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.
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Jan 7, 2025
The Genocidal Return Of Lesser Evilism: The U.S. Elections and Left Strategy
brian bean, Kristen Godfrey, Natalia Tylim speak in this session recorded at Socialism 2024. This session was sponsored by Tempest.
A presidential election between Trump and whoever the Democrats thrust upon us is the latest expression of deepening social, political and constitutional crisis. What does it mean to understand these elections through the prism of the pressing need to organize and build forces capable of fighting for an alternative, socialist future to that offered by Genocide Joe (or his successor) and Donald the Dictator?
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Jan 7, 2025
Logoff and Meetup: Building Third Spaces to Change the World
Mandy Medley, Mary Zerkel, and Clarence White speak in this session recorded at Socialism 2024. This session was sponsored by Pilsen Community Books.
This session will discuss the importance of building community organizing spaces in support of our movements. Longtime organizers will examine the challenges of creating third spaces while also looking back at the ways they strengthen our communities through political education, mutual aid, creating solidarity through shared struggles.
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Jan 7, 2025
All Eyes On Palestine: Solidarity, Liberation, Intifada (Opening Plenary)
Noura Erakat, Linda Sarsour, Abdel Razzaq Takriti, Rabbi Brant Rosen, and George Abraham speak in this session recorded at Socialism 2024.
Even amidst Israel’s ongoing genocidal war, the courage and steadfastness of Palestinians have awakened a global solidarity movement. Join us to discuss the rich history of the Palestinian liberation movement, the state of the resistance to Israel and US imperialism, and the future of Palestinian and global liberation.
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Sep 18, 2025
Fighting Fascism: Lessons from the Colonies
Robin D.G. Kelley speaks in this session recorded at Socialism 2025.
Aimé Césaire cut through mythologies to show that fascism in Europe was no anomaly, it was the boomerang effect of brutal European colonialism abroad coming home. The fight against fascism cannot be successful without understanding powerful struggles against colonialism, from the 20th century to today.
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Sep 18, 2025
The Border is Everywhere; The Border is the Crisis
Sergio González, Silky Shah, John Washington, and Angélica Cházaro speak in this session recorded at Socialism 2025. This session was sponsored by Detention Watch Network.
Historically, border enforcement has been a tool of repression and intimidation. While the current administration has shown a cruel escalation in its attacks on the immigrant community, this panel will trace back the roots of these attacks and will make the case for how our side can fight back against immigration policing and border imperialism under authoritarianism.
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Sep 19, 2025
Gender and the Rising Right
Rae Garringer, Andrea J. Ritchie, Sophie Lewis, Jeanelle K. Hope, and Sarah Leonard speak in this session recorded at Socialism 2025. This session was sponsored by Lux magazine.
The far-right in the US and abroad has placed gender at the center of fascist politics, obsessing over trans rights, abortion, and the birthrate and attacking the very presence of the word gender in federal administration and universities. How does the right build its power through a focus on gender, and what is the role of gender in a resurgent left?
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