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<p>As global financial markets come unhinged, as people lose their homes and livelihoods, as the cost of war escalates, as workers and borders cross one another, it is time to think about the economic system that structures our choices and determines much of our life chances... </p>
<p>Join renowned scholar and economic geographer <span class="st" id="st" name="st">Richard</span> <span class="st" id="st" name="st">Peet</span> as he helps navigate this often hidden world. An informed and rigorous thinker, <span class="st" id="st" name="st">Peet</span> is also a charismatic and trenchant critic of the rule of capital.</p>
<div>Saturday, February 2, 2008<br>7:00 - 9:30 p.m.<br>encuentro 5<br>33 Harrison Ave, 5th flr</div>
<div>Boston, MA 02111</div>
<div><br clear="all"><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.massglobalaction.org/projects/flyer-2008-02-02.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.massglobalaction.org/projects/flyer-2008-02-02.pdf</a></div>
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<div><span class="st" id="st" name="st">Richard</span> <span class="st" id="st" name="st">Peet</span> teaches geography at Clark University. For a video of a presentation by <span class="st" id="st" name="st">Richard</span> to a scholarly crowd at UC Berkeley, see <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://geography.berkeley.edu/PredFest/Richard_Peet.html" target="_blank">http://geography.berkeley.edu/PredFest/Richard_Peet.html </a>. encuentro 5 regulars will remember <span class="st" id="st" name="st">Richard</span> <span class="st" id="st" name="st">Peet</span>'s stirring presentation on South Africa as we readied our delegation to the 7th World Social Forum in Nairobi, Kenya.</div>
<div><br> </div><br>-- <br><br>----------------------------------------------------------<br>Suren Moodliar<br>Telephones: 617-482-6300 (wk); 617-482-7300 (fax); 617-968-0880 (cell)<br>Projects: encuentro 5 & fair employment<br>
Address: 33 Harrison Ave, 5th floor, Boston, MA 02111<br>Websites: <a href="http://www.massglobalaction.org">www.massglobalaction.org</a>; <a href="http://www.fairjobs.org">www.fairjobs.org</a>; <a href="http://www.encuentro5.org">www.encuentro5.org</a><br>
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