Socialism Conference

Premilla Nadasen, Martha Biondi, Lynette Jackson speak in this session recorded at Socialism 2024.

Exploring the lives of three prominent figures in the struggle against apartheid and for self-determination in South Africa, the panelists will discuss the anti-imperialism and critiques of settler-colonialism that were hallmarks of their subjects’ organizing, demonstrating why the South African story provides lessons and insights vital to ongoing struggles against racial capitalism and militarism, in Palestine and worldwide.

The next Socialism Conference will be held in Chicago, July 3-6. Learn more about the Socialism Conference at www.socialismconference.org.

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Frances Amador, Zafiro Patiño, Steve Meacham, Eric Wellers speak in this session recorded at Socialism 2024. This session was sponsored by

This panel will break down the sword, the shield, and the offer a housing justice- anti displacement organizing strategy—CLVU’s nationally known organizing strategy utilizing public pressure, legal defense, and collective negotiations—and will give experience-based examples from organizers, tenants, and a movement housing lawyer.

The next Socialism Conference will be held in Chicago, July 3-6. Learn more about the Socialism Conference at www.socialismconference.org.

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Eman Abdelhadi, Ariel Ajeno, Max Fox speak in this session recorded at Socialism 2024. This session was sponsored by Pinko.

The concept of gay communism is greater circulation now than when it was first coined by the Italian Marxist Mario Mieli in the context of the sexual liberation struggle and the post-operaist milieu he was active in. What does it mean, what traditions does it partake in, and why do socialists and communists need to understand its challenge to fight the resurgent right?

The next Socialism Conference will be held in Chicago, July 3-6. Learn more about the Socialism Conference at www.socialismconference.org.

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Megan Lessard and Emily Janakiram speak in this session recorded at Socialism 2024. This session was sponsored by NYC for Abortion Rights.

Less than 25 years after the United States invaded Afghanistan, vowing to “liberate” women from the Taliban, warmongers in the imperial core are cynically invoking “women’s rights” to manufacture consent for Israel’s genocide in Palestine. In this discussion, we will unpack the concept of Israeli sexual exceptionalism and how feminism continues to be marshaled in the service of empire.

The next Socialism Conference will be held in Chicago, July 3-6. Learn more about the Socialism Conference at www.socialismconference.org.

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Ray Acheson, M.V. Ramana, Joshua Frank speak in this session recorded at Socialism 2024. This session was sponsored by Science for the People, Verso, and CounterPunch.

This panel will explore the myths of nuclearism and the attempts to modernize the machines of war and power in today’s world. Participants will discuss how nuclear power is a dangerous distraction from decarbonizing energy systems, and a deadly threat to Indigenous rights and Land Back movements. They will outline how the new nuclear arms race is consuming budgets and increasing risks for us all. And they will look at the role nuclear weapons play in geopolitical nightmares, including in relation to Israel’s genocide of Palestinians. But the discussion will also highlight the work of the global antinuclear movement and how everyone can engage in the struggle for nuclear abolition and a nuclear free future.

The next Socialism Conference will be held in Chicago, July 3-6. Learn more about the Socialism Conference at www.socialismconference.org.

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Sarah Wattar, Micah Clark Moody, and more speak in this session recorded at Socialism 2024. This session was sponsored by REAL Youth Initiative, Civil Rights Corps.

Jailing people is family separation. Family separation forces pleas, extracts profit, and destabilizes love. Here, panelists will briefly share our personal and professional experiences challenging carceral family separation. Then, we will all discuss strategic challenges, including centering jailing itself as the problem and challenging conditions without resourcing police.

The next Socialism Conference will be held in Chicago, July 3-6. Learn more about the Socialism Conference at www.socialismconference.org.

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Lexi Dotson-Dufault, Emily Likins-Ehlers, Dr. Mary Bowman, and Anne Rumberger speak in this session recorded at Socialism 2024. This session was sponsored by Chicago for Abortion Rights and Lux.

Two years after the fall of Roe and during another "most important election of our lifetimes," how can supporters of reproductive freedom build power through intersectional organizing and envision a radical politics where bodily autonomy and community care unite us across movements? Activists and providers discuss strategies for building connections between the fight for abortion access and related movements, such as trans and queer rights, labor, mutual aid, and health justice.

The next Socialism Conference will be held in Chicago, July 3-6. Learn more about the Socialism Conference at www.socialismconference.org.

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Mizue Aizeki, Matt Mahmoudi, and Kate Sim speak in this session recorded at Socialism 2024. This session was sponsored by Surveillance Resistance Lab.

We explore connections and share strategies between the “No Tech For” and divestment movements—from resisting the violence of borders to Israel’s apartheid against Palestinians. Against the backdrop of the high-tech powered genocide in Gaza, it is critical to fight back to undo the “AI washing” of colonial and racial capitalist violence.

The next Socialism Conference will be held in Chicago, July 3-6. Learn more about the Socialism Conference at www.socialismconference.org.

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Megan Romer, Mina Parkison, Peg Strobel, and Bill Barclay speak in this session recorded at Socialism 2024. This session was sponsored by DSA.

If we want to win the whole world, our organizing must engage more than just the young, the childless, and the able-bodied. How do we tackle the socialist project intergenerationally and make an organizing space for everyone, one which allows for robust engagement through shifts in circumstances and passage through life phases?

The next Socialism Conference will be held in Chicago, July 3-6. Learn more about the Socialism Conference at www.socialismconference.org.

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Mohiba Ahmed, Aman Bardia, Divyani Motla, Arsalan Samdani speak in this session recorded at Socialism 2024. This session was sponsored by SALAM (South Asian Left Activist Movement)l

Diasporic South Asians are often seen as a “model minority.” However, over the past years, a spurt of radical South Asian-led community and media activism has contested this trope. This session brings together various groups to discuss the role the diaspora can and are playing in local and internationalist mobilization.

The next Socialism Conference will be held in Chicago, July 3-6. Learn more about the Socialism Conference at www.socialismconference.org.

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