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The State, Austerity, and the Politics of Healthcare

Philip Rocco, Gabriel Winant, and Salonee Bhaman speak in this session recorded at Socialism 2023. This session was sponsored by Death Panel. https://www.deathpanel.net The healthcare struggles of the last century have been profoundly shaped by the structures of US federalism: what resources are allocated to states, and what artificial constraints are imposed on them that produce policy in the mold of austerity? Political scientist and Death Panel podcast co-host Philip Rocco is joined by historians Gabriel Winant and Salonee Bhaman to discuss how fiscal decentralization has become an underappreciated force driving the healthcare politics of the United States, and what it can tell us about where we are now. Gabriel Winant will participate in this session remotely. 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

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Oct 7, 2025

Healthcare is a Human Right: Confronting Disparities from Chicago to Gaza

Ezekiel Richardson, Hana Masud, and Caesar Thompson speak in this session recorded at Socialism 2025.

Healthcare disparities exist around the world, some are a product of the profit driven healthcare industry, others are due to colonial occupation. Hear a panel of healthcare activists discuss the connections as well as how we can struggle to change it for the better.

The next Socialism Conference will be held in Chicago, September 4-7, 2026. Learn more about the Socialism Conference at www.socialismconference.org.

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Oct 8, 2025

The Battle for Global Hegemony: Trump and the US-China Rivalry

Tobita Chow, Carmen Phanuelle Delgra, Ashley Smith, and JM Wong speak in this session recorded at Socialism 2025.

Donald Trump’s regime has abandoned Washington’s grand strategy of superintending global capitalism for an America First imperialism targeting China first and foremost. This panel will explore the nature of the rivalry, its impact on the Asia Pacific, why the international left should not side with either power, and how we can build international working class solidarity against rising militarism and threats of great power war.

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Oct 8, 2025

Skyscraper Jails: The Abolitionist Fight Against Jail Expansion in New York City

Zhandarka Kurti, Jarrod Shanahan, and Jack Norton speak in this session recorded at Socialism 2025.

Join scholars and organizers Zhandarka Kurti and Jarrod Shanahan for a damning account of mass incarceration that reveals how progressive forces in New York City appropriated the rhetoric of social movements and social justice to promise “downsized” and “humane" jails. The story at the heart of their book, Skyscraper Jails, is at once a case study and a cautionary tale for what will be coming to cities and towns across the United States and beyond.

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Oct 9, 2025

What's at Stake: Organizing for Climate Armageddon

Ashley Dawson, Joshua Frank, Silky Shah, and Janene Yazzie speak in this session recorded at Socialism 2025. This session was sponsored by CounterPunch.

We are in the midst of a climate upheaval. The world is burning, and we must act. This panel will discuss what is at stake and how our side can respond to the crisis. The discussion will address Indigenous sovereignty, climate refugees, and public power and will explain why just ending fossil fuels alone is insufficient for a better world.

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Oct 9, 2025

Love in a F*cked Up World: Community Care in the Face of Collapse

Dean Spade and Beatrice Adler-Bolton speak in this session recorded at Socialism 2025. This session was sponsored by Death Panel.

In a world unraveling under capitalism, climate catastrophe, and state violence, how do we build real care and solidarity? Dean Spade will discuss approaches to survival and resistance explored in his books Love in a F*cked Up World, Mutual Aid, and Normal Life—breaking through denial, confronting rising fascism, unlearning liberalism’s grip on our politics, rejecting the false promises of reform, and the urgent need to organize outside and against the state in order to cultivate community care in the face of collapse.

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Oct 10, 2025

Defeating the End Times Triad: Christian Zionists, Christian Nationalists, and Technofascists

Adam Vander Tuig, Ben Lorber, Crystal Silva-McCormick, and Annie Wilkinson speak in this session recorded at Socialism 2025. This session was sponsored by Political Research Associates.

In our dystopian conjuncture Christian Zionism, Christian nationalism and End-Times technofascism work together to further genocidal aggression in Palestine alongside the entrenchment of authoritarian repression in the US and worldwide. We’ll work together to understand these movements at the intersections of theology and politics, and explore opportunities for Left strategy and faith and community organizing in the time of monsters.

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