Wednesday, October 17, 2012

WORLD IN CRISIS • WORLD IN STRUGGLE


Check out this conference coming up in less than two weeks!
The New England Marxism Conference


SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27 • BOSTON
HARVARD YARD, EMERSON HALL, CAMBRIDGE, MA (map)

Registration opens at 9 am - Registration $10
Register online at - http://nemarxism.org/
Millions of people have come to the understanding that capitalism isn't working. And millions of people around the world - from mine workers in South Africa to students in Quebec to teachers in Chicago - are fighting back.

Marxism provides a revolutionary understanding and strategy for ridding society of exploitation and oppression once and for all. We want more than just resistance - we want to win. Join us!

Schedule:

9 am - Registration

10:30 am - Opening Plenary/Wecome:
World in Crisis - World in Struggle -- Ashley Smith

11:15 am - 1:00 pm - Workshops:
Why the Working Class   --  Sofia Arias
The Russian Revolution -- Bill Keach
The Democrats: the Dead-end of Lesser Evilism -- Danny Katch


1 - 2 pm - Lunch break

2 - 3:45 pm - Workshops:
The United Front: The Socialist Strategy in Struggle -- Jennifer Roesch
Black Liberation and Socialism -- Khury Petersen-Smith
Lenin’s Theory of the Party -- Brian Chidester

4 - 5:45 pm 
- Workshops:
Socialists and the Trade Union Struggle -- Nancy Welch
The Capitalist Roots of Sexual Oppression -- Amanda Haziz-Ginsberg
The Future Socialist Society -- Keegan O’Brien

5:45 pm - 6:45 pm Dinner break

7 - 8pm - Closing Plenary:

Building the Socialist Alternative -- Ahmed Shawki


Sponsors - Harvard Socialists at GSAS; International Socialist Organization
For more information:  http://www.nemarxism.org/
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Childcare will be provided at the conference site. Please let us know before Tuesday, October 23th. We cannot guarantee childcare after that date.