This Saturday and Sunday, March 19 and 20, Marxist-Humanist Initiative (MHI) is sponsoring three panels at the Left Forum at Pace University in lower Manhattan (http://www.leftforum.org/conference/2011). The panels will feature Michael Albert, David McNally, Cindy Milstein, and others. Join us! The Great Recession and its Aftermath: Sat. at 3:00 p.m., Room LHNAlan Freeman: "Waking from the Dream: Europe in the Great Recession"Andrew Kliman: "The Great Recession and the Persistent Frailty ofCapitalist Production"Fred MoseleyDavid McNally: "Global Slump, Age of Austerity, and the GrowingResistance" Is Socialism Possible? Part 1: Sat. at 10:00 a.m., Room W623Andrej Grubačić: "Anarchism, or Libertarian Socialism for the 21stCentury"Anne Jaclard: "Yes, If a New Mode of Production Lays the Ground"Antti Ronkainen: "Socialization of the Banking System"Alex Steinberg: "Socialism and the Role of Consciousness" Is Socialism Possible? Part 2: Sun. at 3:00 p.m., Room W504Michael Albert:"Yes, But Which Socialism?"Andrew Kliman: "Marx's Lower Phase of Communism: Not Another 'LaborMoney' Scheme"Cindy Milstein ****************** Just after the Left Forum, on Tuesday March 22 at 7:00 p.m., MHI is co-sponsoring with The New SPACE (http://new-space-nyc.org) a talk by Antti Ronkainen, who is coming here from Finland. His topic will be "Crisis, Austerity, and Resistance in the Euro Zone: A View from Finland." And next month, on Wednesday April 13 at 7:00 p.m., MHI is co-sponsoring Allan Armstrong, a Scottish thinker-activist, speaking on "Is an Emancipatory Communism Possible?" Both of these talks will be held in mid-Manhattan, at TRS Inc. Professional Suites, 44 East 32nd Street, 11th floor (between Madison and Park Aves). See MHI's website for details. Marxist Humanist Initiativehttp://www.marxisthumanistinitiative.orgmhi@marxisthumanistinitiative.org(888) 579-2245 (toll free)