HM CONFERENCE: AN ANATOMY OF THE WORLD CRISIS

HISTORICAL MATERIALISM, in cooperation with the Centre for Diplomacy and
International Studies (SOAS) invites you to a one -day conference on AN
ANATOMY OF THE WORLD CRISIS on Saturday 2 November, with ROBERT BRENNER to
discuss the themes and questions raised by his book THE BOOM AND THE BUBBLE
(Verso, 2002).

PROGRAMME:

9.30 a.m. REGISTRATION

10.00 ROBERT BRENNER on the US and the World Economy

12.30 p.m. LUNCH BREAK

1.30  Panel discussion around crisis theory and state of the world economy
with BEN FINE (Economics Department, SOAS), ALAN FREEMAN (GLA), COSTAS
LAPAVITSAS (Economics Department, SOAS), JOHN WEEKS (Economics Department,
SOAS), ELLEN MEIKSINS WOOD and ROBERT BRENNER.

4.00 BREAK

4.30   Panel discussion around the future of the anticapitalist movement and
the Left in the face of the crisis with ALEX CALLINICOS (Politics
Department, York), RAY KIELY (Development Department, SOAS), ALFREDO
SAAD-FILHO (Development Department, SOAS) and ROBERT BRENNER.

The event will be taking place at the School of African and Oriental
Studies, London (Russell Square & Goodge Street tubes), room to be
confirmed.

***PLEASE NOTE THAT THOSE ATTENDING THE CONFERENCE MUST PREREGISTER BY
SENDING AN EMAIL WITH YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS TO
<brennerconference@hotmail.com>

ROBERT BRENNER will also be speaking at the following events:

Monday 28 October, 7.30pm, The Union Tavern, 52 Lloyd Baker Street, London
WC2
'New War Order: The USA and Global Power'
After September 11 George Bush declared 'war  on terrorism'. Is this the
beginning of a new imperial order where might is right, resistance outlawed
and the USA the only model of political, economic and cultural power?
SPEAKERS
Robert Brenner, author 'The Boom and the Bubble' and New Left Review
Editorial Committee Peter Gowan, author 'The Global Gamble' and New Left
Review Editorial Committee Ziauddin Sardar, co-author 'Why Do People Hate
America?'
Organised by Signs of the Times, details;
info@signsofthetimes.org.uk/www.signsofthetimes.org.uk/
Tel 020 8926 7092

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Tuesday 29 October, 6.30pm, Bookmarks, 1 Bloomsbury Street, London WC1B 3QE
'US Imperialism in the 21st Century',

RSVP to <events@bookmarks.uk.com> or 0207 637 1848

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Friday 1 November, 6pm
'Boom, Bubble, Bust: The US and the World Economy' with ANDREW GLYN
(University of Oxford).
London School of Economics, room to be confirmed.

***PLEASE PREGISTER FOR THIS EVENT BY SENDING AN EMAIL WITH NAME AND ADDRESS
TO <brennerglyn@hotmail.com>

***

Sunday 3 November
'Politics  Culture  Resistance: Globalisation and its Discontents2',
University of Brighton
Further details of the contributors, their previous publications and the
titles of their conference talks in November, can be found on the conference
web site  www.brighton.ac.uk/globalisation/

Globalisation and its Discontents2 - Booking details
Registration is £12 waged, £5 unwaged.  Payment must be made by cheque in
advance, or by cheque or cash on the door.  For multiple bookings, please
specify the number of tickets required, and include a cheque for the global
figure. 

Tickets will be posted to you if your booking is received before Monday 28th
October.  Tickets for bookings received after this date will be held at the
registration desk at Sallis Benney Theatre for collection on Sunday 3
November. This desk will be open from 9.30am.  Any remaining tickets will be
available on the day from the registration desk. Call 07816 921105 for
availability.
Note: places in individual workshops cannot be booked in advance ­ it is
strictly first come, first served.  You should get to the venue for the
meeting in good time.
Approximate room capacities are as follows:
… Sallis Benney Theatre: 370
… SHACS G7 Ground Floor: 100
… SHACS B4 Basement: 60
… SHACS Seminar Room 101: 40
All published contributors were confirmed at the time of printing.
A final timetable will be available on Sunday 3rd November, and the
provisional timetable will be amended on a continual basis on the conference
website at www.brighton.ac.uk/ globalisation The web site will be
operational from the end of September.
Refreshments are not included in the ticket price, but are on sale at the
Sallis Benney Theatre throughout the day.
There are no crèche facilities available.
For more information about the event, E-mail: A.Rupprecht@bton.ac.uk or go
to www.brighton.ac.uk/globalisation/
Details of how to get here:
The conference takes place at the Sallis Benney Theatre, Grand Parade, & at
The School of Historical & Critical Studies (SHACS), Pavilion Parade.  Both
are sites of the Faculty of Arts and Architecture at the University of
Brighton, on the South Coast of the UK. Registration is at the Sallis Benney
Theatre, which is on Grand Parade, close to the Royal Pavilion, and opposite
the King and Queen public house.
There are fast trains from London, Victoria, to Brighton, which take 55
minutes.  Slow trains take 85 minutes.  There is also a coach service from
London to Brighton.  The conference venue is 12 minutes walk from the
railway station and 5 minutes from the bus station.  International visitors
should arrive at Gatwick airport, which is 30 minutes from Brighton.

The Sallis Benney Theatre, which is part of the main Faculty of Arts and
Architecture building, is situated on Grand Parade on the corner of , &
SHACS is 5 minutes walk away, on the corner of Pavilion Parade & Pavilion
Street, opposite the Royal Pavilion.  Its entrance is on Pavilion Street.
Most local bus routes stop by the Royal Pavilion (in both directions).  The
Sallis Benney Theatre is wheelchair accessible. Unfortunately, SHACS is not.
P&P Politics, Culture and Resistance: Globalisation and its Discontents 2
c/o SHACS, University of Brighton, 10-11 Pavilion Parade, Brighton BN2 1RA.
 Politics, culture & resistance
'Globalisation and its Discontents2'
Sunday 3rd November
10am-7.00pm
Central Brighton

Debates & workshops & plenary sessions; confirmed speakers include:
Penny Kemp, National Chair, The Green Party of England and Wales
Esther Leslie, Birkbeck College, University of London
Robert Brenner, University of California, Los Angeles
Geoff Eley, University of Michigan
Eustache Kouvelakis, author and socialist, Paris
Mehmet Ali Dikerdem, University of Middlesex
Rebecca Stasel, Committee to Defend Asylum Seekers
Radikha Desai, University of Victoria, Canada
Gilbert Achcar (University of Paris VIII)
Alex Callinicos, University of York
Anita Rupprecht, University of Brighton
Gregory Elliott, author and socialist, Paris
John Rees, editor International Socialism
Paul Hopper, University of Brighton
Masao Miyoshi, University of California, San Diego
Tom Hickey, University of Brighton
Lee Billingham, European Social Forum Mobilisation
Justin Rosenberg, University of Sussex
Mark Devenney, University of Brighton
Ronnie Margulies, Stop the War Committee, Istambul
Rob Hoveman, National Secretary, Socialist Alliance
Simon Bromley, Open University
Bob Brecher, University of Brighton
Committee to Defend Asylum Seekers