Socialism 2026: Full Schedule

12:00pm CDT

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

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

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

Speakers

Adam

Alex

Fiona

Laith

Sponsors

National Students for Justice in Palestine

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

Education Justice

3:00pm CDT

Resisting Attacks on Schools, from Gaza to Chicago

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

Superior

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

Speakers

Hadeil M. Abdelfattah, Ed.D

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

David Stovall, Ph.D

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

Nora Lester Murad

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

Sponsors

Chicago Educators for Palestine

DropTheADL from Schools

Institute for the Critical Study of Zionism

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

Education Justice

12:00pm CDT

Sumud in Praxis: Teaching for Solidarity from Turtle Island to Palestine

Sunday September 6, 2026 12:00pm - 1:30pm CDT

Dusable ABC

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.

Speakers

Anita Fernández

Dr. Anita Fernández has been a high school teacher, a professor and teacher educator for over 20 years. Her teaching, scholarship, activism and organizing have been in the areas of racial justice, decolonizing pedagogies, Chicanx/Latinx movements and Ethnic Studies. After the 2012... Read More →

Zeiad Abbas Shamrouch

Zeiad Abbas Shamrouch is a Palestinian refugee from Dheisheh Refugee Camp in the West Bank and executive Director, Middle East Children’s Alliance. He is the co-founder of the Ibdaa Cultural Center in Dheisheh. Zeiad is also a filmmaker, journalist and educator who has worked with... Read More →

Samia Shoman

Samia Shoman, Ed.D, is a Palestinian-American educator and administrator in the San Francisco Bay Area and the co-coordinator of the Middle East Children's Alliance Teach Palestine Project. She has spent the past 26 years of her career in public education promoting racial and... Read More →

Jenine Wehbeh

Jenine Wehbeh is an educator-organizer, circle-keeper, and former Middle School Social Studies teacher and union delegate, with extensive experience in Critical Ethnic Studies and K-12 education, and co-coordinator, Teach Palestine Project of the Middle East Children’s Alliance... Read More →

Sunday September 6, 2026 12:00pm - 1:30pm CDT
Dusable ABC

Education Justice

12:00pm CDT

3:00pm CDT

12:00pm CDT

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