2013-06-112013-06-112007-01Nature, society, and thought, Vol. 20, No. 1 (January 2007)0890-6130http://purl.umn.edu/150770ARTICLES: Philip Bounds, Unlikely Bedfellows: Orwell and the British Cultural Marxists. CONFERENCES: The Socialist Market Economy and Other Theoretical Issues—-NST Symposium and China Study Tour June 2007. Wu Enyuan, Opening Address: The Socialist Market Economy. Patrick Loy, Charting a Course to a New Global Economy. Cheng Enfu, Fundamental Characteristics of the Socialist Market Economy. Alexandros Dagkas, The Labor Movement and Higher Education: Developments in China and Greece in the Context of Globalization. Yang Jinhai, The Future of China’s Socialist Market Economy. Thomas Kenny, Lessons for the “Socialist Market Economy” of People’s China from the Soviet “New Economic Policy.” COMMENTARY: David S. Pena, Marx and Engels on Religion: A Reply to Ishay Landa. Ishay Landa, On Marxism, Religion, Straws, and Beams: A Response to David S. Pena’s Reply. BOOK REVIEWS: John Case, Divided We Fall: The Story of the Paperworkers’ Union and the Future of Labor, by Peter Kellman. Gerald Horne, Rites of August First: Emancipation Day in the Black Atlantic World, by J. R. Kerr-Ritchie. Joyce Mao, Strange Liberators: Militarism, Mayem, and the Pursuit of Profit, by Gregory Elich. ABSTRACTS (in English and French).enNewsletter or Bulletin