<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:8pt"><font size="1"><font size="2"> fwd widely</font></font><br><br><div style="font-family: verdana,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;"><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div style="font-family: verdana,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div><div><font face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><b>----------</b></span></font><font face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br></span></font><font face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">for folks in and around Boston looking to register, and for group transportation or cheap housing in NYC for the weekend, <br>please </span></font><font face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span
style="font-size: 11pt;">as soon as possible email </span></font><font style="font-weight: bold;" face="Tahoma" size="2">contact@bostonsocialism.org</font> <br><font face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><b>----------<br><br><font size="5">Crisis and Resistance: The Shape of Struggle in a New Era</font><br><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1256155095_0">Saturday, October 25th at 8PM</span><br><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1256155095_1">Columbia
University<br>International Affairs</span> Building – Altschul Auditorium<br>
</b>(enter at 117th & Amsterdam)<br><br><b>FEATURING:<br>Mike Filippou, </b><i>Striker and Union Leader at Stella D’oro Factory in the Bronx <br></i><b>Josetta Harris</b>, <i>NY Coalition for Abortion Clinic Defense<br>
</i><b>Ajamu Sankofa, </b><i>Private Health Insurance Must Go Coalition<br></i><b><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1256155095_2">Jeremy Scahill</span>, </b><i>Independent Journalist and Author of “Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army”<br></i><b>Keeanga Yamahta-Taylor, </b><i>Steering Committee of the National Equality March and Member of the <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1256155095_3">International Socialist Organization</span><br>
<br></i>Nearly a year ago, Obama was elected on a tidal wave of anger –
ushering in the beginning of a new era characterized by a rejection of
the right-wing dominance of the past 30 years and a renewed sense of
hope and expectations. 11 months into the new administration, Obama
has backtracked or failed to put up a fight on almost every significant
issue that people are looking for change on. The conservative right
has used this opportunity to put forward their ideas. However,
millions of people are still looking for progressive change. And we
are beginning to see signs of the kind of struggle it would take to win
that change – most spectacularly in the 200,000 person demonstration
for LGBT equality on October 11th. This panel will feature activists
from a range of the new struggles being built today talking about what
we need to fight for and what it will take to win.<br>
<br><i>This panel is the <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1256155095_4">Saturday night</span> plenary for the Northeast Socialist Conference, taking place at <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1256155095_5">Columbia University</span> all weekend – <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1256155095_6">October 23-25</span>. For more information and a full schedule and list of speakers – and to register – see <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.northeastsocialistconference.net/">www.northeastsocialistconference.net</a>.<br>
<br></i>More about the Northeast Socialist Conference:<br>Crisis and Resistance: Building a Socialist Alternative<br>Northeast Socialist Conference<br><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1256155095_7">October 23-25, 2009</span><br>New York City<br>Columbia University<br><br><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1256155095_8">Capitalism</span>
isn’t working. Socialism is the alternative: a world based on human
need rather than profit and controlled by the vast majority rather than
a tiny rich minority. But to win this world, we need struggle and
action by our side. Every year hundreds of activists and socialists
gather at the Northeast Socialist Conference to debate and discuss the
struggles before us as well as an analysis of the urgent problems we
face and a vision for a different future. With the free-market
consensus in tatters and an open debate beginning about how best to
organize our society, these discussions are more vital than ever. <br>
<br>Discussions will include reports and strategizing from today’s
front-line battles. There will also be workshops on the history of
radical labor and <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1256155095_9">socialist movements</span>; alternatives to capitalism; US imperialism and solidarity movements around the world.<br>
<br><b>With nearly 50 workshops to choose from</b>, these are just some of the topics that will be featured:<br></span></font>
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<blockquote type="cite"><font face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">*<b>The <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1256155095_10">New Movement</span> for LGBT Equality</b>*Sports and Sexuality: Fighting for a Level Playing Field*<b>The Global Food Crisis</b>*Where is the Economy Headed?*<b>Guantanamo at Home</b>*Resistance and <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1256155095_11">Solidarity</span>: Eyewitness from Gaza*<b>Poor People’s Movements</b>*A People’s Guide to the Healthcare Debate*<b>What Would Socialism Look Like?</b>*Social Unionism: Putting the Movement Back in the Labor Movement*<b>Hubert Harrison: Voice of Harlem Radicalism</b>*What Would a Sustainable Society Look Like?*<b>Occupation Rebranded: US Imperialism in the Obama Era</b>*Reform and Revolution*<b>Malcolm X</b>*What a Sustainable Society Could Look Like*<b>Racism, Sentencing and the Prison
System</b>*The Assault on Abortion Rights*<b>Another Brick in the Wall: Education under Capitalism vs Socialism</b>*The <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1256155095_12">Russian Revolution</span> and Its Significance Today*<b>Media as Weapon: Speaking Truth to Power</b>*Report-Back from Honduras*<b>Student Struggle and the Fight for Socialism</b>*The Communist Women’s Movement in the Comintern Era*<b>The History of the ISO </b><i>and dozens more<br>
<br></i></span></font></blockquote></blockquote><font face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><b>For a full list of speakers and workshops,</b> and to register, see our website at: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.northeastsocialistconference.net/">www.northeastsocialistconference.net</a> <<font color="#0000ff"><u><span><a target="_blank" href="http://mail.google.com/">http://mail.google.com/</a></span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.northeastsocialistconference.net/">www.northeastsocialistconference.net/</a></u></font>> <br>
For more info, contact <font color="#0000ff"><u><a rel="nofollow">nyciso@gmail.com</a></u></font><u><font color="#0000fe"> <x-msg:</font><font color="#0000ff"><a rel="nofollow">//261/nyciso@gmail.com</a></font><font color="#0000fe">> </font></u>or <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1256155095_14">646-452-8662</span><br>
Invite your friends, rsvp and get updates at our facebook page: <font color="#0000ff"><u><span><a target="_blank" href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=125741090798&ref=mf">http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=125741090798&ref=mf</a></span></u></font><font color="#0600ec"> <br>
</font><br><b>Registration:</b> $20 weekend; $15 low-income/student; $10 single day<br>Registration online, through a local ISO branch or at the conference<br><br><b>Full schedule:<br></b><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1256155095_15"><u>Friday, October 23rd<br></u>8pm</span>: A Woman Among Warlords: Eyewitness to Empire with <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1256155095_16">Malalai Joya</span><br>
Event Location: Columbia University, International Affairs Building,
Room 417 (Altschul Auditorium) - entrance at 117th & Amsterdam<br><i>Note:
you can register for the entire conference here or just for a single
day; registration will also be available throughout the weekend (see
below)<br>
</i><b><br></b><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1256155095_17"><u>Saturday, October 24th<br></u>9am</span>: Registration at Columbia University, Lerner Hall – 115th & Broadway (1 to <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1256155095_18">116th Street</span>) - registration will be available all weekend in Lerner<br><br>10:00am: Morning Plenary: Capitalism Isn’t Working – The Case for Socialism with Alan Maass, editor of <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1256155095_19">Socialist Worker</span> and <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://socialistworker.org/">socialistworker.org</a> <<font color="#0000ff"><u><span><a target="_blank" href="http://mail.google.com/">http://mail.google.com/</a></span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://socialistworker.org/">socialistworker.org/</a></u></font>> <br>
<br>Noon – 1:30pm: Workshop Session 1<br><br><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1256155095_21">1:30 – 2:30pm</span>: Lunch<br><br><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1256155095_22">2:30 – 4pm</span>: Workshop Session 2<br><br><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1256155095_23">4:30 – 6pm</span>: Workshop Session 3<br><br><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1256155095_24">6-8pm</span>: Dinner<br><br><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1256155095_25">6:15 – 7:30pm</span>: Special Dinner Session – Introduction to the ISO<br>
<br><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1256155095_26">8pm</span>: Evening Plenary: Crisis and Resistance <br><br><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1256155095_27">10pm</span>: Party<br><br><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1256155095_28"><u>Sunday, October 25th<br></u>10 – 11:30am</span>: Workshop Session 4<br><br><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1256155095_29">11:30 – 1pm</span>: Lunch<br><br><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1256155095_30">1 – 2:30pm</span>: Workshop Session 5<br><br><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1256155095_31">3 – 4:30pm</span>: Workshop Session 6</span></font></div>
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