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SUMMARY:Historic Bike Tour: Chicago Race Riot 1919 Commemoration Project
DESCRIPTION:The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 Commemoration Project (CRR19) commemorates the worst incident of racial violence in the city’s history. The event has been long forgotten despite its impact on the subsequent shape and development of the city. Our 2.5-hour historic bike tour allows people to see\, first-hand\, some of the locations related to the events of 1919\, the long shadow of residential segregation\, as well as the incredible resilience of the local Black community. Our slow-paced ride will travel about 8 miles and features many stops along the way in Bronzeville and Bridgeport\, two adjacent Southside neighborhoods with quite distinct\, albeit interlinked\, histories and demographics. Sign up here!
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DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260904T150000Z
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SUMMARY:Organizing Social Workers for Abolition Summit
DESCRIPTION:Join the Network to Advance Abolitionist Social Work for a pre-Socialism conference summit for social workers to come together toward organizing for abolition. Learn more and register here.
CATEGORIES:ABOLITION
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SUMMARY:Reproductive Justice Strategy Session
DESCRIPTION:Join activists from around the country to discuss what’s next for the movement for abortion access and reproductive justice. Learn more and register here.
CATEGORIES:GENDER-SEXUALITY-LIBERATION
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DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260904T193000Z
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SUMMARY:Abolitionist Campaigns in Hostile Terrains: Fighting Against Immigrant Detention in NY
DESCRIPTION:We will be looking at the NY Dignity Not Detention (DND) campaign as a case study on abolitionist organizing that builds the power of migrant communities. We will discuss the hostile conditions of the moment and how we worked with communities & groups resisting ICE to achieve victory. Join us to learn about DND and develop and strengthen your abolitionist anti-deportation campaigns.
CATEGORIES:ABOLITION
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SUMMARY:Confronting Colonialism: Race\, Indigeneity\, and Liberation
DESCRIPTION:In a period marked by the rapid expansion of U.S. empire at home and abroad\, how can the left build a real fight back beyond white supremacist ideas of justice? What does meaningful solidarity between Indigenous\, Black\, and working-class struggles look like? How can movements confront colonialism while building collective liberation? Join Kyle T. Mays and Michael Staudenmaier as they examine these questions and envision a path toward organizing beyond colonial structures.
CATEGORIES:ANTI-COLONIAL POLITICS
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DTSTART:20260904T193000Z
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SUMMARY:The Threat of Geoengineering and the Socialist Response
DESCRIPTION:As the climate crisis intensifies\, capital is turning to geoengineering\, technologies capable of directed perturbation of Earth systems. Here\, we’ll explain what geoengineering is and why socialists should be opposed to its development. We will also discuss large-scale visions of ecosocialist transformation that challenge the urgency of intentional climate modification.
CATEGORIES:CLIMATE JUSTICE
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DTSTART:20260904T193000Z
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SUMMARY:Sing\, Struggle\, Organize: Movement Songs\, Political Education\, and Collective Power
DESCRIPTION:From picket lines to protest movements\, songs have always been weapons of struggle. This interactive workshop teaches movement songs while unpacking their histories and political function\, showing how culture builds consciousness\, collective identity\, and power. Participants will actively practice using culture as a tool for organizing.
CATEGORIES:CULTURE AND ART
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DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260904T193000Z
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SUMMARY:A University Fit For Our Dreams: Abolitionist Higher Education
DESCRIPTION:This session will situate the university as a key site of ideological and material struggle within the United States’ racial-gendered-colonial-capitalist political economy. Participants will be introduced to the challenges impacting higher education\, be guided in critically appraising the frameworks influencing our Universities’ actions in this moment of perpetual “crisis” and collectively find solutions that generate greater well-being and real safety on campus.
CATEGORIES:EDUCATION JUSTICE
LOCATION:TBA
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URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/e29ebf45c55656aa347cd42885f0aefd
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DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260904T193000Z
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SUMMARY:Community Lessons for Fighting Fascism: In Honor of Amisha Patel
DESCRIPTION:Organizers and storytellers from across Chicago’s movements speak to what our people will need to carry into the fights against fascism: deep relationships\, courage to act amidst uncertainty\, self-reflection and healing\, and a long-arc strategy to move us past the short-term pain. This session is held to honor the legacy of our sister and comrade\, Amisha Patel.
CATEGORIES:FIGHTING THE RIGHT
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DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
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SUMMARY:From a Marxist Feminist Point of View: Freedom\, Rationality and Human Nature
DESCRIPTION:This panel explores the fruitfulness of approaching key philosophical questions from a Marxist-feminist perspective. It will examine how different modes of production (such as capitalism or feudalism) have structures which shape and limit potentials for human emancipation\, particularly women’s freedom. In the process\, panelists will articulate how capitalism should be understood as a framework within which other relations of oppression are structured and hierarchized.
CATEGORIES:GENDER-SEXUALITY-LIBERATION
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SUMMARY:From Prairie to Poppy: How Struggles for Land\, War\, and Farming Are Connected from Chicago to Palestine
DESCRIPTION:You're walking through the produce section and spot your favorite fruit! But how did it get to this grocery store? Whose labor\, land\, and future is tied up in the farming\, packaging\, and shipping of that fruit? In this workshop\, participants will learn about how the struggles for food sovereignty are intertwined with struggles against imperialism and militarism. Join Chicago Dissenters and Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM) for an interactive session where participants will discuss\, research\, and leave with tools for how to divest from capitalist food systems.
CATEGORIES:IMPERIALISM AND ANTI-IMPERIALISM
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SUMMARY:Inside Organizing 101
DESCRIPTION:Are you interested in organizing your workplace? Join Jaz Brisack\, co-founder of Starbucks Workers United\, for an inside look at the skills\, tactics\, and practices that make inside organizing most effective\, and gain hands-on practice in mapping a workplace and untangling workplace dynamics.
CATEGORIES:LABOR MOVEMENT
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SUMMARY:Mother Jones and the Early Socialist Movement: Lessons for Today
DESCRIPTION:Mary Harris "Mother" Jones\, one of the Socialist Party's most successful organizers\, a founder of the Industrial Workers of the World and the most successful labor organizer of the early 20th century constantly turned to her socialist beliefs in constructing innovative organizing strategies and tactics. What lessons does she leave us for struggle today?
CATEGORIES:RADICAL HISTORY
LOCATION:TBA
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SUMMARY:We Keep Us Safe: De-Escalation Training
DESCRIPTION: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.
CATEGORIES:SKILL SHARING
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DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260904T213000Z
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SUMMARY:Life After Death Row
DESCRIPTION: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.
CATEGORIES:ABOLITION
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DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260904T213000Z
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SUMMARY:Confronting Zionism: Decolonizing Palestine and Building the World Anew
DESCRIPTION:For over one hundred years\, Palestinians have struggled for liberation in their homeland. This session will take direct analytical aim at the ideology and institutional structures animating Israel’s brutal rule over Palestinian lives\, and argue that Zionism is colonial and racist in essence and practice and that decolonization in Palestine predicated on redistribution\, reparations and refugee return remains the only just way forward.
CATEGORIES:ANTI-COLONIAL POLITICS
LOCATION:TBA
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URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/63d139005e9018eb8b1e0d493df8410a
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DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
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SUMMARY:Introduction to Theatre of the Oppressed
DESCRIPTION:Play Time! Brazilian Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed provoked director Augusto Boal to develop the Theatre of the Oppressed. He wanted a theatre that the working class could use as community building and as a weapon for revolution. This workshop invites all to participate in TO’s very fun game structures that create instant working relationships. No experience in performance or theatre is required.
CATEGORIES:CULTURE AND ART
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DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260904T213000Z
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SUMMARY:Why Does Capitalism Suck and Why Does it Fail? An Introduction to Marxist Economics
DESCRIPTION:Why does capitalism produce lousy jobs\, long hours\, unemployment\, racism\, sexism\, homo/transphobia\, xenophobia and periodic economic crises that make things even worse? Marx's analysis of capitalism provides some key answers.
CATEGORIES:ECONOMICS
LOCATION:TBA
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URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/d2e58b4be354fb85a8bf8ba7c299c702
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DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260904T213000Z
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SUMMARY:Femme-inism Against Cisness: Bread\, Roses\, and Hormones\, Too
DESCRIPTION:Why must our struggles against capitalism combat “cisness” (the naturalization of assigned sex)\, and how can the political distinction between femininity and the “femme” assist us in this task? Join Sophie Lewis for a conversation about “femmunism\,” life-making labor\, whorish artifice\, gender-maximalism\, transfeminist abolitionism\, and the class war from above waged upon us by contemporary misogynist and femmephobic enemy feminisms.
CATEGORIES:GENDER-SEXUALITY-LIBERATION
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DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260904T213000Z
DTEND:20260904T230000Z
SUMMARY:How Veterans & Labor Are Fighting VA Union Busting And Privatization
DESCRIPTION:The murder of VA nurse member Alex Pretti drew national attention to federal worker resistance to Trump. On this panel\, a VA care-giver\, VA patient\, and healthcare activist will report on labor/community campaigning to keep our best working model of socialized medicine from being privatized and dismantled.
CATEGORIES:LABOR MOVEMENT
LOCATION:TBA
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URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/f891cf6572002b450a5eeda3e671c429
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DTSTART:20260904T213000Z
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SUMMARY:Unveiling the Prophet: Anti-Labor Secret Societies and Their Activist Enemies
DESCRIPTION:Every December\, St. Louis elites crown one of their daughters the Queen of Love and Beauty in a ceremony that celebrates the breaking of strikes and the enforcement of racial hierarchies. The Veiled Prophet Society has shaped the course of American history\, and is an important example of how shadowy elites organize themselves against working-class power. Join Devin Thomas O’Shea as he explores the history of the secret society that has controlled St. Louis for over a century\, and the lessons learned by the local activists who have pushed back against its power.
CATEGORIES:LABOR MOVEMENT
LOCATION:TBA
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DTSTART:20260904T213000Z
DTEND:20260904T230000Z
SUMMARY:Transformative Rural Organizing
DESCRIPTION:Rural communities are often written off as politically unreachable\, but organizers across the country are building power through relational networks\, trusted institutions\, and local leadership. This session explores practical strategies for rural organizing and introduces a toolkit designed to help organizers build trust\, grow a base\, and develop leaders in rural communities.
CATEGORIES:LEFT STRATEGY
LOCATION:TBA
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SUMMARY:Workers Deserve More! A Program for a Future Beyond Capitalism
DESCRIPTION:This summer\, DSA released “Workers Deserve More\,” our political program for a free\, equal\, and democratic society that prioritizes human flourishing and peace instead of exploitation\, oppression\, and war. We’ll discuss how we developed Workers Deserve More\, its contents\, the reactions so far\, and its role in organizing for democratic socialism in our current moment\, and for our future. program.dsausa.org
CATEGORIES:LEFT STRATEGY
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SUMMARY:What We Saw in Chicago: From Midway Blitz to New Forms of Community Defense
DESCRIPTION:When hundreds of Border Patrol agents came to Chicago to carry out warrantless arrests and racialized sweeps\, Illinoisans mobilized to protect their neighbors and document abuses. But the response from Chicago and its suburban neighbors did not begin with the raids. It was built through decades of organizing\, relationship building\, and community infrastructure. As immigration enforcement continues to evolve\, this panel explores what Chicago’s experience offers organizers confronting expanding state repression and building collective power in their own communities.
CATEGORIES:MIGRANT JUSTICE
LOCATION:TBA
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SUMMARY:People Over Mega-Events: Organizing for Housing\, Workers\, and Communities Beyond the World Cup
DESCRIPTION:Cities increasingly chase global events like the Olympics and World Cup while working-class communities face displacement\, policing\, and exploitation. This session explores how organizers in Atlanta built Play Fair ATL to fight back—and how socialists can organize coalitions that turn mega-events into battlegrounds for housing justice\, labor rights\, and community power.
CATEGORIES:ORGANIZING
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SUMMARY:Why Eugene Debs Matters
DESCRIPTION:Eugene V. Debs died 100 years ago\, but the radical vision of this five-time Socialist presidential candidate\, is more relevant than ever. This session is a conversation with Shawn Gude\, the author of a new biography of Debs\, who in 1920 received a million votes while running from prison.
CATEGORIES:RADICAL HISTORY
LOCATION:TBA
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SUMMARY:Abolition Judaism: The Revolutionary Possiblities of Diaspora
DESCRIPTION:Everyone is made in the image of the divine—even (maybe especial)y) when you don't believe in God\, or aren't sure. To take this seriously\, to explore ira imication for a revolutionary horizon - we are making Abolition Judaism\, continuing the proud tradition finding spiritual sustenance for our solidarity in our religious practice. Come co-create it\, and hear what we are learning about sifting through the ashes of the old.
CATEGORIES:RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY
LOCATION:TBA
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SUMMARY:Political Education 1: What Are We Up Against?
DESCRIPTION:Political education begins from reality: we need to first understand the world in order to change it. This workshop provides a basic grounding in principles of participatory education\, the dynamic relationship between our ideas and material reality\, and an understanding of Gramsci’s concept of hegemony before inviting participants to collectively map the interlocking repressive and carceral structures we confront every day.
CATEGORIES:SOCIALIST AND MARXIST THEORY
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTART:20260904T230000Z
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SUMMARY:Welcome Happy Hour
DESCRIPTION:First time at Socialism? Stop by the Welcome Happy Hour to connect with new comrades and get excited for the weekend. Join us on the hotel patio (or at the bar\, weather-depending)\, across the skyway from registration and downstairs.\n\nConference attendees will get a discount on beer and wine by showing their conference badge at the ARC Bar!
CATEGORIES:MEET-UP
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DTSTART:20260905T003000Z
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SUMMARY:Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Palestine\, Internationalism\, Abolition
DESCRIPTION:The struggle against state terror extends from the occupied lands and bombed homes of Palestine to the prisons and detention camps of Trump’s America. Join Angela Y. Davis for a conversation on Palestine solidarity\, Black feminism\, and the abolitionist fight for the future.
CATEGORIES:IMPERIALISM AND ANTI-IMPERIALISM
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260905T023000Z
DTEND:20260905T040000Z
SUMMARY:Radical game night!
DESCRIPTION:Join comrades for board games after the opening plenary! Presented by the TESA Collective.
CATEGORIES:ACTIVITY
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DTSTART:20260905T023000Z
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SUMMARY:Radical trivia night!
DESCRIPTION:Join comrades for an evening of radical trivia! Winning team will receive a prize!
CATEGORIES:ACTIVITY
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SUMMARY:Morning yoga
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a Vinyasa yoga session led by local yogi Angel. We’ll work to sync our breath and bodies to beginner’s poses with just enough challenge to get you out of your comfort zone. This 60-min flow is perfect for all levels. We will have mats available on a first come\, first serve basis.
CATEGORIES:ACTIVITY
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DTSTART:20260905T150000Z
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SUMMARY:The Black Path to Socialism
DESCRIPTION:A recent pew research poll indicates that Black folk have the most positive opinion of socialism of any other race/ethnicity in the US—but there is a contradiction as it pertains to who these folk vote for\, the party they support the most\, and the “leaders” they allow to speak for and guide them. “The Black Path to Socialism” will explore these contradictions and give historic content as to why and how socialism was always the preferred model for poor and working class Black folk until the rise of the Black Misleadership class and other elements of neoliberalism.
CATEGORIES:BLACK LIBERATION
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260905T150000Z
DTEND:20260905T163000Z
SUMMARY:No Such Thing As NIMBY: The Fight to Protect Our Water
DESCRIPTION: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.
CATEGORIES:CLIMATE JUSTICE
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/a8bd4002a67178b42f4f870f4e47289e
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DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260905T150000Z
DTEND:20260905T163000Z
SUMMARY:Hustle Culture vs. Solidarity
DESCRIPTION:Hustle Culture offers working-class and poor people a false alternative to organizing that feels:: agency\, aspiration\, and a path that feels immediate and non-partisan. This panel examines how it shapeshifts across cultural contexts—from MLMs to Girl Boss feminism—and what its appeal reveals about blind spots in how the left communicates solidarity and collective action.
CATEGORIES:ECONOMICS
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/8808a0a1d357075bf0201c3d3d346df1
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DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260905T150000Z
DTEND:20260905T163000Z
SUMMARY:Journalism\, Authoritarianism and Struggles Against ICE
DESCRIPTION:This panel will explore journalism and other writing about the solidarity networks and mutual aid efforts that emerged in Minneapolis\, Los Angeles and other US cities in response to the Trump administration's ICE surge. Speakers include the 2026 Daniel Singer Prize winner Diane de Vignemont\, whose winning essay is entitled "Minneapolis Protests Sound a Lot Like the French Resistance\," as well as Adam Goodman (Professor at University of Illinois Chicago and author of The Deportation Machine) and Memo Torres (journalist with L.A. TACO and host of the "Daily Memo").
CATEGORIES:FIGHTING THE RIGHT
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:6c7c98b5c02a8967f6a59ed91a1de2a1
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/6c7c98b5c02a8967f6a59ed91a1de2a1
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DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260905T150000Z
DTEND:20260905T163000Z
SUMMARY:Gender and Accumulation
DESCRIPTION:Marxist historians note that “primitive” or “original” accumulation preceded capitalism. This early concentration of wealth depended on the theft of common lands\, colonization\, slavery\, and the displacement of Indigenous peoples. It also required the imposition of a modern gender order. This presentation traces the role of gender discipline in both original accumulation and later moments of intensified capitalist accumulation.
CATEGORIES:GENDER-SEXUALITY-LIBERATION
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:648ab7aba53ba46f7fa5c9e7c5eab223
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/648ab7aba53ba46f7fa5c9e7c5eab223
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DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260905T150000Z
DTEND:20260905T163000Z
SUMMARY:Health Fascism\, Body Politics\, and the Anti-State State (Health Fascism Series)
DESCRIPTION:As governments retreat from care\, and health increasingly becomes a signifier of discipline—rather than provision—fitness\, disability\, fatness\, illness\, Blackness\, impairment\, and bodily capacity are mobilized into measures of moral worth and political belonging. This panel examines how health\, disability\, body size\, and race are instrumentalized by the state and being reorganized under health fascism. Da’Shaun L. Harrison\, Beatrice Adler-Bolton\, and Artie Vierkant will discuss what these transformations reveal about the changing relationship between capitalism\, the state\, and everyday life.
CATEGORIES:HEALTH POLITICS & DISABILITY JUSTICE
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:a09a67f0229c18bcd3d735fcd5ee2682
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/a09a67f0229c18bcd3d735fcd5ee2682
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DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260905T150000Z
DTEND:20260905T163000Z
SUMMARY:Building the Anti-War Movement: Identifying and Organizing Against U.S. Military Subcontractors
DESCRIPTION:What will it take to meaningfully interrupt the U.S. military industrial complex? How can we engage in effective anti-war action against U.S. imperialism? Using the experience of organizing against Howmet Aerospace\, a military subcontractor based in Pittsburgh\, panelists will show how local movements can identify hundreds of of lesser-known subcontractors that participate in war profiteering and build effective movements to dismantle their power.
CATEGORIES:IMPERIALISM AND ANTI-IMPERIALISM
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:b89029205893f1958b18e186801cba11
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/b89029205893f1958b18e186801cba11
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DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260905T150000Z
DTEND:20260905T163000Z
SUMMARY:Crisis in Venezuela: Socialist Perspectives
DESCRIPTION:This session features contributors to the book Venezuela in Crisis\, presenting Venezuelan socialist analyses of the country’s collapse and advancing an anti-capitalist\, anti-imperialist\, and anti-authoritarian critique of the Maduro regime. It will also assess the post–January 3 U.S. military intervention and the reconfiguration of power\, sovereignty\, and class relations in its aftermath.
CATEGORIES:INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:fbbac7cd9ec79873cfe8b077e5d32e73
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/fbbac7cd9ec79873cfe8b077e5d32e73
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260905T150000Z
DTEND:20260905T163000Z
SUMMARY:Against Tech Oligarchy: Worker Resistance in the World's Most Powerful Industry
DESCRIPTION:As tech bosses fall in line with the right\, tech workers are fighting back. Join Clarissa Redwine and JS Tan as they explore the history and lessons of the tech worker movement that has been taking on their own employers since the early 2020s\, drawing crucial insights from this inspiring workers' movement and analyzing the rise of the hostile labor politics that define Silicon Valley today.
CATEGORIES:LABOR MOVEMENT
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:e75eb4e348c693439436b4fbc72d88f9
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/e75eb4e348c693439436b4fbc72d88f9
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DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260905T150000Z
DTEND:20260905T163000Z
SUMMARY:Labor at the Margins
DESCRIPTION:While union representation in the US remains at an all time low\, labor organizing is resurgent. But as the US economy shifts from an industrial to a high-tech and service economy\, and as the working class confronts intensified forms of criminalization\, the sites of worker agitation have expanded beyond the factory floor. In the process\, workers traditionally at the “margins” of the labor movement—such as sex workers and formerly incarcerated workers—are reshaping the struggle for worker power and deepening our understanding of how capitalism exploits and punishes workers in the twenty-first century. Moderated by journalist Kim Kelly\, this panel will hear from Maya (Sex Worker Organizing Project—Chicago) and Kat (Beyond the Bars) about their organizing and the ways the wider labor movement can learn from labor at the “margins.”
CATEGORIES:LABOR MOVEMENT
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:f19b60a58636082281730848943af2a9
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/f19b60a58636082281730848943af2a9
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DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260905T150000Z
DTEND:20260905T163000Z
SUMMARY:Chicago's Educators and Families Defending Communities Against ICE
DESCRIPTION:Chicago public educators and community members reflect on lessons learned on the front lines defending our schools and neighborhoods during Operation Midway Blitz. We united to protect our communities in brilliant acts of multi-racial solidarity\, providing a blueprint for the kind of critical resistance demanded in an era of unfettered state violence.
CATEGORIES:MIGRANT JUSTICE
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:094a56b702326f34484695f9b38e7797
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/094a56b702326f34484695f9b38e7797
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DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260905T150000Z
DTEND:20260905T163000Z
SUMMARY:Attention Economics for Organizers: How Big Tech Hijacked Our Attention & How We’re Fighting Back
DESCRIPTION:While problems of disinformation and distraction are systemic\, "common sense" solutions are often about individual choice. There are important roles for publications\, media makers\, and movements to play in the struggle for our collective attention. We’ll unpack the attention economy for organizers\, and examine how movement media makers are balancing meeting their needs and protecting their peace.
CATEGORIES:ORGANIZING
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:812ba612eafa679a2b037d922d167e89
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/812ba612eafa679a2b037d922d167e89
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DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260905T150000Z
DTEND:20260905T163000Z
SUMMARY:Lessons of the Russian Revolution
DESCRIPTION:The 1917 Russian Revolution was one of the 20th century’s most important events. Its early successes inspired workers internationally\, but within a decade the revolution had degenerated\, and the early gains were replaced with labor camps\, show trials\, and bureaucratic dictatorship. What lessons does this history hold for socialists today?
CATEGORIES:RADICAL HISTORY
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:05b9f16a8d50ebd2e4c98610a5610c1c
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/05b9f16a8d50ebd2e4c98610a5610c1c
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DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260905T150000Z
DTEND:20260905T163000Z
SUMMARY:Political Education 2: Understanding Dialectics
DESCRIPTION:This workshop will introduce dialectical materialism\, giving insight into the Marxist theory of change. Dialectics is a useful framework not simply for its explanatory power\; this “theory is a weapon”\, honed by revolutionaries seeking to transform oppressive systems over generations and across the world. After establishing a baseline of understanding\, we’ll deploy dialectics to better grasp the nature of the developments in the struggle for Palestinian liberation\, especially focusing on the period of struggle since October 2023.
CATEGORIES:SOCIALIST AND MARXIST THEORY
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/634c96bf080fbd6cc0d4360200345ce5
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DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260905T150000Z
DTEND:20260905T163000Z
SUMMARY:Song for a Hard-Hit People: Building Anti-Racist Solidarity in Appalachia
DESCRIPTION:Appalachia is often framed as a place to escape from\, where people are hateful\, lazy\, and bring tragedy upon themselves. Join Beth Howard to discuss the powerful history of white Appalachians fighting alongside Black and Brown people\, pushing back against billionaires who gain power by using racism to divide them. Appalachia has not only been hit hard\; it is the place to wage a freedom struggle.
CATEGORIES:US POLITICS
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:9ae6207e24a0e6169447e0809b3042d3
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/9ae6207e24a0e6169447e0809b3042d3
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260905T170000Z
DTEND:20260905T183000Z
SUMMARY:Cross-Walls Solidarity Against Carceral Infrastructure
DESCRIPTION:Incarcerated and detained people have always played a complex role in the movement to end caging and free them all. This session brings together abolitionist organizers focused on permanently closing facilities without replacing them to discuss the process of building cross-walls solidarity beyond campaigns. Speakers will discuss how closure impacts those inside facilities\, as well as lessons learned from responding to retaliation\, censorship\, and a constantly adapting carceral state.
CATEGORIES:ABOLITION
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:725941f06a55b1fb00e00d021aaf99ce
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/725941f06a55b1fb00e00d021aaf99ce
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DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260905T170000Z
DTEND:20260905T183000Z
SUMMARY:Debates in Prison Abolitionist Theory and Practice
DESCRIPTION:Scholars and organizers will discuss live questions of abolitionist theory and practice\, from how to think about taking on police vs. ICE vs. the military (or county jails vs. prisons vs. warehousing projects) within this conjuncture of authoritarianism and imperial decline to the relationship between Marxism and prison abolition.
CATEGORIES:ABOLITION
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:349facba064f58ece41e8bab924dc5ec
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/349facba064f58ece41e8bab924dc5ec
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DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260905T170000Z
DTEND:20260905T183000Z
SUMMARY:The Merciless Society: Incarceration\, Dehumanization\, and American Empire
DESCRIPTION:In our age of carceral imperialism\, the return of longer and more brutal punishments reveals the pretense of civilization slipping away. As mercy toward the marginalized is demonized by a steady diet of disinformation about crime and punishment\, the worst-case scenarios are quickly becoming more and more possible unless we confront the merciless society head on.
CATEGORIES:ABOLITION
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:f369d29ce1f04ba2850369b80afb8e0e
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/f369d29ce1f04ba2850369b80afb8e0e
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DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260905T170000Z
DTEND:20260905T183000Z
SUMMARY:Art and Propaganda: On Learning from Paul Robeson\, Why the Artist must Take Sides
DESCRIPTION:Join award-winning poet and performer Saul Williams for a discussion of his new book\, Song My Mother Taught Me: Why The Artist Must Take Sides\, a clear-eyed exploration of radical poetry\, art\, and the role of the artist in these times.
CATEGORIES:CULTURE AND ART
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:f5edccfaaaeff0af8ed2f6785823ba66
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/f5edccfaaaeff0af8ed2f6785823ba66
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260905T170000Z
DTEND:20260905T183000Z
SUMMARY:Socialist Fiscal Strategy for the 21st Century: Dispatches from New York City’s New Era
DESCRIPTION:Socialism is sweeping America’s cities\, bringing urgent questions on socialist fiscal strategy. Join researchers with New York’s Fiscal Policy Institute to discuss the fiscal issues facing NYC’s socialist movement\, from supporting and expanding the movement to tax the rich to combating the myth of capital flight.
CATEGORIES:ECONOMICS
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:d644699e9115c3f457c721d63138db32
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/d644699e9115c3f457c721d63138db32
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DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260905T170000Z
DTEND:20260905T183000Z
SUMMARY:Break the Board: Neoliberalism in Crisis and the Popular University as Abolition
DESCRIPTION: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.
CATEGORIES:EDUCATION JUSTICE
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:9592cde0ac45f1c62429a48b6b638934
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/9592cde0ac45f1c62429a48b6b638934
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260905T170000Z
DTEND:20260905T183000Z
SUMMARY:Sex for Pleasure: Controlling your Reproduction Under a Pro-Natalist Regime
DESCRIPTION:In a post-Dobbs era\, are restrictions on birth control next? Probably. Learn about alternative contraception methods in a hands-on workshop with a doula + herbalist. **this is not medical advice\, educational in nature **
CATEGORIES:GENDER-SEXUALITY-LIBERATION
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:23578d4acdb6c820bdb7273571b10567
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/23578d4acdb6c820bdb7273571b10567
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DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260905T170000Z
DTEND:20260905T183000Z
SUMMARY:Class Struggle Infrastructure: Tenant Unions and Socialism
DESCRIPTION:Under capitalism\, housing is commodified — a primary site of extraction and exploitation of ordinary people. But the fundamental need for a home remains a shared human experience. From this contradiction the tenant struggle emerges: the fight for a dignified home against the profiteering landlords who control housing. Tenant unions are the infrastructure we use to transform isolated tenant fights into a collective class struggle. Come learn why socialism needs the tenant movement\, why the tenant movement needs you\, and how to get involved in tenant organizing where you live!
CATEGORIES:HOUSING JUSTICE
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:61ccf740be54d4c722a131eb3f40ca27
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/61ccf740be54d4c722a131eb3f40ca27
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260905T170000Z
DTEND:20260905T183000Z
SUMMARY:Rank and File Lessons from a New York Nurses Strike in the Mamdani Era
DESCRIPTION:Hear how the rank-and-file leaders of the longest nurses’ strike in NY history defeated multimillionaire hospital CEOs on the freezing picket lines by defying concessionary agreements from their own leadership and using open bargaining strategies to build unity\, to win pay raises\, staffing/workplace safety standards and protections against ICE.
CATEGORIES:LABOR MOVEMENT
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:0192847dda25d789db15d09b3d09ee58
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/0192847dda25d789db15d09b3d09ee58
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DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260905T170000Z
DTEND:20260905T183000Z
SUMMARY:Revolutionary Socialism from Below: Strategies to Build the Resistance
DESCRIPTION:If liberation could come from the government\, it can be taken away again by that government. But there is a different approach to building socialism—from the bottom up. Strategies for creating socialism from below aim to inspire the creative participation of the multiracial working class through mass protests\, long-term democratic organizing in rank-and-file unions\, neighborhood-level organizations\, and other working-class institutions. Join us to discuss recent examples of such efforts and their critical role in resisting authoritarianism and advancing the revolutionary transformation of society toward ecosocialism.
CATEGORIES:LEFT STRATEGY
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:13915c10d0607c1c1c5de810545e68f9
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/13915c10d0607c1c1c5de810545e68f9
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DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260905T170000Z
DTEND:20260905T183000Z
SUMMARY:What Is the Muslim Left?
DESCRIPTION: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.
CATEGORIES:LEFT STRATEGY
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:2b07ed7bf033d980f5c85a1283d676d3
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/2b07ed7bf033d980f5c85a1283d676d3
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260905T170000Z
DTEND:20260905T183000Z
SUMMARY:Migra Watch Training for Illinois Residents
DESCRIPTION:For more than a year\, PUÑO has been building collective power to protect Chicago’s immigrant communities through a variety of trainings and connecting Chicagoans to their local rapid response group. At this training organizers will lead attendees on how to document and record ICE activity\, as well as how to combat ICE terror in our communities.
CATEGORIES:MIGRANT JUSTICE
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:09ed2a686b329568bac30eaed9fec813
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/09ed2a686b329568bac30eaed9fec813
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DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260905T170000Z
DTEND:20260905T183000Z
SUMMARY:Che’s “New Man” and The Bodhisattva Revolutionary
DESCRIPTION:This panel will examine Che Guevara's concept of the "New Socialist Man" (person) and argue for the necessity of cultivating a revolutionary subjectivity through struggle. Using the lens of Buddhist meditation\, it will explore how we can elevate consciousness through love\, interdependence\, and service to others in the world--creating a truly communist subjectivity in the process.
CATEGORIES:RADICAL HISTORY
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:f9ac05dc9ff80b7bbc08c1c8b538518c
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/f9ac05dc9ff80b7bbc08c1c8b538518c
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260905T170000Z
DTEND:20260905T183000Z
SUMMARY:Socialism\, Liberation Theology\, and the Black Church: Lessons from Black Socialist Preachers Past and Present
DESCRIPTION:Taking inspiration from James Cone’s “The Black Church and Marxism: What Do They Have to Say to Each Other” (1980)\, this session will explore the organizing of early Black socialist Rev. George W. Woodbey and discuss perspectives on liberation theology\, the Black church\, and socialist organizing today. (49 words)
CATEGORIES:RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:dfc9e72a1bfbb504d0e4d5d7895d6de5
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/dfc9e72a1bfbb504d0e4d5d7895d6de5
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260905T170000Z
DTEND:20260905T183000Z
SUMMARY:AI Extractivism: Global Systems\, Local Processes
DESCRIPTION:From colonial cattle economies to gold\, critical minerals\, and data centers\, this session presents AI as an evolving extractive regime of global capitalism that reorganizes governance frameworks. It examines how system logics within emerging geopolitical structures translate into local politics and collective responses\, exploring possibilities for transnational resistance and solidarity.
CATEGORIES:SCIENCE AND TECH
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:597c25dd9e888b195da7e745a5cc8c20
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/597c25dd9e888b195da7e745a5cc8c20
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DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260905T183000Z
DTEND:20260905T200000Z
SUMMARY:Letter Writing to Incarcerated Comrades
DESCRIPTION:Do you want to build connections with imprisoned comrades\, but don’t know where to start? Spend your lunch hour learning the political importance of and best practices for letter writing to prisoners. Participants will have the opportunity to write postcards and letters during the session with guidance and support from formerly imprisoned people. Bring a friend\, or two!
CATEGORIES:ABOLITION
LOCATION:
SEQUENCE:0
UID:f5dfb9cc5bc48c448781838de044b54f
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/f5dfb9cc5bc48c448781838de044b54f
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260905T183000Z
DTEND:20260905T200000Z
SUMMARY:Socialist Horizon Meet-up
DESCRIPTION:Socialist Horizon is an independent class struggle organization with branches and members across the U.S. Socialist Horizon is a member of the United Left Platform and is the U.S. section of the International Socialist League. &nbsp\;Socialist Horizon meet-up with conference attendees will discuss the group's political orientation and collaboration with other Socialist groups\, as well as prospects for mass organizing and socialist intervention in the coming year. &nbsp\;
CATEGORIES:MEET-UP
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:4423fa5d2d388e7f759a7259998c01e5
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/4423fa5d2d388e7f759a7259998c01e5
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260905T200000Z
DTEND:20260905T213000Z
SUMMARY:Land and Abolition
DESCRIPTION:Based in concrete struggles throughout what Milton Santos provocatively called “used territory\,” this talk traces abolition's emergence as an aspirational totality sprouting from cracks in urbanization and agrarian upheavals.
CATEGORIES:ABOLITION
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:db67dc071ed36794b9fca8382fea9342
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/db67dc071ed36794b9fca8382fea9342
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260905T200000Z
DTEND:20260905T213000Z
SUMMARY:Solidarity Across the Walls and Beyond: Conversation on Inside/Outside Collaborations
DESCRIPTION:This session is an invitation for abolitionist organizers on the outside to take steps to ensure imprisoned people are part of the movement to abolish the prison industrial complex. Join formerly imprisoned educators and organizers Stevie Wilson and James Kilgore for a conversation on the importance and potential of genuine collaborations between people in prison and their comrades on the outside. This session will also feature reflections from two members of the 9971 abolitionist study group who are currently imprisoned at SCI Dallas in Pennsylvania.
CATEGORIES:ABOLITION
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:a27fdd4363224830facac4aab09af1a6
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/a27fdd4363224830facac4aab09af1a6
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260905T200000Z
DTEND:20260905T213000Z
SUMMARY:Ocean Deep Solidarity: Reparations\, LANDBACK\, and Collective Liberation
DESCRIPTION:As capitalism and empire intensify crises this panel explores how Black and Indigenous struggles for land\, reparations\, and sovereignty are braided to challenge structural power. Drawing on BLIS Collective research with RISE (Research for Indigenous Social Action and Equity) Center\, we examine coordinated organizing\, narrative\, and strategy for liberated futures.
CATEGORIES:ANTI-COLONIAL POLITICS
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:63e80c05125a0143d799ff824b17f91d
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/63e80c05125a0143d799ff824b17f91d
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260905T200000Z
DTEND:20260905T213000Z
SUMMARY:Printing the Revolution: The Role of Art in Organizing and Building Community Resistance
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CATEGORIES:CULTURE AND ART
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:a07c0341be05c7dddd77bb5b2277c50d
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/a07c0341be05c7dddd77bb5b2277c50d
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260905T200000Z
DTEND:20260905T213000Z
SUMMARY:Resisting Attacks on Schools\, from Gaza to Chicago
DESCRIPTION: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.
CATEGORIES:EDUCATION JUSTICE
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/2ab554b4d6d01cb14f4bf3fc8b6a467c
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DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260905T200000Z
DTEND:20260905T213000Z
SUMMARY:Funding Until It’s Free: Building a Movement for Tomorrow While Fundraising for Today
DESCRIPTION: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.
CATEGORIES:GENDER-SEXUALITY-LIBERATION
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/09a4204a961c215cb6e2c3b7c4d0aabd
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DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260905T200000Z
DTEND:20260905T213000Z
SUMMARY:Trans Care in the Age of Health Fascism (Health Fascism Series)
DESCRIPTION:The struggle over trans healthcare is one of the clearest expressions of how medicine\, incarceration\, and borders are intertwined. As the US and Britain increasingly govern through prohibition\, austerity\, and criminalization\, the reach of policing and punishment has rapidly expanded—both inside and outside the prison walls. Vicky Osterweil\, S. Lamble\, and Beatrice Adler-Bolton will discuss the carcerality of the anti-trans panic\, its centrality to health fascism\, and what abolition can teach us about defending care beyond the limits of the state.
CATEGORIES:HEALTH POLITICS & DISABILITY JUSTICE
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:b7ba43fdc0876018dcd375a031cbffac
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/b7ba43fdc0876018dcd375a031cbffac
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DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260905T200000Z
DTEND:20260905T213000Z
SUMMARY:Connecting with Coworkers to Form Your Union
DESCRIPTION:Trying to organize your workplace? Want to learn how to have conversations that move people to action? Join the Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee (EWOC) for a training on tried and true methods of organizing: how to build relationships\, ask good questions\, and bring your coworkers in to join the campaign.
CATEGORIES:LABOR MOVEMENT
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:9813fd93f35bec2c4bd0201e82c96755
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/9813fd93f35bec2c4bd0201e82c96755
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260905T200000Z
DTEND:20260905T213000Z
SUMMARY:All Socialism\, No Government: An Introduction to Anarchist Theory and Strategy
DESCRIPTION:Anarchism is often the least understood branch of socialism. Anarchists walk a revolutionary path separate from the brutality of state systems\, whether social democratic or Stalinist. Join us to discuss how anarchists are organizing and building toward a directly democratic world without capitalism\, the state\, and systemic oppression.
CATEGORIES:LEFT STRATEGY
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:edc086dfaaa085fadcf806f289efb9d9
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/edc086dfaaa085fadcf806f289efb9d9
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DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260905T200000Z
DTEND:20260905T213000Z
SUMMARY:Black Left Feminism and the Fight Against Fascism: Lessons and Assignments
DESCRIPTION:\n
CATEGORIES:LEFT STRATEGY
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/6da94c9ed96d187ef7c9649993202915
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DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260905T200000Z
DTEND:20260905T213000Z
SUMMARY:How to Close a Camp: Dispatches from the Fight Against Immigrant Detention
DESCRIPTION:Masked federal agents are kidnapping and killing our neighbors\, on the streets and behind the bars of hundreds of detention centers across the country. In spite of the decades-long growth of immigrant detention\, communities have been fighting back against camps—and winning. Join award-winning journalist and translator John Washington and community advocate Johannes Favi as they discuss the community-led fights to shut down these camps.
CATEGORIES:MIGRANT JUSTICE
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/3f773249eb30cb13fc828e633c48a871
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DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260905T200000Z
DTEND:20260905T213000Z
SUMMARY:Bridging the Gap: Building Intergenerational Organizing Power
DESCRIPTION:This pop-ed skills share will explore ways to build strong intergenerational organizing by challenging adultism and reimagining what shared leadership can look like. Together\, we'll explore the transition from youth to young adult organizing\, unpack how adultist perspectives can be unintentionally reproduced\, and discuss how we can build movements rooted in trust\, collaboration\, and shared power.
CATEGORIES:ORGANIZING
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/276b396893fb6dd1b9f5bf86125fe35a
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DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260905T200000Z
DTEND:20260905T213000Z
SUMMARY:The Revolutionary Legacies and Lineages of Grace Lee Boggs
DESCRIPTION:This workshop is an introduction to the life and thoughts of this Detroit-based Chinese-US American labor organizer\, Black Power activist\, and leftist Asian American icon. We will explore how her revolutionary legacy continues to inform visionary projects in Detroit and global movements. Drawing from the lessons I’ve learned over two summers in Detroit\, together we will envision what a visionary\, place-based\, relational organizing could look like for your local context.
CATEGORIES:RADICAL HISTORY
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:cac28723f6d732a198c197f71e40a5b1
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/cac28723f6d732a198c197f71e40a5b1
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DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260905T200000Z
DTEND:20260905T213000Z
SUMMARY:How the Left Takes on AI Will Determine the Future
DESCRIPTION:How we respond to AI may define the next decade of organizing. This debate\, originally featured at Take Back Tech III\, stages opposing perspectives on whether to seize control of or abolish AI systems. Designed to model principled disagreement and sharpen strategic thinking on technology\, ownership\, and power.
CATEGORIES:SCIENCE AND TECH
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/adb4cd5ba4ca1a6fe6e04d2b6c8538ba
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260905T200000Z
DTEND:20260905T213000Z
SUMMARY:Propaganda Printmaking
DESCRIPTION:From the Reformation through the modern day\, printmaking has served as a powerful tool of political propaganda. In this workshop\, participants will be inspired by a brief history of eye-catching works of social justice printmaking\, and will learn the process of making a relief print on paper or fabric to express a political message.
CATEGORIES:SKILL SHARING
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/7f3b1f43e114a600ff9e46c29fd2e6e5
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DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260905T200000Z
DTEND:20260905T213000Z
SUMMARY:Political Education 3: Slavery\, Colonialism\, and Primitive Accumulation
DESCRIPTION:Capitalism has never been just an economic system\, but has instead always relied on the use of violence\, law\, and the state in a process Marx described as "so-called primitive accumulation\," which reaches its height in colonialism and slavery. This participatory workshop will provide an introduction to this concept and its ongoing relevance\, and guide a collective mapping of its relevance for the present.
CATEGORIES:SOCIALIST AND MARXIST THEORY
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:272d1bf1dea2785b1d47dec66ccb57e0
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/272d1bf1dea2785b1d47dec66ccb57e0
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DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260905T220000Z
DTEND:20260905T233000Z
SUMMARY:Fighting the Surveillance Apparatus: Connecting ALPRs to Larger Networks of Policing & How to Build Past Them
DESCRIPTION:Panel discussion to contextualize the current anti-surveillance organizing landscape & build momentum towards utilizing local budget fights to take back resources currently going to policing/surveillance. Afterwards facilitators will lead a workshop so folks can connect across regions and build towards an anti-alpr or budget campaign.
CATEGORIES:ABOLITION
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:a71beeb5e54bb244a780084b9b11221b
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/a71beeb5e54bb244a780084b9b11221b
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260905T220000Z
DTEND:20260905T233000Z
SUMMARY:Prison Papers in Action: Activating Archives with Walls Turned Sideways
DESCRIPTION:Join Walls Turned Sideways to learn about their current exhibition\, Prison Papers: Organizing Inside/Outside Solidarity. We will do a brief presentation about the history of the penal press\, solidarity publishing\, and the legacy of print media as a tool for organizing across walls. This will be followed by small group readings and discussions of publications such as No More Cages\, Prison News Service\, Anarchist Black Dragon\, The Abolitionist\, and others and a hands-on collage activity!
CATEGORIES:ABOLITION
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/05851003430b3e584b4db26acaa1f87d
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DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260905T220000Z
DTEND:20260905T233000Z
SUMMARY:Building the People's Embargo for Palestine: Strategy\, Assessment\, and the Path to Freedom During the Time of Genocide
DESCRIPTION:Last year\, the Palestinian Youth Movement launched the People’s Embargo for Palestine (PEP)\, a grassroots campaign uniting the international movement for arms embargo under a single banner: by intervening in the weapons supply chain\, we can stop the genocide on Gaza. Sharing powerful campaign lessons from the U.S.\, and Europe\, this session will share key insights into the PEP’s strategy and framework while equipping participants on how to identify local targets and take on PEP in their locales.
CATEGORIES:ANTI-COLONIAL POLITICS
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:ceff85308cc3ebaf21b74de8c3980018
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/ceff85308cc3ebaf21b74de8c3980018
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260905T220000Z
DTEND:20260905T233000Z
SUMMARY:War\, Capitalism\, and Navigating the Climate Crisis
DESCRIPTION:We are all living through the most severe ecological crisis in human history\, and it can feel overwhelming\, disorienting\, and hopeless. A vision of a just future seems even more out of reach as capitalism and war continue to dominate the world order. What are we to do? Can our problems be solved politically? Will green energy save us? How can we remain steadfast in the face of an economy dominated by Big Oil\, Big Tech\, and militarism? In this discussion\, prominent climate activist Tori Tsui and journalist Joshua Frank will explore what's at stake and how and why the broader climate movement must think and organize to confront these persistent and daunting challenges.
CATEGORIES:CLIMATE JUSTICE
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:c9750ad0d491d08c4d76a36cd6165850
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/c9750ad0d491d08c4d76a36cd6165850
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260905T220000Z
DTEND:20260905T233000Z
SUMMARY:The US and China: Imperial Rivalry in a Multipolar World
DESCRIPTION:“Chimerica” is over. The twin titans of neoliberal globalization are now at loggerheads over everything from trade to high tech\, geopolitical alliances\, and military hegemony over the Asia Pacific. Today’s global slump\, exacerbated by Trump’s disastrous war in Iran\, has heightened this imperial rivalry. This panel will examine the roots of the conflict\, its trajectory\, and how the left can build international solidarity from below against it.
CATEGORIES:ECONOMICS
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:16f07a403440d496e9b806c32861c97d
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/16f07a403440d496e9b806c32861c97d
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260905T220000Z
DTEND:20260905T233000Z
SUMMARY:They Called Us Non-Compliant: The (Sedated) History of Psychiatric Resistance
DESCRIPTION:Drawing on the history of psychiatric survivor movements\, specific acts of resistance\, and the long use of pathology narratives to discredit organizers across liberation movements\, this session explores: how do we recognize psychiatric resistance when we've been trained not to see it? And what does solidarity look like once we do?
CATEGORIES:HEALTH POLITICS & DISABILITY JUSTICE
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:2c05df87cf9d1d27068768275c78866d
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/2c05df87cf9d1d27068768275c78866d
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260905T220000Z
DTEND:20260906T000000Z
SUMMARY:Who Moves America: Film Screening and Discussion
DESCRIPTION:As the deadline for a historic strike looms\, UPS workers across the country navigate the challenges of building solidarity with their 340\,000 co-workers. Feature documentary Who Moves America joins Teamsters in New York\, California\, and Kentucky. Join us for a conversation with Teamsters organizer Antonio Rosario.
CATEGORIES:LABOR MOVEMENT
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:5490603f4dfe357038fa4c4cd4b75229
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/5490603f4dfe357038fa4c4cd4b75229
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260905T220000Z
DTEND:20260905T233000Z
SUMMARY:“As Goes the South”: Building Multiracial Working-Class Solidarity in the South for a Socialist Future
DESCRIPTION:As W.E.B. DuBois said “As goes the South\, so goes the nation.” Ruling class and authoritarian forces have always prioritized organizing the South as a way to hold power over the entire nation. If we are to defeat authoritarianism and win a socialist future\, we must organize a multiracial working-class base in the South.
CATEGORIES:LEFT STRATEGY
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:29f20f12978c68199967625b0b531bb8
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/29f20f12978c68199967625b0b531bb8
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260905T220000Z
DTEND:20260905T233000Z
SUMMARY:Movement Lawyering in Times of Retrenchment
DESCRIPTION: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.
CATEGORIES:LEFT STRATEGY
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:eb317a09c10750b4fb4c1014190ddb15
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/eb317a09c10750b4fb4c1014190ddb15
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260905T220000Z
DTEND:20260905T233000Z
SUMMARY:The People's Historian: The Outsized Life of Howard Zinn
DESCRIPTION:Radical historian Howard Zinn changed the way Americans think about their history\, but his life itself is a lesson in radical commitment. From the Great Depression to WWII to the Civil Rights Movement and Vietnam war\, he was part and parcel of the social movements that shaped our world. Join Dave Zirin\, author of a new critically-praised book about Howard Zinn’s incredible life and author and actor Brian Jones (who played Marx in Zinn’s one man play ‘Marx in Soho’)&nbsp\;for a conversation about the life of Howard Zinn and what his vision and work mean today.
CATEGORIES:RADICAL HISTORY
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:2fb158ca6866f6320fc50af27b323cbb
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/2fb158ca6866f6320fc50af27b323cbb
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260905T220000Z
DTEND:20260905T233000Z
SUMMARY:The Young Lords Speak: Building Revolution on the Streets of Chicago
DESCRIPTION:In their field jackets and signature purple berets\, the Young Lords mobilized their community for liberation and against gentrification\, poverty\, racism\, and police brutality. Join historian Jacqueline Lazu and Chicago 33rd Ward Alderperson Rossana Rodriguez-Sanchez as they explore how the Young Lords grew into one of the most dynamic revolutionary community organizations of the late 1960s and early ’70s.
CATEGORIES:RADICAL HISTORY
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:3d92bc50911f0f269fec99def898e819
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/3d92bc50911f0f269fec99def898e819
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260905T220000Z
DTEND:20260905T233000Z
SUMMARY:When Socialists Turned to the Factory Floor
DESCRIPTION: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.
CATEGORIES:RADICAL HISTORY
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:2382974fa5c4ef27d8e3cadcc7f4b7de
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/2382974fa5c4ef27d8e3cadcc7f4b7de
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260905T220000Z
DTEND:20260905T233000Z
SUMMARY:Spirit of Justice
DESCRIPTION:What is freedom struggle beyond resisting political systems and improving material conditions? This program\, organized by Spirit of Justice - a new spiritual home outside of traditional religion for people committed to freedom - explores this question. Through live music\, collective ritual\, artistic expression\, and intimate dialogue\, we will celebrate\, grieve\, and be inspired to not only change the world but to transform ourselves.
CATEGORIES:RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:da19dddecc7d3b05e16ba2b29307a4d3
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/da19dddecc7d3b05e16ba2b29307a4d3
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260905T220000Z
DTEND:20260905T233000Z
SUMMARY:The False Choice Between Identity Politics and Class Struggle
DESCRIPTION:Does building mass political coalitions against the right require us to abandon issues specific to minorities of the population? For many centrists and even some on the left\, such a sacrifice has become the new common sense. But history and on-the-ground organizing show a left that ignores the differences within the working class will never build power.
CATEGORIES:SOCIALIST AND MARXIST THEORY
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:afa45ee311fb84b7b03acdd6284850ab
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/afa45ee311fb84b7b03acdd6284850ab
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260905T220000Z
DTEND:20260905T233000Z
SUMMARY:Standing Up to the National Security State: Collective Defense against Political Repression
DESCRIPTION:This panel brings together movement targets of Trump Administration repression and representatives of defense committee from the Minnesota 15\, the Michigan 9\, the Committee to Defend Tom Alter\, and the Prairieland defendants. The panel will reflect the urgent need for a massive national\, broad-based defense effort that can push back the regime’s offensive on political rights. The discussion will be followed by an organizing meeting that can involve new forces who can take these campaigns back to local areas and hold meetings\, host fundraisers\, and systematically seek the support of unions\, faith organizations\, and community groups.
CATEGORIES:US POLITICS
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:021678e145ed8461101e9f99c50f3c53
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/021678e145ed8461101e9f99c50f3c53
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260905T233000Z
DTEND:20260906T010000Z
SUMMARY:Abolitionist Zine Writing Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Join the Jail Solidarity Network\, an inside-outside organizing project in Chicago\, for this zine-writing workshop. You’ll be invited to read testimony from people jailed in Cook County and then respond with art that we’ll compile into a zine for insiders. You’ll also have the opportunity to connect with mutual aid organizations in the area organizing against jailing.
CATEGORIES:ABOLITION
LOCATION:
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/1125c5e288b674dae1f03ef0e4477127
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260905T233000Z
DTEND:20260906T010000Z
SUMMARY:Songs for Liberation
DESCRIPTION:Songs for Liberation is a Chicago protest music collective that sings at protests\, fundraisers and community events. They were formed in response to the genocide in Gaza\, and for several months were the "house band" on Friday mornings at anti-ICE protests in Broadview. Hear the collective sing\, and stick around afterwards to discuss how to duplicate our model!
CATEGORIES:CULTURE AND ART
LOCATION:
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/2bec54173087532de016dd44a7789777
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260905T233000Z
DTEND:20260906T010000Z
SUMMARY:United Left Platform Meet-up
DESCRIPTION:The United Left Platform\, a coalition of six U.S.-based Socialist groups (Tempest\, Solidarity\, Workers’ Voice\, Speak Out Socialists\, International Marxist Humanist Organization\, Socialist Horizon) was founded at the 2025 Socialism Conference in Chicago. &nbsp\;The ULP has worked over this past year to create a non-sectarian space for socialist organizing\, self-defense\, and political intervention. &nbsp\;The ULP meet-up will share its accomplishments and hold a public conversation with conference attendees about prospects for building out a broader space for mass organizing and socialist intervention in the coming year.&nbsp\;
CATEGORIES:MEET-UP
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:2ba8169a3b40a1436f9bfc164066ce47
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/2ba8169a3b40a1436f9bfc164066ce47
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260906T010000Z
DTEND:20260906T023000Z
SUMMARY:Neighbors Get Ready: Forging New Solidarities and Defeating ICE
DESCRIPTION:When ICE goose-stepped into our cities to raid and terrorize\, regular people from all walks of life forged new solidarities to throw them out. Join activists from the front lines of the struggle to defend our neighbors for a plenary on getting organized and ready for what’s coming.
CATEGORIES:MIGRANT JUSTICE
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:e590cba38917557ab5590361e8bf3a7c
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/e590cba38917557ab5590361e8bf3a7c
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260906T133000Z
DTEND:20260906T143000Z
SUMMARY:Morning yoga
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a Vinyasa yoga session led by local yogi Angel. We’ll work to sync our breath and bodies to beginner’s poses with just enough challenge to get you out of your comfort zone. This 60-min flow is perfect for all levels. We will have mats available on a first come\, first serve basis.
CATEGORIES:ACTIVITY
LOCATION:
SEQUENCE:0
UID:ddcb1ea543eef861b2b8803b7eec87a1
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/ddcb1ea543eef861b2b8803b7eec87a1
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260906T150000Z
DTEND:20260906T163000Z
SUMMARY:The Power of Speculative Fiction in a Shifting Political Climate
DESCRIPTION:Join best-selling author\, reproductive rights activist\, and civil rights lawyer Vaishnavi Patel for a conversation about the power of speculative fiction to make real world struggles more accessible. The session will explore themes from Patel’s new book\, We Dance Upon Demons\, including confronting apathy and exhaustion in the face of continued injustice as well as finding strength and hope through community.
CATEGORIES:CULTURE AND ART
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:0a30f9375b923297507c11430e88ac14
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/0a30f9375b923297507c11430e88ac14
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260906T150000Z
DTEND:20260906T163000Z
SUMMARY:Fighting for Trans Liberation in the Midwest: Organizing Under Hostile State Governments
DESCRIPTION:As Midwestern states escalate attacks on transgender people\, organizers are building networks of resistance and care. This panel explores strategies for fighting back in hostile political environments—through coalition building\, local organizing\, and community infrastructure—and asks what it will take to win real liberation.
CATEGORIES:GENDER-SEXUALITY-LIBERATION
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:7293d9c540a3e22301272fc1c584351f
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/7293d9c540a3e22301272fc1c584351f
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260906T150000Z
DTEND:20260906T163000Z
SUMMARY:Care Networks\, Abolition\, and the Fight Against Border Policing (Health Fascism Series)
DESCRIPTION:Our violent border regimes produce illness\, debility\, and death while destroying the relationships that people rely on to survive. Families are separated\, communities destabilized\, and care networks fractured through the constant threat of detention. Silky Shah and A. Naomi Paik discuss border policing as a counterinsurgent attack on health\, and how to defend and rebuild collective care in an era of escalating state repression and criminalization\, from Prarieland\, to the Minnesota 15\, to the US State Department’s call for a new Red Scare.
CATEGORIES:HEALTH POLITICS & DISABILITY JUSTICE
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/b278aa3ecaace4d55b289535074791c8
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DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260906T150000Z
DTEND:20260906T163000Z
SUMMARY:Refusing Erasure: Justice\, Accountability and Historical Memory in the War on Terror
DESCRIPTION:This September marks 25 years since 9/11 and the launch of the War on Terror. Built on harmful narratives and policies targeting Muslims and other marginalized communities\, the war has relied on erasure and silencing to endure. This panel - which includes a survivor from Guantanamo - will explore the importance of documenting and preserving our histories to resist forgetting and sustain our ongoing demands for accountability\, justice and our visions beyond it.
CATEGORIES:IMPERIALISM AND ANTI-IMPERIALISM
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:aee0002e6a5d24341b956a6626234377
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/aee0002e6a5d24341b956a6626234377
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DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260906T150000Z
DTEND:20260906T163000Z
SUMMARY:Russian Neofascism: Imperialism Abroad & Repression at Home
DESCRIPTION:Vladimir Putin responded to democratic uprising in Russia’s former empire by repressing domestic dissent and launching an imperialist war on Ukraine. In a discussion of their new book\, Russia’s New Imperialism\, Ilya Budraitskis and Ilya Matveev will be joined by Robert Brenner and Daria Saburova to examine Putin’s neofascist project\, Ukraine’s struggle for self-determination\, and today’s inter-imperial rivalries.
CATEGORIES:INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:bc75db9c07cf9475d1afa57d70f40c96
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/bc75db9c07cf9475d1afa57d70f40c96
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DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260906T150000Z
DTEND:20260906T163000Z
SUMMARY:The Old Being Reborn: The Revival of Socialist Organizations in US and Belgium
DESCRIPTION:What is the throughline between the Belgian Worker’s party and the Democratic Socialists of America? British socialist\, Joe Todd and DSA member David Duhalde will examine the new DSA and Belgian Workers Party's structures over the past decade\, their developments and differences. This panel will reflect on the historical labor\, electoral\, and factional dynamics\, of the Socialist party that have led us to today.
CATEGORIES:INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:92cba34024cbc81d157cddc9c5addda4
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/92cba34024cbc81d157cddc9c5addda4
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DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260906T150000Z
DTEND:20260906T163000Z
SUMMARY:The General Strike and How to Build a Stronger\, Bolder\, and Bigger Pro-Democracy Labor Movement
DESCRIPTION:For the last several years\, May Day has been a touchstone for deepening relationships among unions and labor activists\, building powerful local and national actions. As we look toward 2028’s “General Strike” moment\, this discussion situates this organizing within a larger framework of election protection\, Labor Day actions\, and more necessary steps to strengthen the labor movement.
CATEGORIES:LABOR MOVEMENT
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:1d1510396baba97d21e68cde7f09fe0d
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/1d1510396baba97d21e68cde7f09fe0d
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DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260906T150000Z
DTEND:20260906T163000Z
SUMMARY:Protecting Our Own: Shifting from State Intervention to Community Care in Crisis Times
DESCRIPTION:ICE agents are using family separation tactics central to US state violence. In this interactive workshop on "family policing" participants will examine real-world manifestations and analyze emerging resistance strategies. Workshop will share the tools to build a paradigm shift from "mandated reporting"—which fuels state intrusion—to "mandated supporting.”
CATEGORIES:LEFT STRATEGY
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:7eb4b98354a49adc1ec18f8c56acd95a
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/7eb4b98354a49adc1ec18f8c56acd95a
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DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260906T150000Z
DTEND:20260906T163000Z
SUMMARY:Documenting Transformative Justice: Building Knowledge Bases for Community Accountability Strategies
DESCRIPTION:This introductory session to Transformative Justice (TJ) explores three key questions centering TJ documentation and knowledge bases: 1) How can our movements build knowledge given the challenges of documenting the intimate\, confidential\, and often divisive and high risk nature of interpersonal harm? 2) How do we responsibly share learnings based on on-the-ground TJ situations in a heightened climate of social media call-out\, political repression\, and surveillance? 3) How do we draw from and make knowledge accessible across a broad range of communities\, cultural practices\, literacies\, and languages? The session will feature intentions that guide and lessons gained from these collaborative projects\, offering a collective space to discuss shared visions and concrete strategies to build TJ and broader abolitionist knowledge bases.
CATEGORIES:ORGANIZING
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:05dc12ed7cc29228f0803ffc48397b88
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/05dc12ed7cc29228f0803ffc48397b88
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DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260906T150000Z
DTEND:20260906T163000Z
SUMMARY:The Forgotten History of the Civil Rights Movement’s Fight for Economic Justice—and Why It Matters Today
DESCRIPTION:Martin Luther King Jr.’s call for a “radical redistribution of political and economic power” offers a way to challenge the growing power and influence of the authoritarian right. Come hear historians in conversation about a lesser-known side of the civil rights movement — and its relevance to fighting Trumpism today.
CATEGORIES:RADICAL HISTORY
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:f02a4a50abdd30fc6e1b232d196ae0fe
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/f02a4a50abdd30fc6e1b232d196ae0fe
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DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260906T150000Z
DTEND:20260906T163000Z
SUMMARY:Trust in God and Keep the Powder Dry: A Short History of Leftwing Religious Non-Nonviolence
DESCRIPTION:While religion makes leftists squirm and liberals fetishize nonviolence\, those at the center of liberatory armed struggles and insurrection attempts in the U.S. have often been deeply religious people. Their religiosity\, however\, is usually disparaged or ignored. This introductory-level popular education session brings this forgotten history into focus and explores what’s at stake.
CATEGORIES:RADICAL HISTORY
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:4beffd7edda1c77e275ecf7810f79e6d
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/4beffd7edda1c77e275ecf7810f79e6d
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DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260906T150000Z
DTEND:20260906T163000Z
SUMMARY:From Exploitation to Replacement? Workers in the New Political Economy of AI
DESCRIPTION:In this workshop\, we’ll use Marx’s analysis of political economy to understand how "AI" technologies—such as chatbots and image generators—rapidly accelerate worker exploitation and shift the relations of production between capital and labor. Participants will discuss how "AI" is reinscribing the conditions for technofeudalism and how workers are resisting the harms of automation\, workplace surveillance\, and algorithmic management.
CATEGORIES:SCIENCE AND TECH
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:9e212d92a8dfde77dfe893e35c8ad0d6
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/9e212d92a8dfde77dfe893e35c8ad0d6
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DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260906T150000Z
DTEND:20260906T163000Z
SUMMARY:The Deadly Tech Exchange: How Tech Companies are Profiting from Genocide and Anti-Immigrant Violence
DESCRIPTION:In this workshop we will map the network of US and Israeli companies and investors fueling the world’s first AI-powered genocide in Gaza\, and delve into the revolving door of tech and capital between Silicon Valley and Israel’s “Silicon Wadi.” We’ll discuss the destructive impacts of the Deadly Tech Exchange for communities in the US\, Palestine\, and beyond\, and offer action steps for fighting back through cross-movement campaigning.
CATEGORIES:SCIENCE AND TECH
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/6cfd866f8c71c45673510f3672a02245
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DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260906T150000Z
DTEND:20260906T163000Z
SUMMARY:Protecting Our Neighbors: DIY Community Defense Street Tactics from Midway Blitz
DESCRIPTION:Adapted from street tactics popularized by the leading edges of anti-police struggles\, this participatory training outlines several tactics community members can use to intervene and protect their neighbors from abduction. Trainers will first demonstrate these tactics\, after which participants will practice in pairs and in full-group mock street situations.
CATEGORIES:SKILL SHARING
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/bbc750227206c8f336187f7b5d8864df
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DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260906T170000Z
DTEND:20260906T183000Z
SUMMARY:Why Socialism Requires Abolition
DESCRIPTION:Leading abolitionist thinkers will clarify the distinct formulation abolition offers about the relationship between capitalism\, the state in general\, and the carceral state specifically. They will each explain why socialism requires prison abolition.
CATEGORIES:ABOLITION
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/879bc05b05060504a73f2fae342a2943
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DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260906T170000Z
DTEND:20260906T183000Z
SUMMARY:Palestinian Revolutionary Thought and the Prisoners’ Movement
DESCRIPTION:What lessons does the Palestinian left offer today? This session explores the history of prison writing in Palestine and key texts from the Palestinian left. Panelists will situate this discussion in relation to recently translated texts by Palestinian revolutionaries\, including Ahmad Qatamesh and Walid Daqqa.
CATEGORIES:ANTI-COLONIAL POLITICS
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:87a19c7d56175e1acd9868d5b146fb04
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/87a19c7d56175e1acd9868d5b146fb04
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260906T170000Z
DTEND:20260906T183000Z
SUMMARY:Black History is for Everyone
DESCRIPTION:Join author and educator Brian Jones for an urgent discussion of the power of Black history to challenge our assumptions about race and nation\, as well as the meaning of Black history in the context of attacks on education today.
CATEGORIES:BLACK LIBERATION
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:703a2ffb8a95f495e843eb031069d93c
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/703a2ffb8a95f495e843eb031069d93c
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DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260906T170000Z
DTEND:20260906T183000Z
SUMMARY:Sumud in Praxis: Teaching for Solidarity from Turtle Island to Palestine
DESCRIPTION:Teach Palestine and the Xicanx Institute for Teaching & Organizing collaborated to provide teachers support in the face of state repression on teaching Palestine and build broader international solidarity. Our panel will share experiences from institutes that take place on the US-Mexico border\, and support participants in bringing lessons to their communities.
CATEGORIES:EDUCATION JUSTICE
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:e7389f9d211d13edf002b4d7907626e3
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/e7389f9d211d13edf002b4d7907626e3
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DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260906T170000Z
DTEND:20260906T183000Z
SUMMARY:Weaponizing Antisemitism: An Interactive History
DESCRIPTION:In a moment where pro-Israel watchdogs are weaponizing antisemitism to attack organizers\, students\, educators\, public schools\, and the broader infrastructure of the left\, this session will explore the historical roots of how antisemitism began to be weaponized against the left in the late 1960s through a participatory mixer.
CATEGORIES:FIGHTING THE RIGHT
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:44b450cff8e74b60ed242d88f15bf690
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/44b450cff8e74b60ed242d88f15bf690
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260906T170000Z
DTEND:20260906T183000Z
SUMMARY:Unsafe: The Carceral Roots of the Anti-Trans Backlash
DESCRIPTION:The 21st century “gender wars” have been driven by a powerful and seductive narrative: that safety can be secured through exclusion\, surveillance\, and the policing of difference. These punitive logics have gained momentum across the political spectrum\, fueling an anti-trans backlash and distorting the meaning of safety itself. Join S. Lamble and Sophie Lewis as they challenge the toxic ideas at the heart of this backlash\, and put forward a vision of safety built on collective care and radical solidarity.
CATEGORIES:GENDER-SEXUALITY-LIBERATION
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:5e68a7ac26ec46162f9b21f0582694e9
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/5e68a7ac26ec46162f9b21f0582694e9
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260906T170000Z
DTEND:20260906T183000Z
SUMMARY:Resisting MAHA & Building Environmental & Reproductive Justice
DESCRIPTION:Gender oppressed people are raising questions about standard reproductive health interventions’ inability to address environmentally induced issues. In response\, MAHA is organizing people to reject medical treatment and embrace individualistic “natural remedies.” This session explores how the Left can combat dis/misinformation while addressing environmental racism and reproductive oppression\, in service to building a revolutionary alternative.
CATEGORIES:HEALTH POLITICS & DISABILITY JUSTICE
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/469f295e7c88305faeddf725e15b1f48
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260906T170000Z
DTEND:20260906T183000Z
SUMMARY:Intro: Harm Reduction and Solidarity with Unsheltered Neighbors
DESCRIPTION:The rise of racialized capitalism has caused a rise in homelessness\, primarily affecting marginalized groups. This session discusses how gentrification\, private property\, privatization of social services\, and rugged individualism perpetuate homelessness\, and the experience of the unhoused\, focusing on harm reduction.… and what is to be done?
CATEGORIES:HOUSING JUSTICE
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:3678b90a8e79063c34580bd35cf8aa18
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/3678b90a8e79063c34580bd35cf8aa18
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260906T170000Z
DTEND:20260906T183000Z
SUMMARY:Cuba Under Siege: A Round Table Discussion
DESCRIPTION:During the 1990s\, Cuba survived an economic crisis following the collapse of the Soviet bloc. Now\, after 67 years of US economic/trade sanctions and a fuel blockade\, the nation faces far greater challenges. What lessons can be drawn from the past? How will Cuba survive? What can Cuba solidarity activists do?
CATEGORIES:INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:ca5c8af3e38a8729bab97a6a2b647506
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/ca5c8af3e38a8729bab97a6a2b647506
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260906T170000Z
DTEND:20260906T183000Z
SUMMARY:The State of Worker Organizing in the South and the Southern Workers Assembly
DESCRIPTION:The level of organization of workers in the U.S. South is at a crossroad. This crossroad meets at the current motion of workers who are finding ways to wage struggle alongside various social movement formations and the necessity of building a unified front. The unification of these movements into an advanced worker’s movement is necessary. This session will explore the role of the Southern Workers Assembly within this struggle.
CATEGORIES:LABOR MOVEMENT
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:6b7c79fa1cb2e69bde8dd01d82d8a252
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/6b7c79fa1cb2e69bde8dd01d82d8a252
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260906T170000Z
DTEND:20260906T183000Z
SUMMARY:Psychic Militancy
DESCRIPTION:This talk argues that in the face of accelerating fascism\, we need to take seriously that our psyche is contested space\, learn to track psychic intrusions that aim to settle and reconfigure our psychic province and interiority\, and most importantly\, learn to remain antagonistic to this violence through psychic militancy. Lara Sheehi discusses her new book to distill the mechanics of psychic militancy and how we might engage in refusals against these intrusions and their politically demobilizing work.
CATEGORIES:LEFT STRATEGY
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:4e383899e30ec6a8db7aef8bcd25ef8f
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/4e383899e30ec6a8db7aef8bcd25ef8f
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260906T170000Z
DTEND:20260906T183000Z
SUMMARY:The Muslim Left\, NYC\, and Zohran Mamdani’s Victory
DESCRIPTION:The historic victory of Afro-Asian Muslim socialist mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani in NYC in 2025 was won in part by the NYC Muslim community\, which mobilized in mass and has birthed an anti-imperialist ecosocialist Muslim Left. This panel will share and explore the ideological and organizational underpinnings of this new political formation as well as reflect upon the messy grappling with contradictions that comes with building counter-hegemonic power.
CATEGORIES:LEFT STRATEGY
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:959aa2893630ce9c221327ed93b9fb75
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/959aa2893630ce9c221327ed93b9fb75
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260906T170000Z
DTEND:20260906T183000Z
SUMMARY:Documenting Actions\, Activism\, and Activists’ Lives: Strategies for Preserving Personal and Organizational Archives
DESCRIPTION:This workshop will include tips\, strategies\, and discussion on preserving analog and digital documentation of our own lives as activists and the work of our organizations in unprecedented times. We will also discuss privacy\, anonymity\, donating material to archives and libraries\, and its future use for scholarship and restorative justice.
CATEGORIES:ORGANIZING
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:1df46475f9c2b8f951407f240279268b
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/1df46475f9c2b8f951407f240279268b
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260906T170000Z
DTEND:20260906T183000Z
SUMMARY:Organizing 101: a Black Youth Project 100 Joint
DESCRIPTION:Help! I don’t know where to start! Don’t worry we got you! We will put you through three acting scenarios in small groups that will help build the basis of your organizing journey! Join Byp100 in building more rounded organizers and preparing for a world we want to live in.
CATEGORIES:ORGANIZING
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:9b5d235edf4b087be36ff89d823c4b20
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/9b5d235edf4b087be36ff89d823c4b20
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260906T170000Z
DTEND:20260906T183000Z
SUMMARY:The Present State of People’s History
DESCRIPTION:This panel will present on the historiography of “people’s history” and the landscape of contemporary projects (outside of the academy) dedicated to documenting specific movement history and regional radical histories. The members of the panel will be drawn from a nascent group\, the People’s History Network\, that has started to take shape over the last several months to promote and expand the documentation of the history of the left. Our panel will explore the various methodologies at work in distinct recent projects of left public history\, and will draw lessons from practical comparisons.
CATEGORIES:RADICAL HISTORY
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:2fc48f050f5a393d179cdac8fef63709
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/2fc48f050f5a393d179cdac8fef63709
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260906T170000Z
DTEND:20260906T183000Z
SUMMARY:Socialize the Grid: Data Centers and Translocal Organizing
DESCRIPTION:Data centers have become a ubiquitous element of the political and social lexicon. While local wins are encouraging and inspiring\, the need for translocal organizing models is necessary to fully socialize grid networks as part of the larger push for 100 percent publicly owned power and stopping data center proliferation.
CATEGORIES:SCIENCE AND TECH
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:3e2919a450a2a48e9718ad9b8f20689f
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/3e2919a450a2a48e9718ad9b8f20689f
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260906T170000Z
DTEND:20260906T183000Z
SUMMARY:Rosa Luxemburg and Frantz Fanon on Imperialism—Its Lessons for Today
DESCRIPTION:While Luxemburg and Fanon are rarely discussed together\, placing them in dialogue provides important insights into how anti-imperialist struggles relate to efforts to develop alternatives to capitalism. Both viewed imperialism as a global system that was integral to racialized capitalism\, and their perspectives on how to overcome both speak to today’s challenges.
CATEGORIES:SOCIALIST AND MARXIST THEORY
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:165a23a7f410159e99609c13ec9788c8
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/165a23a7f410159e99609c13ec9788c8
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260906T170000Z
DTEND:20260906T183000Z
SUMMARY:Necessary Trouble: Movement-Building since the Financial Crisis
DESCRIPTION:The 2008 financial crisis upended US politics\, and laid the groundwork for how we got to the current conjuncture. In the years since\, we’ve seen the rise of both right-wing populism and a new class politics on the left. Marking the 10th anniversary of her book documenting post-crisis social movements\, join Sarah Jaffe and comrades for a conversation about the trajectory of struggle—from Occupy to the Movement for Black Lives to rising socialist electoral power—and reaction that has shaped this pivotal political period.
CATEGORIES:US POLITICS
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:6fb305affc488839ad9a2a173b0cae98
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/6fb305affc488839ad9a2a173b0cae98
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260906T183000Z
DTEND:20260906T200000Z
SUMMARY:On the Mend: A Sashiko Workshop
DESCRIPTION:The history of Japanese sashiko stitching celebrates something island nations are intimately familiar with: the material reality of resource scarcity. Ironically\, today’s apparel industry is defined by excess and fragile craftsmanship.This workshop will equip participants with the basic techniques to mend their clothing and repurpose existing garments. SPACE IS LIMITED.
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:
SEQUENCE:0
UID:4197f005229513a69741fc52cd5be008
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/4197f005229513a69741fc52cd5be008
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260906T183000Z
DTEND:20260906T200000Z
SUMMARY:BIPOC Social
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CATEGORIES:MEET-UP
LOCATION:
SEQUENCE:0
UID:5c35b0401d11548423063f2c84fed58a
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/5c35b0401d11548423063f2c84fed58a
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260906T200000Z
DTEND:20260906T213000Z
SUMMARY:Redefining Family: Intro to Family Abolition and Creating Abundant Care
DESCRIPTION:What does family abolition look like through a Black feminist lens? In this introductory workshop\, we envision a world in which care is universally accessible and not reliant on the private family. We engage radical imagination to bring this post-capitalist vision to life with a creative exercise and group discussion.
CATEGORIES:ABOLITION
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:6511295f8dc93c96bbb10fac1d92251c
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/6511295f8dc93c96bbb10fac1d92251c
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260906T200000Z
DTEND:20260906T213000Z
SUMMARY:Three Generations in the Struggle for Socialism and Black Liberation
DESCRIPTION:Gerald Lenoir\, Jesse Hagopian\, and Miles Hagopian—a grandfather\, son\, and grandson—reflect on three generations of struggle: from Black Studies student strikes\, to socialist organizing\, to anti-imperialist and anti-apartheid movements\, to Black Lives Matter at School. They also discuss lessons from their family's discovery of the plantation that enslaved their ancestors.
CATEGORIES:BLACK LIBERATION
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:cd742484497ce23e42a092374bf80efc
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/cd742484497ce23e42a092374bf80efc
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260906T200000Z
DTEND:20260906T213000Z
SUMMARY:Organize or Burn: Sewer Socialism for Climate Survival in the 21st Century
DESCRIPTION:“Sewer socialists” transformed Milwaukee into a thriving working class city a century ago\, and today Zohran Mamdani is raising expectations as a socialist mayor of New York City. How are socialists across American cities organizing collective action to fight the climate crisis\, defend immigrants\, and expand democracy for all?
CATEGORIES:CLIMATE JUSTICE
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:dbef63a21443d29595fc3e7ed3d40ad2
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/dbef63a21443d29595fc3e7ed3d40ad2
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260906T200000Z
DTEND:20260906T213000Z
SUMMARY:Poetry for the People: Creating Your Own Community-Based Poetry Workshop\, A Training for Facilitators
DESCRIPTION:June Jordan’s Poetry for the People followed principles radical both in their context and today. Poetry for the People cohered around the ideas that poetry is a “medium for telling the truth\,” and that participants are creators of today’s literature not detached students of “the canon.” In this workshop we will discuss June Jordan’s groundbreaking blueprint for teaching poetry and collapsing the divide between the university and the community. We will talk about facilitation\, collaboration\, venues\, funding\, and readings &prompts.
CATEGORIES:CULTURE AND ART
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/0c2864afa5b9c32424b55574b9f0564f
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DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260906T200000Z
DTEND:20260906T213000Z
SUMMARY:The Politics of Debt: Organizing in the Age of Finance
DESCRIPTION:As finance capital continues to reshape working class life\, people are increasingly forced into debt to make ends meet. What is the political landscape of debt today\, and how should we respond at the level of action? How has financialization shifted leverage across different sites of struggle\, and what new contradictions or vulnerabilities has it produced for capital? Debt Collective organizers working on healthcare\, education\, and housing debt will discuss their work and the politics of debt in the current conjuncture.
CATEGORIES:ECONOMICS
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/d4c8148c9387f5241676df31f3d8adc9
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DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260906T200000Z
DTEND:20260906T213000Z
SUMMARY:Bodies\, Bodies\, Bodies
DESCRIPTION:In the last five years we’ve seen the rise of a right-wing vision of body modification\, from looksmaxxing with peptides\, extreme diets\, and jaw breaking to the rise of so-called “Mar-a-Lago face.” These trends are entwined with the MAHA movement\, substituting the perfection of the self for universal care. An increasingly medicalized cosmetics industry pushes invasive procedures as nearly mandatory for cis women. Meanwhile\, the same people who engage in extensive body modification in the name of preserving traditional gender ideals are keen to deny surgery and hormones to trans people\, and anyone seeking a non-normative gender presentation. What can we make of this contradiction\, and what can we learn from the ways that fascist politics play out on the body itself?
CATEGORIES:GENDER-SEXUALITY-LIBERATION
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/24241b3b42ef1ab4ef609fda29445e97
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DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260906T200000Z
DTEND:20260906T213000Z
SUMMARY:Turn Illness Into A Weapon: Autonomous Health Organizing in Times of Rising Fascism (Health Fascism Series)
DESCRIPTION:What happens when we cannot wait for institutions to care for us? Across the world\, people are building free clinics\, harm reduction projects\, childcare networks\, food distribution programs\, and street health teams outside the boundaries of formal institutions—creating the things that people need to struggle and stay alive. This panel brings together organizers involved in three US based autonomous survival programs to discuss what they’ve learned about building and sustaining creative and durable infrastructures of care\, and why even the smallest experiments matter in a time of deepening crisis.
CATEGORIES:HEALTH POLITICS & DISABILITY JUSTICE
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/8a320c8c5c6a27ccdd0a9a0f2b6c41f3
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DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260906T200000Z
DTEND:20260906T213000Z
SUMMARY:Inquilab Zindabad: Bhagat Singh and the Revolutionary Left during South Asian Independence
DESCRIPTION:Mainstream narratives of the South Asian independence movement often erase radical figures like Bhagat Singh\, who articulated critiques of colonialism\, capitalism\, and religion\, and was unafraid to embrace a diversity of tactics - including “violent” struggle. This session will shine light on his underappreciated history\, and why it still matters today.
CATEGORIES:INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/1a6fcd4d69e82b200e2602f692622059
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DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260906T200000Z
DTEND:20260906T213000Z
SUMMARY:Our International Struggles Cannot be Confined to the Capitalists’ National Elections
DESCRIPTION:Under heightened imperialist rivalries\, with global climate catastrophe and war destroying our world\, the international issues we face cannot be solved within national borders. We are told that the elections are necessary to fight these issues and to counter the growing far right. But our everyday problems\, like rising costs of living\, can only be solved through collective class struggle. How do socialists trying to address these problems approach bourgeois elections knowing that our resistance must be international? How do we avoid the pitfalls of nationalism in a time of heightened nationalist rivalries?
CATEGORIES:INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:cc075b74afb246d34593d7d1173c034a
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/cc075b74afb246d34593d7d1173c034a
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DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260906T200000Z
DTEND:20260906T213000Z
SUMMARY:Radicalizing Labor Unions: A Balance Sheet of Reform\, Class Struggle\, and Rank-and-file Movement-Building
DESCRIPTION:Rank-and-file movements in labor unions have shaped the terrain of labor struggle in recent years. Some have served primarily as “reform” vehicles for a wing of the union bureaucracy\, while others have anchored rank-and-file struggles on the shop floor with a reinvigorated class-struggle vision. UAW President Shawn Fain and Teamsters President Sean O’Brien represent the culmination of two prominent union reform movements in recent years\, but their promise of increased militancy and new organizing has yielded mixed results. How can we build class-struggle unions capable of confronting the state and capital?
CATEGORIES:LABOR MOVEMENT
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:10280f294ec5277e2ec2bca67ee6b5a4
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/10280f294ec5277e2ec2bca67ee6b5a4
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DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260906T200000Z
DTEND:20260906T213000Z
SUMMARY:Data Centers\, Class Politics\, and Socialist Strategy
DESCRIPTION:How can socialists organize within the diverse and widespread anti-data center movements gripping the nation\, and help transform frustrations over tech giants’ dispossession of community resources into a broader struggle and a radical alternative to capitalism? This session convenes anti-data center organizers to consider these questions of socialist strategy together.
CATEGORIES:LEFT STRATEGY
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:46985e31a369328b42fbfd5f4ee5cd80
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/46985e31a369328b42fbfd5f4ee5cd80
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DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260906T200000Z
DTEND:20260906T213000Z
SUMMARY:Revolutionary Socialists and the Fight Against War and Authoritarianism
DESCRIPTION:Organizers from the revolutionary and independent socialist left\, from four different cities\, share their experiences in helping build the broader anti-Trump movement while fighting for distinct strategies and perspective—based on the need for political independence\, a strategic focus on social struggle and mass action\, and democratic organizing—to defeat authoritarianism.
CATEGORIES:LEFT STRATEGY
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:44062e818ad7780b8a52f6b9e6a8fd11
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/44062e818ad7780b8a52f6b9e6a8fd11
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DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260906T200000Z
DTEND:20260906T213000Z
SUMMARY:Neighborhood Organizing 101
DESCRIPTION:Learn how to build a neighborhood rapid response network rooted in neighborly relationships. This workshop covers block organizing basics: connecting with neighbors\, building communication channels\, and responding to crises like evictions\, ICE alerts\, or other emergencies. Participants will also develop long-term plans for mutual aid and community defense.
CATEGORIES:ORGANIZING
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:4e80a2b60233746cbe1f648e06a0fbda
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/4e80a2b60233746cbe1f648e06a0fbda
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DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260906T200000Z
DTEND:20260906T213000Z
SUMMARY:Using Historical Ephemera for Political Education
DESCRIPTION:Buttons of the Left preserves and curates buttons and other ephemera of working class resistance to tell the stories of our movements. This session shares case studies of exhibits and workshops\, explores the project’s origins\, and the challenges and opportunities of using tangible historical materials for political education.
CATEGORIES:RADICAL HISTORY
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:07c4a029abbb7118a4770aca4523aea4
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/07c4a029abbb7118a4770aca4523aea4
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DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260906T200000Z
DTEND:20260906T213000Z
SUMMARY:Liberatory Spirit\, the Spirit of Liberation: Multi-tradition Conversation on How We Get Free
DESCRIPTION:We know that: liberation is spirit work\; the separation of spirituality\, culture and politics is a colonial\, white supremacist and capitalist construct\; in times of collapse we must root in things bigger than ourselves. Our movements can and must become places that: give birth to nourishing spiritual frameworks and theologies that uplift our vision for the world as it must become\; are communities of care\, interdependence with each other and the earth\, and mutual aid\; create the felt sense and knowledge of our belonging with each other and the earth.
CATEGORIES:RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:0ff2eaa2adad780f7d78523061750cde
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/0ff2eaa2adad780f7d78523061750cde
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DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260906T220000Z
DTEND:20260906T233000Z
SUMMARY:Are All Cops Bastards?
DESCRIPTION:While liberal objections to an ACAB approach may be expected\, recently some surprising defenses of police forces in supposedly socialist states have emerged. This session will examine the role of police around the world and ask the question\, is there really any such thing as a “revolutionary” cop?
CATEGORIES:ABOLITION
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:d1a0d2de50288bff5d8f19a94bcfe5e5
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/d1a0d2de50288bff5d8f19a94bcfe5e5
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DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260906T220000Z
DTEND:20260906T233000Z
SUMMARY:Imagine a Future Without Family Policing!
DESCRIPTION:The family policing (aka child welfare) system is designed to place marginalized families under intense state surveillance while it promotes a carceral logic that impedes social change. A growing movement calls for abolition: dismantling the system alongside the radical reimagining of a society that supports families and keeps children safe.
CATEGORIES:ABOLITION
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:eec4c2908b8a9154a5be88565337cc07
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/eec4c2908b8a9154a5be88565337cc07
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DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260906T220000Z
DTEND:20260906T233000Z
SUMMARY:The Extended Universe: How Disney Killed the Movies and Took over the World
DESCRIPTION:Join Vicky Osterweil on a quest to discover how Disney’s “imagineers” have made it impossible to reflect on the wonders of growing up without thinking of Disney's movies\, amusement parks\, and merchandising. Drawing on extensive interviews with filmmakers\, screenwriters\, union organizers\, and Disney “adults” alike\, Osterweil unearths reactionary political commitments and maleficent legal maneuvers so cartoonishly evil they would make one of Walt's own animated villains blush.
CATEGORIES:CULTURE AND ART
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:310cdf84446c479bc1829c263bc49a88
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/310cdf84446c479bc1829c263bc49a88
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DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260906T220000Z
DTEND:20260906T233000Z
SUMMARY:Socialism Beats Fascism: Organizing for a Post-Trump America
DESCRIPTION:Against Trump\, how can we keep building antiwar and migrant rights movements? As social forces grow in the US behind the May Day movement\, No Kings protests\, and Minnesota’s general strike against ICE\, what will it take to keep building movements from the streets to transform our whole political landscape?
CATEGORIES:FIGHTING THE RIGHT
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:b04a8b6ededc2a90953dd1e7fa2c5123
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/b04a8b6ededc2a90953dd1e7fa2c5123
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DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260906T220000Z
DTEND:20260906T233000Z
SUMMARY:We Are Each Other's Liberation: Black and Asian Feminist Solidarities
DESCRIPTION:Drawing out lessons from the revolutionary work of movement forebearers—including the Combahee River Collective\, Claudia Jones\, Grace Lee Boggs\, Yuri Kochiyama\, and Third World Women’s Alliance as well as struggles today—this session will help us envision a cross-racial and internationalist politics that explicitly addresses solidarity between Black and Asian feminists.
CATEGORIES:GENDER-SEXUALITY-LIBERATION
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:db2bb8e22a88ec6b289ab961740e6371
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/db2bb8e22a88ec6b289ab961740e6371
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DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260906T220000Z
DTEND:20260906T233000Z
SUMMARY:The Strike that Shook the Bay: San Francisco’s Historic 2026 Educator Strike and the Coming California Strike Wave
DESCRIPTION:Earlier this year\, United Educators of San Francisco led six thousand members out on the first SF public school strike in half a century. In a city seemingly dominated by big tech capital and real estate\, and against the opposition of the leaders in the SF and California Democratic Party\, UESF won a historic contract for teachers and the community. Join us for a discussion of how this strike was built through years of organizing\, a big democratic bargaining team\, and bold left-wing politics\, and what’s next for California educators.
CATEGORIES:LABOR MOVEMENT
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:af59f712340818bbf9fbfcdc4575de0e
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/af59f712340818bbf9fbfcdc4575de0e
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DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260906T220000Z
DTEND:20260906T233000Z
SUMMARY:Mass Labor Action in Defense of Immigrant Workers: Why We Need It and How We Can Get there
DESCRIPTION:This panel brings together immigrant activists from San Jose and Los Angeles\, a labor militant from Minneapolis\, and a historian of the complex working class history in which radicals fought to create a powerful synergy between the unions and workers who have crossed borders.
CATEGORIES:MIGRANT JUSTICE
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:3b0ba41913f5a247a7ad56415f695ec6
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/3b0ba41913f5a247a7ad56415f695ec6
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DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260906T220000Z
DTEND:20260906T233000Z
SUMMARY:People's Movement Assembly 101: Building Insurgent Democracies in the US South
DESCRIPTION:People's Movement Assemblies (PMAs) are radical democratic organizing processes that translate collective resistance into concrete action. As US imperialism continues consolidating power globally\, PMAs are where insurgent democracies can be cultivated. Learn from the Black Nashville Assembly how PMAs are being used to build participatory democratic power in the US South.
CATEGORIES:ORGANIZING
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:694de7c46a10da573bd84d6bd4c763cf
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/694de7c46a10da573bd84d6bd4c763cf
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DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260906T220000Z
DTEND:20260906T233000Z
SUMMARY:Unruly Subjects LIVE: A Reckoning with our Moment
DESCRIPTION:From indiscriminate warfare to an AI-fueled tech oligarchy and sprawling new punishment systems\, our moment poses new challenges that demand new answers: What are the key features of our political landscape? What solidarities remain untapped? How do we stop the oligarchs and the fascists?
CATEGORIES:US POLITICS
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:b32b6156b7936b1ef504fedb06c525ba
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/b32b6156b7936b1ef504fedb06c525ba
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260906T233000Z
DTEND:20260907T010000Z
SUMMARY:Tarot for socialists!
DESCRIPTION:Who says socialists can’t be a little witchy? Whether you’re a seasoned tarot enthusiast or a total newbie\, this tarot meet up will provide a friendly space for discussing all things tarot. Bring your own deck or use one of ours to do readings for your comrades and see what’s in the cards.
CATEGORIES:ACTIVITY
LOCATION:
SEQUENCE:0
UID:a032b8071635e7690889d6427054023c
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/a032b8071635e7690889d6427054023c
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DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260907T000000Z
DTEND:20260907T020000Z
SUMMARY:Steal This Story: Film Screening and Discussion
DESCRIPTION:Fiercely independent journalist Amy Goodman has spent three decades holding the powerful to account\, reporting from war zones and the Democracy Now! newsroom. In Steal This Story\, Please!\, Oscar-nominated filmmakers Carl Deal and Tia Lessin craft a riveting portrait of journalism’s power – and peril – in an era of corporate control and political attacks on truth. (Film screening and Q&A)
CATEGORIES:RADICAL HISTORY
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:16475018af47e6be272176c8c1951433
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/16475018af47e6be272176c8c1951433
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DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260907T010000Z
DTEND:20260907T020000Z
SUMMARY:Chicago IPO/Neighborhood Org Social
DESCRIPTION:Looking for likeminded community in you neighborhood? Curious about political organizations in your area? Come connect with fellow Chicagoans building local movements!
CATEGORIES:MEET-UP
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:ba8e71fe44eab156d9b8b9d395950f7b
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/ba8e71fe44eab156d9b8b9d395950f7b
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260907T010000Z
DTEND:20260907T020000Z
SUMMARY:Cultural Worker Meet-Up
DESCRIPTION:If you are an artist or someone who is curious about realizing the revolutionary possibilities of art\, please join us at the Cultural Workers Meet-Up. This will be a space where artists and creatives can exchange ideas about how to meaningfully connect their creative labor to organized struggle and discuss what it means to create with radical intent.
CATEGORIES:MEET-UP
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:d1bdbf6a25d67bc60dfbaf325cfc8307
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/d1bdbf6a25d67bc60dfbaf325cfc8307
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260907T010000Z
DTEND:20260907T020000Z
SUMMARY:Democratic Socialists of America Meet-Up
DESCRIPTION:Join Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) for a Socialism Conference social! Members\, interested members\, and all comrades are welcome.
CATEGORIES:MEET-UP
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:dea289fcd184cd3fade2bc78349eae86
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/dea289fcd184cd3fade2bc78349eae86
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260907T010000Z
DTEND:20260907T020000Z
SUMMARY:Library Workers Meetup
DESCRIPTION:\n
CATEGORIES:MEET-UP
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:6133522d556f3b11f471d8323fde84f3
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/6133522d556f3b11f471d8323fde84f3
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260907T010000Z
DTEND:20260907T020000Z
SUMMARY:Movement Journalism as Anti-Fascist Resistance
DESCRIPTION:It’s no surprise to movement journalists when billionaires take over mainstream outlets\, layoff hundreds of workers and censor stories critical of an authoritarian government. For years\, movement media makers have been ringing the alarm on the decades of corporate consolidation and harmful narratives that uplift those in power and further manufacture consent for state-sanctioned violence. For the 3rd year in a row\, The Movement Media Alliance would like to host a meet-up and workshop where attendees can discuss how movement media is an essential part of anti-fascist movement building toolkit to make change happen and activate the broader public into organizing work.
CATEGORIES:MEET-UP
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:5272b834e5908ab27b12dc4f63f85551
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/5272b834e5908ab27b12dc4f63f85551
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260907T010000Z
DTEND:20260907T020000Z
SUMMARY:Public Educators Meet-Up
DESCRIPTION:Join this meet up to strategize and build solidarity with other teachers on the front lines of the struggle to fight the dismantling of public education under the Trump administration.
CATEGORIES:MEET-UP
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:85fa44d0944e48b809afd60b460badd3
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/85fa44d0944e48b809afd60b460badd3
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260907T010000Z
DTEND:20260907T020000Z
SUMMARY:Radical Healthcare Workers and Friends Meet Up
DESCRIPTION:We all know our healthcare system is rotten at its roots due to its profit centered motive. It can feel isolating working under increasingly precarious conditions with patients' lives in our hands. Patients suffer and we do too. But we must build networks of solidarity because it is only through our collective power that we can win the healthcare system we all deserve. Come meet radical healthcare workers\, medical debt abolitionists and disability justice activists to connect\, scheme and dream!
CATEGORIES:MEET-UP
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:ff8f3e232d12fe6d03a304bf50469e49
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/ff8f3e232d12fe6d03a304bf50469e49
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260907T010000Z
DTEND:20260907T020000Z
SUMMARY:Tech Worker Meetup
DESCRIPTION:Join seasoned organizers who are building worker power across the tech industry\, from the very first wall to wall union at Kickstarter to the massive solidarity union at Google. Chat about emerging strategy\, hear highlights from the wider tech labor movement\, and share tactics for common challenges like organizing remotely.
CATEGORIES:MEET-UP
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:614c45f231c37063928c6b14e0552e10
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/614c45f231c37063928c6b14e0552e10
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260907T010000Z
DTEND:20260907T020000Z
SUMMARY:The South Meet Up
DESCRIPTION:Are you from the South of the US? Join fellow conference participants from the South to meet each other\, talk about your organizing\, and make connections for future struggles!
CATEGORIES:MEET-UP
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:8e6cb01bee30f311efad6d626642344f
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/8e6cb01bee30f311efad6d626642344f
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260907T020000Z
DTEND:20260907T030000Z
SUMMARY:The Neo-Futurists present THE INFINITE WRENCH
DESCRIPTION:The longest-running late-night show in Chicago\, THE INFINITE WRENCH is thirty original plays in sixty minutes. Each play offers something different—funny\, profound\, topical\, irreverent\, musical—inspired by the lived experiences of the cast. Ongoing\, ever-changing\, always honest\, always transformative. The Neo-Futurists perform 49 weeks a year in Andersonville.&nbsp\;
CATEGORIES:CULTURE AND ART
LOCATION:
SEQUENCE:0
UID:cd256fc5c91b58df72c5dfef49ff808b
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/cd256fc5c91b58df72c5dfef49ff808b
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260907T150000Z
DTEND:20260907T163000Z
SUMMARY:The Roots of Punishment\, The Seeds of Abolition: Organizing Against State Violence From the Ground Up
DESCRIPTION:This panel examines the throughline from slavery\, lynching\, and incarceration to the modern death penalty. Featuring organizers working across the South\, it centers impacted leadership\, abolitionist strategy\, coalition building\, and collective care. Participants will leave with historical framing and practical tools to build durable movements against state violence.
CATEGORIES:ABOLITION
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:2b5074929946d5579ccbfa98d80bfc39
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/2b5074929946d5579ccbfa98d80bfc39
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260907T150000Z
DTEND:20260907T163000Z
SUMMARY:End the Genocide Behind Bars: Freedom for Palestinian Political Prisoners
DESCRIPTION:Since October 2023\, Israel has waged a genocide behind bars\, systematizing and intensifying historic tactics of abuse and degradation against Palestinian prisoners\, and turning prisons into death camp as part of Israels broader campaign to break the will of the Palestinian People. Palestinian Political Prisoners are the Compass of the National Struggle for Palestinian Liberation\, the demand for their freedom must be amplified.
CATEGORIES:ANTI-COLONIAL POLITICS
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:af1777c76ad17556609d30be3f00736f
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/af1777c76ad17556609d30be3f00736f
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260907T150000Z
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SUMMARY:A Shit Deal: Capitalism's Ecological Rift
DESCRIPTION:The capitalist State has long been propped up by its capacity to compensate for wanton ecological degradation at home and abroad. No historical period illustrates this better than the nineteenth century Peruvian guano trade\, as Europe's extractive agricultural practices threatened soil ecology\, fueling their imperialist grip on the southern hemisphere.
CATEGORIES:CLIMATE JUSTICE
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/2fe1d3c50635733f78d1a63d99078099
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DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260907T150000Z
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SUMMARY:Art is Politics: Making Movements Irresistible
DESCRIPTION:Art is a part of movements\, but how can it best serve the struggles it emerges from? This panel brings together three political artists who work in a diverse range of contexts to present and discuss what they think art can and should do for movements\, and where radical imagination can help to build popular power.
CATEGORIES:CULTURE AND ART
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/cdea811562130696645ad1e227a26792
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DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260907T150000Z
DTEND:20260907T163000Z
SUMMARY:RePRESSion: Press Censorship in the Time of Fascism and Increasing Media Illiteracy
DESCRIPTION:RePRESSion examines media censorship from South to South and how fascism\, genocide\, and incarceration intensify repression. This panel shares strategies for press organizing amid media consolidation\, AI\, and declining literacy—media and illiteracy. Panelists will center abolitionist publishing and amplify incarcerated writers’ perspectives on censorship from inside.
CATEGORIES:FIGHTING THE RIGHT
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/2ba0420d15b090f438ca2f0e47f9a4ca
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DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260907T150000Z
DTEND:20260907T163000Z
SUMMARY:Madness\, Capitalism and Psychiatric Abolition
DESCRIPTION:What do psychiatry and madness have to do with abolition? Join us for a grounding in the fundamentals of psychiatric abolition\, from its earliest manifestations to the current resurgence of interest in toppling psychiatry’s entanglement with carceral laws and policies that detain\, control\, and punish in the name of care
CATEGORIES:HEALTH POLITICS & DISABILITY JUSTICE
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:cd9c4ee3ae7c082fe9d3ff4c4ec00428
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/cd9c4ee3ae7c082fe9d3ff4c4ec00428
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DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260907T150000Z
DTEND:20260907T163000Z
SUMMARY:Building a Rank-and-File Working Class Antiwar Movement Today
DESCRIPTION:Drawing on lessons from the hidden history of US working class antiwar resistance in the Vietnam war and beyond to build a working class antiwar movement today.
CATEGORIES:IMPERIALISM AND ANTI-IMPERIALISM
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:10969dfa991742fba91ae59604969672
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/10969dfa991742fba91ae59604969672
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DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260907T150000Z
DTEND:20260907T163000Z
SUMMARY:The Left and the National Question: Building Solidarity without Exception
DESCRIPTION:Imperialist powers from the US to Russia and China oppress nations and national minorities. That reality has put question of the left and the right of oppressed nations to self-determination back on the table. How can the left practice solidarity without exception from Palestine to Ukraine\, oppose all great powers\, and build internationalism from below?
CATEGORIES:INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:0c424b8fbf91e597d007e4d3aef6c473
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/0c424b8fbf91e597d007e4d3aef6c473
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DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260907T150000Z
DTEND:20260907T163000Z
SUMMARY:Mayor Mamdani vs. Wall Street. Sewer Socialism and Municipal Financing—Which Way Forward?
DESCRIPTION:Wall Street has cities in a financial straight jacket. Yet with the recent elections of socialist mayors and council members\, notably New York's Zohran Mamdani\, financing new social programs will be essential. This panel explores both the ways in which private financing and the municipal bond market can restrict what is politically possible\, and what an inventive new generation of municipal socialists can do to escape the straight jacket.
CATEGORIES:LEFT STRATEGY
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/193b4577bc67bd4d6ca61410ce85a20b
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DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260907T150000Z
DTEND:20260907T163000Z
SUMMARY:How Communities Become Targets: Somalis in Minnesota and the Policing of Black Muslim Life
DESCRIPTION:How do communities become targets? This session traces Somali migration to Minnesota through the lens of Operation Metro Surge. It examines how race\, religion\, and immigration status shape who is marked as “risk\,” and how these structures expand\, revealing how Black refugees are policed as threats while inviting reflection on resistance and belonging.
CATEGORIES:MIGRANT JUSTICE
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:7ab0e4caf4584407afd596ec36bc9cb7
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/7ab0e4caf4584407afd596ec36bc9cb7
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DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260907T150000Z
DTEND:20260907T163000Z
SUMMARY:Creating Emotional and Spiritual Support Groups for Activists
DESCRIPTION:Kelly Hayes and Tanuja Jagernauth discuss Understory\, an emotional and spiritual support group for activists they co-facilitate. Hayes and Jagernauth will also share a toolkit to help others organize their own groups.
CATEGORIES:RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:d61970eaa44b9bc889063fa76283e3c0
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/d61970eaa44b9bc889063fa76283e3c0
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DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260907T150000Z
DTEND:20260907T163000Z
SUMMARY:Insurgent Spiritualities for Revolutionary Struggle
DESCRIPTION:From Indigenous land defense to anti-slavery abolitionism to prison organizing and Stop Cop City\, insurgent political spiritualities have been foundational to revolutionary struggles for another world. How do we train ourselves and our movements to discern and build upon the enduring unity of collective spiritual practice and political struggle?
CATEGORIES:RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:ba75c8f8ce4184546538c8388db0e022
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/ba75c8f8ce4184546538c8388db0e022
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DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260907T150000Z
DTEND:20260907T163000Z
SUMMARY:Don't Be Afraid\, Start A Radical Book Club With Your Friends!
DESCRIPTION:In this workshop\, the speaker will discuss how developing community book clubs help individuals of diverse backgrounds and experiences to understand dense or otherwise intellectually inaccessible theory by tackling work in a collective manner. This will lead to a deepening understanding of one's own politic\, and will help develop their niche in organizing and community praxis. The group can also act as a method of circular accountability.
CATEGORIES:SKILL SHARING
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:9474734b3a813f9ab32f23fb9986948e
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/9474734b3a813f9ab32f23fb9986948e
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DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260907T150000Z
DTEND:20260907T163000Z
SUMMARY:Neoliberalism\, Fascism\, Feudalism...or Socialism? What Lies Ahead
DESCRIPTION:What comes next – what configurations of neoliberalism\, fascism\, feudalism\, and socialism lie in store in the decades ahead? And what are the opportunities to change those trajectories? To answer these questions\, this session convenes speakers\, all drawing from the history of global capitalism\, to reflect on our current moment and offer divergent perspectives on what lies ahead.
CATEGORIES:SOCIALIST AND MARXIST THEORY
LOCATION:TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:ce6ae12bce2c85b4b27c05938a822033
URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/ce6ae12bce2c85b4b27c05938a822033
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DTSTAMP:20260803T101623Z
DTSTART:20260907T170000Z
DTEND:20260907T183000Z
SUMMARY:We Want it All: Reclaiming the World from the Rich and the Right
DESCRIPTION:There is nothing inevitable about how the next year or five years or ten years unfold. While billionaire oligarchs and their friends on the far right attempt to build a fortress around the future for themselves\, glimmers of a brighter future have been fanned into flames by socialists\, abolitionists\, and working people all around the world. Join the closing plenary of Socialism 2026 for a reminder of what we are fighting for and our collective power to achieve it.
CATEGORIES:LEFT STRATEGY
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URL:http://socialism2026.sched.com/event/f9164d907879562447131fe6fd8a8d7a
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