Socialism 2026

Lesley Williams

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Sing, Struggle, Organize: Movement Songs, Political Education, and Collective Power Jackson Park CSteff Reed From Prairie to Poppy: How Struggles for Land, War, and Farming Are Connected from Chicago to Palestine Jackson Park BHeather Aubry • A. Funk • Rumsha S. • Dissenters

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Confronting Zionism: Decolonizing Palestine and Building the World Anew Grant Park ABNoura Erakat • Brekhna Aftab Workers Deserve More! A Program for a Future Beyond Capitalism Adler ABCHasan Piker • Ashik Siddique • Michaela Brangan • Frances Gill • Megan Romer • DSA

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Welcome Happy Hour Bar/Patio

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

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The Black Path to Socialism W190AKali Akuno • India • Brian Kwoba • Erica Ryan Hustle Culture vs. Solidarity W190BNatalie Bencivega • Chenjerai Kumanyika • Demetrius Noble Health Fascism, Body Politics, and the Anti-State State (Health Fascism Series) Grant Park ABBeatrice Adler-Bolton • Da’Shaun L. Harrison • Artie Vierkant • Death Panel

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Break the Board: Neoliberalism in Crisis and the Popular University as Abolition Field ABCAdam • Alex • Fiona • Laith • National Students for Justice in Palestine

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How the Left Takes on AI Will Determine the Future W190ASasha Costanza-Chock • Sarah Hamid • Tawana Petty • Edith Romero

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The False Choice Between Identity Politics and Class Struggle Jackson Park AMichael A. McCarthy

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The Forgotten History of the Civil Rights Movement’s Fight for Economic Justice—and Why It Matters Today Jackson Park ABrian Jones • Nancy MacLean • Jeanne Theoharis • Elizabeth Todd-Breland • Hammer & Hope From Exploitation to Replacement? Workers in the New Political Economy of AI Field ABCAlex Hanna • Nathan Kim • Thomas Mariadason • Chika Okoye • Center for Political Education • Distributed AI Research Institute

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Cuba Under Siege: A Round Table Discussion Clark ABCReed Lindsey • Helen Yaffe • Justine Medina • Chicago Cuba Coalition Rosa Luxemburg and Frantz Fanon on Imperialism—Its Lessons for Today Jackson Park DAlex Adamson • Peter Hudis • Ndindi Kitonga • International Marxist-Humanist Organization

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Data Centers, Class Politics, and Socialist Strategy Grant Park ABNathan Kim • Austin Kral • Jasmine Lu • Cella Sum • Yvette Vargas Left Insurgents and Liberal Exhaustion: Consolidating Power from Below W190AHasan Piker • Chenjerai Kumanyika • Hammer & Hope • Unruly Subjects

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The Extended Universe: How Disney Killed the Movies and Took over the World Jackson Park BDaniella Mazzio • Vicky Osterweil The Power of Speculative Fiction in a Shifting Political Climate Adler ABCVaishnavi Patel • Sareena Kamath

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Steal This Story, Please! Film Screening and Discussion W190AAmy Goodman • Juan González • Carl Deal

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Jewish Voice for Peace Meet-Up Jackson Park BJVP Library Workers Meetup Hyde Park A

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Madness, Capitalism and Psychiatric Abolition Grant Park ABStefanie Lyn Kaufman-Mthimkhulu • Nze Okoronta • Leah Harris • Liat Ben-Moshe • Death Panel The Long Struggle for UAW Divestment From Israel Bonds, and the Future of Labor for Palestine ErieBill Mullen • Andrew Bergman • Sophia Gurule • Michael Letwin • Labor for Palestine National Network

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We Want it All: Reclaiming the World from the Rich and the Right W190Damon Williams • Tori Tsui • Beth Howard • Kelly Hayes • Jaz Brisack