The Brecht Forum The New York Marxist School 122 West 27 Street, 10 floor New York, New York 10001 (212) 242-4201 (212) 741-4563 (fax) [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Poverty of Nations and the New Imperialism a talk by Alan Freeman Wednesday, March 20 at 8 pm The world today confronts two indissolubly-linked problems. First, why, despite unceasing technical advance, do growing poverty and misery reign in most of the world? Second, why has the entry of the former USSR and Eastern European countries into the market, contrary to expert prediction, led to a collapse in living standards and an unparalleled crisis in all aspects of production and political life? Alan Freeman is a lecturer at the University of Greenwich in the UK. He co-edited _Ricardo, Marx, and Sraffa_ with Ernest Mandel and _Marx and Non-Equilibrium Economics_ with Guglielmo Carchedi. Admission is $6. ***** Please note that the talk, "A Terrible Peace to Follow a Terrible War" with Bogden Denitch scheduled for Tuesday, March 19 has been cancelled. This will be rescheduled for a later date. ***** The 1996 Socialist Scholars Conference will take place from April 12 through April 14 at Borough of Manhattan Community College, 199 Chambers Street, New York City. This year's theme is "Two Cheers for Utopia: Re-Imagining Socialism." For more information contact the SSC at (212) 642-2826 or fax to (212) 642-2419 or e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ***** All Brecht Forum lectures are available on audiotape for $8. To order, make check or money order payable to *The Brecht Forum* and mail to The Brecht Forum, 122 West 27 Street, 10 floor, New York, New York 10001. For orders outside the U.S., please send an international money order or bank check payable in U.S. funds and enclose an additional US$5 per order to cover the cost of air postage. //30
