The Lelio Basso International Foundation for the Rights and Liberation of Peoples, Rome The Lelio and Lisli Basso Foundation -Institute for the Study of Contemporary Society (ISSOCO), Rome The Basso Family
announce the offering of the
INTERNATIONAL LELIO BASSO PRIZE FOR ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL ALTERNATIVES
The Italian political theorist and militant socialist, Lelio Basso, always stood for a radical and, at the same time, democratic form of socialism during his life. Socialism without democracy, he elaborated on Rosa Luxemburg, is as unsustainable as a democratic order without social commitment. The development of true Socialism, he argued, is the result of a long lasting process of collective research and political action. As many people as possible should participate worldwide in this project, individuals as well as collective movements. Although Socialism in the former Soviet Bloc failed, the question of alternatives to the neoliberal dominance of the global market and the pressures of structural adjustment is again on the agenda. Political crises, military conflicts, social exclusion and ecological destructiveness are threatening the survival of human kind. The purpose of the International Lelio Basso Prize for Economic and Political Alternatives is to stimulate the search for alternatives in the tradition of Lelio Basso's understanding of "collective research". How is it possible to conceptualize the idea of a democratic and socialist society in the 21st century after the experiences of the 20th century? The Prize is dedicated to written works on theoretical and strategic aspects as well as on pratical political experiences. The International Lelio Basso Prize consists of two $ 10,000 awards to be given to the 2 prize winners. Works to be considered should be submitted by July 15th, 1998, to the Committee of the International Lelio Basso Prize, written preferably in English, French, Spanish or Italian, either elaborating crucial theoretical, strategic and political issues or describing and reflecting on practical political experiences. They should not exceed 50 pages. The Prize will be distributed during a conference to be held in Italy at the end of 1998, the 20th anniversary of Lelio Basso's death.
The members of the Committee of the International Lelio Basso Prize are:
Elmar Altvater (Berlin), Samir Amin (Dakar), Perry Anderson (London), Carlo Basso (Milano), Linda Bimbi (Roma), Monique Chemillier-Gendreau (Paris), Luiza Erundina (Sao Paulo), Pierre Galand (Bruxelles), Eduardo Galeano (Montevideo), Pablo Gonzalez Casanova (Ciudad de Mexico), David Harvey (Baltimore), Eric Hobsbawn (London), Corinne Kumar (Bangalore), Milos Nikolic (Beograd), Oda Makoto (Nishinomiya), Leo Panitch (Toronto), Adolfo Perez Esquivel (Buenos Aires), Marco Revelli (Torino), François Rigaux (Bruxelles), Stefano Rodotà (Roma).
Secretariat: Raffaele Piria c/o Prof. Elmar Altvater Freie Universität Berlin, Dpt. of Political Science, Ihnestr. 21, Berlin D-14195 Tel: +49-30-838 4964 Fax: +49-30-838 4066 E-Mail: piriaraf at zedat.fu-berlin.de
For more information please contact the Secretariat or look at the Homepage of the International Foundation: www.grisnet.it/filb
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