[P2P-F] Critical Labour Studies 8th Symposium.

Sun Aug 14 13:52:44 CEST 2011

Hi Michel

Would it be possible to send this to the group?

Many thanks, Phoebe
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*Critical Labour Studies*

8th Symposium 2012

Venue: The University of Salford, Greater Manchester, UK
or the Mechanic's Institute
http://www.mechanicsinstitute.co.uk/<https://staffwebmail.salford.ac.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.mechanicsinstitute.co.uk/>

Saturday 18th Sunday 19th February 2012

Call for papers and sessions
It is clear to researchers and activists, both in the trade union movement
and universities, that global capitalism is increasingly shaping the worlds
of work and employment. The imposition of this neo-liberal orthodoxy has
many profound implications, not least that states seek to both de-legitimise
workers' opposition and marginalise their organisations. However, just as
capitalism has embraced neo-liberal strategies, there has emerged a new
politics of resistance that is varied and diverse, embracing: trade union
and socialist organisations, green and ecological protest movements,
anti-war activists, feminists, human rights campaigners and NGOs.  It is
against this background that the Critical Labour Studies (CLS) symposium has
aimed to bring together researchers and activists to discuss key features of
work and employment from a radical and labour-focused perspective. We
recognise that while left academic researchers participate in the usual
round of mainstream conferences, the scope for focused radical debate around
these themes is actually quite limited. Through CLS we have developed an
open working group and discussion forum that engages with many of the
challenges facing researchers and trade unionists within the current
environment of work and employment. By 'labour', we anticipate, in the
traditions of radical researchers over the ages, a broad understanding of
social, economic and political agendas. To date, themes have included: race,
identity and organising migrant workers, global unionism and organising
internationally, the new politics of production, privatisation, outsourcing
and offshoring, restructuring and alternative/inclusive research
methodologies.  The list of themes and questions that concern us continues
to develop over time, and the intention will be to reflect this evolving
agenda at this year's symposium. An ancillary objective is to engage in
genuinely critical debate, rescuing this term from its co-option by
mainstream agendas.
Building on the successes of the past six years, the forthcoming symposium
will be structured as a series of plenary sessions. Each will be organised
around a particular theme with speakers and discussants, followed by a broad
discussion. It has been an important principle of CLS that the conference is
not based on the convention of academic conferences with specific papers
being presented in separate streams. Rather our intention has been to deepen
discussion and debate, and to bring together researchers and labour/ union
movement activists (where possible) in joint sessions.  All sessions are
genuinely open and inclusive and involve a broad range of participants, from
established academics to early-career researchers, and from established
trade union officials to shop-floor representatives and grass-roots
activists. The distinctive organising principles of CLS are, therefore, to
assist unions and workers in dealing with the challenges faced in the
neo-liberal world of work and employment. Ultimately, discussion of
strategies and tactics are related to the broader aim of creating a
socialist society.

Send proposals for presentations/sessions/papers to Dr Phoebe V Moore-Carter
p.moore at salford.ac.uk <mailto:p.moore at salford.ac.uk <p.moore at salford.ac.uk>>

Deadline 16th September 2011.

Join the Critical Labour Studies Email List: If you would like to be added
to the CLS email list, please contact Jane Holgate at
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Check out our website:
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This event is supported by Historical Materialism, Capital and Class, and
the BUIRA Marxist Study Group.

Dr. Phoebe Moore-Carter
Lecturer in International Relations & International Political Economy
Programme Leader, MA in International Relations and Globalisation
MA coursefinder:
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