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Saturday, September 5
 

10:00am CDT

No Such Thing As NIMBY: The Fight to Protect Our Water
Saturday September 5, 2026 10:00am - 11:30am CDT
Hyde Park B
Myopic local site fights have failed to meet the moment. Meanwhile, broad sloganeering and positive visioning around climate justice have not galvanized workers (especially across the South) the way ecosocialists have hoped. This session will explore how the struggle against Corpus Christi's water crisis became an anti-imperialist and ecosocialist struggle.
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Jenny Espino

Jenny Espino has been organizing across the Gulf South since the Bush era. She has spoken at conferences such as the Southwestern Marxism Conference, the Texas Socialism Conference, Haymarket’s Socialism conference, and on panels and conferences across Europe including Beyond Gas... Read More →
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Jake Hernandez

Jake Hernandez is a union steward and the co-chair of Corpus Christi DSA. He has been instrumental in the fight to defend Corpus Christi’s bay and estuaries while connecting local issues like the tax abatements, the drought contingency plan, and water rates to internationalist... Read More →
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Chloe Torres

Chloe Torres is a proud lifelong resident of Corpus Christi, Texas and truly believes in the city’s potential to set an example for other Gulf Coast cities on how to fight back against environmental racism. They helped build successful campaigns to elect and reelect a socialist... Read More →
Saturday September 5, 2026 10:00am - 11:30am CDT
Hyde Park B
  Climate Justice

12:00pm CDT

What Is the Muslim Left?
Saturday September 5, 2026 12:00pm - 1:30pm CDT
Hyde Park B
From Malcolm X and the Black Radical Tradition to anti-imperialist organizing after 9/11, Muslim leftists have shaped US movements while remaining illegible to the broader left. Is the Muslim left a coherent political tradition or a coalition of incompatible projects? Speakers stake out distinct positions on religion, racialization, and revolutionary strategy.
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Ashik Siddique

Ashik Siddique is national co-chair of Democratic Socialists of America, and has served on DSA's National Political Committee since 2021. He has organized with DSA’s campaign for Bernie in 2020, for campaigns against the climate crisis and for labor rights, with protests at the... Read More →
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Eman Abdelhadi

Eman Abdelhadi is a scholar, organizer and writer. She is an assistant professor and sociologist at the University of Chicago, writes a column for In These Times Magazine and is co-author of Everything for Everyone: An Oral History of the New York Commune, 2052-2072, a sci-fi novel... Read More →
Sponsors
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Saturday September 5, 2026 12:00pm - 1:30pm CDT
Hyde Park B
  Left Strategy

3:00pm CDT

Funding Until It’s Free: Building a Movement for Tomorrow While Fundraising for Today
Saturday September 5, 2026 3:00pm - 4:30pm CDT
Hyde Park B
A conversation with members of direct aid funds in Chicago discussing strategies related to fundraising for and providing direct services in our times. A conversation reflecting on charity vs solidarity and ways to fight for and build a better world while meeting people’s needs now.
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Sponsors
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avatar for Lux
Saturday September 5, 2026 3:00pm - 4:30pm CDT
Hyde Park B
  Gender-Sexuality-Liberation

5:00pm CDT

Movement Lawyering in Times of Retrenchment
Saturday September 5, 2026 5:00pm - 6:30pm CDT
Hyde Park B
Using lessons from "Lawyering for Liberation: A Toolbox for Movement Lawyers", this session explores how lawyers can support and sustain powerful movements, emphasizing the importance of power building and radical imagining in today’s context. As we face unique threats posed by growing authoritarianism, this need has never been more urgent.
Speakers
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Leena Odeh

Leena Odeh, Exec. Director, First Defense Legal Aid
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Christian Snow

Christian Snow, Exec. Director, Law 4 Black Lives (L4BL)
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Morgan Wilson

Morgan Wilson, Partnerships Director, L4BL
Sponsors
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Saturday September 5, 2026 5:00pm - 6:30pm CDT
Hyde Park B
  Left Strategy
 

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