Presentations (Selected, Recent)

"Reading Legitimation Crisis During the Meltdown, " Society for the Philosophical Study of Marxism, American Philosophical Association Eastern Division Meetings, December 2009. [I've given several presentations with this title, many of them condensed. For the most complete version, see my keynote address to the North American Society for Social Philosophy below.]

"Yes, Virginia, There is an Alternative," Rethinking Marxism Conference, Amherst, MA, November 6, 2009.

"Economic Crisis/Ecological Crisis, Capitalism/Post-Capitalism" to "Conference on Democracy," sponsored by Partita Democracia of Italy, Cortona, Italy, September 11, 2009

"Reading Legitimation Crisis during the Meltdown." Keynote Address to the North American Society for Social Philosophy," St. Joseph College, Philadelpia, PA, August 1, 2009.

"After Capitalism? Why Not Democracy?" Keynote address to Semana de Economia Cooperativa, Barcelona, Spain, June 30, 2009.

"We're In Trouble," Panel on "Virtuous Economy: Moving Forward from Hyper Capitalism to a Purposeful Living," at the "Globalization for the Common Good" conference, Loyola University Chicago, June 1, 2009.

"Reading Legitimation Crisis during the Meltdown." Keynote address to "Images of a Demystified World: Critical Theory," conference hosted by Jolm Cabot University, Rome, May 13, 2009.

"In Defense of Socialist Planning," Left Forum, Pace University, New York City, April 19, 2009. [Panel presentation with Bertell Oilman and Raymond Lotta, chaired by Anwar Shaikh.]

""Reading Legitimation Crisis during the Meltdown," public presentation at Colby-Sawyer College, New London, New Hampshire, April 6, 2009.

"What's Going On Here? What Is To Be Done? Reflections on the Meltdown." Public Address, Shimer College, Chicago, March 25, 2009.

"Reading Legitimation Crisis during the Meltdown." Keynote address to "A New Democracy: Economics, Culture and Difference," a conference hosted by the Duquesne University Center for Interpretive and Qualitative Research and the University of Pittsburgh Cultural Studies Program, Duquesne University, March 20, 2009.

"Marx's Democratic Critique of Capitalism, and Its Implications for China," Chinese Academy of Marxism, Beijing, China, November 10, 2008

"Is Sustainable Capitalism Possible? to the Beijing Forum, Beijing, China, November 8, 2008

"Global Warming Swindle? Cockburn vs. Monbiot--What's Going On Here?" to the Global Studies Association, Pace University, New York City, June 6, 2008

"Why Cooperatives? Localization." Keynote panel presentation to the "Building a Better World" Conference, University of Radford, Radford, VA, May 24, 2008

"Is Sustainable Capitalism an Oxymoron?" Presentation to Energy and Responsibility: A Conference of Ethics and the Environment, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, April 11,2008

"Global Poverty: Alternative Perspectives on What We Should Do--and Why," Keynote Address to the Bertram Morris Colloquium, University of Colorado/Boulder, October 6, 2007

"Economic Democracy: A Worthy Socialism that Would Work," Presentation at the Book Launching of Derecho a Decidir: Propuestas para el Socialismo del Siglo XXI, Caracas, Venezuela, October 21, 2006

"What is Capitalism? What is Socialism? Reflections on China, the U.S. and the Managerial Revolution," Radical Philosophy Association Panel, American Philosophical Association Central Division Meetings, April 27, 2006