[Peace-discuss] Socialism Conference 2010 A Weekend of Revolutionary Politics, Debate and Entertainment

[Jesse Phillippe]

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*Socialism 2010 *

*Ideas for Changing the World *

*Revolutionary politics, debate and entertainment *

*June 17-20, Chicago *

*July 1-4, Oakland *

*http://www.socialismconference.org *

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With the economy in shambles and with wars and occupations continuing, the
challenge to change these conditions confronts us all. More than a year ago,
millions placed their hopes in Barack Obama and the Democrats to solve these
problems. But after months of broken promises and concessions to
conservatives, jobs are scarce, the banks are unregulated, and full equality
for LGBT people remains elusive.


Socialism 2010—to be held in *both* Chicago and Oakland—will provide an
unparalleled opportunity for new and veteran activists and scholars to
explore questions about how we got into this mess and how we can get out of
it.


Last year, more than 1,800 people turned out to explore the history of
struggles of ordinary people, to learn about radical figures who led social
movements and to debate theoretical questions that can help us change the
world.


Join us for more than 100 talks on issues such as: What is the Real Marxist
Tradition?, Race in the Obama Era, Capitalism, Climate Change, and the
Future of Humanity, Abortion and Women’s Liberation, and Building a New Left
in the Obama Era.


Don’t miss the chance to meet, talk and socialize with hundreds of others
like you who want to build an alternative to a system of greed, racism, war
and oppression.



*Featured Speakers: *

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*GILBERT ACHCAR*, author, *The Arabs and the Holocaust*; *TARIQ ALI*,
writer, filmmaker and an editor of *New Left Review; **ANTHONY ARNOVE*,
co-producer with the late Howard Zinn of “The People Speak”;*PAUL D’AMATO, *
author, *The Meaning of Marxism*;* MIKE DAVIS*, historian and socialist
activist whose books include *In Praise of Barbarians*; *SAM FARBER*,
author, *The Origins of the Cuban Revolution Reconsidered;JOEL GEIER,
associate editor, International Socialist Review; ANAND GOPAL, Kabul
correspondent for the Christian Science Monitor; *

*JAMES GREEN*, author, *Death in the Haymarket*; *BRIAN JONES,*actor and
activist in New York City, and a frequent guest on GRITtv;*SONALI KOLHATKAR*,
host, "Uprising", KPFK-FM, Los Angeles*; PAUL LE BLANC, *activist and author
whose books include *Lenin and the Revolutionary Party; ALAN MAASS,
editor, Socialist
Worker;MARLENE MARTIN, Campaign to End the Death Penalty; JOHN RIDDELL,
co-editor, Socialist Voice (Canada); HEATHER ROGERS, journalist and
filmmaker, author of Green Gone Wrong JEREMY SCAHILL, contributor to The
Nation and author, Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary
Army; LILIANA SEGURA,AlterNet staff writer on civil rights and liberties;
JEFFREY ST. CLAIR andJOSHUA FRANK, authors, Greenscare: The New War on
Environmentalism; LANCE SELFA, author, The Democrats: A Critical History; AHMED
SHAWKI, editor, International Socialist Review;SHARON SMITH, author of
Subterranean
Fire and Women and Socialism; LEE SUSTAR, labor editor, Socialist
Worker; SHERRY
WOLF, interim governing board, Equality Across America, author ofSexuality
and Socialism; KEEANGA-YAMAHTTA TAYLOR, editorial board of International
Socialist Review and frequent contributor on race and class; DAVE ZIRIN,
sportswriter and author, A People’s History of Sports in the United States;
SOCIALISTS from France, Greece, Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela, Britain and many
more! *

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Check out http://www.socialismconference.org to register and for more
information about

schedule, housing, and childcare.



Sponsored by: The Center for Economic Research and Social Change

Publisher of the International Socialist Review and Haymarket Books.



Co-sponsored by: The International Socialist Organization Publisher of
Socialist
Worker and Obrero Socialista

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