"ARMENIANS AND PROGRESSIVE POLITICS" CONFERENCE DUE IN NEW YORK
PanARMENIAN.Net
29.05.2008 14:44 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ British journalist and activist Tariq Ali will lead a
panel discussion on "The New Imperialism: Old Problems, New Challenges"
in New York on Friday, May 30. Joining Ali will be David Barsamian,
founder and Director of the Colorado-based Alternative Radio, and
Neil Smith, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology and Geography at
the City University of New York.
This event will serve as the opening plenary of the third annual
"Armenians and Progressive Politics" conference. The three panelists
will examine globalization, superpower rivalries, the nature of
advanced capitalism, and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. In
addition, the contemporary politics of empire and its destructive
effects on small nations will be discussed, as well as alternatives
to the current structure.