BRECHT FORUM: SOCIALISM & RENOVATION IN VIETNAM 3/21-NYC Via NY Transfer News * All the News That Doesn't Fit The Brecht Forum 122 West 27th Street, NYC, 10th Floor (Btwn 6th-7th Avenues) (212) 242-4201 For more information, please visit our website: www.brechtforum.org GLOBALIZATION, NEOLIBERALISM & RESISTANCE: SOCIALISM & RENOVATION IN VIETNAM (Le Hoai Trung with Merle Ratner) Wednesday, March 21, 2001 7:30 pm Co-sponsor: NY Committees of Correspondence for Democracy & Socialism 25 years after the U.S. war against Vietnam, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is facing the challenge of caring for those affected by the war and feeding 78 million people. Vietnam has embarked on a process of renovation and a socialist market economy. What is Vietnam's experience in building socialism in this complex period? Le Hoai Trung is the Minister Counsellor and Deputy Permanent Representative of the Permanent Mission of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to the United Nations. Merle Ratner is an international solidarity and Marxist activist who co-chaired a coalition celebrating the 25th anniversary of the victory of peace in Vietnam. Sliding Scale: $6/$8/$10 ================================================================= NY Transfer News Collective * A Service of Blythe Systems Since 1985 - Information for the Rest of Us 339 Lafayette St., New York, NY 10012 http://www.blythe.org e-mail: nyt@blythe.org ================================================================= nytas-03.15.01-19:44:59-28103