URPE at the 2011 Left Forum:
Recordings, Papers, Slides, Notes
For descriptions of the following panels download our flyer.
For bios of panelists, click here.
Capitalism, Climate Change, and Social Conflicts
Session 1 Saturday 10-11:50 a.m. Room E326
Sponsored by: Union for Radical Political Economics
Brian Tokar - Institute for Social Ecology
Chris Williams - Pace
Younes Abouyoub - Columbia University
Emily Giles, Chair
Audio Recordings: Campbell, Intro Tokar Williams Abouyoub
Audience Discussion
Supporting Material: Ecology and Socialism, Williams Nuclear Roulette, Williams
Toward Climate Justice, Tokar Agriculture and Food in Crisis, Tokar & Magdoff
Democratic and Participatory Economics
Session 2 Saturday 12-1:50 p.m. Room W605
Sponsored by: Union for Radical Political Economics
Al Campbell - URPE; University of Utah
Alba Delgado - ICEA (Instituto de Ciencias Economicas y de la Autogestion), Spain
John Cronan, Jr. - Organization for a Free Society; Restaurant Opportunities Center
Audio Recordings: Campbell, Intro Campbell Cronan Riano Audience Discussion
Supporting Material: Riano Website
Is Fair Trade a Viable Model of Solidarity Economics?
Session 2 Saturday 12-1:50 p.m. Room W604
Sponsored by: Union for Radical Political Economics
Chisara Ehiemere - Fair Trade USA
Daniel Salcedo - Pueblo to People
Rodney North - Equal Exchange
Tamara Stenn - URPE; Keene State College
Audio Recordings: Stenn, Intro Stenn Salcedo Ehiemere North
Audience Discussion
Supporting Material: North: Equal Exchange Small Farmers Big Change
Stenn Presentation (pdf)
Global Warming and Economic Cooling:
Causes and Fight-back Strategies
Session 3 Saturday 3-4:50 p.m. Room LHS
Sponsored by: Union for Radical Political Economics
Gelvin Stevenson - Clear Skies Group, Inc.; Community Resources Exchange; Cherokee National Historical Society
Michael Tanzer - Tanzer Economic Associates
Audio Recordings: Stevenson Tanzer Audience Discussion
Video of Tanzer by Wilton Vought at Essential Dissent
Sight includes video of Michael Tanzer, other Left Forum panels, and much more
From Bank Bailouts to Fiscal Austerity
Organizing to Fight the Budget Cuts
Session 4 Saturday 5-6:50 p.m. Room W605
Sponsored by: Union for Radical Political Economics
David Kotz - University of Massachusetts Amherst; Shanghai University of Finance
Chris Rude - URPE
Steve Lerner - Architect of the Justice for Janitors Campaign
Colia Lafayette Clark - long-time Civil Rights and peace advocate
Sara Burke, Chair - Gloves Off
The Struggle Against Mainstream Economic Ideology
Session 4 Saturday 5-6:50 p.m. Room E321
Sponsored by: Union for Radical Political Economics
Howard Sherman - UC Riverside
Michael Meeropol - Western New England College
Michael Perelman - Cal State Chico
Audio Recordings: Meeropol Intro Sherman Perelman Panel Discussion
Audience Discussion
Recorded by Richard Calder
Global Imbalances and the Great Recession
Session 4 Saturday 5-6:50 p.m. Room LHN
Sponsored by: Union for Radical Political Economics
Armagan Gezici - Keene State College; URPE
Bilge Erten - Drew University; URPE
Josh Mason - UMass; URPE; PERI
Mathieu Dufour - John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Audio Recordings: Dufour, Intro Gezici Mason Erten Audience Discussion
Causes and Cures of Unemployment
Session 5 Sunday 10-11:50 a.m. Room W619
Sponsored by: Union for Radical Political Economics
Howard Sherman - UC Riverside
Fadhel Kaboub - Denison University
Michael Meeropol - Western New England College
David Van Arsdale - Onondaga Community College, SUNY
Audio Recordings: Meeropol, Intro Sherman Van Arsdale Kaboub
Meeropol Comments Audience Discussion
Supporting Material: Roller Coaster Economy, Sherman
Affordable and Productive Full Employment, Kaboub (pdf)
Van Arsdale Article
Building the Socialist Alternative:
History, Theory, and Radical Imaginaton
Session 6 Sunday 12-1:50 p.m. Room W619
Sponsored by: Science & Society and Union for Radical Political Economics
Al Campbell - URPE; University of Utah
David Laibman - Science & Society
Julio Huato - St. Francis College
Audio Recordings: Campbell, Intro Campbell Huato Laibman
Audience Discussion
Supporting Material: Huato Laibman (pdf)
Email David Laibman for a longer version of his paper
