Socialism Conference

Socialism Conference
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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

  1. Showdown in Germany: The Left Party and the Fight Against Fascism in 2025

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    Showdown in Germany: The Left Party and the Fight Against Fascism in 2025

    This session was sponsored by Marx21 Germany. In the March elections, the Left Party made a surprising comeback. At the same time, the far-right AfD is now leading in the polls - especially among workers and low-income voters. With the new Merz government pushing austerity and militarization, the urgent question is: how should the left in Germany respond to this political landscape? The next Socialism Conference will be held in Chicago, September 4-7, 2026. Learn more about the Socialism Conference at www.socialismconference.org. Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow Haymarket on podcast platforms for regular event recordings, book talks, political analyses and poetry readings!

    51 min
  2. Mask Off Maersk

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    Mask Off Maersk

    Roua Daas and Lea Kayali speak in this session recorded at Socialism 2025. This session was sponsored by the Palestinian Youth Movement. After almost 20 months of an ongoing U.S.-backed genocide, we have seen that the government will not enact an arms embargo, but with organization and coordination, the people will. Our demands: 1) Stop transporting military cargo complicit in the genocide of the Palestinian people 2) Terminate all contracts that support war and genocide The next Socialism Conference will be held in Chicago, September 4-7, 2026. Learn more about the Socialism Conference at www.socialismconference.org. Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow Haymarket on podcast platforms for regular event recordings, book talks, political analyses and poetry readings!

    43 min
  3. The Proletariat Has No Homeland: Property and the Surplus Class

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    The Proletariat Has No Homeland: Property and the Surplus Class

    Tracy Rosenthal, Marques Vestal, and Beatrice Adler-Bolton speak in this session recorded at Socialism 2025. This session was sponsored by Death Panel. Discussions of “surplus populations” often fixate on labor markets; those cast out of work, left idle, or deemed unproductive. This session explores how the state organizes surplus not just through production, but through property and confinement. From land enclosures to the prison-industrial complex, the management of “surplus” has always been a question of containment, racialized abandonment, and carceral exile. Drawing on histories of displacement, abolitionist thought, and housed and unhoused tenant organizing, the discussion will examine surplus not as a demographic misfortune, but as a structural necessity of capital, and as a flashpoint of resistance. What emerges is not a question of productivity but of place—who is allowed to belong, and who must be removed to keep property regimes intact. The next Socialism Conference will be held in Chicago, September 4-7, 2026. Learn more about the Socialism Conference at www.socialismconference.org. Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow Haymarket on podcast platforms for regular event recordings, book talks, political analyses and poetry readings!

    50 min
  4. Reproductive Justice, Family Policing, and Abolition

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    Reproductive Justice, Family Policing, and Abolition

    Josie Pickens and connease warren speak in this session recorded at Socialism 2025. This session was sponsored by the upEND Movement. Since chattel slavery, state violence has regulated reproduction, evolving into institutions like family policing, which disproportionately targets marginalized communities under the guise of child protection. Using a reproductive justice framework, this session examines how surveillance, punishment, and control in family policing perpetuate reproductive oppression, undermining autonomy and justice. The next Socialism Conference will be held in Chicago, September 4-7, 2026. Learn more about the Socialism Conference at www.socialismconference.org. Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow Haymarket on podcast platforms for regular event recordings, book talks, political analyses and poetry readings!

    1 h 3 min
  5. Beyond Climate Despair: Rebuilding a Revolutionary Left in the Face of Catastrophe

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    Beyond Climate Despair: Rebuilding a Revolutionary Left in the Face of Catastrophe

    Wen Stephenson, Batul Hassan, Anthony Rogers-Wright, and Ray Acheson speak in this session recorded at Socialism 2025. For many, despair has become the only honest response to our converging climate and political catastrophes. Yet too much is at stake to settle for fatalism or any flimsy, cost-free hope. At this late date, nothing short of revolution in some form will salvage the possibility of a better world. How can our movements forge a new and durable revolutionary-left politics sustained by a radical resolve and solidarity? The next Socialism Conference will be held in Chicago, September 4-7, 2026. Learn more about the Socialism Conference at www.socialismconference.org. Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow Haymarket on podcast platforms for regular event recordings, book talks, political analyses and poetry readings!

    1 h 3 min
  6. Wages for Housework: The Feminist Fight Against Unpaid Labor

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    Wages for Housework: The Feminist Fight Against Unpaid Labor

    Emily Callaci and Sarah Leonard speak in this session recorded at Socialism 2025. Join historian Emily Callaci for a timely exploration of an often overlooked movement for economic and social justice: the Wages for Housework movement demanded wages for domestic labor as a starting point for remaking the world as we know it. Drawing on the campaign's 1970s roots in the US, Italy, and Britain, Callaci will discuss the revolutionary potential of this radical movement and its lessons for today's feminist organizers. The next Socialism Conference will be held in Chicago, September 4-7, 2026. Learn more about the Socialism Conference at www.socialismconference.org. Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow Haymarket on podcast platforms for regular event recordings, book talks, political analyses and poetry readings!

    50 min
  7. Disaster Nationalism: Trump and the Downfall of Liberal Civilization

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    Disaster Nationalism: Trump and the Downfall of Liberal Civilization

    Richard Seymour speaks in this session recorded at Socialism 2025. This session was sponsored by Salvage. While the spotlight often shines on charismatic new far-right leaders, like Donald Trump, Richard Seymour argues that the true peril lies elsewhere. These leaders are merely the embodiment of profound forces that are rarely understood: a seething cauldron of societal despair, fear, isolation and sparks of individual and collective violence against perceived enemies. Unless we understand these deeper forces propelling the far-right resurgence, we have little chance of stopping it. The next Socialism Conference will be held in Chicago, September 4-7, 2026. Learn more about the Socialism Conference at www.socialismconference.org. Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow Haymarket on podcast platforms for regular event recordings, book talks, political analyses and poetry readings!

    26 min
  8. Log Off and Meet Up: The Fight for Third Spaces in a Turbulent World

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    Log Off and Meet Up: The Fight for Third Spaces in a Turbulent World

    Libertie Valance, Casey O'Grady, Allyn Maxfield Steele, and Mandy Medley speak in this session recorded at Socialism 2025. This session was sponsored by Firestorm Books, Haymarket House, Highlander Center, and Pilsen Community Books. In the midst of a climate shadowed by cruelty, alienation and uncertainty, community-based organizing spaces have never been more crucial. Join longtime organizers to examine the challenges and joys of constructing and maintaining third spaces, different models of sustainable spaces, and the utility of these spaces for fostering solidarity to strengthen our movements. The next Socialism Conference will be held in Chicago, September 4-7, 2026. Learn more about the Socialism Conference at www.socialismconference.org. Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow Haymarket on podcast platforms for regular event recordings, book talks, political analyses and poetry readings!

    34 min
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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

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  • Création
    Socialism Conference
  • Années d’activité
    2022 - 2025
  • Épisodes
    235
  • Classification
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