[Peace] Socialism Conference

[Karen Aram]

|Program and Speakers|[https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/9rGO8tmt2ZGQE0drfBfMB6HGE6Ken8WtXSYpfzfCD-Fgd6vHUWbaXnIbOTD2EIc4dVZCv3B6X9beedaTDw3nQ0rJ-0T647V6EDBbOnIqGTgM8uU4_Djey7Tj6fNy_ay4lg]

Midwest Socialism Conference

“Shut Down Capitalism and Imperialism!”


Sat., June 9, 11 am to 5 pm

3460 W. Lawrence, Chicago, IL

Facebook Event<https://www.facebook.com/events/1549752648457292/>

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PROGRAM


  10:15 am: Registration Opens|


  11 am: Opening Session|


  1.  11:15 am: Solidarity Statements

Black Lives Matter Women of Faith on the Struggle for Justice for Laquan McDonald; People United Against Oppression; Illinois Green Party


  1.  11:35 am: Revolutionary Youth for Socialism: We Indict Capitalism!

Short presentations: police brutality and violence in Chicago; a Syrian defends Syria from U.S. imperialism; fighting racism in Detroit; fighting white supremacy in Indiana; and organizing to get the lead out of Milwaukee’s water!


  1.  12 pm: Main Plenary: “Building Socialism, Shutting Down Capitalism in a Time of Growing Domestic and International Turmoil”

Speakers: Eugene Puryear and Gloria La Riva


  1 pm: Lunch|


  1:45 pm: Workshops 1|


  1.  What is Socialism? Is a Revolution Possible in the United States?[https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/0Hy-FB0acdKoYrqGVQYvpyLw9o1Yk5Z-OliNgD4oUhytHn4q8zQo4G_tfGiJy5nCjYvPikpbJAKeuKeTZZElXFWOTnyvDP9lA05w5C7smU8nOscKW4me1DcKDz_3LqdSqg]

  2.  The Struggle against Racist Police Terror, Cointelpro 2 and the Movement for Socialism and Liberation

  3.  The U.S. State’s Anti-Russia Witch Hunt, China and the Reorientation of U.S. imperialism


  2:45 pm: Workshops 2 |

[https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/5VB19xruSFHHKbbj68F2C_LSdKaE_5Hj88IXxp5hTXK38qp3fnhouJl6RwLn_xayWhoCixxHV6IbHqDOfaPPUuuF6DDF2yBLctAMDxihtvF-3sv8whgUoaCGQMj1dFyowA]

  1.  Imperialism 101: Understanding the Middle East

  2.  Venezuela, Cuba, Latin America and U.S. Imperialism

  3.  The Korean Struggle for Peace and Reunification


  4 pm: Closing Plenary |
Our urgent tasks: “Rebuilding the Socialist Movement in the U.S. and the role of the Revolutionary Party”

Main Speaker: John Beacham


 **  5 pm to 9 pm: Dinner, Drinks and Karaoke/Dance Party<https://www.facebook.com/events/181892615713094/> **


Speakers and Presenters Include[https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/VB5RSv6zFOWLgn1n4rbwSn8IS41XrKbZeii_VdktZcPbkyqpsDtjH-Ol0d-n0EyKS4LHU9rtQif3j6l499m3_CLMss1UVH_UHypKlv2Un_S90x-rNbVnd2UxTosSMCtS2g]


Gloria La Riva, Peace and Freedom Party Candidate for Governor of California and the national coordinator of the Cuba and Venezuela Solidarity Committee

[https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/CVFTXOR2Yfl45FJFIljH8tlXDXDA176CbG1YC32zvDvQHf4LTm95Y6xbCgJ0yDrCdDpZF4wR_RFqALs5TkECpDKwRGrim0svS2w-eVagfwN_xw8YpzYAcWlbuNQlZQKaLw]

Eugene Puryear, Host of the radio show By Any Means Necessary and the author of the book Shackled and Chained: Mass Incarceration in Capitalist America


John Beacham, ANSWER Chicago coordinator and co-host of Crashing the System podcast


Carolyn Ruff and Lashawn Yvonne Littrice, Black Lives Matter Women of Faith


Estevan Hernandez, Party for Socialism and Liberation Elections Campaign Coordinator


Derek Ford, Assistant Professor of Education Studies at DePauw University. Ford has traveled to South Korea for multiple international peace conferences. He also organized the Korea Peace Tours to the DPRK in 2017


Ali Hasan, People United Against Oppression, a Muslim-led social justice organization


Stefanie Fisher, Registered Nurse, Party for Socialism and Liberation


Geoffrey Cubbage, Secretary, Illinois Green Party


Ana Santoyo, ANSWER Chicago

Patrick McWilliams, #NoAmazonHQ
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