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Abolition Communism with Robin D.G. Kelley

Robin D.G. Kelley speaks in this session recorded at Socialism 2023. Abolition is presence. We combine already-existing activities, suppressed knowledges, and fresh practices to strengthen communities-in-struggle, inventing new futures as we go. The real movement for abolition—of racial capitalism, carcerality, criminalization, borders—reorganizes what is into what we need to make a world in which life is precious. 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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Dec 1, 2023

Abolishing the War on Terror and Building Communities of Care

Darakshan Raja speaks in this session recorded at Socialism 2023. This session was sponsored by Muslims for Just Futures and Muslim Abolitionist Futures. https://www.muslimsforjustfutures.org https://www.muslimabolitionistfutures.org Muslims for Just Futures will host a workshop session on ways abolition can be used as a framework and an organizing intervention to tackle structural Islamophobia and the Global War on Terror. The session will include an introduction to the Muslim Abolitionist Futures agenda, tools, and frameworks that can be used as a tool of movement-building to link demands for abolition of policing, militarism, and surveillance expansion to the Global War on Terror. 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
Dec 1, 2023

Homosexuality and the Left in American History

Aaron Lecklider speaks in this session recorded at Socialism 2023. This session discusses the relationship between homosexuality and the Left in US history, particularly emphasizing the ways radical activists, artists, and writers incorporated sexual politics into their critiques of capitalism, racism, and fascism in the decades before Stonewall. 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
Dec 2, 2023

Fascism: Past, Present, or Future

Alberto Toscano and Ilya Budraitskis speak in this session recorded at Socialism 2023. This session was sponsored by Verso. https://www.versobooks.com How can we best understand the right in the US and internationally? The history of ‘fascism’ as a concept has gone through many iterations. This session will explore the meaning and relevance of the term, but also look at contemporary manifestations of fascist politics and how to confront them. 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
Dec 2, 2023

Fighting For Sanctuary: Migrant Justice Organizing in Chicago

Vicko Alvarez and Graciela Guzmán speak in this session recorded at Socialism 2023. This session was sponsored by After Texas Governor Greg Abbott bussed thousands of refugees to sanctuary cities such as Chicago as a political ploy, countless migrants have faced untenable conditions including being forced to sleep in police stations. This talk will look at the roots of this current crisis, and will also cover the local organizing efforts to provide aid and care for newly arrived migrants. 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
Dec 4, 2023

Family Abolition Today: Care Beyond Capitalism

M. E. O'Brien, Eman Abdelhadi, and Sophie Lewis speak in this session recorded at Socialism 2023. This session was sponsored by Pinko. https://pinko.online Join M. E. O’Brien, Sophie Lewis and Eman Abdelhadi for a panel conversation on family abolition, care, and the family in racial capitalism. Occasioned by the publication of M. E. O’Brien’s Family Abolition: Capitalism and the Communizing of Care, this panel brings together three leading family abolitionist scholars and activists. 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
Dec 4, 2023

The Fight For Municipal Socialism: Recovering a Usable Past

Shelton Stromquist speaks in this session recorded at Socialism 2023. For more than a century, municipal socialism has fired the imaginations of workers around the world. But, at every turn, propertied elites challenged their right to govern. Faced with urban/industrial crises of capitalism, workers invented a new local politics that promised to democratize cities and reclaim the wealth they created. That legacy continues to inspire activists today in their fight for the right of cities to govern themselves. 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