Socialism 2026

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9:30am CDT

Marxism Education Series Grant Park ABMichael A. McCarthy • Amna Akbar • Eman Abdelhadi

2:30pm CDT

From a Marxist Feminist Point of View: Freedom, Rationality and Human Nature Adler ABCNancy Holmstrom • Phil Gasper • Alex Holmstrom-Smith • Rose Lenehan • Daniel Singer Foundation • New Politics We Keep Us Safe: De-Escalation Training Clark ABCbrian bean • Haymarket Books

4:30pm CDT

Life After Death Row Clark ABCMumia Abu-Jamal • Kenny Collins • Stanley Howard • Mike Stark Why Does Capitalism Suck and Why Does it Fail? An Introduction to Marxist Economics Burnham ABCCharlie Post What We Saw in Chicago: From Midway Blitz to New Forms of Community Defense Jackson Park BJuliet DeJesus Alejandre • Antonio Gutierrez • TBD • Rey Wences • ICIRR • OCAD

7:30pm CDT

Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Palestine, Internationalism, Abolition W190Angela Y. Davis • Naomi Murakawa

10:00am CDT

No Such Thing As NIMBY: The Fight to Protect Our Water Hyde Park BJenny Espino • Jake Hernandez • Chloe Torres Hustle Culture vs. Solidarity W190BNatalie Bencivega • Chenjerai Kumanyika • Demetrius Noble Crisis in Venezuela: Socialist Perspectives ErieSimón Rodríguez • Anderson Bean • Gonzalo Gómez Lessons of the Russian Revolution Jackson Park BPhil Gasper • Suzi Weissman • Critique • New Politics Political Education 2: Understanding Dialectics Dusable ABCSamer Araabi • Thomas Mariadason • Chika Okoye • B-REAL • Center for Political Education • W.E.B. Du Bois Movement School

12:00pm CDT

Debates in Prison Abolitionist Theory and Practice W190AAmna Akbar • Amelia Kirby • Silky Shah • Jack Norton • Zohra Ahmed Art and Propaganda: On Learning from Paul Robeson, Why the Artist must Take Sides Grant Park ABSaul Williams What Is the Muslim Left? Hyde Park BAshik Siddique • Maryam Adamu • TBD • Eman Abdelhadi • Acacia Magazine Migra Watch Training for Illinois Residents ErieDiego Morales • PUÑO

3:00pm CDT

Solidarity Across the Walls and Beyond: Conversation on Inside/Outside Collaborations Burnham ABCNick Brown • Eddy Fletcher • James Kilgore • Mon Mohapatra • Stevie Wilson • Community Justice Exchange All Socialism, No Government: An Introduction to Anarchist Theory and Strategy Field ABCHeb Braggs • Ben Eager • Jeremy Jewitt • Juan Gonzalez Valdivieso • Black Rose / Rosa Negra Anarchist Federation How the Left Takes on AI Will Determine the Future W190ASasha Costanza-Chock • Sarah Hamid • Tawana Petty • Edith Romero Propaganda Printmaking Michigan/HuronDanielle Bullock

5:00pm CDT

Fighting the Surveillance Apparatus: Connecting ALPRs to Larger Networks of Policing & How to Build Past Them Jackson Park DAustin Kral • Tynetta Hill-Muhammad • Navjot Heer • nat palmer • Breanna Champion • Lucy Parsons Lab Movement Lawyering in Times of Retrenchment Hyde Park BLeena Odeh • Christian Snow • Morgan Wilson • Law 4 Black Lives The People's Historian: The Outsized Life of Howard Zinn Dusable ABCBrian Jones • Dave Zirin The False Choice Between Identity Politics and Class Struggle Jackson Park AMichael A. McCarthy