
- Chair: *Hobart A. Spalding of Socialism and Democracy
- Carlos Vilas of the Universidad Nacional de Lanus (Argentina)
- Stella Calloni of La Jornada (Mexico)
- Paul Cooney of the Brecht Forum
10. How Can the Marxist Theory of the State Help Us Understand the War Against Terrorism?
- Sponsor: Socialist Scholars Conference
- Chair: *John Manley of the Stanford University
- Bertell Ollman of New York University
- John Ehrenberg of Long Island University
- Savas Michael Matsas of the University of Athens
11. The Future of the Women's Movement: Class, Race, and Globalization
- Sponsor: Socialist Scholars Conference
- Chair: Hester Eisenstein of the CUNY Graduate Center
- Mojubaolu Okome of Brooklyn College
- Johanna Brenner of Portland State University
- Eleni Varikas of the University of Paris VIII
12. Organizing Immigrant Labor
- Sponsor: Working USA
- Chair: Peter Kwong of Hunter College
- Saru Jayaraman of H.E.R.E., Workers Center
- Jerry Dominguez of the Mexican-American Workers Association
- Steve Jenkins of Make the Road by Walking
- Aijen Poo of the Domestic Workers United
13. Safety Orange - A Look at the Criminal Justice System from an Architectural Perspective - A Film by James Davis, (with discussion)
- Sponsor: Socialist Scholars Conference
- James Davis director - Safety Orange
- Juliana Fredman director - Safety Orange
- Christian Parenti author, Lockdown America
- Peter Linebaugh of the University of Toledo
14. Alternative Media: Challenges and Obstacles
- Sponsor: La Lutta
- Chair: *Antonino D'Ambrosio La Lutta
- Simba Russo of IndyMedia
- Jen Angel of the Clamor Magazine
- Dee Dee Halleck of Paper Tiger TV
- Alfredo Lopez of the People-Link
- Bala Konkoth of Harlem Technology Center
- Jason Kucsma of Clamor Magazine
15. 9/11: What Does It Mean for the Left?
- Sponsor: Social Text
- Chair: Randy Martin of New York University
- Neil Smith of CUNY Graduate Center
- Stefano Harney of CUNY Graduate Center
- Joseph Massad of the Columbia University
- Meena Alexander, a poet
- Rupal Oza of Women's Studies, Hunter College
16. Remembering Stan Weir
- Sponsor: New Politics
- Chair: Gabe Gabrielsky Green Party USA, New Jersey
- Kim Moody of Labor Notes
- Staughton Lynd of IMPACT
- Herman Benson of the Association for Union Democracy
17. Just War? - A Debate
- Sponsors: The Nation Institute, Dissent
- Chair: *Maxine Phillips of Dissent
- Ian Williams of The Nation
- Tariq Ali of the New Left Review
- Michael Walzer of Dissent
- Stephen R. Shalom of the William Paterson University, New Jersey
18. The War on Terrorism and U.S. Imperialism
- Sponsor: Monthly Review
- Chair: Harry Magdoff of the Monthly Review
- Rahul Mahajan of the Nowar Collective
- Susan Muaddi Darraj
- Bill Fletcher, Jr. of the Transafrica Forum
19. 9/11 - Ecology at Ground Zero: What the Government's Not Telling Us
- Sponsor: Capitalism, Nature and Socialism
- Chair: Joel Kovel of Capitalism, Nature and Socialism
- Juan Gonzalez of the New York Daily News
- Joel Kupferman of the New York Environmental Law and Justice Project
- Marilena Christodoulou of the Stuyvesant High School Parent Association
- Paul Bartlett of The Center for the Biology of Natural Systems, Queens College
20. The New Imperialism
- Sponsor: Socialist Register
- Chair: Leo Panitch of the Socialist Register
- Peter Gowan of the University of North London
- Michael Hardt of Duke University
- Amory Starr of Colorado State University
- Atilio Boron of CLACSO, Buenos Aires
- Sam Gindin of the Canadian Auto Workers
21. Heidegger IV: Metaphysics, Oppression, and Nazism
- Sponsor: Workers' Democracy Conference Committee
- Chair: *Matthew Helme of the Workers' Democracy Conference Committee
- Johannes Fritsche of Pennsylvannia State University - University Park
- Alex Steinberg, a contributor to the World Socialist Web Site
- Karl H. Nudelman of the Workers' Democracy Conference Committee
22. Labor and Global Capital
- Sponsor: Socialist Scholars Conference
- Michael Rix of theAssociated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen
- Damone Richardson of Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations
- Geoff Ellis of the Fire Brigades Union, U.K.
- Thea Lee of AFL and CIO
23. Debating the Modern Meaning of Socialism
- Sponsor: Logos
- Chair: Michael Thompson of Logos
- Stephen Eric Bronner of Rutgers University
- Joseph Buttigieg of the University of Notre Dame
- Nadia Urbinati of Columbia University, TBA
24. Problems of Race and Class Within the Labor Movement
- Sponsor: Brecht Forum
- Chair: Cleo Silvers of the Local 1199 and SEIU
- Jerry Dominguez of the Mexican-American Workers Association
- Brenda Stokely of AFSCME and the Local 215
- Christian Lemoine of the Global Sweatshop Coalition
- Kim Moody of Labor Notes
25. Strategies in Web-Based Art and Video: Resistance and the Everyday
- Sponsor: Socialist Scholars Conference
- Chair: Trebor Scholz, artist, Brooklyn
- Liz Canner, artist, Boston
- Ashley Hunt, a video-maker, Brooklyn
- The Institute For Applied Auto, New York
- Jenny Perlin, artist, Brooklyn
- Picture Project Projects, New York
- Alex Rivera, artist, New York
- Martha Rosler, artist, Brooklyn
- The Speculative Archive for Historical Clarification Los Angeles
- Valerie Tevere, artist, Brooklyn
- Christine Wang, independent new media curator
26. ENRON - Unnatural Disaster
- Sponsor: Union for Radical Political Economics and The Nation, Dollars and Sense
- Chair: Elizabeth Santucci of the New School University
- Ellen Frank of Dollars and Sense, Emmanuel College
- Nomi Prins, a former investment banker
- Tyson Slocum of the Public Citizen
- Doug Henwood of The Nation and Left Business Observer
27. Democracy, Community Radio and the Struggle for WBAI
- Sponsor: Local Advisory Board, WBAI
- Chair:Kenneth Bauzon of the WBAI Membership Campaign
- Mimi Rosenberg of WBAI
- Miguel Maldonado of the WBAI Local Advisory Board
- Mario Murillo of WBAI
- Paul Surovell of the WBAI and the Leafletting Campaign
- Robert Knight of WBAI
- Bernard White of WBAI
28. Fighting Identities: Race and Ethno- Nationalism
- Sponsor: Socialist Register
- Chair: Leo Panitch of the Socialist Register
- Susan Woodward of the CUNY Graduate Center
- Bill Fletcher, Jr. of the Transafrica Forum
- Nancy Leys Stephan of Columbia University
- Mahmood Mamdani of Columbia University
29. News as Empire - News as Brand
- Sponsor: Socialist Scholars Conference
- Chair: William Solomon Rutgers University
- Richard Maxwell of Queens College
- Toby Miller of New York University
- Laurie Ouellette of Rutgers University
30. Socialism in Theory: Visualizing Alternatives
- Sponsor: Science & Society
- Chair: David Laibman of the City University of New York (CUNY)
- Diane Flaherty of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst
- Pat Devine of the Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, U.K.
31. Rosa Luxemburg and the Struggle for Global Justice
- Sponsor: Socialist Scholars Conference]]
- Chair: Nancy Holmstrom of Rutgers University
- Paul Le Blanc of La Roche College
- Kevin Anderson of the Northern Illinois University
- Michael Lowy of Espaces Marx, Paris
- Eleni Varikas of the University of Paris VIII
32. The State of the Left in Europe
- Sponsor: Socialist Scholars Conference
- Chair: John G. Mason of the William Paterson University of New Jersey
- Michael Chrapa of the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation (PDS), Berlin
- Philippe Marliere of the University College London
- Claudia Haydt of Militarization Information Center, Germany
- Mark Seddon of The Tribune, Labour Party U.K.
33. Challenging the Color Line: Du Bois for the 21st Century
- Chair: Joel Washington of the National Writers Union
- Anthony Monteiro of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science
- Maulana Karenga of California State University, Long Beach, Organization of Us
- Brenda Stokely of AFSCME and the Local 215
- Odessa Weatherford Jacobs St. Joseph's College
34. U.S. Military Production: Economics and Politics
- Sponsor: Socialist Scholars Conference
- Chair: Mort Frank of the Committees of Correspondence
- Bill Hartung of the World Policy Institute
- Chris Turner, a security analyst
- Anita Dancs of the National Priorities Project
35. Globalization and Ideology
- Sponsor: Socialist Scholars Conference
- Chair: Joseph Buttigieg of the University of Notre Dame
- Luciana Castellina of Il Manifesto, Italy
- Stephen Gill of York University
- Frank Deppe of University of Marburg
- Mario Candeias of the Das Argument
36. Health Care: What Does John Q. Want and How Can He Get It?
- Sponsor: Physicians for a National Health Program
- Chair: Martha Livingston of the College at Old Westbury
- Joanne Landy of Physicians for a National Health Program
- Lou Levitt of Rekindling Reform
- Aaron Beckerman of Rekindling Reform
- Len Rodberg of Queens College
- Nick Unger of the Universal Health Care Action Network
- Mark Hannay of the Universal Health Care Action Network
38. Using the Arts to Build the Labor Movement
- Sponsor: Group for the Study of Working Class Life
- Chair: Michael Zweig of Group for the Study of Working Class Life, SUNY Stony Brook
- Henry Foner of the LaborArts
- Keri Amanda Myers of the LaborArts
- Esther Cohen of the Bread and Roses, 1199/SEIU
- Evelyn Jones Rich of the LaborArts
- Jesse Eustis of the Bread and Roses, 1199/SEIU
39. Welfare Reform 2002
- Sponsor: Socialist Scholars Conference
- Chair: *Charles Price-Reavis of the Rastafari Centralization Organization
- Mimi Abramovitz of Hunter College School of Social Work
- Trude Goldberg of the National Jobs for All Coalition
40. Remembering Martin Glaberman
- Sponsor: Tamiment Library, Midnight Notes, Bewick Editions
- Staughton Lynd of IMPACT
- Ferruccio Gambino of the University of Padua
- Peter Linebaugh of the University of Toledo
- Scott McLemee editor, C.L.R. James and Revolutionary Marxism
- Gene Glaberman, activist, New York City
- Seymour Faber of the University of Windsor
41. Roundtable: Directions for the Anti-Corporate Globalization Movement
- Sponsor: Socialist Scholars Conference
- Chair: Erin Kaiser of the Young Democratic Socialists, and Democratic Socialists of America
- Bernard Cassen of ATTAC, France
- Amory Starr of the Colorado State University
- Gerald Horne of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
- Dennis Brutus of the University of Pittsburgh
- Barbara Garson author of: "Money Makes the World Go Around"
- Dot Keet of the Institute for African Alternatives
42. Cold War Redux? Sponsor: Socialist Scholars Conference
- Chair: Marilyn Young of the New York University
- Bill Hartung of the World Policy Institute
- Ellen Schrecker of Yeshiva University
- Gilbert Achcar of Espaces Marx
- Peter Gowan of the University of North London
43. The Imperialism of Human Rights?
- Sponsor: Socialist Scholars Conference
- Chair: Keitha Fine of the Eastern European Cultural Endowment
- Luciana Castellina of Il Manifesto
- Susan Woodward of the CUNY Graduate Center
- Paul Chevigny of the New York University Law School
44. How the Left Boxed Itself In
- Sponsor: Socialist Scholars Conference
- Chair: Martha Rodriguez, of the Center for Children and Technology
- Barbara Epstein of the University of California, Santa Cruz
- Adolph Reed, Jr. of the New School University
- Bogdan Denitch of the Transition to Democracy
- Carl Bloice of the Committees of Correspondence
45. Eco-Socialism
- Sponsor: Capitalism, Nature and Socialism
- Chair: Patty Lee Parmalee of Capitalism, Nature, Socialism, New York
- Joel Kovel of Capitalism Nature Socialism, New York
- Michael Lowy of Espaces Marx, Paris
46. Ending the Occupation
- Sponsor: Women in Black
- Chair: *Melanie Kaye of Kantrowitz Queens College Worker Education Extension Center
- Naomi Braine of Women in Black, New York
- Nadia Hijab author of Citizens Apart: A Portrait of Palestinians in Israel
- David Enoch of the Courage to Refuse, Israel
- Annemarie Jacir, filmmaker
47. Alternate Visions of Sexuality and Agency: Feminist Struggles After 9/11
- Sponsor: Socialist Scholars Conference
- Chair:Robin Isserles Borough of Manhattan CC
- Jocelyn Boryczka of Hunter College
- Jennifer Disney of Winthrop University
- Dorinda Tetens of the CUNY Graduate Center
48. Theorizing Class
- Sponsor: Socialist Scholars Conference
- Chair: *Patricia Clough of the CUNY Graduate Center
- Stanley Aronowitz of the CUNY Graduate Center
- Michael Zweig of the Group for the Study of Working Class Life, SUNY Stony Brook
- Johanna Brenner of Portland State University
49. Socialism With Chinese Characteristics or Capitalism With a Red Hat?
- Sponsor: China Study Group
- Chair: Dong Xulin of the China Study Group
- Robert Weil of the University of California, Santa Cruz
- Liu Shengyu, a historian of science
- Peter Kwong of Hunter College
51. Privatization and Public Space: The Internet
- Sponsor: Socialist Scholars Conference
- Chair: Neil Smith of the Center for Place, Culture and Politics, CUNY
- Sabine Nuss of the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation
- Rainer Rilling Rosa Luxemburg Foundation
- Antonino D'Ambrosio of La Lutta
- Chris Agee of the Center for Non-Profit Technology
52. The Struggle to Save Social Security
- Sponsor: Workers Democracy Conference Committee
- Chair: Matthew Helme of Workers' Democracy Conference Committee
- Catherine Hill of the National Academy of Social Insurance
- Martin J. Sawma, Executive Director of the Emergency Committee To Defend Constitutional Welfare Right
- Fred Gaboury of the National Committee for Trade Union Action and Democracy
53. Can the Left Speak to the Unconverted?: Messaging in the Mainstream Media
- Sponsor: Socialist Scholars Conference
- Chair: Ian Williams of The Nation
- Jo Dipple of The Mirror Group, U.K.
- Dallas Galvin, journalist and documentarian
53.5 White Collar Sweatshop
- Sponsor: Socialist Scholars Conference
- Jill Andresky Fraser, a Finance editor of Inc. Magazine
- Tom Croft of the Heartland Labor Capital Network
- Steve Early of the Communication Workers of America
54. Latin American Popular Movements - Acts of Resistance or Alternative Power?
- Sponsor: Brecht Forum
- Chair: Gerardo Renique of the Brecht Forum, City College,
- Octavio Ianni of the University of Sao Paulo
- Pablo González Casanova of UNAM, Mexico
55. Civil Liberties After 9/11
- Sponsor: Center for Constitutional Rights and National Lawyers Guild
- Chair: Michael Steven Smith, William Moses Kunstler Fund for Racial Justice
- Michael Ratner of the Center for Constitutional Rights
- Clark Kissinger of Refuse and Resist
- Leonard Weinglass of the National Lawyers Guild
- Abdeen Jabara of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee
56. Assessing the Global Justice Movement
- Sponsor: Socialist Scholars Conference
- Joseph Buttigieg of the International Gramsci Society
- Stephen Gill of York University
- Christine Kelly of the William Paterson University of New Jersey
- Jim Chapin of the United Press International
57. The Child Exploitation Industry
- Sponsor: Family Advocracy Coalition
- Chair: Joanne Sirotkin of the Human Rights Attorney
- Rolando Bini, director of Parents in Action
- Jessica Watson-Crosby, director of the National Association of Former Foster Children
- Folasade Campbell, director of Concerned Citizens for Family Preservation
58. Childhood Lead Poisoning: An Environmental Justice Issue
- Sponsor: Socialist Scholars Conference
- Chair: *Evelyn A. Mauss, consultant from the Natural Resources Defense Council
- Marian Feinberg of the South Bronx Clean Air Coalition
- Matthew Chachere of the Northern Manhattan Improvement Corp.
- Andrew Goldberg of the New York Public Interest Research Group
59. DSA Reception
- Sponsor: Democratic Socialists of America
60. 9/11: Community Solidarity and Municipal Incoherence
- Sponsor: [[Socialist Scholars Conference
- Chair: Peter Kwong of Hunter College
- Peter Marcuse of Columbia University
- Shirley S. Kwan of the Lower Manhattan Residents Relief Coalition
- Robert Fitch of Long Island University
- Mike Wallace of Gotham Center, CUNY
- Alyssa Katz of City Limits
- Omar Henriquez of the New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health
- Masuda Sultan of Women for Afghan Women
61. Hard Questions for the Peace Movement
- Sponsor: Socialist Scholars Conference
- Chair: Erin Kaiser of the Young Democratic Socialists, DSA
- Adolph Reed, Jr. of the New School University
- Barbara Garson, author of Money Makes the World Go Round
- Barbara Epstein of the University of California - Santa Cruz
- Max Elbaum of War Times Organizing Committee
62. Europe v. America: Will Europe Follow the U.S. Into Iraq?
- Sponsor: Socialist Scholars Conference
- Chair: John G. Mason of the William Paterson University, New Jersey
- Susan Woodward of the CUNY Graduate Center
- Tobias Pfluger of Wissenschaft und Frieden
- Tariq Ali of the New Left Review
- Gilbert Achcar of Espaces Marx
- Gerald Horne of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
- Jim Chapin of United Press International
63. Digital Diploma Mills
- Sponsor: Socialist Scholars Conference
- Chair: Randal Doane of the College of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio
- Joan Greenbaum of the Professional Staff Congress, CUNY
- Larry Hanley of the City College of New York, CUNY
64. State Terrorism and Terrorizing Dissent
- Sponsor: Radical Philosophy Association
- Chair: Betsy Bowman of the Radical Philosophy Association
- Les Levidow of the Campaign Against Criminalizing Communities
- Will Miller of the University of Vermont
- Mitchell Cohen of Brooklyn Greens
65. What Direction for the Labor Movement?
- Sponsor: Working USA
- Chair: Immanuel Ness of Brooklyn College
- Saru Jayaraman of H.E.R.E. Workers Center
- Steve Early of the Communication Workers of America
- Elaine Bernard of the Harvard Trade Union Program
- Stanley Aronowitz of CUNY Graduate Center
66. Clash of Fundamentalisms II
- Sponsor: Campaign Against Sanctions and Dictatorship in Iraq
- Chair: Wadood Hamad of the Campaign Against Sanctions and Dictatorship in Iraq
- Carl Bloice of the Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism
- Sandra Halperin of the University of Sussex, U.K.
- Ruchama Marton of Physicians for Human Rights, Israel
- Phyllis Bennis of the Institute for Policy Studies
67. New Labour and the Unions
- Sponsor: Socialist Scholars Conference
- Chair: Ian Williams of The Nation
- Mark Seddon of The Tribune
- Geoff Ellis of The Fire Brigades Union
- Michael Rix of ASLEF
68. Marx and Wittgenstein: The Odd Couple
- Sponsor: Socialist Scholars Conference
- Chair: Bertell Ollman New York University
- Piero Pinzauti, Italian philosopher
- James Marsh of Fordham University
- Ann Pomoroy of Stockton College
69. Marxist-Feminist Thought Today: A Roundtable
- Sponsor: Science & Society
- Chair: Lise Vogel of Rider University
- Martha E. Gimenez of the University of Colorado, Boulder
- Barbara Foley of Rutgers University, Newark
- Renate Bridenthal of Brooklyn College, CUNY
70. Anti-Globalization and the African Crisis: The World Summit on Sustainable Development
- Sponsor: Socialist Scholars Conference
- Dennis Brutus of the University of Pittsburgh
- Michael Prokosch of United for a Fair Economy
- Silvia Federici of The Committee for Academic Freedom in Africa
- Muntu Matsimela of Black Radical Congress
- Cheryl Mwaria of Hofstra University
71. Weaving Class Into the Social Fabric: Class Conflict from Afghanistan, Down Broadway, into the Family
- Sponsor: AESA - Rethinking Marxism
- Chair: Harriet Fraad, psychotherapist
- Maliha Safri of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst
- Catherine Mulder of the Franklin and Marshall College
72. The Legacy of Eqbal Ahmad
- Sponsor: of South End Press
- Chair: Zia Mian of Princeton University
- Nadia Hijab, author of "Citizens Apart: A Portrait of Palestinians in Israel"
- Smitu Kothari Lokayan, India
73. The New Dunayevskaya Collection on Hegel and Marx: Editor Meets Critics
- Sponsor: News & Letters Committees
- Chair: Anne Jaclard of News & Letters Committees
- Kevin Anderson of the Northern Illinois University
- Paul Le Blanc of La Roche College
- Eli Messinger of the Brecht Forum
74. Roundtable on Modern Socialist Strategies
- Sponsor: Socialist Scholars Conference and Rosa Luxemburg Foundation
- Chair: Keitha Fine of the Eastern European Cultural Endowment
- Michael Chrapa of the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation
- Leo Panitch of the Socialist Register
- Dot Keet of the Institute for African Alternatives
- Frank Deppe University of Marburg
- Pablo Gonzalez of Casanova UNAM, Mexico
- Johanna Brenner of the Portland State University
- Mario Candeias of the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation
75. Security: Politics, Technology, Environment
- Sponsor: the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation
- Jonathan Schell of The Nation Institute
- Nancy Holmstrom of Rutgers University
- Tobias Pfluger of Wissenschaft und Frieden
- Claudia Haydt of the Militarization Information Center, Germany
76. Southwest Asia and U.S. Policy
- Sponsor: Socialist Scholars Conference
- Chair: Nadia Hijab, author of : "Citizens Apart: a Portrait of Palestinians in Israel"
- Lawrence Lifschultz of the Yale Center for International and Area Studies
- Olivier Roy of C.N.R.S., France
- Tariq Ali of the New Left Review
77. Teamsters and Turtles: Labor and the Anti-Globalization Movement
- Sponsor: Socialist Scholars Conference
- Chair: Immanuel Ness of Working USA
- Elaine Bernard of the Harvard University Trade Union Program
- Christine Kelly of the William Paterson University of New Jersey
- Simon Greer of Jobs with Justice, New York
- Matt Schlobohm of Maine Center for Justice, Ecology and Democracy
- Ethan Miller of the Maine Center for Justice, Ecology and Democracy
78. Free Higher Education
- Sponsor: Socialist Scholars Conference
- Chair: Renate Bridenthal Emerita, Brooklyn College, CUNY
- Stanley Aronowitz of CUNY Graduate Center
- Adolph Reed, Jr. of the New School University
- Mark Dudzic of P.A.C.E., Local 2-149
79. Report from Porto Alegre
- Sponsor: Socialist Scholars Conference
- Jean-Pierre Page of the Observateur de la Mondialisation
- Tania Noctiummes of the Observateur de la Mondialisation
- Michael Lowy of Espaces Marx, Paris
- Raj Patel of Cornell University
80. Troubled Markets, Flawed Regulations
- Sponsor: AESA - Rethinking Marxism
- Chair: Richard D. Wolff of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst
- David Brennan of the Franklin and Marshall College
- Max Fraad Wolff of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst
- Philip Kozel of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst
81. Ten Years After the Fall: The Emergence/Resurgence of the Left?
- Sponsor: Critique
- Chair: Susan Weissman of Saint Mary's College of California
- Hillel Ticktin of Critique
- Savas Michael Matsas of the University of Athens
82. After Capitalism: From Managerialism to Workplace Democracy
- Sponsor: Socialist Scholars Conference
- Chair:Jon Rynn of the CUNY Graduate Center
- Seymour Melman of Columbia University
- Robert Paaswell of the City College of New York, CUNY
- Jim Haughton of Fight Back
83. The Left and the United Nations
- Sponsor: [[Socialist Scholars Conference, Global Policy Forum]]
- James A. Paul of the Global Policy Forum
- Ian Williams of The Nation
- Phyllis Bennis of the Institute for Policy Studies
- Joanne Landy of New Politics
84. The Bottom of the Barrel: Workfare and Low-Wage Labor
- Sponsor: Socialist Scholars Conference
- Chair: William DiFazio CityWatch WBAI
- David Van Arsdale of Tompkins-Cortlandt Community College
- Elliott Skip Roseboro of WEP Workers Organizing Committee
85. War, Capitalist Crisis and the Struggle Against Globalization
- Sponsor: Radical Philosophy Association
- Chair: Bob Stone of Long Island University
- George Caffentzis of the University of Southern Maine
- Silvia Federici of Hofstra University
- Eddie Yuen of Brooklyn College, CUNY
86. Radical Subjectivity and Social Transformation
- Sponsor: Beyond Capital Study Group
- Irv Kurki, author of Domination, Addiction and Liberation
- Edith White of the South Shore AIDS Project
- Yasmin Dixon of SABA International Theatre
87. Final Plenary: Bush's America - What Future for Democracy?
- Sponsor: Socialist Scholars Conference
- Chair: Bogdan Denitch, Honorary Chair of Democratic Socialists of America
- Mark Seddon of The Tribune, U.K.
- Christine Kelly of the William Paterson University of New Jersey
- Hector Figueroa of the Local 32B-J, and Service Employees International Union
- Barbara Epstein of the University of California, Santa Cruz
- Tom Palley of AFL-CIO
Panel 13 Safety Orange - A Look at the Criminal Justice System from an Architectual Perspective - A Film by James Davis
Safety Orange examines how the architecture of public schools has come to mirror that of the prison over the last thirty years. The film outlines how the burgeoning criminal justice system has spilled over from the prison into society generally, for some as irrational fear of crime and persecution and for others a very real experience of repression at the hands of the state. The film features interviews with *Ruth Wilson Gilmore, *Mike Davis, *Peter Linebaugh and Roz Braz.[4]
References
External links
- PBS Documentary on the conference
- Interviews from PBS Documentary
- "On the Socialist Scholars Conference 1985" by Anders Stephanson
- Socialist Scholars' Split Cancels Confab
- Archive of Socialist Scholars Conference
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