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entertainment<br>June 17-20, Chicago<br>July 1-4, Oakland<br></strong><a href="http://www.socialismconference.org"><strong>http://www.socialismconference.org</strong></a></font></font></font></p><p align="center"><font size="2" face="HelveticaNeue-Bold"><font size="2" face="HelveticaNeue-Bold"><font size="3"><a href="http://www.socialismconference.org"><strong><br></strong></a></font></font></font></p>
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<div align="justify">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.<br><br>Socialism 2010—to be held in <i>both</i>
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.<br><br>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.<br><br>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.<br><br>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.</div><br><b>Featured Speakers:</b><br><br>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>GILBERT ACHCAR</b>, author, The Arabs and
the Holocaust; <b>TARIQ ALI</b>, writer, filmmaker and an editor of New Left
Review; <b>ANTHONY ARNOVE</b>, co-producer with the late Howard Zinn of “The
People Speak”; <b>PAUL D’AMATO</b>, author, The Meaning of Marxism; <b>MIKE
DAVIS</b>, historian and socialist activist whose books include In Praise of
Barbarians; <b>SAM FARBER</b>, author, The Origins of the Cuban Revolution
Reconsidered;<b> JOEL GEIER</b>, associate editor, International Socialist
Review; <b>ANAND GOPAL</b>, Kabul correspondent for the Christian Science
Monitor; <b>JAMES GREEN</b>, author, Death in the Haymarket; <b>BRIAN JONES</b>,
actor and activist in New York City, and a frequent guest on GRITtv; <b>SONALI
KOLHATKAR</b>, host, "Uprising", KPFK-FM, Los Angeles; <b>PAUL LEBLANC</b>,
activist and author, whose books include Lenin and the Revolutionary Party;
<b>ALAN MAASS</b>, editor, Socialist Worker; <b>MARLENE MARTIN</b>, Campaign to
End the Death Penalty; <b>JOHN RIDDELL</b>, co-editor, Socialist Voice (Canada);
<b>HEATHER ROGERS</b>, journalist and filmmaker and author of Green Gone Wrong;
<b>JEREMY SCAHILL</b>, contributor to The Nation and author, Blackwater: The
Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army; <b>LILIANA SEGURA</b>,
AlterNet staff writer on civil rights and liberties; <b>JEFFREY ST. CLAIR</b>
and <b>JOSHUA FRANK</b>, authors, Greenscare: The New War on Environmentalism;
<b>LANCE SELFA</b>, author, The Democrats: A Critical History; <b>AHMED
SHAWKI</b>, editor, International Socialist Review; <b>SHARON SMITH</b>, author
of Subterranean Fire and Women and Socialism; <b>LEE SUSTAR</b>, labor editor,
Socialist Worker; <b>SHERRY WOLF</b>, Sherry Wolf, interim governing board,
Equality Across America, and author of Sexuality and Socialism;
<b>KEEANGAYAMAHTTA TAYLOR</b>, editorial board of International Socialist Review
and frequent contributor on race and class; <b>DAVE ZIRIN</b>, sportswriter and
author, A People’s History of Sports in the United States; <b>SOCIALISTS</b>
from France, Greece, Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela, Britain and many more!</div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;">What you’ll find at Socialism 2010: More than
100 meetings, a bookfair, films, entertainment, and parties.</div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;">Check out <a href="http://www.socialismconference.org/" target="_blank">http://www.socialismconference.org</a> to register and for more
information about schedule, housing, and childcare.</div><br>--<br>
<div style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.socialismconference.org/" target="_blank"><b>www.socialismconference.org</b></a></span></div><br><b>Socialism
2010 Sponsored by:</b> <a href="http://cersc.org/" target="_blank">Center for
Economic Research and Social Change</a> (publisher of <a href="http://www.isreview.org/" target="_blank">International Socialist Review</a>
and <a href="http://www.haymarketbooks.org/" target="_blank">Haymarket
Books</a>).<br><br><b>Cosponsored by:</b> The International Socialist
Organization (publisher of <a href="http://socialistworker.org/" target="_blank">Socialist Worker</a> and <a href="http://socialistworker.org/Obrero.shtml" target="_blank">Obrero
Socialista</a>). For more information, email <a href="mailto:info@socialismconference.org" target="_blank">info@socialismconference.org</a> or call (773) 583-7884.<br><br><span style="font-weight: bold;">Local Contact Info:</span> <a href="http://bostonsocialism.org">www.bostonsocialism.org</a>, 617-648-0561, contact@bostonsocialism.org<br></div></td></tr></table><br>