Two announcements:

(1) An essay by parecon co-founder Robin Hahnel has been reformatted and is available on the CAPES website:

http://www.chicagoparecon.org/what_is_to_be_done_by_robin_hahnel

(2) The CAPES Economics Salon we had in July was very fruitful, and those who attended agreed to hold another salon in August. Thus, we're organizing another CAPES Economics Salon on Wednesday, August 5, and we cordially invite you to attend.

CAPES members have given two presentations in recent months that you might find of interest:

(1) A presentation on participatory economics and finance at the University of Chicago - May 19, 2009:

http://www.chicagoparecon.org/full_audio_of_may_19_presentation_participatory_economics_and_finance

(2) A presentation at a panel on "People’s Solutions to the Economic Crisis" at the Albany Park Branch Library (in Chicago) - April 25, 2009:

CAPES will be part of a panel presentation in Chicago on Saturday, April 25 on the economic crisis and proposed solutions. The announcement of the event is below.

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We will be having an informative and exciting program for April, with presentations by Susan, Stu, Mitchell, and Neal (of 10 minutes or less) on what would be solutions to the economic crisis for we the people. Hope you can make it. Your views are welcome in the discussion period.

*FREE* public DISCUSSION program **

WHAT IS TO BE DONE?

For the First Socialist Economics Forum, Carora Venezuela, September 4, 2008

Robin Hahnel, Professor Emeritus, American University, Washington DC, USA

Where is socialism being reinvented at the dawn of the new millennium? In Latin America where ALBA and the Banco del Sur are replacing the FTAA and the IDB. Where in Latin America is the path from populism and reform to a new kind of participatory socialism being forged? In the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

On June 29, 2008, the Gateway Greens (the Green Party of St. Louis) hosted Surviving Climate Change -- a roundtable. Both Mitchell Szczepanczyk of CAPES and David Schweickart of Loyola University reprised their noted 2007 debate with a roundtable panel in St. Louis entitled "The Economics of Less Stuff and Better Lives".

Hi, everyone. We have two updates to share.

(1) Real Utopia -- the book about participatory society institutions and efforts, which CAPES contributed a chapter to -- is available for purchase. You can order a copy direct from the publisher, AK Press, here:

http://www.akpress.org/2008/items/realutopiaakpress

We hope to have a party sometime in the summer to celebrate the book's release. We'll keep you posted on details.