[Uwhistory] LABOR TALK(S): Walmart, Latin America, and more in May! (fwd)

[Lori Anthony]

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Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:16:55 -0800
From: Labor Center <pcls at u.washington.edu>
To: psfaculty at u.washington.edu, polgrads at u.washington.edu
Subject: LABOR TALK(S): Walmart, Latin America, and more in May!

PLEASE CIRCULATE AND ANNOUNCE! More details appear below the calendar

Calendar

Lecture Series: Latin American Challenges to the Neo-Liberal Order
All lectures will take place on Thursdays from 3:30 - 5:00 in Communications 226
NOTE: Free clock hours are available for Continuing Education Credits for teachers who participate. Contact the Latin American Studies program for details.
May 3: Steve Ellner, Universidad de Oriente in Venezuela -- Anti-neoliberalism in Venezuela and its Implications for the Labor Movement
May 10: Brooke Larson, History, SUNY Stoney Brook -- Indigenous Movements in Evo's Bolivia -- In Search of Roots
May 17: Paul Drake, UC San Diego -- From Revolution to Reform: The Socialists and the Workers' Movement in Chile from Allende to Bachelet
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Tuesday May 8:  Wal-Mart in the Blood: Labor and Community Responses to the Big-Box Economy, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. in Smith Hall 211
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Friday, May 25: Visiting Speaker: Donald Quateart, History, Binghamton University, What the Story of Ottoman Coal Miners Can Tell Us about New Source in Middle East History Writing --12:30 - 2:00 pm, Communications Bldg. Room 202

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More Information

1) April/May Lecture Series: Latin American Challenges to the Neo-Liberal Order
This lecture series will evaluate several of the Latin American governments that are challenging the U.S.-led neo-liberal world order. By examining the role of organized labor and working people generally in these regimes, this series will take a hard look at the so-called "Leftist" turn in Latin American politics. All lectures will take place on Thursdays from 3:30 - 5:00 in Communications 226. A number of these speakers will also lead informal, 'brown bag' discussions on the following Fridays from 12:30 - 2:00. Check the website or call the office for this info.
NOTE: Free clock hours are available for Continuing Education Credits for teachers who participate. Contact the Latin American Studies program for details - http://jsis.washington.edu/latinam/
     May 3: Steve Ellner, Universidad de Oriente in Venezuela -- Anti-neoliberalism in Venezuela and its Implications for the Labor Movement
     May 10: Brooke Larson, History, SUNY Stoney Brook -- Indigenous Movements in Evo's Bolivia - In Search of Roots
     May 17: Paul Drake, UC San Diego -- From Revolution to Reform: The Socialists and the Workers' Movement in Chile from Allende to Bachelet
Co-Sponsored by the Latin American Studies Program

2) Tuesday May 8:  Wal-Mart in the Blood: Labor and Community Responses to the Big-Box Economy
A panel discussion about the 'Walmartization' of the global economy, and what labor and community-based organizations need to know in order to respond.
6:30 - 8:30 pm in Smith Hall Room 211
Visiting Speakers:
Susan Christopherson, Dept. of City and Regional Planning, Cornell University;
'The Limits to a Global Strategy - What we can Learn from Wal-Mart's failure in Germany'
Steve Williamson, Strategic Campaigns Director, United Food & Commercial Workers Local 21
Peter Olney, Director of Organizing, International  Longshore and Warehouse Union

3) Friday, May 25 --  Visiting Speaker: Donald Quateart, History, Binghamton University, What the Story of Ottoman Coal Miners Can Tell Us about New Source in Middle East History Writing -- 12:30 - 2:00 pm, Communications Bldg. Room 202
This lecture is the last in a series of six events being presented by the Near and Middle Eastern Studies Program. For more information about the entire series, call 206-543-7946.
Co-Sponsored by the Departments of Anthropology, History, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Political Science, the Middle East Center, the International Studies Center, the Henry M,. Jackson School of International Studies, the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies, the Simpson Center for the Humanities, and the Law, Societies, and Justice Program.

Sarah Laslett
Director
Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies
University of Washington