Tristram Hooley <[log in to unmask]> writes in connection with
a one-day conference in Leicester, in the Secular Hall, Leicester on
Sat 24th April :
Forwarded message:
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> Alternative Economic Control: A One Day Conference
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> Will alternative economic institutions ever challenge capitalism, or
> are they only useful in covering up its failures?
>
> Speakers include
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> Jean Whitehead (Co-Op Party) "What opportunities does New Labour offer
> the co-op sector"
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> Nick Jukes "Permaculture"
>
> Richard Kay (Expert in Local Exchange Trading Systems) "LETSystems and
> their potential for monetary transformation".
>
> Charlie Stross (Computer Journalist) "Bill Gates' worst nightmare: the
> present and future of free software"
>
> Ian Aktinson (Politics Dept, University of Sheffield) "Can Green
> economics be transformative?"
>
> Peter Guerney (University of Huddersfield) "What can we learn from the
> history of the Co-Op movement?"
>
> Ken Coates MEP (Independent Labour MEP) "Failures and Successes of the
> Institute of Workers Control"
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> Andy Hansford (Confederation of Co-Operative Housing)
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> Hillel Ticktin (Institute of Russian and East European
> Studies) "The record of the Institute for Workers Control"
>
> Gaynor Backhouse (Green Party)
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> Alan Simpson MP "Alternative Economics and the left"
>
> Len Burch -(Centre for co-operative studies) "Member education and the
> Co-op
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> David Boyle (Lib Dem)
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> Liz Grey (Leicester LETS)
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> Conservative prospective MEP
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> Malcom Hornsby (Midland Co-op) "Leicester in the 1890's: The
> co-operators dream"
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> The non-profit sector is all around us:
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> LETS, housing co-ops, building societies, free software, credit
> unions, workers co-ops ... all institutions providing day-to-day
> alternatives to the dominance currently exercised by the global
> market.
>
> But is their impact necessarily limited: could they ever grow in scale
> and in scope to collectively serve as the blueprint for a new society?
>
> Tickets are priced at =A310 (=A35 concessions) including food and creche
> if necessary cheques payable to Tristram Hooley should be sent, along with=
> your
> name and address to Tristram Hooley c/o The English Dept, University
> of Leicester, LE1 7RH or email [log in to unmask] for more details. Please
> book early as places are limited.
>
>
> Tristram Hooley
> [log in to unmask]
>
Alternative Economic Control
A One Day Conference
c/o Tristram Hooley
Department Of English
University Of Leicester, University Road
Leicester, LE1 7RH
(0116) 2440956
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