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<span style="font-style:italic;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);">~ FORWARD WIDELY ~<br><br></span></h3></span><font size="6" color="#ff0000"><div style="text-align:center;"><b><span class="yiv1063971568yshortcuts" id="yiv1063971568lw_1319231019_0"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1320623409_0">NEW ENGLAND</span></span> MARXISM CONFERENCE </b></div></font><span class="yiv1063971568Apple-style-span yui_3_2_0_19_132059218025291" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="yui_3_2_0_19_132059218025293" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);">
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</b></font></div><div class="yiv1063971568gmail_quote"><div style="color:rgb(80, 0, 80);font-size:13px;text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:18px;"><font color="#ff0000"><span class="yiv1063971568yshortcuts" id="yiv1063971568lw_1319231019_1"><br><font style="font-weight: bold;" size="5"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1320623409_1">November 12-13</span></font></span><font style="font-weight: bold;" size="5"> at <span class="yiv1063971568yshortcuts" id="yiv1063971568lw_1319231019_2"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1320623409_2">Harvard University</span></span></font></font></span></div>
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</font></div><div><font style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="yiv1063971568Apple-style-span" color="#500050"><font size="3"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Capitalism is not working.</span> Socialism
is the alternative—a world organized for human need, not profit greed,
where resources are controlled by and for the vast majority, instead of
by a tiny rich minority. </font></font><font size="3"><br style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"></font>
<font style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="yiv1063971568Apple-style-span" size="3" color="#500050">Millions of people are fighting back against the ills that this broken capitalist system has created. From <span class="yiv1063971568yshortcuts" id="yiv1063971568lw_1319231019_4"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1320623409_4">Egypt</span></span> to <span class="yiv1063971568yshortcuts" id="yiv1063971568lw_1319231019_5"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1320623409_5">Wisconsin</span></span> to <span class="yiv1063971568yshortcuts" id="yiv1063971568lw_1319231019_6"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1320623409_6">Athens</span></span>
to Boston---people are standing up and fighting back. People are taking
to the streets, occupying public squares and capital buildings and
saying enough to the attack on ordinary working class people. </font><font size="3"><br style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"></font>
<font style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="yiv1063971568Apple-style-span" size="3" color="#500050">Marxism
provides a revolutionary understanding of society and provides the
strategy for ridding society of exploitation and oppression once and for
all. This conference will give activists a chance to discuss the
burning questions that are arising during this current rise in struggle.
People from around New England will have the opportunity to have core
political discussions on Marxism, the importance of the working class
and that not only is revolution needed, but that is very much possible.</font><font size="3"><br style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"></font>
<font style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="yiv1063971568Apple-style-span" size="3" color="#500050">If you
fought against the criminal injustice system to save the life of Troy
Davis, if you are energized and excited about the Occupy movement and
the struggles from around the world or just sick and tired of this
unjust society, a society with rampant unemployment, poverty, war,
opression, exploitation, and environomental destruction--then this
conference is for you! </font><font size="3"><br></font>
<br><br><div style="text-align:center;"><b style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(128, 0, 0);"><font size="4"><font class="yiv1063971568Apple-style-span">New England Marxism Conference</font></font></b><br><br></div><div style="font-size:13px;text-align:center;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><span class="yiv1063971568yshortcuts" id="yiv1063971568lw_1319231019_7"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1320623409_7">November 12-13, 2011</span></span></font></div><div style="text-align:center;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);">
</div><div style="font-size:13px;text-align:center;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font class="yiv1063971568Apple-style-span"><font size="4"><br><font style="color:rgb(255, 0, 0);" size="5"><span style="font-weight:bold;">Harvard University</span></font></font></font></div><div style="font-size:13px;text-align:center;color:rgb(255, 0, 0);font-weight:bold;"><font class="yiv1063971568Apple-style-span" size="5"><font>The Science Center</font></font></div><div style="text-align:center;color:rgb(255, 0, 0);font-weight:bold;">
</div><div style="font-size:13px;text-align:center;color:rgb(255, 0, 0);font-weight:bold;"><font class="yiv1063971568Apple-style-span" size="5"><font>1 Oxford Street</font></font></div><div style="font-size:13px;"><div style="text-align:center;"><font style="color:rgb(255, 0, 0);font-weight:bold;" class="yiv1063971568Apple-style-span" size="5" color="#663366"><font>Cambridge, MA 02138</font></font><br></div><font class="yiv1063971568Apple-style-span" color="#663366">
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<div style="text-align: justify; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Georgia;"><b>CONFERENCE SCHEDULE:</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Georgia;"><b><i><br>Saturday</i></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Georgia;"><b>10
Registration</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Georgia;"><b>11
Opening Plenary</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Georgia;">Why
Marx was right [Ashley Smith]</span></div>
<div style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Georgia;"><b>12
Lunch</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Georgia;"><b><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1320623600_0">1-2:45</span>
Session 1:</b></span></div>
<div class="yiv1179932577MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Georgia;">No power greater: Marxism and the centrality of class
[Shaun Harkin]</span></div>
<div style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Georgia;">Slavery
and the origins of racism [Jonah Birch]</span></div>
<div style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Georgia;">Theories
of women's oppression [Leia Petty]</span></div>
<div style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Georgia;"><b><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1320623600_1">3-4:45</span>
Session 2:</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Georgia;">The
<span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1320623600_2">Minneapolis</span> Teamster Strike of 1934: a case study in working class power
[Tristin Aidie]</span></div>
<div style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Georgia;">The
Black freedom struggle from Martin to the Black Panthers [Brian Jones]</span></div>
<div style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Georgia;">The
roots of racial oppression [Jonah Birch]</span></div>
<div style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Georgia;"><b><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1320623600_3">5-6:45</span>
Session 3:</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Georgia;">The
changing working class and the future of the labor movement [Ashley Smith]</span></div>
<div style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Georgia;">Black
liberation and socialism [Khury Petersen-Smith]</span></div>
<div style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Georgia;">Can
the working class liberate the oppressed? [Sherry Wolf]</span></div>
<div style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Georgia;"><b>7
Dinner</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Georgia;"><b>8
Evening Plenary</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align:justify;"><font size="3"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Georgia;">Is
revolution possible in the US? [Sherry Wolf]</span></font></div>
<div style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Georgia;"><b><i><br>Sunday</i></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Georgia;"><b>11-12:45
Workshop Session 1:</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Georgia;">How
to build an ISO branch [Shaun Harkin]</span></div>
<div style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Georgia;">The
United Front: Socialists and movements [Hadas Their]</span></div>
<div style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Georgia;"><b>1
Lunch</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Georgia;"><b><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1320623600_4">2
- 3:45</span> Workshop Session 2:</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Georgia;">Why
we need a revolutionary party [Dave Florey]</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Georgia;">What
is the real Marxist tradition? [Kyle Brown]</span></div>
<div style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Georgia;"><br>
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<font class="yiv1063971568Apple-style-span" size="3" color="#663366"><span class="yiv1063971568Apple-style-span yui_3_2_0_19_1320592180252278" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="yui_3_2_0_19_1320592180252280" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div><div><div class="yiv1063971568gmail_quote"><div><div><div><div><div><div><br><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(128, 0, 0);">Registration: $5-$20 sliding scale, $5 low income</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></span></span></font><span class="yiv1063971568Apple-style-span yui_3_2_0_19_1320592180252282" style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0); font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: bold;"><span class="yiv1063971568Apple-style-span" style="font-size:14px;"><br>See <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank"
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