[LAF] FW: [historicalmaterialism] Fwd: Ecosocialist Conference Crimea

[Joy Wood]

> To: historicalmaterialism at yahoogroups.com> From: sebastien.budgen at wanadoo.fr> Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 23:33:53 +0200> Subject: [historicalmaterialism] Fwd: Ecosocialist Conference Crimea> > > > Début du message réexpédié :> > > De : "Richard Greeman" <rgreeman at gmail.com>> > Date : 17 juin 2008 15:58:43 HAEC> > À : "Sebastian Budgen" <sebastian at amadeobordiga.u-net.com>> > Objet : Réexp : Ecosocialist Conference Crimea> >> > Greetings Sebastian!> >> > Just received from the HM mailing list the announcement of our > > (Praxis/Victor Serge Library) July 12-14 historical conference in > > Moscow. Thanks for circulating it so promptly.> >> > Unfortunately, for some mysterious reason the announcement of our > > second, July 18-20 Praxis Conf in Ukraine was not attached. I would > > therefore ask you to kindly circulate the enclosed to the members of > > the HM email list.> >> > Most cordially, Richard Greeman> >> >> >> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------> > From: Richard Greeman <rgreeman at gmail.com>> > Date: 2008/6/17> > Subject: Ecosocialist Conference Crimea> > To: rgreeman at gmail.com> >> >> > Internationale VICTOR SERGE Fondation> >> > Dear Friends and Comrades,> >> > It is my pleasure to invite you to a socio-ecological conference to > > be held in the Crimea (Ukraine) at an ecological camp on the Black > > Sea shore (bring bathing suits) sponsored by Praxis, the Research, > > and Education Center of the Victor Serge Library in Moscow http://www.praxiscenter.ru > > . The dates are 18-20 July. We apologize for the lateness of this > > announcement. Unfortunately, independent Left events are exquisitely > > difficult to organize in the ex-Soviet space, particularly under > > today's increasingly restrictive atmosphere.> >> > The topic of our International Research and Practical Conference is > > 'Socio-ecological models of the future: Theoretical conceptions and > > practical programs.' The Conference is co-sponsored by two Left > > ecological groups (one Ukrainian and the other Russian): the XXI > > Century Center for Ecological Education and the International Socio- > > Ecological Union. The conference will be devoted to 1) analysing the > > present economic-ecological crisis of world capitalism, 2) > > discussing conceptions of possible future social systems, such as > > those advanced by ecological/left socio-political thinkers and > > social movements; 3) looking at possibilities and practical ways of > > realization of such socio-ecological models. Please see Call for > > Papers (below) for outline of themes and sessions. The working > > languages of the conference will be Ukrainian, Russian, English and > > French.> >> > The Conference fee (for organizational expenses) is a nominal 40 > > Euros, and every effort is being made to accomodate international > > participants. Rooms have already been booked in a private hotel in > > Peschanoe Village near the Conference site http://www.peschanoe2007.narod.ru/ > > Room with 3 beds, individual toilet and wash-stand costs 25 euros a > > day -- for the whole room. Tent space and three meals a day are > > available at the Peschanoe ecological camp for 13€ a day per person.> >> > Peschanoe is accessible from Sebastopol and from Simferopol Airport. > > Tours have been organized for the days before and after the > > Conference: 17 July - Bakhchisaray, ancient capital of Crimean > > Khanute and Chufut-Kale ("Jewish Fortress"); 21 July - tour of > > Sebastopol. For resertavion contact the organizing committees: praxiscenter at gmail.com > > (Russia); terziumm at mtu-net.ru (Russia); eco2 at ukr.net (Ukraine).> >> > Praxis is also co-sponsoring (with Memorial Society and the > > Plekhanov Foundation) an historical conference in Moscow on July > > 12-13 on the topic : 'Historical Experience of Socialist Resistance > > Against Totalitarianism.' For more information about our Moscow > > conference click http://www.praxiscenter.ru/files/English/Mosconf_Eng.mht > > in English http://www.praxiscenter.ru/files/French/Conf=20hist=202008=20fr.mht > > in French. (MAC users please contact me directly). As many of you > > know, the Victor Serge Public Library in Moscow (with over 6000 > > socialist, anarchist, feminist, labor and ecological books in > > several languages) and Praxis, its Research and Education Center, > > opened its doors in 1997. Please visit our multilingual site at http://www.praxiscenter.ru> >> > Hoping to see you in Crimea next month! Even if you can't come, > > please be so kid as to circulate this invitation via your website or > > email list.> >> > Cordially, Richard Greeman, Secretary, International Victor Serge > > Foundation, Montpellier, France> >> >> >> > ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————> >> > > > CALL FOR PAPERS> >> > Papers are invited on the following suggested topics. (There will > > also be ample time for floor discussion among those not presenting).> >> > 1) Capitalism and global climate change. Perspectives and social > > consequences of contemporary tendencies in the sphere of ecology. > > Planetary ecological catastrophe: possibility, inevitability or > > product of alarmist thinking? Destruction of natural and social > > environments – negative models of the future. Is there a purely > > technological solution to climate crisis or does it require large- > > scale changes in political and social structures? Is capitalism > > consistant with global survival ? Can capitalism survive the coming > > environmental catastrophe? Ecological problems as a contemporary > > expression of the conflict between productive forces and relations > > of production. History and specific ecological problems in post- > > Soviet lands.> >> > 2) What can 'looking backward' from an eco-socialist Utopian future > > tell us about the present ? Conceptions of socially and ecologically > > harmonious future. Technological foundations of the new social > > organization. Problems of compatibility of healthy natural > > environment and high level of consumption. Ecologism and democracy. > > Utopian politics : organizational models for social self- > > organization. Models of ecologically oriented socialism.> >> > 3) How to get there from here ? Globalization and internationalism. > > Objective preconditions for radical emergence : technology, > > economics, power relations. Can the multi-trillion dollar > > derivatives market save the planet by causing the collapse of the > > credit system of capitalism? What new ways and moving forces of > > socio-ecological transformation have emerged in the XXIst Century ? > > Relations between different types of struggles for social/political > > and ecological changes. Differening perspectives among global > > regions : ex-Soviet space. Search for constructive program of a > > transition to new social organization. Reformism and revolutionarism > > in the socio-ecological thought and practice. What can we learn from > > the 'Soviet experiment ?' Historical experience of social > > transformations: lessons for the future;> >> > The conference will include a "round table" on the subject: "Utopia > > 2100: looking backward" and a panel on: "Ecologism as an anti- > > totalitarianism".> >> >> >> > > ------------------------------------> > Yahoo! Groups Links> > <*> To visit your group on the web, go to:> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/historicalmaterialism/> > <*> Your email settings:> Individual Email | Traditional> > <*> To change settings online go to:> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/historicalmaterialism/join> (Yahoo! ID required)> > <*> To change settings via email:> mailto:historicalmaterialism-digest at yahoogroups.com > mailto:historicalmaterialism-fullfeatured at yahoogroups.com> > <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:> historicalmaterialism-unsubscribe at yahoogroups.com> > <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:> http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> 
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