Michael Jackson: Shame on Society

MICHAEL JACKSON – SHAME ON SOCIETY

Ruth Rikowski’s reaction to the death of Michael Jackson on her blog ‘Serendipitous Moments’, see: http://ruthrikowskiim.blogspot.com/2009/06/michael-jacson-shame-on-society.html

Following the death of my father last February, the music of Michael Jackson has helped my youngest son, Gregory, to move beyond the aftermath and to move on to new projects. Michael Jackson’s music also helped Ruth too in this respect.

Greg and Ruth had tickets to see Michael at the O2. They are both shocked and saddened at the death of this great man.

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Reading from the Left

READING FROM THE LEFT

NEW WEBSITE PROVIDES FREE DOWNLOADS OF CURRENT SOCIALIST BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS

Online Now: http://www.readingfromtheleft.com

READING FROM THE LEFT is a new website, created to promote and distribute contemporary socialist books and pamphlets.

It will feature free PDF downloads of pamphlets, reviews and announcements of socialist books, free PDF downloads of book chapters, and in some cases entire books.

This is a non-commercial project: the website links to places where titles can be purchased, but it does not sell pamphlets or books directly. The initial response from publishers has been excellent.

The site already includes free downloads from:

**Monthly Review Press

**Resistance Books (Australia)

**Resistance Books (UK)

**Socialist Voice

**Socialist Project

More titles are in preparation.

Please take a look -- http://www.readingfromtheleft.com

Comments and suggestions are very welcome.

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Causes and Implications of the Economic Crisis

CAUSES AND IMPLICATIONS OF THE ECONOMIC CRISIS

The Hobgoblin: http://www.thehobgoblin.co.uk/

Public Meeting, July 8 in London:

Andrew Kliman on 'Causes and Implications of the Economic Crisis'

Wednesday 8 July, Lucas Arms (upstairs room), 245a Grays Inn Road St Pancras, London (Kings Cross tube) from 8 to 10 pm.

Andrew Kliman is author of 'Reclaiming Marx's Capital' and a member of the Marxist-Humanist Initiative (US). Meeting sponsored jointly by The Hobgoblin and The Commune.

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Confronting Capitalism's Economic Crisis

CONFRONTING CAPITALISM’S ECONOMIC CRISIS

Meeting & 4-part Seminar

All events at TRS, 44 East 32nd St., 11th floor, New York, NY, from 7 pm to 9 pm
Sponsored by Marxist-Humanist Initiative

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TUESDAY, JUNE 23: PUBLIC MEETING
"The economic crisis and left responses," a talk by Andrew Kliman, author of Reclaiming Marx's "Capital": A refutation of the myth of inconsistency
"A new organization for a time of crisis," a talk by Anne Jaclard, National Secretary, Marxist-Humanist InitiativeTalks followed by open discussion. Donation requested.

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SEMINAR SERIES

Tuesday June 30. Introduction: purpose of seminar series; overview of crisis theories; definition of "crisis"; history ofcapitalist crises; why crisis theory? Led by Josh Skolnik

Tuesday July 14. Underconsumptionism: does paying workers more boost profit? Led by Seth Weiss

Tuesday July 21. Marx's law of the tendential fall in the rate of profit. Led by Andrew Kliman

Tuesday July 28. The crisis of the free market and the turn to state-capitalist ideology. Led by Anne Jaclard

As the worst economic slump since the Great Depression calls into question the viability of the capitalist system, andas people increasingly doubt whether capitalism is desirable or even necessary, we need to unite theory with practice and an understanding of the current crisis in order to respond effectively. We invite everyone seriously interested in this task to join us in the seminar series. Participants will be expected to have done the readings prior to each session.

Donations are requested, but no one will be turned away because of inability to pay.

Please call us at (888) 579-2245 or write to us at mhi@marxisthumanistinitiative.org in order to register for the seminar series and obtain the syllabus.

Our website contains continuing analysis and discussion of the economic crisis: http://www.marxist-humanist-initiative.org/

You can find a printable flyer on the website, or link to it here: http://marxisthumanistinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/crisis_series.pdf

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Why we need a Campaign for Social Ownership

Why we need a Campaign for Social Ownership

I have written a discussion document, expressing a personal point of view, titled "Why we need a Campaign for Social Ownership". The piece is on the Solidarity website. It's rather long so there is a PDF file which you can download from the site.

I will be happy to receive feedback, either by way of comments on the site or direct to me at: martin.wicks@btinternet.com

http://solidaritymagazine.wordpress.com

Martin Wicks

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Update on 'Workplace: A Journal for Academic Labor'

UPDATE ON ‘WORKPLACE: A JOURNAL FOR ACADEMIC LABOR’

Workplace: A Journal for Academic Labor

The Editorial Team of Workplace is proud to announce the journal's new home, new outlook, and new publishing system!

We encourage you to browse the Workplace open journal system, submit a manuscript, or volunteer to review http://m1.cust.educ.ubc.ca/journal/index.php/workplace/index.

We also welcome proposals for Special Issues; if you have an idea or have assembled a group of scholars writing on higher education workplace activism and issues of academic labor, send us a proposal.Current preprints include John Welsh's "Theses on College and University Administration" and "The Status Degradation Ceremony." As a whole, both feature articles challenge scholars to rethink the administration of higher education and how we frame research into this process http://m1.cust.educ.ubc.ca/journal/index.php/workplace/issue/current.

Thank you and please forward this invitation to colleagues and networks.

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Stephen Petrina & E. Wayne Ross, Co-Editors
Workplace: A Journal for Academic Labor
Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy
University of British Columbia
http://m1.cust.educ.ubc.ca/journal/index.php/workplace/index

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