Podcast Series
Socialism Conference
The Socialism Conference is a four-day conference bringing together thousands of socialists and radical activists from around the country to take part in discussions about social movements, Marxism, abolition, working-class history, and the debates and strategies for organizing today. Every year, the Socialism conference aims to be a place where activists can share lessons from their struggles—from the BDS campaign for Palestine to the fight for gender liberation, from strike organizing and support to the struggle to stop the destruction of the planet, the fight against racism, and more. Socialism 2025 took place in Chicago over July 4th weekend, July 3-6. Recordings from many sessions at Socialism 2025 will be released here. Socialism 2026 will take place in Chicago, September 4-7, 2026. Learn more: socialismconference.org
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Oct 12, 2022
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Revolution and Counter-Revolution in Sudan
Rabab Elnaiem, Muzan Alneel, and Sara Abbas, a recording from the Socialism 2022 Conference.
The Sudanese Revolution of 2019 is one of the highpoints of the past few years wave of global resistance. The uprising that ousted president Omar al-Bashir sparked a revolutionary process in Sudan that is still undergoing. After a tenuous power-sharing agreement with the military, an military coup that was reversed, and resignation of the civilian head of the transitional government the Sudanese people remain a highly organized combative revolutionary force from below. This talk will cover lessons of that struggle with speakers from Sudan and especially look at the lessons of the bottom-up organizing of the resistance committees and talk about the path ahead for the revolutionary movement.
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Oct 11, 2022
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Backlash: Crime and the Return of Law-and-Order Politics w/ Naomi Murakawa
A session by Naomi Murakawa, a recording from the Socialism 2022 Conference.
The US is witnessing a renewed anti-crime campaign, with Democratic elites at the forefront. This talk will analyze the repressive backlash since the Black Lives Matter uprising in summer 2020—and how liberals have tried to turn BLM into a victims’ rights movement.
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Oct 11, 2022
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Palestinian Liberation, Internationalism, and Abolition w/ Mohammed El-Kurd
Mohammed El-Kurd in conversation with Brekhna Aftab, a recording from the Socialism 2022 Conference.
The colonization of Palestine is ongoing, and Palestinians continue to struggle for their liberation. Mohammed El-Kurd will discuss historic and contemporary Palestinian resistance, and how the liberation of Palestinians is intimately tied to the liberation of all those fighting capitalism and state violence across the globe.
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Oct 7, 2022
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Abolish the Family. Feminism for Care and Liberation
Sophie Lewis in conversation with Rosie Warren, a recording from the Socialism 2022 Conference.
When have "family values" limited the left? What did utopianists in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries mean, exactly, when they said "abolish the family"? And which family, in a white-supremacist settler-colony, should we abolish? This session will explore how to decenter the private nuclear household as a source of care, and what that means for left politics and strategy.
Learn more about the Socialism Conference at www.socialismconference.org.
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Jan 7, 2025
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All Eyes On Palestine: Solidarity, Liberation, Intifada (Opening Plenary)
Noura Erakat, Linda Sarsour, Abdel Razzaq Takriti, Rabbi Brant Rosen, and George Abraham speak in this session recorded at Socialism 2024.
Even amidst Israel’s ongoing genocidal war, the courage and steadfastness of Palestinians have awakened a global solidarity movement. Join us to discuss the rich history of the Palestinian liberation movement, the state of the resistance to Israel and US imperialism, and the future of Palestinian and global liberation.
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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Jan 7, 2025
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Logoff and Meetup: Building Third Spaces to Change the World
Mandy Medley, Mary Zerkel, and Clarence White speak in this session recorded at Socialism 2024. This session was sponsored by Pilsen Community Books.
This session will discuss the importance of building community organizing spaces in support of our movements. Longtime organizers will examine the challenges of creating third spaces while also looking back at the ways they strengthen our communities through political education, mutual aid, creating solidarity through shared struggles.
The next Socialism Conference will be held in Chicago, July 3-6. Learn more about the Socialism Conference at www.socialismconference.org.
Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org
Follow Haymarket on podcast platforms for regular event recordings, book talks, political analyses and poetry readings!