Guest Lecturer Patrick Bond
Thursday, May 1, 2008 4:00PM
Lurie Conference Room
Higgins University Center
Clark University
Free & Open to the Public
Mr. Bond is a political economist based at the University of KwaZulu-Natal School of Development Studies in Durban, where he directs the Centre for Civil Society http://www.ukzn.ac.za/ccs
He was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, raised in Alabama, and educated in economics at Swarthmore College, finance at the University of Pennsylvania, and geography at Johns Hopkins University. He is active with social movements in South Africa, Zimbabwe and internationally.
Mr. Bond’s recent authored and edited books include Climate Change, Carbon Trading and Civil Society (UKZN Press and Rozenberg Publishers, 2008);The Accumulation of Capital in Southern Africa (Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, 2007);Fanon's Warning (edited, Africa World Press, 2005); Elite Transition (Pluto Press, 2005);Talk Left, Walk Right (University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, 2004); Against Global Apartheid (Zed Books, 2003) ;Zimbabwe's Plunge (coauthored with Simba Manyanya, Merlin Press, 2003); Unsustainable South Africa (Merlin Press, 2002).
Sponsored by International Studies Stream & IDCE. Contact ISS: 508-793-7181 or Prof Richard Peet 508-793-7364 Political Economy of South Africa
WORCESTER, MA--Jessica Rutter, national organizer for United Students Against Sweatshops (USAS), presented a lecture and information session about the international network of student-labor activists. Rutter began working at USAS in 2004 after receiving her undergraduate degree in African American Studies from Duke University. She was integral in the USAS chapter on Duke's campus, working in solidarity with farm workers producing food for her campus, garment workers manufacturing collegiate apparel, and laundry workers serving the Duke community, among others. She played a key role in supporting the unionization campaign of the farm workers producing for the Mt. Olive Pickle Company; a campaign that led to the first recognized union of guest farm workers in U.S. history. USAS has developed a new plan for colleges and universities to require licensees such as Nike, Reebok, Adidas, and Champion to exclusively produce collegiate apparel at "sweat-free" factories. USAS defines "sweat-free" as those factories in which workers' right to organize is respected, and workers earn a living wage. To learn more about USAS, visit online at http://studentsagainstsweatshops.org
For questions, contact:
Professor Sitaraman (Gov't)
ssitaraman@clarku.edu x7684
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