Donna Murch speaks in this session recorded at Socialism 2023. This session will focus on racial capitalism and the Black working class in the late twentieth-century United States through today, with special attention to the 1980s. Historian Donna Murch will cover the importance of the public sector to Black workers, the consequences of intra-racial class stratification, and how the framing of the underclass hid the consequences of economic restructuring by blaming its victims. Finally, the talk will highlight multi-racial labor militancy in the context of the Reagan and Bush presidencies. Learn more about the Socialism Conference at www.socialismconference.org. Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow Haymarket on Soundcloud for regular event recordings, book talks, political analyses and poetry readings: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks

Mon Mohaptara and Rachel Foran speak in this session recorded at Socialism 2023. This session was sponsored by Community Justice Exchange. https://www.communityjusticeexchange.org This session will focus on how the expansion of so-called alternatives to pretrial detention and incarceration has been a mechanism for strengthening the Prison Industrial Complex. We will use the history of “alternatives” in New York City from the 1940s onward as a jumping off point to discuss how to shape demands for abolition grounded in historical lessons. Learn more about the Socialism Conference at www.socialismconference.org. Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow Haymarket on Soundcloud for regular event recordings, book talks, political analyses and poetry readings: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks

Jimena Vergara and Aaron Amaral speak in this session recorded at Socialism 2023. This session was sponsored by Left Voice & Tempest. https://www.leftvoice.org https://www.tempestmag.org To overthrow capitalism, we need revolutionary organization(s). Tempest and Left Voice discuss how these can be built in the U.S. and how to engage with reformist projects. The panel will discuss how revolutionaries should view Podemos and Syriza, the DSA, and revolutionary coalitions like the FIT in Argentina. Learn more about the Socialism Conference at www.socialismconference.org. Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow Haymarket on Soundcloud for regular event recordings, book talks, political analyses and poetry readings: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks

Hector Rincon and Veronica Avendano speak in this session recorded at Socialism 2023. This session was sponsored by Workers' Voice. https://workersvoiceus.org Socialist activists involved with the solidarity campaign with immigrant detainees on strike in the Mesa Verde and Golden State Detention Centers in California will discuss lessons learned from struggles coordinated behind bars: connecting immigrant rights, abolition, and workers' struggles, building for independent mass action and the obstancles to achieving it. Learn more about the Socialism Conference at www.socialismconference.org. Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow Haymarket on Soundcloud for regular event recordings, book talks, political analyses and poetry readings: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks

Fritz Edler, Mark Burrows, and Guy Miller speak in this session recorded at Socialism 2023. This session was sponsored by Railroad Workers United. https://www.railroadworkersunited.org For 30 years, Wall Street investors have driven the railroads to subordinate all aspects of operations to cutting every expense and maximizing profit. This dangerous, dysfunctional system is hazardous for workers, the public, as well as the economy. It’s time for this crucial infrastructure to be taken under public ownership. Learn more about the Socialism Conference at www.socialismconference.org. Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow Haymarket on Soundcloud for regular event recordings, book talks, political analyses and poetry readings: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks

Hélène Cavat speaks in this session recorded at Socialism 2023. Macron’s class war from above in France has generated social instability, generating both a rising right-wing populism and the eruption of social movements. The latter have taken the form of labor unrest on a national scale (the yellow vests) as well as street rebellions against racism among youth in different marginalized communities. This session will explore the state of the class struggle in France and the possibilities it opens for a revolutionary perspective. Learn more about the Socialism Conference at www.socialismconference.org. Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow Haymarket on Soundcloud for regular event recordings, book talks, political analyses and poetry readings: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks