Violence Today: Actually Existing Barbarism

Toronto, February 4, 2009 – This event launches The Socialist Register 2009 as well as the second edition of Leo Panitch’s Renewing Socialism: Transforming Democracy, Strategy and Imagination. Sponsored by: York University Book Store, Fernwood Books, the Socialist Project, and the Socialist Register.

Moderated by Greg Albo. Presentations by

• Leo Panitch: Actually Existing Barbarism Versus Renewing Socialism
• Tania Murray Li: The Political Economy of Ethnic Violence: The Case of Indonesia
• Anna Zalik: The Commodification of Violence: The Nigerian Delta.
• Vivek Chibber: American Militarism: Obama and the Legacy of Iraq
• Bashir Abu-Manneh: From Siege to War: Israel and the Palestinians

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