What is it?
What caused it?
What should we do about it?
Sessions on
* Causes of the credit crunch – poor regulation or deeper problems?
* The Third World: crisis on top of crisis
* Radical responses: Keynesian, radical ecologist, socialist and more
* Action in the city: jobs, housing, transport, building, environment.
Thursday 7 May,
6 – 9 pm
in Fusion
Sheffield University Students’ Union
Western Bank, S10
Fully licensed bar
Organised by Sheffield University Students’ Union and academics from the two Sheffield universities
PROGRAMME
| 70 mins | Understanding the crisis | The origins of the crisis | Old and new crises in the Third World |
| Jonathan Perraton (Sheffield U, Economics)The finance system: from deregulation to crunch Jamie Gough
(Sheffield U, town and Regional Planning) A crisis of capitalism as a whole |
Paul Mosley (Economics)Present crisis in the Third World
Graham Harrison (Sheffield U, Politics) The crisis in Africa
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| 10 mins | Break | ||
| 70 mins | Policies and strategies | Large scale strategies | Urban scale strategies |
| Ian Rotherham(Hallam, Environment)An eco strategy
Andrew Jobling (Hallam, Geography) Latin American responses to neoliberalism
John Smith (Sheffield U, Politics) A socialist strategy |
Rob Hunt(Hallam, Planning, Regeneration and Housing)Radical strategy for housing
Bob Jeffery (Salford U) A publicly-owned high quality bus system
Speaker from the Visteon occupation (invited)
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| 5 mins | Break | ||
| 25 mins | What next? Plenary | Future discussions Future political organisation and actions |
