Social crisis shakes Europe and the US, racist motivated violence shocks Norway, nuclear meltdown radiates Japan, while spreading drought and floods are billboards for global warming. It seems the future has arrived and it doesn't look good.

Yet democratic movements spread like wildfire throughout the Middle East, youth movements come alive in the UK, France and Spain, rebellion takes to the streets in Greece, and the US working class wakes up in Wisconsin. Dystopia and global rebellion indeed. The 2012 conference theme focuses our attention on the problems and alternatives we face in our struggle for a just and better world.

A number of prominent scholars who take social-justice perspectives on global issues will be featured speakers.

You can get full details at  http://net4dem.org/mayglobal/

and view the conference program at

http://net4dem.org/mayglobal/conference2012/GSAConferenceSchedule2012.pdf
 

 Registration for the entire conference, for students and retired or unemployed folks, is only $35. Members of the UVic Social Justice Studies community can also register for one full day of the conference for $20 and for the entire conference for $35.

Online registration is  at http://net4dem.org/mayglobal/conference2012/Register2012.html