<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">LAU Kin Chi</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:laukc@ln.edu.hk">laukc@ln.edu.hk</a>></span><br>Date: Sun, Jun 9, 2019 at 5:04 AM<br>Subject: [Global U] Global U Communique No.20 (20190608)<br>To: <a href="mailto:globalufoundingmembers@googlegroups.com">globalufoundingmembers@googlegroups.com</a> <<a href="mailto:globalufoundingmembers@googlegroups.com">globalufoundingmembers@googlegroups.com</a>><br>Cc: <a href="mailto:our.global.u@gmail.com">our.global.u@gmail.com</a> <<a href="mailto:our.global.u@gmail.com">our.global.u@gmail.com</a>>, LAU Kin Chi <<a href="mailto:laukc@ln.edu.hk">laukc@ln.edu.hk</a>><br></div><br><br>

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<b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Global University for Sustainability</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></b></p>

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<span class="m_467825601567675624highlight"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Communique</span></b></span><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> of Founding Members Community</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></b></p>

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<span class="m_467825601567675624highlight"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">No</span></b></span><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">.20 (8 June 2019)</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></b></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Dear Founding Members, Dear Friends,</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">1.    

<u>Sixth South South Forum on Sustainability (SSFS6) (2019)</u></span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="color:black">SSFS6 will take place in Hong

 Kong on June 24 - July 3, 2019. The central theme is “Ecology, Livelihood, and Community Regeneration”. For Programme, Reader, Registration Form and other documents, please visit

</span><span class="m_467825601567675624MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://our-global-u.org/oguorg/en/sixth-south-south-forum-on-sustainability-ssfs6/" id="m_467825601567675624LPlnk645293" class="m_467825601567675624OWAAutoLink" target="_blank">https://our-global-u.org/oguorg/en/sixth-south-south-forum-on-sustainability-ssfs6/</a></span><span style="color:black"></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Up to now, we have about 100 registered

 participants for the three events: </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">June 24-26</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">:

 Summer School on “Nuclear Weapons and Power: Current Challenges and Responses”</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">June 28-30</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">:

 Forum on “Ecology, Livelihood, and Community Regeneration”</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">July 1-3</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">:

 Workshop on Architecture and Urbanism<span style="color:black"> <span>

 </span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">You are most welcome, especially to the

 June 28-30 Forum where we anticipate dynamic debates. If you cannot come, we provide live streaming in English and Putonghua for the Summer School and the Forum. Please check the website for details. Please also check the SSFS6 Reader for the discussion materials.

 We are making an effort to translate the papers into English and Chinese.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Please note the dates for

SSFS7 in 2020 are tentatively set for June 10-18, in Hong Kong. Proposals for holding SSFS in other sites are welcome.

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">2.

 Alternatives Debate</span></u></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">This project was launched in mid April.

 The idea is to facilitate more interaction and debate among members of the Global U community. Please see

<a href="https://our-global-u.org/oguorg/en/the-alternatives-debate/" id="m_467825601567675624LPlnk467317" class="m_467825601567675624OWAAutoLink" target="_blank">

https://our-global-u.org/oguorg/en/the-alternatives-debate/</a> for the details.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">So far, we have the following contributions:</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Category A,

<b>Revisiting Alternative Theories</b>: Annemarie Bucher, Fatima Harrak, Francine Mestrum, Han Shaogong, Michael Hudson, MP Parameswaran, Sonja Lokar.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Category B,

<b>Revisiting Alternative Practices</b>: Patrick Bond</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Category C,

<b>Reviewing Alternative Organizing</b>: Ariel Salleh, Muto Ichiyo.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">There is no time limit to send in your contribution

 or to comment on other’s contributions, but please be engaged. </span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">3.

 WAPE Conference on July 19-21, 2019</span></u></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Michael Hudson will be keynote speaker at

the<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> 2019 World Association for Political Economy (WAPE) conference in Winnipeg, Canada<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">.

 He will be talking about de-dollarization, and afterwards the paper will be uploaded to Global U for Alternatives Debate. Please see

<a href="http://gergconference.ca/" id="m_467825601567675624LPlnk371777" class="m_467825601567675624OWAAutoLink" target="_blank">

http://gergconference.ca/</a>. If any of you are attending this conference, please meet up with Michael Hudson. The theme of seeking alternative monetary systems and different world orders will be a central one in the Global U debate.

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">4.</span></u></b><u><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">

<b>Global U Publications</b></span></u></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Please visit

<a href="https://our-global-u.org/oguorg/en/global-university-for-sustainability-2/" id="m_467825601567675624LPlnk779816" class="m_467825601567675624OWAAutoLink" target="_blank">

https://our-global-u.org/oguorg/en/global-university-for-sustainability-2/</a> for free downloads of Global U publications. We have uploaded two books:

</span><strong><i><span>200

</span></i></strong><strong><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Y</span></i></strong><strong><i><span>ears

 of Marx: Capitalism in Decline</span></i></strong><strong><span style="font-weight:normal">, and</span></strong><b><i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">

 Bandung at 60: New Insights and Emerging Forces</span></i></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">,

</span><strong><span style="font-weight:normal">i</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-weight:normal">n

 addition to </span></strong><strong><i><span>The Biography of Francois Houtart</span></i></strong><strong><span>

</span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight:normal">and</span></strong><strong><span>

<i>Dreams without an Expiry Date</i>.</span></strong></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt"><strong><span style="font-weight:normal">Samir Amin’s new book

The Long Revolution of the Global South: Toward a New Anti-Imperialist International has been published by Monthly Review Press.

<a href="https://monthlyreview.org/product/the-long-revolution-of-the-global-south/" id="m_467825601567675624LPlnk708820" class="m_467825601567675624OWAAutoLink" target="_blank">

https://monthlyreview.org/product/the-long-revolution-of-the-global-south/</a><span> 

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<u><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></span></u></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">5.

<span> </span>International People’s Assembly</span></u></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The International People’s Assembly was inaugurated

 in Caracas, Venezuela, on Feb 24-27, 2019. One key organizer is Joao Pedro Stedile. Please also see the Global U link to “Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research” at

<a href="https://our-global-u.org/oguorg/en/links/" id="m_467825601567675624LPlnk884781" class="m_467825601567675624OWAAutoLink" target="_blank">

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</span><b>Debates and Comments within Members Community</b></span></u></p>

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