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2006 Workshop: "Another World is Necessary"
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for Global Justice, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
Co-Patrocinadores:
Radical Philosophy Association, Global Studies Association,
Union of Radical Political Economists and
Proyecto Argentina Autonomista
made possible in part by a grant from the Christopher Reynolds
Foundation
A bilingual workshop featuring speakers from:
Cuba
Argentina’s recuperated factory movement
Venezuela’s Bolivarian revolution
Nicaraguan cooperatives
Mexican popular education & cooperatives
Zapatistas
U.S. activists and academics
see more details below
to pre-register click here
email: conference@GlobalJusticeCenter.org
telephone:
from the U.S. 1-(347)-983-5084, from within Mexico 01-415-150-0025
Call to participate in the workshop
ANOTHER WORLD IS NECESSARY
Justice, Sustainable Development & Sovereignty
July 19-26, 2006
Center for Global Justice
San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
Co-Sponsors:
Radical Philosophy Association, Global Studies Association,
Union of Radical Political Economists and
Argentina Autonomista Project
We call on social change researchers and
activists to join this 6-day workshop in seeking alternatives
to corporate globalization that are just, sustainable, and respect
popular sovereignty. Participants are invited to join the Center
for Global Justice and share in the job of renewing its mission.
All sessions will be in both English & Spanish.
“There is no alternative,” (TINA)
said Margaret Thatcher of neo-liberal capitalism as led by the
United States at least since the 1980s. And this system’s
defenders still argue TINA. But this flies in the face of reality.
Without waiting for governments, victims of neo-liberalism have
themselves constructed many viable alternatives aiming at justice,
sustainability, and popular sovereignty. And new majorities
are directing governments to join this construction and the
global justice movement. For another world is not only possible,
it is now necessary . Amidst signs of a deep global
economic crisis, the present system’s environmental and
social unsustainability is clear. Failure to honestly
ponder options invites disaster by mindless recycling of a toxic
system. Another world needs inventing by us all - morally, economically,
environmentally, politically, & culturally.
We aim for bi-lingual, publishable results of
our joint work on suggested themes like:
1. Grasping the
crisis: how capital pits working classes against
each other; conflicting agricultural models & the rural
crisis; the neo-liberal offensive today - economically, ecologically,
politically; water & ecocide; new imperialism & war;
recycling racism.
2. Women world-wide:
women’s rights; migration of women; indigenous women;
reproductive rights; women’s new economic activity; feminist
ecology.
3. Goals &
Alternatives: How is the people’s resistance
redefining social and global justice, autonomy, and participatory
democracy? New kinds of democratic socialism including “socialism
for the 21 st century”; how to undo racism; gender democracy;
una vida digna.
4. Strategies &
Tools: occupy, resist, produce; regional economic
unity; global justice movements; solidarity economy, recuperated
factories, & co-ops; can pursuit of local economic autonomy
be combined with electoral action?; North-South cross-border
organizing; ambiguities of new technologies; Tobin tax &
international legal reform; food sovereignty; the subsistence
perspective; reclaiming the commons; distinguishing means that
are unjust, unsustainable, & disrespectful of peoples’
sovereignty from those that are not.
What to expect & how to participate
in
ANOTHER WORLD IS NECESSARY
July 19-26, 2006
Center for Global Justice, San Miguel
de Allende, México
You will find four distinguishing features
of the workshop:
— it will bring together researchers
and activists on an equal basis for two-way learning about how
to move beyond corporate globalization
— it will bring together persons
from the global North and the global South in defiance of the
neo-liberal project of pitting these hemispheres’ workers
against each other
— all proceedings will be in both
Spanish and English to assure the understanding and communication
needed for joint action; and
— our meeting is largely self-financed
based on the formula “from each according to ability,
to each according to need.”
Finally: we ask all participants
to read all presentations in advance . This is
because we ask all presenters to summarize presentations
at the workshop to maximize the substantive discussion
needed for progress on the issues.
In the first three of our four work days, circles
of reflection, organized around presentations, will discuss
with a view to making progress toward consensus. Each day will
end with a single circle for sharing the groups’ progress
(or lack thereof). On the fourth day, we will convene in plenaries
to attempt to frame conclusions. Results – including key
debates – will be made public. We plan two site visits
on two days, one to a co-op network, one to a community development
group. All participants are invited to join the Center to help
renew its mission and choose leadership & themes for 2007.
Please indicate if you are willing to coordinate
a reflection circle, moderating discussion to assure that all
receive a fair share of available time and that presentations
are merely summarized. Workdays end with a common session on
the various groups’ progress, led by their appointed spokespersons.
COSTS
Registration fee: includes all
sessions, reception and lunches -
$250 until June 10, $300 after June 10.
Site visits: $50 covers both
visits.
Lodging and sessions
at the HOTEL
QUINTA LORETO , www.quintaloreto.com.mx,
in San Miguel’s historic center (email: hqloreto@cybermatsa.com.mx,
tel: + 52.415.152-0042; fax 52.415.152-3616). Some sessions
also at the nearby Biblioteca Pública
(Public Library). Double room: 480 pesos/night; single 390 pesos/night.
Scholarship assistance is available for low-income
participants, including travel expenses, and lodging & dinners
with local friends.
Full fees (and contributions) help provide scholarships
for low-income participants. We welcome tax deductible
contributions to our Scholarship Fund.
REGISTRATION
To register please send us your full name, affiliation,
street address, email address and telephone
number.
All checks should be made payable to: “Center
for Global Justice”
and from the U.S. sent to:
Center for Global
Justice BC-2323
9902 Crystal Ct. #107
Laredo TX 78045
from within Mexico or elsewhere:
Centro para la Justicia
Global
Calzada de la Luz #42
San Miguel de Allende, Gto. MEXICO
For credit card payment click here.
CUBA BONUS!
There will be eight Cubans participating in the
Workshop. To maximize this opportunity to dialog with them and
learn more about Cuba, they will be available for several days
following the Workshop as well.
Wednesday July 26: Fiesta celebrating
the anniversary of the Cuban Revolution.
Thursday, July 27: day-long
seminar on Cuba Today (in English)
Saturday, July 29: day-long
seminar on Cuba Today (in Spanish)
Sunday, July 30: state-wide
conference of Mexican organizations in solidarity with Cuba.
PARTICIPANTS
CESEU Centro para los estudios
de los EEUU
Raul Rodriguez Rodriguez, researcher
Rosa Lopez Oceguera, researcher
SCIF Sociedad cubana para la investigacion
filosofica
Maura de la Caridad Salabarria Roig, professor
Miguel Limia David, researcher
Universidad de Havana
Nancy Lopez Diaz, professor
Luis Guerra Chacon, professor
Instituto de Filosofia
Olivia Miranda Francisco, researcher
Orlando Cruz Capote, Assistant Director
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