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2:30pm CDT

Friday September 4, 2026 2:30pm - 4:00pm CDT

With growing political turbulence making the future unpredictable, now more than ever it is crucial that we take responsibility for developing the skills and knowledge to protect our communities. This workshop is an active training in de-escalation skills for social movement activists, and all are encouraged to attend.

Speakers

brian bean

brian bean is a Chicago-based socialist organizer, writer, and agitator originally from North Carolina. They are one of the founding editors of Rampant magazine. Their work has been published in Truthout, Jacobin, Tempest, Spectre, Red Flag, New Politics, Socialist Worker, International... Read More →

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Haymarket Books

Friday September 4, 2026 2:30pm - 4:00pm CDT
Clark ABC

Skill Sharing

4:30pm CDT

Life After Death Row

Friday September 4, 2026 4:30pm - 6:00pm CDT

Clark ABC

In the late 1990s, death row prisoners and their supporters hosted a series of live unscripted conversations between death row prisoners and audience members in forums around the country, reshaping the national debate on capital punishment and helping to force the overturning of capital punishment in IL, MD, and CA. Join two former death row prisoners who spearheaded the historic campaign and their “outside” allies for a conversation on their remarkable story and how their struggle for justice continues after death row.

Speakers

Socialism 2026

2:30pm CDT

brian bean

Haymarket Books

4:30pm CDT

Mumia Abu-Jamal

Kenny Collins

Stanley Howard

Mike Stark

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