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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Dec 2, 2024
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Carceral Family Separation and Challenges Organizing Around Conditions
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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Dec 2, 2024
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Abortion Rights Beyond The Ballot Box
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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Dec 2, 2024
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Building Solidarity, Unbuilding Borders: Fighting Tech-Augmented Apartheid in Palestine and Beyond
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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Dec 2, 2024
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Aging As Socialists: Building Organization Across the Phases of Life
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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Dec 2, 2024
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Insurgency In Diaspora: Community Organizing in South Asian North America
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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Dec 2, 2024
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Between Two Fires: Left Perspectives on the War on Ukraine
Taras Bilous, Olena Lyubchenko, Volodymyr Ishchenko, Suzi Weissman, Robert Capistrano speak in this session recorded at Socialism 2024. This session was sponsored by the Daniel Singer Millenium Prize.
This panel will celebrate the 2024 Daniel Singer Millennium prize recipient, and provide a moment for invited panelists and audience members to engage their writing on the subject of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The late Daniel Singer was an idealistic socialist with a courageous respect for the facts on the ground. His journalism was descriptive, analytical and elegant. These are the qualities The Daniel Singer Foundation hopes to honor with the Daniel Singer Millennium Prize.
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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