Christian Parenti talks about his latest book, 'Tropic of Chaos: Climate Change and the New Geography of Violence', a "brilliant weather report from the near future of world politics".

Co-sponsored and supported by Ryerson's CUPE Locals 233, 1281, 3904, Ontario Council of Hospital Unions/CUPE and the Department of Politics and Public Administration, Ryerson University.
 
Dr. John Loxley is a professor in the Department of Economics, University of Manitoba. He specializes in International Money and Finance, International Development and Community Economic Development and has published extensively in these areas. He has researched public-private partnerships for almost fifteen years and recently published Public Service Private Profits: The Political Economy of Public-Private Sector Partnerships, with Salim J. Loxley, Fernwood Publishers, 2010.

The Marxism 2009 conference links the struggles emerging around the world in response to war and the unprecedented crisis of the world economic system

Conference includes lecutres, discussions and rallies. 

Topics include: Canada and the "war on terror," the case of Sri Lanka, What's radical? How to throw over capitalism, challenging the right on campus