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Socialism Conference

The Socialism Conference is a four-day conference bringing together thousands of socialists and radical activists from around the country to take part in discussions about social movements, Marxism, abolition, working-class history, and the debates and strategies for organizing today. Every year, the Socialism conference aims to be a place where activists can share lessons from their struggles—from the BDS campaign for Palestine to the fight for gender liberation, from strike organizing and support to the struggle to stop the destruction of the planet, the fight against racism, and more. Socialism 2025 took place in Chicago over July 4th weekend, July 3-6. Recordings from many sessions at Socialism 2025 will be released here. Socialism 2026 will take place in Chicago, September 4-7, 2026. Learn more: socialismconference.org

Episodes

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Nov 27, 2023
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Abolition. Feminism. Now.

Angela Y. Davis, Gina Dent, Erica R. Meiners, and Beth E. Richie speak in this session recorded at Socialism 2023. Join leading scholar-activists as they reflect on the often unrecognized genealogies of queer, anti-capitalist, internationalist, grassroots, and women-of-color-led feminist movements that have helped to define abolition and feminism in the twenty-first century, and ground our conference weekend in the theories of change generated out of vibrant community based organizing. Learn more about the Socialism Conference at www.socialismconference.org. Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow Haymarket on Soundcloud for regular event recordings, book talks, political analyses and poetry readings: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks
Nov 23, 2023
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Justice In Palestine: A Socialist Introduction

Mohammed El-Kurd, Sumaya Awad, and Jason Farbman speak in this session recorded at Socialism 2023 over Labor Day weekend. This session was sponsored by Adalah Justice Project and Jewish Voice for Peace. https://www.adalahjusticeproject.org https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org Palestinians have been struggling for 75 years for their liberation from ethnic cleansing and oppression at the hands of the Israeli state. In this session we'll cover everything you need to know to bring solidarity with Palestine into your own work, or just to inform you on a "complicated situation" that's not really so complicated. Learn more about the Socialism Conference at www.socialismconference.org. Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow Haymarket on Soundcloud for regular event recordings, book talks, political analyses and poetry readings: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks
Nov 23, 2023
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Revolution In Crisis: Lessons and Challenges from the Sudanese Uprising

Rabab Elnaiem, Nisrin Elamin, and Muzan Alneel speak in this session recorded at Socialism 2023. This session was sponsored by In this session recorded over Labor Day weekend, Sudanese revolutionaries recount the history of the inspiring and highly organized 2018 Sudanese Revolution—its strengths in organizing tactics and models, as well as its limitations and the setbacks, negotiations, and concessions that brought it to the current state of war. Speakers then explore the prospects for revolutionary forces to regroup in the aftermath of war to renew the struggle for democracy, justice, and equality. Learn more about the Socialism Conference at www.socialismconference.org. Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow Haymarket on Soundcloud for regular event recordings, book talks, political analyses and poetry readings: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks
Nov 23, 2023
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Revolutionary Socialism Means Land Back

Kristen Godfrey, Annabelle Guptill, and Fawn Pochel speak in this session recorded at Socialism 2023. What do revolution and the emancipation of workers mean on stolen land? This session considers the relationships between ‘collective ownership of the means of production’ and reparations, climate justice, & #LandBack. Panelists will argue for revolutionary socialists to practice solidarity locally & internationally with Indigenous peoples & nations. Learn more about the Socialism Conference at www.socialismconference.org. Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow Haymarket on Soundcloud for regular event recordings, book talks, political analyses and poetry readings: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks
Nov 23, 2023
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From Turtle Island To Palestine

Patty Krawec and Mohamed Abdou speak in this session recorded at Socialism 2023. Patty Krawec and Mohamed Abdou, the authors of "Becoming Kin" and "Anarchism and Islam" will present concepts of solidarity in the context of settler states from Turtle Island to Palestine. Relying on Anishinaabe and Islamic concepts of community that invite us into layered relationships, they will present and then lead a discussion on how we can build relationships of solidarity across imposed divisions. Learn more about the Socialism Conference at www.socialismconference.org. Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow Haymarket on Soundcloud for regular event recordings, book talks, political analyses and poetry readings: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks
Nov 22, 2023
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Resisting the Tradwife Turn

Emily Janakiram and Megan Lessard speak in this session recorded at Socialism 2023. This session was sponsored by NYC for Abortion Rights: https://abortionrights.nyc. The last decade has seen the rise of a “pro-life feminist” movement that has been instrumental in the overturning of Roe v. Wade and the passage of anti-trans legislation. Pro-life feminists position abortion as violence towards women which serves men and bosses, gesturing towards the real failures of liberal feminism to secure material gains for poor and working class women and advancing a "pro-family, pro-labor" agenda that casts abortion, feminism, and sexual liberty as neoliberal, capitalist innovations which exploit women and alienate them from their supposedly innate desire to raise children and maintain the domestic sphere. This discussion will unpack the terrain of this emergent movement and its effects within the anti-abortion movement as a whole, and describe how socialist feminism can and must counter it in a post-Dobbs world. Learn more about the Socialism Conference at www.socialismconference.org. Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow Haymarket on Soundcloud for regular event recordings, book talks, political analyses and poetry readings: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks
Nov 21, 2023
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The Political Economy of Debt and Debtor Organizing

Astra Taylor, Lindsey Muniak, and René Christian Moya speak in this session recorded at Socialism 2023. This session was sponsored by the Debt Collective: https://debtcollective.org/ Concentrated wealth, stagnant wages, and austerity-driven policies have forced us to take on enormous debts to cover the costs of everything from healthcare to housing, education to transportation. This panel will consider how the growing crisis of personal debt relates to the contemporary economic situation – and look at the forms of organizing that seek to turn debt into a political and collective question. Learn more about the Socialism Conference at www.socialismconference.org. Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow Haymarket on Soundcloud for regular event recordings, book talks, political analyses and poetry readings: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks
Nov 20, 2023
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SunDDay School: The Spirit of Socialism

Aja Monet, Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson, Derecka Purnell, Damon Williams, Delaney Vandergrift, and Nyle Fort speak in this session recorded at Socialism 2023. This session was sponsored by Dream Defenders: https://www.dreamdefenders.org. SunDDay School is a space for us to explore and experience the spiritual life of social movements. This program, curated by the Dream Defenders, is organized around a simple truth: to change the world we must change ourselves and to change ourselves we must change the world. Join us for the “Spirit of Socialism” - an inspirational service that will celebrate how socialist politics can transform the human spirit! Learn more about the Socialism Conference at www.socialismconference.org. Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow Haymarket on Soundcloud for regular event recordings, book talks, political analyses and poetry readings: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks
Nov 20, 2023
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What It Takes To Win Against the War Machine w/ Dissenters

Dissenters activists speak in this session recorded at Socialism 2023. This session was sponsored by Dissenters: https://wearedissenters.org. Dissenters students and leaders across the continent are waging campaigns and engaging in bold & creative action to disrupt business as usual for multinational weapons manufacturing companies; Join us to hear from a panel of organizers and about their successes, innovation, and the challenges involved as we build a movement to divest from death and reinvest resources in life-giving institutions. Learn more about the Socialism Conference at www.socialismconference.org. Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow Haymarket on Soundcloud for regular event recordings, book talks, political analyses and poetry readings: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks
Nov 20, 2023
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Let This Radicalize You

Mariame Kaba, Kelly Hayes, and Harsha Walia speak in this session recorded at Socialism 2023. What fuels and sustains activism and organizing when it feels like our worlds are collapsing? Join Mariame Kaba, Kelly Hayes, and Harsha Walia for a discussion about the political lessons of the Covid-19 pandemic, mass protests, and mutual aid, and how we can reject cynicism and build power in an era of destabilization and catastrophe. Learn more about the Socialism Conference at www.socialismconference.org. Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow Haymarket on Soundcloud for regular event recordings, book talks, political analyses and poetry readings: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks