Boston Socialist Unity Project Annual Conference 2018
When: Saturday, March 17, 2018, 9:00 am
Where: MIT • 50 Vasser Street • Cambridge
Boston Socialist Unity Project Annual Conference 2018
Saturday, March 17, 9-5 pm, @ MIT Building 34-101, 50 Vassar Street
We invite you to join our third annual conference on the theme "Building Socialist Power: social movements and the Left in an Election Year." The conference will feature speakers on important issues facing the Left and socialists, as well as a full range of workshops.
Registration: BostonSocialistUnity.org
ANNOUNCEMENT OF PROGRAM
Saturday, March 17, 9:00 AM: registration opens 9:00 a.m. / program begins 10:00 a.m.
Some Workshop Highlights (see website for schedule):
- Palestinian rights and Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions: Ari Wohlfeiler (deputy director Jewish Voice for Peace) and Amahl Bishara (Tufts Univ.)
- Puerto Rico: Colonization and Oppression: Dorotea Manuel, encuentro 5
- Drugs, Violence and Free Trade: Boston Trade Justice
Featured speakers
- Savina Martin, eastern Massachusetts chair of the new Poor Peoples Campaign
- Monica Poole, associate professor at Bunker Hill Community College, a radical take on #MeToo and current women's issues
- Louise Parker, University of Massachusetts - Boston, on single payer and a national health care system
- Ari Wohlfeiler, national deputy director of Jewish Voice for Peace, on Palestinian rights
- Jill Stein on the crisis in Korea and US imperialism
Our lunchtime plenary presents different perspectives on the 2018 elections and electoral politics, seeking common ground and strengthening the movement: presentations will include members of the Socialist Party of Boston, Our Revolution, the Communist Party USA of Greater Boston, the Party for Socialism and Liberation, Green-Rainbow Party of Boston, Boston Democratic Socialists of America
Two sessions of participatory workshops will showcase movement-building work and issues. Topics include Puerto Rico; immigrant rights and deportation; Drugs, Violence and Free Trade; Jobs not Jails; lessons from Gramsci; Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions of Israel; socialist organizing strategies; student organizing; digital security; labor issues in education
Breakfast and lunch options available at the conference.
Everyone is welcome, $10 suggested donation; nobody turned away for lack of funds.
Write with your questions and more information: bostonsocialistunity@gmail.com
Together we fight. Together we win.
Upcoming Events:
| Ilan Pappe: Zionism and the Creation of the Biggest Prison on Earth | Saturday, March 10, 2018 - 7:00pm | Cambridge Friends Meeting | Cambridge | |
| Boston Socialist Unity Project Annual Conference 2018 | Saturday, March 17, 2018 - 9:00am | MIT | Cambridge | |
| Resisting War, Poverty and Racism: Massachusetts Peace Action 2018 Annual Meeting | Saturday, March 17, 2018 - 12:00pm | First Church in Boston | Cambridge | |
| Forum and Standout for World Water Day! | Thursday, March 22, 2018 - 6:30pm | encuentro 5 | Boston | |
| Regional Antiwar Rally and Protest: United Day of Action ! | Saturday, April 14, 2018 - 10:00am | New York City | New York | |
| Tax Day: Repeal the Trump Tax, Pass the People's Budget | Saturday, April 14, 2018 - 1:00pm | Cambridge Common | Cambridge | |
| Walk for Water 5K In Support of Palestinian Rights | Saturday, April 28, 2018 - 11:00am | Cambridge near Kendall Square | Cambridge | |
| No War Conference 2018: Legalizing Peace | Friday, September 21, 2018 - 5:30pm | Ontario College of Art and Design | Toronto |
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