Presented By: College Socialists
Consumption, Production, Co-operatives and Worker Ownership
Screening of the film "The Take", followed by panel discussion
Film screening and panel discussion: "Consumption, Production, Co-operatives and Worker Ownership"
Venue: Room B, Michigan League (3rd Floor) Date/time: Wed Dec 2, 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Co-organizers: College Socialists at the University of Michigan; and The Inter-Cooperative Council (ICC) at the University of Michigan
Description of event:
The film "The Take" (a 90-minute documentary film about the factory occupations that have taken place in the past decade in Argentina) will be screened, followed by a panel discussion on "Consumption, Production, Co-operatives and Worker Ownership".
The discussion would focus on the strengths and limitations of co-ops as alternatives to for-profit production/consumption models.
While the Argentinian experience in factory takeovers and workers' self-management as documented in the film will be a launching pad for the panel discussion, the discussion as a whole will focus on the broader and more general philosophical and economic questions raised by the "co-operative model" of consumption/production and of worker-ownership.
Participants in panel discussion:
1) Frank Thompson. [Frank Thompson is a social scientist (Ph.D., Economics, Michigan, 1998) with a broad background in the humanities (Ph.D., Philosophy, Harvard, 1973). His interests are in political economy, economic development, inequality, and philosophical questions in social science, especially in economics. The current focus of his research is global and intergenerational justice.]
2) Peter Solenberger. [Peter Solenberger is a long-time labor, antiwar and social justice activist living in Ypsilanti. He is a member of the United Auto Workers (UAW Local 1981), the National Writers Union, Solidarity, and other organizations. He has been to Argentina and met with piqueteros, workplace occupiers and other activists there. He will speak from a socialist perspective.]
3) Adam Konner. [Adam Konner is a U-M senior in economics and a member of the student-run Inter-Cooperative Council (ICC) at the University of Michigan, in which he has held various leadership positions. He has been studying cooperative economics and worker ownership and working in the cooperative movement for many years.]
Venue: Room B, Michigan League (3rd Floor) Date/time: Wed Dec 2, 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Co-organizers: College Socialists at the University of Michigan; and The Inter-Cooperative Council (ICC) at the University of Michigan
Description of event:
The film "The Take" (a 90-minute documentary film about the factory occupations that have taken place in the past decade in Argentina) will be screened, followed by a panel discussion on "Consumption, Production, Co-operatives and Worker Ownership".
The discussion would focus on the strengths and limitations of co-ops as alternatives to for-profit production/consumption models.
While the Argentinian experience in factory takeovers and workers' self-management as documented in the film will be a launching pad for the panel discussion, the discussion as a whole will focus on the broader and more general philosophical and economic questions raised by the "co-operative model" of consumption/production and of worker-ownership.
Participants in panel discussion:
1) Frank Thompson. [Frank Thompson is a social scientist (Ph.D., Economics, Michigan, 1998) with a broad background in the humanities (Ph.D., Philosophy, Harvard, 1973). His interests are in political economy, economic development, inequality, and philosophical questions in social science, especially in economics. The current focus of his research is global and intergenerational justice.]
2) Peter Solenberger. [Peter Solenberger is a long-time labor, antiwar and social justice activist living in Ypsilanti. He is a member of the United Auto Workers (UAW Local 1981), the National Writers Union, Solidarity, and other organizations. He has been to Argentina and met with piqueteros, workplace occupiers and other activists there. He will speak from a socialist perspective.]
3) Adam Konner. [Adam Konner is a U-M senior in economics and a member of the student-run Inter-Cooperative Council (ICC) at the University of Michigan, in which he has held various leadership positions. He has been studying cooperative economics and worker ownership and working in the cooperative movement for many years.]
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