Contribute to the URPE Newsletter

We invite submissions for the May 2024 of the URPE newsletter 

(Vol. 50, no. 2).

Submissions are welcome from members, activists, and related organizations.

The due date for submissions to the May issue is April 30, 2024.

We are especially interested in short articles that provide careful radical political economic insight into the ongoing crisis in Gaza, and also the conflict in Ukraine. We welcome timely and relevant analyses of other global political economy struggles, as well as of issues such as environmental crisis, the impending US elections, the rise of authoritarianism and populism, voting rights, abortion, academic freedom, free speech vs. censorship, public taxes and expenditures at all levels, the labor movement, national and international issues regarding race, class, gender, ethnicity, climate change, geopolitical transformations, and other ongoing political and economic developments in Haiti, Sudan, India, Turkey, Latin America, or elsewhere.

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Please include author information and a brief bio, not exceeding 30 words with each submission. We will publish some longer essays (2000-3000 words) but also welcome shorter contributions (1000-2000 words) in an op-ed style, including letters to the editors. All contributions should be written in an accessible manner and use concise, civil, non-academic language. References, if any are used in a longer essay, should be provided in Chicago style, and the article should contain hyperlinks where suitable.

The editorial team will curate contributions from members  and edit contributions with respect to accuracy, civility, relevance to current issues, and concerns of the membership. The editorial team will be in touch directly with authors for any suggestions, and retains the final decision regarding publication in the newsletter, based on quality and relevance.

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Brief bios of the volunteer editor and co-editors are below:

Marianne Hill (Ph.D. economics) [newsletter editor] has served on the boards of URPE and of IAFFE. She has both academic and popular publications, including several in Dollars and Sense. Her most recent book is Building A Solidarity Society: Power, People and Planet (Palgrave, 2022). As Senior Economist at the University Research Center of Mississippi, she did the state economic forecast from 1990 to 2013, before retiring to Maine.

Ann E. Davis [co-editor and Steering Committee liaison] is a retired Associate Professor at Marist College, 50-year URPE member and member of the steering committee since 2010.  She is the author of four books, as well as several articles in RRPE among other journals and book chapters.  Please contact her with any questions or suggestions at adavisa@gmail.com

Smita Ramnarain (she/they) [co-editor and Steering Committee liaison] is Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Rhode Island and a member of URPE’s Steering Committee since 2021. Her work has examined post-conflict reconstruction, peacebuilding and development, feminization of poverty and female headship, environmental change and more recently, social reproduction and labor-related issues. Any questions or comments may be sent to sramnarain@uri.edu

 

This editorial team will be in touch directly with authors for any suggestions, and retains the final decision regarding publication in the newsletter, based on quality and relevance.

URPE Mission Statement for Newsletter

The objective of the URPE newsletter is to provide a more accessible and informal venue to discuss current issues in political economy, as well as matters relating to URPE.  The newsletter would be provided as a service to members, for information, updates on political issues and actions, resources, and potential organizational efforts with partners.  The newsletter would be distributed to the member listserv on a regular basis.  We would invite contributions from individual members, students and faculty, as well as activists from progressive organizations.  The content would be edited for accuracy, civil discourse and responsible sources, avoiding polemics.  Particular topics of interest include state and local struggles regarding voting rights, abortion, academic freedom, free speech vs. censorship, public taxes and expenditures at all levels, the labor movement, as well as national and international issues regarding race, class, gender, ethnicity, climate change, military conflicts, and geopolitical transformations.  We would prioritize diversity in topics and contributors and would be open to alternative radical perspectives, while encouraging respectful and informed debate.

The last newsletter issue was 2019:

https://urpe.org/newsletter/spring-2019-vol-49-3/

The role of the newsletter co-editors is to receive and to curate contributions from members regarding accuracy, civility, relevance to current issues and concerns of the membership. The editors may also contribute content to the newsletter.  Two members of the steering committee will coordinate with the editors, and provide consultation as needed.

The newsletter renewal includes the following:

  • Regular publication (quarterly or bi-annual) via the listserv and on the website.
  • Edited entries would be provided by the membership and the editor, with clear standards: such as concise writing, essays based on evidence, respectful tone, newsworthy content and relevant news regarding URPE. Essays and analysis based on reputable sources would be encouraged, as well as opinion pieces.
  • Discussions of the newsletter on the listserve would be monitored for tone and accuracy.
  • Volunteer co-editors of high academic credentials and interest in broad coalitions are part of this effort.
  • Regular reports would be provided to the SC about commentary and participation.

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