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

[Michel Bauwens]

you've already done so but I'll Ning it as well,

Michel

On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 6:52 PM, Phoebe Moore <pvm.doc at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
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> 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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> >
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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
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