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Below is the schedule for the upcoming conference. The specific locations for each talk will be determined closer to the conference. For suggested prepatory readings for each workshop click here.
Saturday, Nov. 14
| 10:00-11:00 |
Registration in MEZES HALL room 1.102 |
| 11:00-12:30 |
Opening Plenary:
- What is Socialism?
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Eric Ruder |
| 12:30-2:00 |
Lunch |
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| 2:00-3:30 |
WORKSHOPS
- The Shock Doctrine: Texas Style
- The Democratic Party: A Critical History
- Capitalism and the Ecological Crisis
- Socialists and the Trade Union Movement
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Kelly Booker
Matt Camp
Dan Sharber
Charlie Grand
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| 3:45-5:15 |
WORKSHOPS
- Imperialism in the Obama Era
- Socialists and the struggles for reforms
- Socialist strategies for the liberation of the oppressed
- The Case for a Revolutionary Party
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Snehal Shingavi
Lily Hughes
Laura Taylor
Jason Netek
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| 5:15-7:30 |
Dinner
Special Workshop: 6:00 - 7:00
- Eyewitness from Gaza
With Karen Burke and Eric Ruder (two activists who recently traveled to Gaza), and Sama'an Ashrawi from UT's Palestine Solidarity Committee. |
| 7:30-9:00 |
Evening Rally
- The Resistance in Texas
With Victor Agosto (Afghanistan War Resister), Jeannine Scott (Campaign to End the Death Penalty, wife of recently exonerated Austin man), Blake Wilkinson (Queer LiberAction, Dallas), Drew McGuire (United Food and Commercial Workers, campaigning to organize Wal-Mart workers), and Mike Corwin (International Socialist Org.) |
| 10:00-12am |
Party (details TBA) |
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Sunday, Nov. 15
| 11:00-1:00 |
WORKSHOPS
- The German Revolution, 1918-1923
- The History of the International Socialist Organization
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Mike Corwin
Eric Ruder
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