Socialist Scholars Conference 1993

Socialist Scholars Conference 1993 Towards a New America, Politics of Identity. A Critical Encounter with '68.

April 9,10,11 1993 Borough of Manhattan Community College

Speakers

• Bogdan Denitch
• Elaine Bernard
• Daniel Singer
• Frances Fox Piven
• Major Owens
• Cornel West
• Maria Helena Alves
• Joseph S. Murphy

Panels

Panels of the Socialist Scholars Conference 1993 were:

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 DiFazio, 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

• Sponsor: Social Text
• Brendan Fay, Irish Lesbian Gay Organization

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

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