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Learneds 1995: 3-6 June at UQAM in Montre%al
The 1995 Learneds will be held at the
Universite% du Que%bec a$ Montre%al.
Our society dates are
3-6 June (Saturday-Tuesday).
Patrick Bolland has agreed to coordinate the Montre%al local committee.
David Mandel is our direct connection with UQAM.
They will be in contact with the National Office to deal with such
practical matters as room allocation, audio-visual needs and, of
course, the famous Socialist Studies Party. More on these things
in future Bulletins.
Final Call for Papers
For the sessions listed below you are encouraged to submit your
proposals for a paper to the coordinator (note that in one session
submissions must be made to three coordinators)
and to the National Office:
Society for Socialist Studies, University
College, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg MB R3T 2M8,
fax 204-261-0021, e-mail vorst2@ccm.umanitoba.ca.
The deadline for the submission of paper proposals
is
10 February.
Note that several sessions have been added since the previous call
for papers. Some of these are now cross-listed with the
CSAA.
Some comments re speakers:
1) Ordinarily, speakers must be (or become) members of the Society
for Socialist Studies. Exceptions are (a) special guests who could
not be expected to join the organisation otherwise, and (b) participants
in joint sessions if they are members of the other group.
2) Speakers are expected to have a finished paper ready for
distribution at the conference.
3) Being accepted as a speaker does not mean that funding for
travel to the conference is available. Last year the requests for funds were
triple the amount provided to us by SSHRC and SSFC (and a bit from our
own resources).
4) SSHRCC rules preclude the payment of travel money to those
living within 325km/200miles from the host university.
5) Our society has, for many years, used the following order of
priority: (i) students, unemployed, commmunity activists, other
low-income people; (ii) postdoctoral appointees, sessional academics;
(iii) term and probationary appointees; (iv) tenured faculty members.
Usually, only members of the first two groups receive (some) funding.
6) Ordinarily, only speakers are eligible for funding.
7) In accordance with a motion passed at the 1994 AMM, travel
support is normally awarded (if at all) no more than twice in a row to
any fully employed person.
8) No money will be paid for "income replacement".
All confirmed speakers will be contacted by the National Office in
March with further details.
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The following sessions have been proposed:
Labour and the extreme right: the myths and the realities.
Barrie Anderson,
Sociology and Social Studies, University of Regina, Regina S4S 0A2.
Fax 306-585-4815
Papers dealing with all aspects of the consequences for labour of an
emerging neo-fascism are invited. Presentations concentrating on
anti-Semitism, white-supremacist hate groups, anti-labour activities,
anti-feminism, and strategies to fight back will be particularly
welcome.
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Genocide as a concern for socialist and feminist theory & practice
(papers and/or round-table)
Organiser: Dr. Sima Aprahamian
(Simone de Beauvoir Institute,
Concordia University,
1455 de Maisonneuve W.,
Montreal, Que%bec H3G 1M8;
H: 514-331-9571)
Genocide is the ultimate destruction of life, therefore
of all labour and work. Genocide is not a new issue.
Although genocide as a political and legal terminology has only
been in use in association with the Nazi-perpetrated
Holocaust, as a systematic annihilation plan it has much
deeper roots. In view of the recent massacres in Rwanda,
Bosnia and the 80th anniversary of the unrecognized genocide
of the Armenians I propose a forum to re-examine the
politics of terminology and theories of genocide.
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Health care in the 90s: re-visions, reorganization, research
(with CSAA)
Marie Campbell,
Faculty of Human and Social Resources,
University of Victoria,
Victoria BC V8W 2Y2.
Tel. 604-721-8203.
Fax 604-721-7067.
E-mail MCAMPBEL@HSD.uvic.ca (one L!)
This session covers critical and feminist analyses of current trends
and research
(population-based, community participation, regionalisation,
"closer-to-home" care, etc.) in our health-care system.
Questions to be be addressed include: What is happening
in the name of progress and reorganization? How are researchers
involved in such changes? In the face of fiscal restraint
-- especially targetting social spending --
what kinds of research activity do health activists, professionals,
policy makers and unionists find helpful in the
struggle to maintain and improve health care?
The CCF-NDP and the labour movement.
Lorne Brown, Political Science, University of Regina, Regina SK S4S 0A2.
Tel. 306-585-4444 (w), 306-729-4558 (h). Fax 306-585-4815.
The relationship of the CCF-NDP to the labour movement in Canada
has some similarities with that between labour and social-democratic
parties in Europe and Britain,
but probably differences too.
This session will feature papers,
whether from a historical or an contemporary perspective.
exploring the Canadian situation,
in particular the connections between trade unions and CCF-NDP
provincial governments. Papers may deal exclusively with Canada or
compare and contrast the Canadian experiences with those of
other countries.
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Contemporary and historical international solidarity.
Lorne Brown, Political Science, University of Regina, Regina SK S4S 0A2.
Tel. 306-585-4444 (w), 306-729-4558 (h). Fax 306-585-4815.
The left has traditionally played an important role on the
international scene through solidarity movements.
Struggles in Canada and Que%bec have often found support in
other countries, and vice versa. Solidarity actions in the U.K., the
U.S.A. and several other countries supported the democratic rebellion of
1837-38, the struggle for union recognition in 1871, the Saskatchewan
Rebellion of 1885, and the Winnipeg General Strike of 1919.
Likewise, Canadians have played, and continue to play,
active roles supporting such international struggles as
the Spanish Civil War, anti-colonial struggles in many parts of the
British Empire, the Cuban revolution, the Vietnam war, the
anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa, and the revolutionary
upheavals in Central America -- to mention some of the most obvious
cases.
Presentations on historical and current solidarity activities and groups
are invited from academics and solidarity activists.
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Alternative and people's budgets
Paul Browne, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, 804-251
Laurier Avenue West, Ottawa K1P 5H3. Tel. 613-563-1341.
Fax: 613-233-1458.
In 1994-95, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
and Cho!ces have developed an "alternative federal budget."
It is intended both as a demonstration of the possibility and
fiscal viability of alternative economic and social
policies, and as an instrument for building people's
coalitions against the state and capital. Other alternative
and people's budgets have been produced in Canada and
elsewhere over the years (for example in Grenada under
the New Jewel Movement). Papers are invited on all aspects
of people's and alternative budgets in Canada and abroad,
addressing such questions as:
What should be their role in socialist strategy?
Can they avoid the twin perils of unrealistic utopianism
and timid reformism? etc.
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The federal social security review
Paul Browne,
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives,
804-251 Laurier Ave West, Ottawa K1P 5J6.
Tel. 613-563-1341. Fax 613-233-1458. Home phone & fax 613-234-3191.
The social security review, launched in January 1994 and
intensified with the publication of Lloyd Axworthy's discussion paper
"Improving Social Security in Canada", will reach a peak in 1995.
The paper proposes to transform social policy into an
instrument of labour market policy and, implicitly, to renew the
Poor Law tradition of welfare as relief to the "deserving poor" only.
Papers are invited developing socialist and feminist critiques
of -- and alternative proposals for --
any aspect of the federal social security review: social insurance,
education & training, labour market policy, federal-provincial
relations, fiscal & monetary policy, continental economic and
political integration, theories of welfare.
Contributions of a philosophical nature will be as welcome as those
from the vantage points of sociologists, political scientists,
economists, educators etc. etc.
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The contemporary relevance of class.
Howard Chodos,
46 Brighton Avenue, Ottawa K1S 0T2.
Tel. 613-730-1258.
Understanding the world of work in terms of class has
been a distinguishing feature of socialist analyses.
Re-examening the salience of class is an important requirement
for revitalising socialist theory and practice.
This session will deal with the definition of class, the
effects of class, strategic implications of class analysis, and
the (possible) precedence of class over other axes of social
stratification. Is class an explanatory variable or an agent of
history? What mechanisms enable the expanded reproduction of class?
Theoretical and empirical papers on these topics and questions are
invited.
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Canada, Que%bec, and Social Movements
(session with the Karl Polanyi Institute of Political Economy)
Coordinators:
Frank
Cunningham, Philosophy, University of Toronto,
Toronto, Ont. M5S 1A1; fcunning@epas.utoronto.ca;
and
Marguerite Mendell, Karl Polanyi Institute of Political Economy,
Concordia University, Montreal, P.Q. H3G 1M8;
mendell@vax2.concordia.ca.
Uncertainty about future relations between Que%bec and the
rest of Canada does not change the fact that things like
environmental degredation, sexism, racism, or class oppression
cross national borders. This makes it all the more important that
activists in social movements combatting these things maintain or
construct contact and, where feasible, coordination of effort no
matter whether under conditions of the constitutional status quo,
division of the country into two states, or anything in between.
To explore ways that this might be done, the Society for
Socialist Studies and the Karl Polanyi Institute of Political
Economy are soliciting interest in a roundtable on this topic at
the Learneds, bringing together people involved in social
movements on both sides of the Que%bec border. While the questions
of whether and how independence of Que%bec would be pertinent to
the discussions of the roundtable, the envisaged focus will be on
possiblity for ongoing interaction among social movements under a
variety of conceivable outcomes of current national politics. To
ensure full discussions, all participants in the session should be
sufficiently proficient in both French and English that we can
proceed without the aid of translators.
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Training, ideology and the changing labour market (with CSAA)
(see also the Call for Papers, Annual 11, elsewhere in this Bulletin)
For this session only, send proposals to all coordinators:
Thomas Dunk,
Centre for Northern Studies,
Lakehead University,
Thunder Bay, Ont.
P7B 5E1.
Tel. 807-343-8091. Fax 807-343-8100. Internet
thomas.dunk@lakeheadu.ca
Stephen McBride,
Political Science,
Simon Fraser University,
Burnaby BC
V5A 1S6.
Tel. 604-291-3729. Fax 604-291-4786. Internet stephen_mcbride@sfu.ca
Randle Nelsen,
Sociology,
Lakehead University,
Thunder Bay, Ont.
P7B 5E1.
Tel. 807-343-8376. Fax 807-346-7831.
Internet c/o emaunula@cs_acad_lan.lakeheadu.ca
In recent years worker training and retraining have been
seen by politicians of various political leanings and many
social commentators as an important part of the solution
for several different but closely related economic
problems. Training and retraining are thought to be central
to labour productivity and, therefore, the competitiveness of
national economies; they are frequently proposed as an answer to
the crisis experienced by workers displaced by industrial
restructuring and "adjustment", and they are seen as a way
of reducing high rates of unemployment.
This session examines worker training and retraining from
a critical perspective. We invite papers which examine the
political economy and ideology of the training and
"adjustment" debate.
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Political economy of religion
Ron Fletcher,
1152 Redland Ave,
Moose Jaw SK S6H 3P3.
Tel. 306-692-5579(h), 306-692-3842(w).
This session addresses social, political and/or economic
aspects of the various religious doctrines and institutions.
Some suggested topics (but no more than examples!) are:
the class nature of religious denominations; biblical positions on
property, usery, exploitation, and other social-economic issues;
the political and economic basis of the attack on the United Church
of Canada.
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Humanism and religion in Canadian social thought.
NOTE: A coordinator is still sought for this session.
Volunteers are encouraged to contact the National Office.
One paper proposal has been received to date: "The humanist
element of Canadian social democracy -- the thought of F.R. Scott".
Potential coordinators may obtain this proposal from the National
Office.
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Women, labour and race.
Ronnie Leah, Sociology, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge AB
T1K 3M4.
Tel. 403-329-2552.
E-mail leah@hg.uleth.ca
This sessions addresses issues of gender and race in the workplace.
Theoretical and empirical papers are invited.
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Is there still a women's movement in Canada? In Que%bec?
(with CSAA)
Patrice LeClerc,
Canadian Studies, Duke University,
Box 90422,
Durham NC USA 27708-0422.
Tel. 919-684-4260.
E-mail declerc@acpub.duke.edu (note: declerc, not leclerc!)
Many changes have occurred in the women's movement in Canada in the
past five years, much affected by the political scene. Two groups that
officially coordinate "the movement", NAC and the FFQ, have lost some
of their power. Many groups have proliferated with their own special
interests. Women in Que%bec and the rest of Canada often disagree
on priorities, tactics and principles.
Some questions to be addressed in this session:
Is there still sisterhood? A women's agenda? Do women need
to work together? Can they? Do we need new structures or procedures to
deal with government(s)? Do present institutions work? Is
diversity problematic?
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Market, planning, efficiency & justice: the experience and options
in the East, the West & the South.
NOTE: A coordinator is still sought for this session.
Volunteers are encouraged to contact the National Office.
The debate about the various ways of allocation of productive
resources continues. The western-style forms of "free" markets
(with various degrees of government control) and the eastern-style
central planning models have been successful in some aspects but
have failed to deliver on the promise of both efficiency and justice.
What types of intermediate allocative and distributive
structures can be developed in theory and practice?
Papers are invited reviewing and extending the current debate, as
is taking place in many progressive journals, electronic
networks, and political-action groups.
One paper proposal has been received to date: "Market socialism -
an oxymoron".
Potential coordinators may obtain this proposal from the National
Office.
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The Transformation of Educational Work: The Political
Economy of Teaching and Learning in Canadian Postsecondary
Institutions
(with CSAA)
Coordinator: Diane Meaghan
(Liberal Studies,
Seneca College,
1750 Finch Ave. East,
Willowdale, ON M2J 2X5.
W: 416-491-5050 X2245.
Fax: 416-491-3081)
Administrators at colleges and universities across the
nation are determinately moving their institutions towards
a business model, often with the active support and encouragement
of political leaders anxious to reduce the burden of public
debt with the pretext of enhancing accountability. This has led
to an attempt to define and measure every aspect and outcome
of the educational process with a resulting ever-expanding
list of performance indicators. Furthermore, various
productivity-enhancing practices aimed largely at reducing
labour costs are being examined and implemented, such as the
use of part-time sessional teachers, alternative delivery methods
and increased teaching loads. As teaching and research
become more articulated to the needs of business, this
transformational process has direct implications for how the
members of the academy will continue to control the professional
components of teaching.
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Sociology of the family: mothers who mother other women's children
(with CSAA)
Baukje (Bo) Miedema,
Sociology,
University of New Brunswick,
P.O.B. 4400,
Fredericton NB E3B 5A3.
Tel. 506-453-4849.
Fax 506-453-4549.
E-mail S8BR@UNB.CA
This session invites papers concerning foster care or adoptive
mothers; papers may be research oriented or based on
personal experiences.
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Class, ethnicity, sexuality, and technology.
Judy Morrison,
Political Science,
Simon Fraser University,
Burnaby, BC
V5A 1S6.
Home: 1526 E 10th Ave, Vancouver V5N 1X5.
Tel: 604-291-5487 or 4293 (u), 604-879-3661 (h).
Fax: 604-291-4786.
email: judithm@sfu.ca
This session will address the social relations embedded in power
mediated through such factors as class, gender and ethnicity.
Included will be discussions on reproductive technologies;
contraceptive use and promotion; the social construction of 'race'
and the historical construction of 'cheap labour'; as well as the
'cycloptic' world vision of those with power and how this shapes our
realities. Such a forum for critical discussions should lead to
strategies for action and change.
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The environment and the relations with First Nations.
(with the Environmental Studies Association of Canada)
Peter Penz,
Environmental Studies,
York University,
4700 Keele Street,
North York ON M3J 1P3.
Tel. 416-736-5252.
Fax 416-736-5679.
E-mail ES_PPENZ@Orion.YorkU.CA
(NOTE: change of coordinator!).
This session will feature a panel debate on
"Rethinking Environmental - First Nations Relations: A
Discussion Paper" by David Orton.
It will be
produced and circulated as a Green Web Bulletin prior to the
Learneds, and will be available (mail and e-mail) from the National
Office well
before the Learneds. Session participants (and hopefully all
attendants) would be expected having read the paper.
Other papers are not invited (but will not be refused if submitted).
This paper will consider (but will not be limited to) the following:
Did aboriginals "own" Canada? Should treaty rights be
supported? Purpose of land claims settlements. Problems and
their resolution in fur trapping, parks and wilderness,
forestry, and fisheries conflicts. The "Left" critique and its
limitations. The left ecocentric perspective on land use and
on environmental/First Nations relations. What is the way
forward?
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Pushing the margins, making the
connections, fighting the oppression.
Nandita Sharma,
1957 Kitchener Street, Vancouver V5L 2W6.
Tel. 604-254-6258 (h), 604-291-3146 (u, messages only).
This session features a panel to discuss and
demonstrate popular education techniques. Its contrbutions are
organised around a slide show
on the development and
expansion of fascism, particularly in the context of the recent phase
of capitalist restructuring.
Also shown will be
a video which explores many of the issues surrounding
women's health concerns. Papers are sought dealing with the methods,
processes and people playing a role in popular education,
demonstrating its usefullness in advancing our means of gathering
and disseminating knowledge, and in linking activism with the academy.
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The ideological proletarianization of educators.
Robert Runte%,
Sociology of Education, Faculty of Education,
Lethbridge University, Lethbridge AB T1K 3M4.
Tel. 403-329-2454. Fax 403-329-2252. runte@hg.uleth.ca
In many Canadian jurisdictions teachers have lost control over the
goals of education, through the imposition of fiscal and managerial
constraints. The introduction of standard curricula and the increased
imposition of pre-packaged materials are both designed to
"teacher-proof" the educational system. Still, as is the case with
other knowledge workers, teachers retain a narrow technical
discretion that allows them the illusion of professional
autonomy. This, in turn, isolates them from other workers
and encourages them to continue a strategy of co-operation with
(or being co-opted by) the sectional interests controlling the
legislative process.
Papers are sought on factual evidence, analysis and implications
for public policy and teachers' strategy.
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Various readings of Capital
Ajit Sinha,
6 Ross Street, Toronto M5T 1Z9.
e-mail: asinha@vm1.yorku.ca
Tel. 416-597-6765. Fax 415-736-5615.
Capital,
the most important intellectual contribution of Marx,
has been read and reread for more than 125 years
and remains as controversial as ever before. It, on the one hand, is a
philosophical discourse, and on the other, an economic theory. During the
early 60's two major works, one in the area of philosophy and another in the
area of economic theory, created an unprecedented stir within the Marxist
intellectual community. One was the works of Louis Althusser, particularly
Reading Capital,
and the other was Sraffa's
Production of Commodities by Means of Commodities.
This panel discussion will attempt to explore the
significance of this development as well as other alternative readings of
Capital.
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Class Struggle and Labour Unrest in Post Mao China.
Gerald B. Sperling, Political Science,
University of Regina, Regina, SK S4S 0A2. Phone 306-585-4442. Fax
306-585-4815.
Internet: sperling@max.cc.uregina.ca
With the triumph of "Socialism with Chinese Characteristics", that is,
neo-capitalism
under the aegis of the Chinese Communist Party, has come unprecedented
prosperity for hundreds of millions of Chinese peasants and urban dwellers.
However, also accompanying dizzying economic growth rates have come
unprecedented
social problems amongst the old and the new working class. Thousands of
state enterprises cannot meet their payrolls, raising the prospect of
tens of millions of
unemployed urban proletariat. In addition, anywhere from 50 to 100
million former peasants, now surplus labour, have become migrant workers,
moving
to the cities in search of work on construction projects.
Labour unrest (work stoppages, protest marches) is growing
significantly.
Papers are invited
dealing with the theory and/or empirical
evidence related to the rapidly changing labour situation in present day
China.
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Unpaid female labour.
Michelle Weinroth,
1003-85 Range Road, Ottawa K1N 8J6.
Tel. & fax 613-234-3191.
Capitalist society quantifies and judges every social relation according
to market values. It thus denies women at home any public, social
recognition; it demeans caregiving and regards mothers'
nurturing activities as unworthy of material reward, despite this
work being the most demanding, versatile and extensive labour
of our society. Although they give far more than nannies or daycare
workers, mothers-at-home earn no wages for their 24-hour task,
no pension, sick leave, or other benefits. If they desire greater
fulfillment and recognition, they must enter the paid workforce
and yield their children to the care of others.
This session invites papers on all aspects of unpaid female labour.
It encourages participants to provide a critique of the
alienating dilemma that the capitalist market foists on women:
either the solitary autonomy of wage labour or the solitude of
unpaid homework. Can we supersede this contradiction? What are the
emancipatory possibilities?
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Consequences of exclusion from the labour force on various
dimensions of older workers' lives.
Vivian Wiseman,
3805 Grey Ave,
Montre%al PQ H4A 3N8.
Tel. 514-482-9573.
(Session co-organizers: Marc Andre% Deniger and Eric Shragge)
Over the span of the past 15 years
of economic recession and the restructuring of
general patterns of work, many workers aged 45 and over
have been displaced from their jobs.
In this session we will review implications drawn from
perspectives on work and social history
that reveal important linkages between joblessness, income
loss and dysfunction on individual, social and
psychological levels. We shall examine the qualitative impact
of the labour market crisis on the unemployment experience,
particularly that of women. Other impacts to be discussed
include frequency and duration of long-term unemployment and the
movement to social assistance of older workers, effects on
communities' recourse to health and social services, consequences
on the family, social networks and personal identity.
Special Learneds Event - The Strangest Dream
history and people of working-class Montre%al
James McCrorie is organising a special full-day event at the 1995
Learneds on the theme of the book
The Strangest Dream by Merrily Weisbord.
This programme item will consist of the following:
- James' review of this book in the next
Socialist Studies Bulletin (no. 39).
- an invitation to members to read the book before the Learneds;
The National Office has copies available for $ 14.50 (20% off).
- a seminar or workshop at the conference with veterans from the
Montre%al labour struggles, in particular the period 1930-1960.
- a walk-about, visiting those historic sites associated with
events described in the book.
- a panel discussion on the relevance of the Montre%al experience
for modern social and political action.
Those who want to become actively involved are asked to contact
James McCrorie, Canadian Plains Research Centre, University of Regina,
Regina SK S4S 0A2. Tel. 306-585-4758/59. Fax 306-586-9862.
Make sure to order this book from the National Office!
Socialist Studies - National Film Board
Film & Video Presentations -- Learneds 1995
Patrick Bolland
is organising a Socialist Studies film and video festival
at the UQAM Learneds
through the offices of
the National Film Board.
The NFB facilities are located next to UQAM. Current plans call
for 3 events to be held in their big cinema (142 seats) from 3:00
until 5:30 (approximately).
Each event will feature an NFB film or video, preceded by an
introduction from the director (or other person closely connected
with the production) and followed by a panel discussion involving
the director and Socialist Studies members. As usual, the events
will be open to the public.
>From the list published in the previous
Bulletin (no. 37),
Patrick Bolland has, so far, selected a couple of titles for
posssible inclusion: on NAFTA and on Que%bec socialism, respectively.
Members are encouraged to send him suggestions
for suitable NFB
titles of interest
and
inform him of their availability to take part in any panel discussion
(formal papers will not be required for these events).
Contact: Patrick Bolland, 424 Prince Albert, Westmount, Que%. H3Y 2P5.
Tel. 514-481-5757.
Prof. Chris Chase-Dunn
Department of Sociology
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD. 21218 USA
tel 410 516 7633 fax 410 516 7590 email chriscd@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu