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Join the SPUSA panels and events at the Left Forum:
Runnin’ Red: An Insider’s Look at Being a Socialist Candidate In U.S. Elections
Date: Saturday, 03/17/2012
Time: 12:00pm - 01:50pm
Room: E300
Abstract:
The inherent obstacles and challenges of waging a Third Party campaign in the United States are well-documented. From ballot-access restrictions to debate exclusion, candidates running outside the two-party system are virtually doomed to failure. The stigma attached to socialism in the U.S. leaves Socialist candidates with even less reason for hope. Yet Socialist candidates continue to run. Find out why.
Panel Topics:
Political And Social Movements
U.S. Politics
Other
Chair: Kristin Schall
Speakers:
Stewart Alexander – SPUSA 2012 Presidential Candidate
Greg Pason
David McReynolds
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Party Building and Organizing on the Left
Date: Saturday, 03/17/2012
Time: 05:00pm - 06:40pm
Room: W626
Abstract:
This is a round table dialogue with various parties on the Left. It is a discussion that will look at the rewards and challenges of building a party of the Left, areas of common experience and difference with other Leftists, and how future action may be structured to assist our party building efforts.
Panel Topics:
Marxism, Anarchism and Theory
Political And Social Movements
U.S. Politics
Chair: Stephon Boatwright
Speakers:
Bill Wharton
Peter Ikeler
Libero Della Piana
Michael Hirsch
Larry Holmes
Ahmed Shawki
Juliet Ucelli
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Feminism, Occupy, and Left Organizing-Past, Present and Future
Date: Sunday, 03/18/2012
Time: 12:00pm - 01:50pm
Room: W618
Abstract:
Women have always played a critical, if sometimes overlooked, role in leftist movements but women’s struggle against patriarchy is not always focused on society at large. Women have also been fighting for left groups and other formations to become more inclusive spaces where women’s voices and ideas are valued. This panel will look at the history of the feminist movement and explore the ways in which women have worked to create formations that embody feminist values. Drawing on the history of left feminist organizing in the 1960′s and 70′s, this panel will discuss the role of women in the Occupy Movement and the Organized Left. Topics addressed will be how women organizers can learn from past movements, the role of facilitation in creating inclusive structures, how women can work together inside organizations to help undermine internal patriarchy.
Panel Topics:
Gender and Sexuality
Marxism, Anarchism and Theory
Political And Social Movements
Chair: Kimberly Ortiz
Speakers:
Harriet Fraad
Christina Daniel
Kristin Schall
Kate Taylor
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Free Walking Tour – OWS, The Birth of a Paradigm
Date: Sunday, 03/18/2012
Time: 02:00pm - 03:00pm
Place: Meet up at SPNYC table at Left Forum
Sponsored by the Socialist Party of New York City:
Radical historian and OWS participant, Lawrence Rockwood, PhD, will give a brief orientation tour addressing the first months of the Occupy movement on streets where it happened.
For more info, visit RadicalHistoryTour.org
