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. Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow Haymarket on podcast platforms for regular event recordings, book talks, political analyses and poetry readings!

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. Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow Haymarket on podcast platforms for regular event recordings, book talks, political analyses and poetry readings!

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. Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow Haymarket on podcast platforms for regular event recordings, book talks, political analyses and poetry readings!

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. Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow Haymarket on podcast platforms for regular event recordings, book talks, political analyses and poetry readings!

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. Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow Haymarket on podcast platforms for regular event recordings, book talks, political analyses and poetry readings!

Juana and Anastasia speak in this session recorded at Socialism 2024. This session was sponsored by Workers' Voice. Panelists will discuss their experiences as undocumented immigrant organizers fighting for their rights, from the mass march of 2006 through to labor- and hunger- strike solidarity for people in ICE detention, and share lessons on the importance of building democratic, working class movements. 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!