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<DIV><FONT face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"><SPAN class=526300916-07042009><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN><BR><B>Socialism 2009</B> will feature the <B>columnists and writers</B> <A href="http://socialistworker.org/" target=_blank><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1239121478_4>SocialistWorker.org</SPAN></A> readers have come to know, including:<BR><BR><B><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1239121478_5 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">Anthony Arnove</SPAN></B>, author of <I><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1239121478_6>Iraq</SPAN>: The Logic of Withdrawal </I>and co-author, with <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1239121478_7>Howard Zinn</SPAN> of Voices of a <I>People’s <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1239121478_8>History of the United States</SPAN><BR></I><B>Paul D’Amato</B>, author of the <I>Meaning of Marxism<BR></I><B>Nicole Colson</B>, reporter for SocialistWorker.org<BR><B><SPAN class=yshortcuts
id=lw_1239121478_9>Brian Jones</SPAN></B>, teacher, actor and activist in <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1239121478_10>New York City</SPAN> whose commentary is also featured on GritTV and <A href="http://slepton.com/" target=_blank><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1239121478_11>SleptOn.com</SPAN></A><BR><B>Alan Maass</B>, editor of SocialistWorker.org and author of <I>The Case for Socialism<BR></I><B>Eric Ruder</B>, reporter for SocialistWorker.org<BR><B>Elizabeth Schulte</B>, reporter for SocialistWorker.org<BR><B>Lance Selfa</B>, author of <I><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1239121478_12>The Democrats</SPAN>: A Critical History<BR></I><B>Sharon Smith</B>, author of <I>Subterranean Fire: A History of Working Class <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1239121478_13 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">Radicalism</SPAN> in the United States<BR></I><B>Lee Sustar</B>, labor editor for SocialistWorker.org <BR><B><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1239121478_14
style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">Dave Zirin</SPAN></B>, author of <I>A People's History of <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1239121478_15>Sports in the United States</SPAN>, Nation</I> columnist and host of Edge of Sports Radio<BR><BR>AND MANY MORE, INCLUDING: <BR><B><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1239121478_16>Rose Aguilar</SPAN>, host, Your Call, KALW, 91.7 FM</B> | David Bacon, author, Illegal People | <B>Nora Barrows- Friedman, co-host, Flashpoints Radio, KPFA</B> | Robert Brenner, author, <I>The Economics of Global Turbulence</I> | <B><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1239121478_17>Dennis Brutus</SPAN>, longtime anti-apartheid and <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1239121478_18>global justice</SPAN> activist</B> | Mike Davis, author <I>In Praise of Barbarians</I> | <B><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1239121478_19>Laura Flanders</SPAN>, host, GRITtv</B> | Tikva Honig-Parnass, co-author, <I>Between the Lines</I> | <B>Anand Gopal,
Afghanistan correspondent for the<I> <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1239121478_20>Christian Science Monitor</SPAN></I></B> | Dahr Jamail, author, Beyond the <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1239121478_21>Green Zone</SPAN> | <B>Nativo López, president, <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1239121478_22>Mexican American Political Association</SPAN></B> | Marlene Martin, <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1239121478_23>Campaign to End the Death Penalty</SPAN> | <B>Anuradha Mittal, director, The Oakland Institute</B> | <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1239121478_24>Christian Parenti</SPAN>, author, <I>The Freedom: Shadows and Hallucinations in Occupied Iraq</I> | <B>Heather Rogers, author, <I>Gone Tomorrow: The Hidden Life of Garbage</I></B> | Jeffrey St. Clair, co-editor, <A href="http://counterpunch.org/" target=_blank><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1239121478_25>CounterPunch.org</SPAN></A> | <B>Ahmed Shawki, editor<I>, <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1239121478_26>International
Socialist Review</SPAN></I></B> | <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1239121478_27>Cindy Sheehan</SPAN>, founder, <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1239121478_28>Gold Star Families for Peace</SPAN> | <B>Sherry Wolf, author, <I>Sexuality and Socialism<BR></I></B><BR>The world <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1239121478_29>economic crisis</SPAN> has shattered the free-market consensus that has dominated politics for the last generation. Meanwhile, the end of the conservative era and the election of the first African American president have raised expectations among working people that long overdue change is coming. With capitalism in crisis, even some in the corporate media are admitting that <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1239121478_30>Karl Marx</SPAN> was right.<BR><BR>There has never been a better time for those who want see fundamental change to get together to debate, to discuss and organize for a new society—a society based on the needs of the many instead
of on the whims of a few. In other words, there has never been a better time to organize a new socialist left to meet the challenge of this new era.<BR><BR>This a time for SocialistWorker.org readers to get together and discuss the politics that will make a difference in this new era and the important organizing that we are involved in. Socialism 2009—expanded to two sites this year—will gather together the activists and the struggles you’ve read about in SocialistWorker.org, as well the writers and columnists we feature regularly.<BR><BR>Yes we can organize for socialism in the 21st century! ¡Sí se puede!<BR><BR>Sponsored by Center for Economic Research and Social Change, publisher of <I>International Socialist Review</I> and <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1239121478_31 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #dceeff">Haymarket Books</SPAN>, and the <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1239121478_32 style="CURSOR: hand;
BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">International Socialist Organization</SPAN>, publisher of <I><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1239121478_33 style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none">Socialist Worker</SPAN></I> and <I>Obrero Socialista</I>. <BR><BR>Register online<BR></SPAN><FONT size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10px"><A href="http://www.socialismconference.org/" target=_blank rel=nofollow>http://www.socialismconference.org/</A><BR></SPAN></FONT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12px">or call (773) 583-7884.<BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV></td></tr></table><br>