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12:00pm CDT

Break the Board: Neoliberalism in Crisis and the Popular University as Abolition

Saturday September 5, 2026 12:00pm - 1:30pm CDT

This panel introduces the Board of Butchers framework, an abolitionist project in opposition to the neoliberal university, actualized through the pursuit of the Popular University. The panel further strategizes how academics and intellectuals can use their skills to effectively support the Palestinian liberation movement and the abolition of the university.

Speakers

Adam

Alex

Fiona

Laith

Sponsors

National Students for Justice in Palestine

Saturday September 5, 2026 12:00pm - 1:30pm CDT
TBA

Education Justice

3:00pm CDT

Resisting Attacks on Schools, from Gaza to Chicago

Saturday September 5, 2026 3:00pm - 4:30pm CDT

TBA

This panel looks at K-12 schools as sites of imperial violence and attacks on knowledge, including scholasticide in Palestine and repression in the U.S. Demystifying the Anti-Defamation League’s assaults on antiracist teaching, this session grounds us in the knowledge needed to organize our schools — for Palestine, against racism, and with our communities.

Speakers

Emmaia Gelman

Emmaia Gelman is the author of The Anti-Defamation League and the Racial State (UC Press, 2026) and co-editor of The Anti-Defamation League: A Critical Reader (Pluto Press, 2026). She is the director of the Institute for the Critical Study of Zionism.

Nora Lester Murad

Nora Lester Murad is a writer and activist. She is the author of the award-winning young adult novel, Ida in the Middle, editor of I Found Myself in Palestine (2020) and co-author of Rest in My Shade (2018). Nora writes commentary for outlets including Mondoweiss, The New Arab, Markaz... Read More →

Socialism 2026

12:00pm CDT

Adam

Alex

Fiona

Laith

National Students for Justice in Palestine

3:00pm CDT

Emmaia Gelman

Nora Lester Murad

TBD

Chicago Educators for Palestine

DropTheADL from Schools

Institute for the Critical Study of Zionism

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