[Van-Parecon] Tomorrow Hahnel at World Peace Forum & July Events

[vancouverparecon at resist.ca]

Hello,

Tomorrow, Tuesday June 27, The Vancouver ParEcon Collective is hosting Robin
Hahnel at the Vancouver World Peace Forum to speak on "War, Peace &
ParEcon": There are some wars that spring up for reasons that have little
to do with the world's sole remaining super power. But most wars since the
collapse of Communism have been centered around US imperial ambitions, and
even the wars that start for other reasons often become entangled in US
imperial machinations. The first duty of all who oppose war and imperial
domination is to build a world-wide movement for peace that is so powerful
that even the world's only military super power finds it too costly to
wage war. But as long as economies are governed by competition and greed,
even a peace movement more powerful than the one we have been able to
build so far will find itself challenged over and over again to douse the
flames of war. Besides preventing wars, stopping the wars that do break
out as quickly as possible, and checkmating imperial plans, to be
successful in the long-run the peace movement must address the underlying
forces that cause war. One underlying cause of war is the economics of
competition and greed. (Sexism, racism, and militarism are others.) This
means replacing the economics of competition and greed with the economics
of equitable cooperation is an integral part of a successful strategy for
achieving world peace. Robin Hahnel came of age politically in the
anti-Vietnam war movement, and has participated actively in the US
anti-imperialist movement ever since. He is also co-creator, along with
Michael Albert, of an alternative to capitalism known as participatory
economics. Together with the Vancouver Participatory Economics Collective,
Hahnel will talk about war, peace, and participatory economics.

Event Details and Registration: This event will be held on June 27,
1:00-2:30pm at UBC-SUB 212. Click on this link to register:
http://www.worldpeaceforum.ca/forum/registration

Van ParEcon Collective member Marla Renn recently interviewed Robin on "A
Participatory Peace: A Look Inside the Anti-War Movement". Click on this
link to read the interview:
http://vanparecon.resist.ca/marla_hahnel_interview_wpf.html

Robin Hahnel has taught political economy at American University for over
30 years. He has co-authored, along with Michael Albert, numerous books on
participatory economics. Robin has been active in many social movements
and organizations beginning with Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)
and the anti-Vietnam war movement in the 1960s, and most recently with the
Southern Maryland Greens and Green Party USA. His most recent book is
Economic Justice and Democracy: From Competition to Cooperation published
by Routledge (2005).

Two events in July!

In the evening of July 14th we're hosting a social event for anybody who
would like to get involved in our organizing efforts, find out more
information about what we do or simply say hello. For our second event,
on July 19th we'll be celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Spanish Civil
War through a movie, talk and discussion at Spartacus Books. We'll be
sending out more information over the next week.

For more information visit our website at http://vanparecon.resist.ca
Or send us an email at vancouverparecon at resist.ca