1st Forum “Social Security and Pensions: Regaining Initiative from the World of Work” on June 6
Call for Participation The Society of Political Economy and Critical Thinking of Latin America (SEPLA) is pleased to invite all interested parties to participate in the 1st Forum "Social Security and Pensions: Regaining Initiative from the World of Work". This event will take place on Tuesday, June 6, 2023. The objective of this forum is to create a space for debate and reflection on the current challenges in the field of social security and pensions from a critical perspective. Relevant topics such as privatization of social security, profit in this area, and alternatives to strengthen and ensure a fair and equitable system will be addressed. Distinguished experts will serve as speakers for this edition. We will have the participation of Antonio Elías from Uruguay, Luis Mesina from Chile, Orlando Villabona from Colombia, and Juan Miguel Fernández from Spain. Each of them will contribute their insights and experiences regarding the challenges and potential solutions in the realm of social security and pensions. The moderation will be led by Josefina Morales, SEPLA representative in Mexico. Josefina will guide the development of the forum and facilitate the participation of the speakers and the attending audience. The event will be broadcasted through SEPLA's official…
Profesor and Colleague Julio Gambina receives international award
The Latin American Society of Political Economy and Critical Thinking (SEPLA) expresses its joy for the "The Distinguished Achievement Award Award in Political Economy for The Twenty-First Century" granted to our colleague Julio Gambina in the 15th edition of the World Association Forum for Economy Politics (WAPE) held at Shanghai International Studies University, China. WAPE is a space for dialogue, discussion and construction of thought between Marxist economists from all over the world and aims to promote the theoretical apparatus of Marxism for the analysis of global capitalism and its neimperialist expressions, as well as for the elaboration of Anticapitalist policies and proposals of political organization. Since 2013, SEPLA and the Brazilian Society of Political Economy (SEP) are part of Wape, and our colleague Niemeyer Almeida Son is Vice President of Wape to Latin America. Between joint contributions, the Wape Forum in Florianópolis(Santa Catarina, Brazil) in 2014 was a landmark . This award granted to Julio Gambina is a recognition of its intellectual and struggle and specifically of contributions made to the study of contemporary capitalism from Marxism's theoretical postulates in the book "Capital Crisis (2007/2013). The contemporary capitalist crisis and the Debate about alternatives". We believe that these recognitions…
6th Meeting – the Pandemic and thereafter
REDH's Virtual meetings continue, especially now when the epicenter of the pandemic is in our continent and the interest of some governments in saving their economies above the lives of their peoples is revealed. What awaits us in Latin America after the pandemic? Will the pandemic allow us to overcome capitalism? What should we do as peoples to promote profound change in the system? This sixth discussion is part of the programming carried out by the Network in defense of humanity to analyze the great challenges we face and will have the correspondent of "Crónica Digital" and international analyst Florencia Lagos Neumann as moderator. She will be accompanied by the panelists: Josefina Morales, researcher at IIEc-UNAM, economist and academic José Luis Rodríguez and also economist Antonio Elías, all members and directors of the Society for Latin American Political Economy. The appointment is on Thursday, July 9, through the channels: On YouTube at REDH and Cuba REDH At Facebook Live, through RedEnDefensaHumanidad 's page At the following times: 5:00 (Caracas / Havana) 6:00 (Buenos Aires / Brasilia) 4:00 (Mexico) MULTIPLE VOICES IN REDH is the possibility of interacting with leading figures of world thought gathered under a common interest: to make…