REVOLT, REBELLION AND DEMOCRACY IN LATIN AMERICA
A Public Forum organised by Capital&Class.

The last two years have witnessed an explosion of protest
against neo-liberalism in South America. In Argentina,
Brasil, and Bolivia workers, peasants and the unemployed
have taken to the streets to protest against their Governments'
adherence to the 'Washington Consenus'. New forms of participatory
democracy have begun to emerge, most notably in Argentina and in
the Porto Alegre Social Forums. Where forces of the right have
struck back, as in Venezuela, ordinary people have risen in protest.
Meanwhile in Colombia a bitter struggle is being fought by trade
unions and workers against a Government and allied forces backed by
US imperialism. It seems that the sub-continent is in open revolt,
and neo-liberal policies of global capitalism are being resisted
daily.

This Public Forum aims to draw together some experiences from
the Latin American struggle. It is organised by readers of the
journal Capital&Class in conjunction with the Centre for Studies
of Globalisation, Societies and Education at Bristol University.

Speakers are:

Ana Dinerstein on 'Has anything changed in post-Crisis Argentina?
     Ana was born in Buenos Aires and is currently lecturer
     in Sociology at the University of Bath. Her book
     'Against the Violence of Stability - on labour
     crisis and the politics of resistance in Argentina' will be
     published by Verso in 2004.

Peter Nicholls on 'Bolivia - between a Rock and a Hard Place'
    Peter teaches the Sociology of Work at UWE. He has a long
    standing interest in Bolivia and visited the country
    last year.

Mario Novelli on 'Education and Social Justice in Colombia:
      the Pedagogy of Constructing a Transnational Protest
      Movement'.
      Mario is a graduate student at Bristol University and is
      active in the Colombia Solidarity Campaign. He will
      be returning to visit Colombia in December.


Wednesday December 3rd, 6.30pm, Main Lecture Theatre,
Graduate School of Education, 35 Berkeley Square, Clifton,
Bristol.
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