Given the (welcome) moves towards establishing some progressive
grouping for international geography I thought the information below
on the Progressive Sociology Network, might be of interest. I am not
sure whether they have got much further than a virtual cafe
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Welcome to the Progressive Sociologists Gopher Archive
The Progressive Sociologists Network, PSN, began as a listserv in
April
1992, with the goal of bringing together sociologists from all over the
world concerned with progressive issues and values such as working
class
struggles, civil rights struggles, women's rights, racial and ethnic
minorities' rights, community development, justice, ecological and
environmental issues, etc. Our membership includes members of the
Marxist
Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association as well as
sociologists and social scientists who, without identifying themselves
as
Marxists, share the concerns stated above. We are faculty and
students
mainly from the United States, though many PSNers are from Canada
and
Western Europe. PSN serves a variety of important functions; it is a
source of information about professional and political matters (e.g.,
calls for papers, conference announcements, requests for support in
a
variety of political struggles within and outside academe), a forum for
lively theoretical and political debates and, above all, a "virtual cafe"
where an international community of like minded friends meets to
comment
on current affairs, and establish the basis for collegiality and
friendship.
To join PSN send mail to [log in to unmask]
with the four word message --
SUB PSN YOUR NAME
As the PSN discussion group has grown, we found it useful to develop
the archive area (that you are presently in) to make longer papers
and manuscripts available. We also have an /incoming subdirectory
that allows persons to leave/post papers via anonymous ftp.
We hope you enjoy the archives of the virtual cafe
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Please send any suggestions to [log in to unmask]
thanks Martha E. Gimenez
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