Terry Gibbs and Garry Leech, authors of The Failure of Global Capitalism from Cape Breton to Colombia and Beyond (CBU Press, 2009) have been invited to give the 2010 Brahos Lecture at Butler University in Indianapolis on April 12, where their book is being used for a course.
Faculty and students from disciplines such as political science, journalism, history, sociology and anthropology and courses on social movements, gender, race, class and peace are aware of the work of Gibbs and Leech and are expected to take part in dialogues around the book.
Another book by Prof. Leech, Beyond Bogatá: Diary of a Drug War Journalist in Colombia (Beacon, 2009) is also being used at Butler.
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Author to address Council of Canadians
Garry Leech, co-author of The Failure of Global Capitalism, will be a keynote speaker at the Council of Canadians annual general meeting October 23 in Saint John, New Brunswick. The theme for this year's conference is "Turning the tide: A just economy for people and the planet.
Garry joins CoC national chair Maude Barlow and John Cavanagh, Director of the Institute for Public Policy Studies inWashington, DC.
Garry joins CoC national chair Maude Barlow and John Cavanagh, Director of the Institute for Public Policy Studies inWashington, DC.
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
"Sobering stuff" says reviewer
A reviewer for the Halifax Chronicle Herald notes that Gibbs & Leech's book is filled with "sobering stuff." "...this isn’t another bestselling thriller but you should read it anyway. It might just knock you off your complacent 'everything is OK' butt."
Read the whole review at: http://thechronicleherald.ca/Books/1123664.html
Read the whole review at: http://thechronicleherald.ca/Books/1123664.html
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Human Rights in Colombia subject of talk at OPSEU
Author and journalist Garry Leech will make a presentation to the Ontario Public Service union May 7, on the subject of the current human rights situation inColombia. The talk takes place at OPSEU offices on Wellsley Street in Toronto. Garry talk is sponsired by: Canadian Council for International Cooperation, Inter Pares, Centre for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean (CERLAC), KAIROS: Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives, Latin American Human Rights Education and Research Network (RedLEIDH), and Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU).
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
CBU profs focus on the failure of capitalism
CBU profs focus on the failure of capitalism
McConnell library hosting presentation Thursday
March 27, Sydney - The financial crisis that emerged in the United States last year has not only escalated into a full-fledged economic crisis for that country.
While Cape Breton's industrial past may not seem connected to the global meltdown of financial markets, for more than a century, the Island’s economy has been intrinsically linked to a global economy that is a product of the process of industrial capitalism and globalization.
Cape Breton University political science professors Terry Gibbs and Garry Leech, have been studying how the global capitalist system has indeed had an impact here.
The authors of The Failure of Global Capitalism: From Cape Breton to Colombia and Beyond (new from CBU Press), professors Gibbs and Leech are giving a talk on the subject at the McConnell library on Thursday, April 2.
"Neoliberal globalization, centred around North American and European influences on global economic systems, exploits the natural resources and labour of societies at the periphery," says Garry Leech, "and then moves on."
The reality is that under the dominant free trade ideology, people throughout the world suffer, particularly with regard to socio-economic and environmental issues, he said.
Terry Gibbs and Garry Leech's book, The Failure of Global Capitalism, as the title suggests, examines how that exploitation has affected the industrial economies of Cape Breton and Colombia.
Their talk on Thursday will look at how the instability and insecurity inherent in the global capitalist system has impacted Cape Breton and how we can learn from alternative models challenging dominant free trade ideologies by focusing on democratic participation, economic self-sufficiency and environmental sustainability.
The talk begins at 7 p.m. at the McConnell Library, 50 Falmouth Street, Sydney. For more in formation, call 902.562.3279
Terry Gibbs is an assistant professor of Political Science and director of the Centre for International Studies at Cape Breton University. She specializes in issues related to democracy and globalization. Gibbs is a contributor to the book New Perspectives on Globalization and Antiglobalization: Prospects for a New World Order (Ashgate Publishing, 2008) and her articles have been published in various journals.
Garry Leech is a lecturer in Political Science at CBUand an independent journalist. He is the author of several books, including Beyond Bogotá: Diary of a Drug War Journalist in Colombia and Crude Interventions: The United States, Oil and the New World (Dis)Order. He is also the co-author of The People Behind Colombian Coal: Mining, Multinationals and Human Rights.
McConnell library hosting presentation Thursday
March 27, Sydney - The financial crisis that emerged in the United States last year has not only escalated into a full-fledged economic crisis for that country.
While Cape Breton's industrial past may not seem connected to the global meltdown of financial markets, for more than a century, the Island’s economy has been intrinsically linked to a global economy that is a product of the process of industrial capitalism and globalization.
Cape Breton University political science professors Terry Gibbs and Garry Leech, have been studying how the global capitalist system has indeed had an impact here.
The authors of The Failure of Global Capitalism: From Cape Breton to Colombia and Beyond (new from CBU Press), professors Gibbs and Leech are giving a talk on the subject at the McConnell library on Thursday, April 2.
"Neoliberal globalization, centred around North American and European influences on global economic systems, exploits the natural resources and labour of societies at the periphery," says Garry Leech, "and then moves on."
The reality is that under the dominant free trade ideology, people throughout the world suffer, particularly with regard to socio-economic and environmental issues, he said.
Terry Gibbs and Garry Leech's book, The Failure of Global Capitalism, as the title suggests, examines how that exploitation has affected the industrial economies of Cape Breton and Colombia.
Their talk on Thursday will look at how the instability and insecurity inherent in the global capitalist system has impacted Cape Breton and how we can learn from alternative models challenging dominant free trade ideologies by focusing on democratic participation, economic self-sufficiency and environmental sustainability.
The talk begins at 7 p.m. at the McConnell Library, 50 Falmouth Street, Sydney. For more in formation, call 902.562.3279
Terry Gibbs is an assistant professor of Political Science and director of the Centre for International Studies at Cape Breton University. She specializes in issues related to democracy and globalization. Gibbs is a contributor to the book New Perspectives on Globalization and Antiglobalization: Prospects for a New World Order (Ashgate Publishing, 2008) and her articles have been published in various journals.
Garry Leech is a lecturer in Political Science at CBUand an independent journalist. He is the author of several books, including Beyond Bogotá: Diary of a Drug War Journalist in Colombia and Crude Interventions: The United States, Oil and the New World (Dis)Order. He is also the co-author of The People Behind Colombian Coal: Mining, Multinationals and Human Rights.
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