Friday, February 23, 2018

March 17 at MIT: Boston Socialist Unity Project Third Annual Conference 2018

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*Boston Socialist Unity Project Annual Conference 2018 *

*Saturday, March 17, 9-5 pm, @ MIT Building 34-101
<https://whereis.mit.edu/?go=34>, 50 Vassar Street
<https://whereis.mit.edu/?go=34>*

* Website: BostonSocialistUnity.org <http://bostonsocialistunity.org/> *

*Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1600917569991653/
<https://www.facebook.com/events/1600917569991653/> *

*We invite you to join our third annual conference on the theme "Building a
Socialist Political Force: 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.*

*ANNOUNCEMENT OF PROGRAM *

*Saturday, March 17, 9:00 AM*

*registration opens 9:00 a.m. / program begins 10:00 a.m.*

*Featured speakers*

*o Savina Martin, eastern Massachusetts chair of the new Poor Peoples
Campaign*

*o Monica Poole, associate professor at Bunker Hill Community College, on
a radical take on #MeToo and current women's issues*

*o Ari Wohlheimer, national deputy director of Jewish Voice for Peace, on
Palestinian rights*

*o Jill Stein, former Green Party presidential candidate, on the crisis
in Korea and US imperialism*

*o member of Massachusetts Teachers Association on labor issues and
education*

*Our lunchtime plenary presents different perspectives on the 2018
elections and electoral politics, seeking common ground and strengthening
the movement: presentations will include the Socialist Party of Boston, a
member of Our Revolution, the Communist Party USA of Greater Boston, and
the Party for Socialism and Liberation*

*Two sessions of participatory workshops will showcase movement-building
work and issues. T**opics include: Puerto Rico, immigrant rights and
deportation, Fair Trade Action, Jobs not Jails, lessons from Gramsci,
Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions of Israel, socialist organizing strategy,
student organizing*

*Breakfast and lunch options available at the conference.*

*Everyone is welcome, $10 suggested donation
<http://www.bostonsocialistunity.org/>; nobody turned away for lack of
funds.*

*Write with your questions and more
information: bostonsocialistunity@gmail.com
<bostonsocialistunity@gmail.com>*
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