People's Democracy
(Weekly
Organ of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)
No. 14
April 03, 2005
(Weekly
Organ of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|
Vol.
XXIX
No. 14 April 03, 2005 |
The
18th congress of the Communist Party of India(Marxist) is being held in Delhi
from April 6-11, 2005. As part of the pre-congress activities a three-day
seminar will be held that will address the major issues confronting the people
today: Imperialism, war, race and divisive politics based on religious and
ethnic identities. The seminar shall explore the socialist vision of sustainable
development that is people-centred and self-reliant in approach. All are
invited for this seminar.
Venue: Constitution Club,
Dates: 3-5th April,
Time: 10.00 AM to 5 PM
Indian
Sovereignty and the Neo-liberal Agenda
Financial Sector, Industry and Infrastructure
April
3 10.00-1.00 PM
Chair : Ashok Mitra
Sitaram Yechury, C.P. Chandrasekhar, Dipankar
Mukherjee, Prabir Purkayastha, Jayati Ghosh
Agriculture, Public Distribution
and the
Social Sector
April
3 2.00-5.00 PM
Chair: Ashim Dasgupta,
Utsa Patnaik, Madura Swaminathan, Imrana Qadir,
V.K.Ramachandran, Venkatesh Athreya
Imperialism: Political Economy of
Imperialism
April
4 10.00-1.00 PM
Chair: Amiya Bagchi
Prabhat Patnaik, Abani Roy, SP Shukla,
Speakers from Cuba, Brazil, Russia
Imperialism, Militarisation
and West Asia
April
4 2.00-5.00 PM
Chair Irfan Habib
Aijaz Ahmed, N.Ram, Walden Bello, Brinda Karat,
Speakers from Palestine, West Asia, France.Italy,
Venezuela
Democracy and Socialism
Democracy and Exclusions: Communalism
and Caste
April
5 10.00-1.00 PM
Chair: Debabrata Biswas
T. Jayaraman, Satyajit Rath, Malini Bhattacharya, S.K.Thorat, Tanika Sarkar
Democracy and
Political Participation
April
5 2.00-3.30 PM
Chair: B.V.Raghavulu
Surya. K. Mishra, Thomas Issac, U.Vasuki
The Socialist Vision
April
5 3.30-5.00 PM
Chair: Prabhat Patnaik
Prakash Karat, Subhashini Ali, Speaker from Cuba
