SOCIALIST MINNESOTA: Conference Hosted by Socialist Alternative
FEATURED SPEAKERS
** CHERI HONKALA, Green Party vice presidential candidate, on challenging the two-party system
** GLEN FORD Executive Editor of Black Agenda Report, on Obama’s corporate education agenda
** STEPHAN KOCH, Committee for a Workers International, London office, on the revolt against capitalism in Europe
** MICHAEL BRUNSON,Chicago Teachers Union, Recording Secretary, on their historic strike to save public education
OTHER TOPICS INCLUDE
** Resisting Voter Suppression ** Marriage & LGBT Liberation ** Labor in Politics ** Women Fighting Back
$5 - $10 sliding scale donation requested. No one turned away for lack of funds.
Sat, October 27th, 11am - 6pm
University of MN, West Bank
Carlson School, Rm. L-110
321 19th Ave S, Minneapolis
SCHEDULE for SOCIALIST MINNESOTA
** Join us all day or for whichever sessions interest you
11:00am: HOW to FIGHT the RIGHT
Panel discussion featuring TEDDY SHIBABAW on resisting voter suppression, KELLY BELLIN on women fighting back, NICK SHILLINGFORD on marriage & LGBT liberation, RYAN TIMLIN on stopping the assault on labor
1:00pm: RESISTING the CORPORATE EDUCATION AGENDA
** GLEN FORD Executive Editor of Black Agenda Report, on Obama’s corporate education agenda
** MICHAEL BRUNSON, Chicago Teachers Union, Recording Secretary, on their historic strike to save public education
** This session organized in coalition with Public Education Justice Alliance of Minnesota (PEJAM)
3:00pm: REVOLT AGAINST CAPITALISM in EUROPE
** STEPHAN KOCH, representative from the Committee for a Workers International, London office, reporting from the mass workers struggles against austerity and capitalism in Europe
4:30pm: CHALLENGING the TWO PARTY SYSTEM
** CHERI HONKALA, Green Party Vice Presidential Candidate, and veteran community organizer for welfare and housing justice.
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