6th Annual New England Socialism Conference with Kshama Sawant

In the face of attacks on social programs, unions and the destruction of the environment, the 99% around the country are gearing up to turn back the tide. Coast to coast, local struggles have and will continue to break out around these assaults on the lives of workers and youth. Now more than ever there exist opportunities for socialists and others on the left to mount political campaigns to challenge the two parties of big business and give a voice to the struggles of the 99%! Come out to the 2013 New En...gland Socialist Conference and discuss how to organize against the system of the 1% in the streets and in the political arena! Featuring the launch of the Seamus Whelan for Boston City Council At-Large campaign. See www.votewhelan.org for more details. Seamus has been endorsed by both Socialist Alternative and the Green-Rainbow Party This is the Boston stop for the Kshama Sawant speaking tour! Kshama received over 20,000 votes as an open socialist running for the Washington State House of Representatives in 2012. Schedule of events: 10am to 10:30am - Registration, Bagels, Coffee, Welcoming 10:30am to 12:15pm - Struggles Against the System of the 1% 12:15pm to 1:15pm - Lunch 1:15pm to 2:30pm - Workshops Defeating the Pipeline: a Green Socialist Solution for the Environment Immigration and the Class Struggle South Africa Rises: Socialism and Internationalism Turning Back the Attack on Labor 2:30 to 4pm-Challenging the Two Parties of Big Business with Kshama Sawant and Seamus Whelan Kshama Sawant, ran as Socialist Alternative candidate for Washington State House, gathering 20,000 votes against her Democratic challenger and State House Speaker Frank Chopp, currently running for Seattle City Council Seamus Whelan, Socialist Alternative member and Massachusetts Nurses Activist currently running an insurgent campaign for Boston workers and youth as a candidate for Boston City Council At-Large. Seamus recently received the endorsement of the Green-Rainbow Party See More

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