HOW CLASS WORKS — 2008
A Conference at SUNY Stony Brook
June 5-7, 2008

The Center for Study of Working Class Life is pleased
to announce the How Class Works – 2008 Conference, to
be held at the State University of New York at Stony
Brook, June 5 - 7, 2008.

Purpose and orientation : The conference seeks to
explore ways in which an explicit recognition of class
helps to understand the social world in which we live,
and ways in which analysis of society can deepen our
understanding of class as a social relationship.
Presentations should take as their point of reference

Denizens of New York,

WHAT: Festive Assembly to Push Back the Privatizers and Save Union Square!
WHEN: June 5th at 5:00pm
WHERE: Northwest Corner of Union Square Park

Bloomberg and his cronies have a vision of New York City where parks
are for-profit, people are squeezed out of public spaces, and free
assembly is made nearly impossible. Their plans to privatize Union
Square Park were "approved" through a rigged process that steamrolled
widespread opposition, and then hastily implemented in order to foster
a sense of inevitability and despair. But the privatizers have
over-reached! They tried to sidestep the law, but a judge stepped in
and said "Wait a Second!" The plans are currently on hold, and the
future is uncertain. Now it is OUR time to blow the lid off this scam
and PUSH BACK THE PRIVATIZERS!