Schedule

• Revolt in Iran
  Bezhad Raghian and Kaveh Ehsani analyze the recent eruptions in Iran and what they mean for socialists and anti-imperialists
• Abortion Rights and the Struggle for Women's Liberation Today
  Corrie Wetering looks at the state of abortion rights and the role of socialists in the fight for women's liberation
• Black Liberation and Socialism
  Keeanga Taylor argues that the fight against racist oppression is inseparable from the fight for socialism
• The Democratic Party: A Critical History
  Joe Allen exposes the real history of the "other boss's party"
• History of the International Socialist Organization
  Lee Sustar discusses the origins and traditions of the ISO

• Sexuality and Socialism: The Fight for LGBT Liberation
  Sherry Wolf, author of Sexuality and Socialism will discuss two key arguments of her book; the genuine Marxist history regarding LGBT oppression and a defense of the historical materialist argument against both identity politics and queer theory. In a departure from her book tour speeches, Wolf will use this opportunity to raise the political bar among leftist activists who want to engage more deeply with the socialist history regarding sexuality and the theoretical debates within the left.
• Afghanistan: Obama's Vietnam?
  Martin Smith looks at the war that Obama inherited and the choices that lie ahead
• Is Revolution Possible in the United States?
  Lauryn Flizeer tackles the argument that the U.S. is immune to radical change
• No One is Illegal: Capitalism, Immigration & the Working Class
  Pranav Jani tackles anti-immigrant racism, its roots in capitalism and the changing face of the U.S. working class
• Marxism 101
  Orlando Sepulveda explains the fundamentals of Marxism

• Daley's Shock Doctrine: The Privatization of Chicago
  Bob Quellos, a leading activist in No Games Chicago, exposes the real story behind Chicago Mayor Richard Daley's bid for the Olympics and the drive for privatization
• Ideas and Action: Why we need a Revolutionary Party
  Shaun Harkin looks at the important role of organized revolutionaries
• The ABC's of Capitalist Crisis
  Adam Turl explains the roots of capitalism's global economic crises
• Zionism and the Origins of Israeli Apartheid
  Binyamina Bahrami exposes the racist nature of the Israeli state
• Socialist Strategy for the Liberation of the Oppressed Kirstin Roberts argues for a Marxist approach to understanding and fighting racism, sexism, homophobia, and all other forms of oppression

• Corinne Mina
  founding member of Join the Impact Chicago* and National Equality March organizer
• Armando Robles
  UE Local 1110* President and leader of Republic Windows and Doors workplace occupation in Chicago
• Karen Lewis
  co-chair of the Caucus of Rank and File Educators* (CORE), science teacher at Kings College Prep School, Chicago Teachers Union* (CTU) delegate
• Emilio Lunar
  Member of Teamsters Local 743* and striking worker at SK Tools in Chicago
• Sharon Smith
  author of Subterranean Fire: A History of Working Class Radicalism and Women and Socialism: Essays on Women's Liberation
• Martin Macias, Jr.
  member of No Games Chicago*

* Organizations listed for identification purposes only

• Honduras: Eyewitness to Resistance
  Alexy Lanza and Bridget Broderick describe the resistance to the military coup in Honduras
• Socialists and the Trade Unions
  Jesse Sharkey, Chicago Teachers Union delegate, discusses the essential role of socialists in the workplace and unions
• Tipping Point: Is it Too Late to Save the Planet?
  Phil Gasper, editor of The Communist Manifesto: A Road Map to History's Most Important Political Document looks at the state of ecological destruction and why capitalism can never be sustainable for life on earth
• Trotsky's Struggle Against Stalinism
  Aileen Paguio describes Russian Revolutionary Leon Trotsky's fight against the growing counter-revolution lead by Joseph Stalin and why Trotsky's legacy remains important for socialists today

• A People's Guide to the Health Care Debate
  Helen Redmond, a leading member of the Chicago Single-Payer Action Network, looks at health care "reform" and makes the case for a genuine health care-for-all system
• What would Socialism Look Like?
  Elizabeth Wrigley-Field offers a vision of what a world organized to meet people's needs, instead of corporate profits, would look like.
• An Injury to One is an Injury to All: A History of the Wobblies
  Eric Kerl uncovers the real history of one of the most heroic organizations of the U.S. working class
• Socialists and the Struggle for Reforms
  Dennis Kosuth discusses the relationship between the struggle for social revolution and winning important reforms such as full health care for all.