People's Democracy

(Weekly Organ of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)


Vol. XXIX

No. 12

March 20, 2005

Seminars On Imperialism, Sovereignty and Democracy

Venue: Constitution Club, Dates: April 3-5, 2005

 

No.

Theme

Date

Time

Speakers

1.

Indian Sovereignty and the Neo-liberal Agenda: Financial Sector, Industry and Infrastructure

3rd April

10.00-1.00 PM

Chair: Ashok Mitra Sitaram Yechury, C P Chandrasekhar, Dipankar Mukherjee, Prabir Purkayastha, Jayati Ghosh

2.

Indian Sovereignty and the Neo-Liberal Agenda: Agriculture, Public Distribution and the Social Sector

3rd April

2.00-5.00 PM

Chair: Utsa Patnaik, 

V K Ramachandran, Madura Swaminathan, Imrana Qadir, Venkatesh Athreya

3.

Political Economy of Imperialism

4th April

10.00-1.00 PM

Chair: Amiya Bagchi, Prabhat Patnaik, S P Shukla, Cuba, Brazil, Russia

4.

Imperialism, Militarisation and West Asia

4th April

2.00-5.00 PM

Chair: Irfan Habib, 

Aijaz Ahmed, N Ram, Walden Bello, Brinda Karat, Palestine, West Asia, France/Italy, Venezuela

5.

Democracy and Exclusions: Communalism and Caste

5th April

10.00-1.00 PM

Chair: Habib Tanvir, 

T Jayaraman, Malini Bhattacharya, Satyajit Rath, S K Thorat

6.

Democracy and Political Participation

5th April

2.00-3.30 PM

Chair: B V Raghavulu Surya Mishra, Thomas Issac, Tripura Comrade, U Vasuki

7.

The Socialist Vision

5th April

3.30-5.00 PM

Chair: H K S Surjeet, 

Prakash Karat, Subhashini Ali, Cuban speaker