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3:00pm CDT

Resisting Attacks on Schools, from Gaza to Chicago

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

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

Hadeil M. Abdelfattah, Ed.D

Hadeil M. Abdelfattah, Ed.D. is a Palestinian-American born and raised on the northside of the city of Chicago. She is an educator of nearly 28 years and is currently a Lead Instructional Coach at Chicago Public Schools. She holds a doctorate in Educational Leadership and wrote an... Read More →

David Stovall, Ph.D

David Stovall, Ph.D. is a professor in the departments of Black Studies and Criminology, Law & Justice at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). His scholarship investigates three areas 1) Critical Race Theory, 2) the relationship between housing and education, and 3) the intersection... Read More →

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 →

Sponsors

Chicago Educators for Palestine

DropTheADL from Schools

Institute for the Critical Study of Zionism

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

Education Justice

5:00pm CDT

When Socialists Turned to the Factory Floor

Saturday September 5, 2026 5:00pm - 6:30pm CDT

Superior

In 1971 the International Socialists relocated the organization's center to Detroit and pivoted its priority activity to organizing in industry. The experiences of IS members who "industrialized" provided lesdsons that remain highly relevant for socialists in today's workplaces, unions and rank and file movements.

Speakers

Candace Cohn

Candace Cohn and Jack Weinberg were members of the International Socialists in the steel industry during the 1970s. Candace Cohn was one of the first women accepted into the carpenters' union and one of the first women to enter the steel mills in the 1970s. She became a labor... Read More →

Jack Weinberg

Jack Weinberg, a leading figure in the Free Speech Movement at Berkeley and a founding member of the IS, worked in auto in Detroit and then in steel in Gary, Indiana. Since the 1980s he has been active around environmental and health issues.

Sponsors

Solidarity

Saturday September 5, 2026 5:00pm - 6:30pm CDT
Superior

Radical History

3:00pm CDT

5:00pm CDT

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