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Radical Philosophy Association An International, Non-Sectarian Forum for Philosophical Discussion of Fundamental Change |
RPA Newsletter
October 2007 RPA's
Iraq Leaflets Welcome to the home page of the Radical
Philosophy Association (RPA). Founded in 1982, RPA members struggle against
capitalism, racism, sexism, homophobia, disability discrimination,
environmental ruin, and all other forms of domination. We also oppose
substituting new forms of authoritarianism for the ones we are now fighting.
Our efforts are guided by the vision of a society founded on cooperation
instead of competition, in which all areas of society are, as far as
possible, governed by democratic decision-making. We believe that fundamental
change requires broad social upheavals but also opposition to intellectual
support for exploitative and dehumanizing social structures. Our members are
from many nations and continue a variety of radical traditions including (but
not limited to) feminism, phenomenology, Marxism, anarchism,
post-structuralism, post-colonial theory and environmentalism. Our efforts
center on conferences and publications. We consider the enterprise of radical
philosophy inherently interdisciplinary and welcome persons not trained in
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The RPA has an expanding number of on-going activities which it sponsors on a continuing basis. The RPA's day to day operations are managed by the Advisory Committee. We publish the Radical Philosophy Review (RPR), a
biannual journal. The RPR includes original articles on
the cutting edge of radical thought as well as reviews of the publications of
RPA Members and other books of interest to radical philosophers. Volume I,
Issue 1, of the RPR appeared in December of 1998. (Most information is
available through the Philosophy
Documentation Center). Our RPA Newsletter, published quarterly, keeps members informed about what's
going on in radical philosophy. The RPA organizes paper-reading sessions at
the annual meetings of the American
Philosophical Association's Eastern, Central, and Pacific Divisions. The
RPA sponsors an annual Research
Network in Cuba each June in The RPA's Latin America Solidarity Group facilitates interchange with
philosophers in Latin America and the The Center for Global Justice was
formed in 2003 by a group of RPA members in the bilingual and multicultural
community of San Miguel de Allende in the central
Mexican state of Guanajuato – a living laboratory of neo-liberal
globalization. The Center for Global Justice is an international educational
and research organization located in the global South and dedicated to
progressive social change. We support social movements that contend
“another world is possible.” The Center has two main goals. First
is to form a global network of members who gather, analyze and disseminate
information on the world-wide effects of corporate globalization. The second
is to explore and share workable and just solutions to the social and
economic problems caused by neo-liberal policies. The Center has hosted three
international conferences so far. On its web page you will find a couple
hundred papers in English as well as in Spanish from the Center’s
conferences and other projects. The Center also has a unique summer
Internship Program that brings together students from the The RPA's Internet Committee maintains this web page and also helps keep
track of an Email List for those who wish to discuss
radical philosophy on-line. The 2008 conference
announcement is here! The RPA’s
conference proceedings, the Radical
Philosophy Today book series, publishes peer-reviewed papers from the RPA’s biennial conferences. The first two volumes
were published by Humanity Books, an imprint of Prometheus Press. Race, Class and Community appeared in 2000 and The Problems of Resistance: Studies in
Alternate Political Cultures came out in 2001. After a considerable
hiatus, the series continued with the
Greg Moses and Jeffrey Paris, appeared in August
2006; volume 4, Philosophy Against
Empire, edited by Tony Smith and Harry van der Linden,
appeared in October 2006; and volume 5, Democracy,
Racism, and Prisons, appeared in December 2007. Volumes 3-5 can be
ordered at the Philosophy Documentation
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Advisory Committee Center for Global Justice Cross-Cultural Committee Karsten Struhl Internet
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taking place each June For further information
please contact J. Everet Green, Department of
Philosophy and Religion,
RPA's
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RPA Email List: Here are the instructions for the RPA Email List. 1. To post to the list, messages should be
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Feel free to contact any of the following individuals about (and also join!) the RPA: To learn more about the RPA, contact RPA's Co-Coordinators Richard Jones email rajones19@cox.net and Anne Pomeroy email afpomeroy@verizon.net. To join the RPA, fill out our membership form. To link your group's event with the RPA,
contact RPA's Secretary, Richard Peterson, email
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Originating in 1968 as the Radical Caucus within the American Philosophical Association (APA), we formed ourselves into the Radical Philosophy Association (RPA) in 1982. While continuing to hold alternative sessions at the APA meetings, we also began to hold occasional weekend conferences of our own as well, including a series of conferences on Class, Race and Gender. Since 1990, RPA has been the principal
organizer of an annual
conference in Havana that has helped to try to undermine the From its beginning the RPA has published the RPA Newsletter. In 1990 we established a semi-annual Radical Philosophy Review of Books (now called the Radical Philosophy Review) as well. In 1994 the RPA held its first
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Academic jobs outside of the RPA APA Job Info:
(members only, logon required) Activist jobs within the RPA There are still a few activist jobs available within the RPA. If you are interested in such volunteer positions, contact RPA's Co-Coordinators Richard Jones email rajones19@cox.net and Anne Pomeroy email afpomeroy@verizon.net |
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Capitalism Nature
Socialism: new from Routledge Death
Penalty Information Center Episteme Links: general philosophy resource FAIR:
media watchdog Guide to Philosophy on the Internet: Peter Suber's big list Industrial
Workers of the World: UK Jim
Hightower Killing the Buddha: spirituality without religion Leftist
& Progressive Directory: Jay Moore's extensive list Marx and Philosophy
Society Naked
Punch oliveworks:
against NATO war in PeaceNet: peace, social/economic justice, fighting
racism Race, Racism and the Law:
V.R.Randall at U.Dayton
Society for Disability Studies SWIP: the Society for Women in Philosophy Telos Press Union for
Radical Political Economics War
Times Z
Communications: social reform, Howard Zinn
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Here
is the RPA Membership Form.
This link has information about the student membership of $25 which includes
an RPR subscription. The benefits (of all types of membership) include the
Newsletter and discount on Radical Philosophy Today book series. The RPA’s
conference proceedings, the Radical
Philosophy Today book series, publishes peer-reviewed papers from the RPA’s biennial conferences. The first two volumes were published
by Humanity Books, an imprint of Prometheus Press. Race, Class and Community appeared in 2000 and The Problems of Resistance: Studies in Alternate Political Cultures
came out in 2001. After a considerable hiatus, the series continued with the Greg Moses and Jeffrey Paris, appeared in August
2006; volume 4, Philosophy Against
Empire, edited by Tony Smith and Harry van der Linden,
appeared in October 2006; and volume 5, Democracy,
Racism, and Prisons, appeared in December 2007. Volumes 3-5 can be ordered at the Philosophy Documentation Center,
where one can also find the table of content of each volume. RPA members receive a price discount.
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The date indicates the time posted RPA's Eastern APA Resolution on War in Iraq: 12/02/02 Children of the Gulf War: U.S. Photo Tour: 11/26/02 Report on Death Penalty in Cuba Dialogue: 11/01/00 Anti-Death Penalty Project, including winning student essays: 3/21/00 Chiapas Solidarity Project Pharmacy Update: 11/28/00 Cross-Border Solidarity: A New Alliance Between Scholars and Labor Unions: 2/23/99
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Syllabi American Nonviolence:
Greg Moses Teaching Materials Adbusters:
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Special thanks to Tim Maletic, my colleague from IU's Department of Philosophy and fellow union organizer in IU's GEU, for allowing the RPA to adopt his design for our web page.
Last
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