[act-ma] June 17-20: "SOCIALISM 2010 Conference: Ideas for Changing the World"

[Keith Rosenthal]

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Socialism 
2010
Ideas for Changing the World
Revolutionary politics, debate and 
entertainment
June 17-20, Chicago
July 1-4, Oakland
http://www.socialismconference.org



With the economy in shambles and with wars and occupations 
continuing, the challenge to change these conditions confronts us all. More than 
a year ago, millions placed their hopes in Barack Obama and the Democrats to 
solve these problems. But after months of broken promises and concessions to 
conservatives, jobs are scarce, the banks are unregulated, and full equality for 
LGBT people remains elusive.

Socialism 2010—to be held in both 
Chicago and San Francisco—will provide an unparalleled opportunity for new and 
veteran activists and scholars to explore questions about how we got into this 
mess and how we can get out of it.

Last year, more than 1,800 people 
turned out to explore the history of struggles of ordinary people, to learn 
about radical figures who led social movements and to debate theoretical 
questions that can help us change the world.

Join us for more than 100 
talks on issues such as: What is the Real Marxist Tradition?, Race in the Obama 
Era, Capitalism, Climate Change, and the Future of Humanity, Abortion and 
Women’s Liberation, and Building a New Left in the Obama Era.

Don’t miss 
the chance to meet, talk and socialize with hundreds of others like you who want 
to build an alternative to a system of greed, racism, war and 
oppression.
Featured Speakers:


GILBERT ACHCAR, author, The Arabs and 
the Holocaust; TARIQ ALI, writer, filmmaker and an editor of New Left 
Review; ANTHONY ARNOVE, co-producer with the late Howard Zinn of “The 
People Speak”; PAUL D’AMATO, author, The Meaning of Marxism; MIKE 
DAVIS, historian and socialist activist whose books include In Praise of 
Barbarians; SAM FARBER, author, The Origins of the Cuban Revolution 
Reconsidered; JOEL GEIER, associate editor, International Socialist 
Review; ANAND GOPAL, Kabul correspondent for the Christian Science 
Monitor; JAMES GREEN, author, Death in the Haymarket; BRIAN JONES, 
actor and activist in New York City, and a frequent guest on GRITtv; SONALI 
KOLHATKAR, host, "Uprising", KPFK-FM, Los Angeles; PAUL LEBLANC, 
activist and author, whose books include Lenin and the Revolutionary Party; 
ALAN MAASS, editor, Socialist Worker; MARLENE MARTIN, Campaign to 
End the Death Penalty; JOHN RIDDELL, co-editor, Socialist Voice (Canada); 
HEATHER ROGERS, journalist and filmmaker and author of Green Gone Wrong; 
JEREMY SCAHILL, contributor to The Nation and author, Blackwater: The 
Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army; LILIANA SEGURA, 
AlterNet staff writer on civil rights and liberties; JEFFREY ST. CLAIR 
and JOSHUA FRANK, authors, Greenscare: The New War on Environmentalism; 
LANCE SELFA, author, The Democrats: A Critical History; AHMED 
SHAWKI, editor, International Socialist Review; SHARON SMITH, author 
of Subterranean Fire and Women and Socialism; LEE SUSTAR, labor editor, 
Socialist Worker; SHERRY WOLF, Sherry Wolf, interim governing board, 
Equality Across America, and author of Sexuality and Socialism; 
KEEANGAYAMAHTTA TAYLOR, editorial board of International Socialist Review 
and frequent contributor on race and class; DAVE ZIRIN, sportswriter and 
author, A People’s History of Sports in the United States; SOCIALISTS 
from France, Greece, Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela, Britain and many more!


What you’ll find at Socialism 2010: More than 
100 meetings, a bookfair, films, entertainment, and parties.


Check out http://www.socialismconference.org to register and for more 
information about schedule, housing, and childcare.
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 www.socialismconference.org
Socialism 
2010 Sponsored by: Center for 
Economic Research and Social Change (publisher of International Socialist Review 
and Haymarket 
Books).

Cosponsored by: The International Socialist 
Organization (publisher of Socialist Worker and Obrero 
Socialista). For more information, email info at socialismconference.org or call (773) 583-7884.

Local Contact Info: www.bostonsocialism.org, 617-648-0561, contact at bostonsocialism.org



      
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