The New SPACE (The New School for Pluralistic Anti-Capitalist Education),
New York City

1.  Upcoming Talks and Course
2.  Additions to our Pluralism Page

1.  UPCOMING TALKS, April 27 and May 25
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(Donation:  $7-10, sliding scale)

 THE MARXIST CRITIQUE OF IDEOLOGY: WHAT IT IS, HOW IT WORKS, AND WHY IT'S IMPORTANT - ESPECIALLY NOW
Bertell Ollman
Wednesday April 27, 7 pm

 FIGHTING FOR REFORMS WITHOUT BECOMING REFORMIST
Robin Hahnel
based on his new book, _Economic Justice and Democracy_
Wednesday May 25, 7 pm

UPCOMING COURSE, starting May 3
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 TAXATION AND FINANCE
Instructor:  Howard F. Seligman.
Tuesdays, 7:45 - 9:45 pm
8 classes, May 3 - June 21
Tuition:  $88-$115, sliding scale
Course description below.  See our website for syllabus and instructor's
bio: http://new-space.mahost.org/taxation.html

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All New SPACE courses and talks held at
FUSION ARTS MUSEUM
57 Stanton Street, Lower East Side,  New York City
(near corner of Eldridge & Stanton Streets, one block south of Houston and
one block south of the 2nd Ave. stop on the F and V trains.  See our website
for map)

Contact us at
http://new-space.mahost.org
new-space@mutualaid.org
telephone (800) 377-6183
P.O. Box 19, Planetarium Station, New York, NY 10024-0019

 

The New SPACE teachers, speakers, and organizers include:  Stanley
Aronowitz, Jack Z. Bratich, Stephen Eric Bronner, Andrea Fishman, Jeannette
Gabriel, Loren Goldner, David Graeber, Robin Hahnel, Jesse Heiwa, Charles
Herr, Joshua Howard, Anne Jaclard, Andrew Kliman, Louis Kontos, Joel Kovel,
Raymond Lampe, Alan W. Moore, Bertell Ollman, Howard Seligman, Stevphen
Shukaitis, Bill Weinberg, Seth G. Weiss

 

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2.  New Additions to the PLURALISM PAGE of our website:

 

*  Open letter from Alan Freeman: "Doing Pluralism."
http://www.new-space.mahost.org/freeman.html

The New SPACE welcomes Freeman's positive assessment and defense of our
school.  However, in accordance with our commitment to pluralism, and
especially our "Open Dialogue" policy, we also invite responses from
institutions and persons criticized in his piece.

*  New SPACE Pluralism Policies
http://new-space.mahost.org/pluralismpolicies.html

Genuine pluralism differs from mere diversity or passive tolerance.  It
requires transparent policies and practices that protect and encourage
dissidents and dissident perspectives, in order to foster active engagement
with and discussion of alternative views.  We urge other educational
institutions to adopt and implement these or similar pluralism policies.

 

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TAXATION AND FINANCE COURSE DESCRIPTION

Instructor:  Howard F. Seligman.
Tuesdays, 7:45 - 9:45 pm
8 classes, May 3 - June 21
Tuition:  $88-$115, sliding scale

 

The course will begin with a brief tutorial on conventional accounting,
bookkeeping and financial theory. This will involve some hands-on practical
training, although the main emphasis will be on the history of the evolution
of the theory from its original conception to the current methodologies.

This will be followed by an examination of basic economics (price theory)
and its use and abuse of (accounting/finance) statistics.  Again, the
history of the theory from its roots in philosophy and the social sciences
to its current state of being applied mathematical models will be
scrutinized.

 

We will then survey the U.S. Income Tax System beginning with its history
and moving on to its current state (of change) today.  The focus will be on
the behavioral implications of changes in the tax code and alternate systems
being used in other countries (and being proposed by Congress today.)

Applying the building blocks of finance and taxation, we will then look at
the American financial markets and the culture of the corporation.
Particular attention will be paid to 'Wall Street' and the 'entertainment
industry' due to their growing influence in our everyday lives via the
'information society.'

 

Emphasis will be placed on economic and non-economic forces that drive the
markets and facilitate manipulation by the use of abstract numerical
concepts.  Finally, the natural symbiosis of private industry and
governments will be the subject of specific anecdotes and case studies.

 

No requirements other than potential enthusiasm/interest."