For information about the Rochester contingent, including carpooling, logistics, and fundraising, call 585-MUST-ISO (585-687-8476) or email iso.rochester@gmail.com.
A weekend of revolutionary politics, debate, and entertainment
JUNE 27 - JUNE 30
CHICAGO, IL
For more than 160 years, socialists have looked to the Marxist tradition for a theoretical understanding of society, an analysis of capitalism and its crises, and the vision of society anew on the basis of democracy, equality and freedom. With the continued economic crisis and rising inequality, more and more people are looking for alternatives to capitalism. Socialism 2013 has many workshops on the Marxist tradition, history, questions in Marxist theory, and how socialists can use those principles as a guide for changing society.
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Introduction to Marxism
Marxism and organization: Why we need a revolutionary party
What do socialists say about violence and nonviolence?
Socialism from below: The necessity of self-emancipation
How does consciousness change?
Did Lenin lead to Stalin?
The future socialist society
What do socialists say about violence and nonviolence?
Socialism from below: The necessity of self-emancipation
How does consciousness change?
Did Lenin lead to Stalin?
The future socialist society
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Neither Washington nor Moscow: The politics of International Socialism
The legacy of International Socialism
The history of the ISO
The history of the ISO
How to build an ISO branch
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Classics of Marxism
Trotsky on the united front
Lenin on self-determination
Frederick Engels, the family, and social reproduction
The relevance of the Communist Manifesto today
Harry Braverman’s Labor and Monopoly Capital
Leon Trotsky’s History of the Russian Revolution
Trotsky on the united front
Lenin on self-determination
Frederick Engels, the family, and social reproduction
The relevance of the Communist Manifesto today
Harry Braverman’s Labor and Monopoly Capital
Leon Trotsky’s History of the Russian Revolution
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Questions in Marxist theory
Marxism and class
Political Marxism: A debate
Lenin and the debate on “Leninism”
Is there a future for social democracy?
Understanding base and superstructure
Marxism and morality
Heroes and crowds: The role of the individual in history
What do Marxists say about religion?
Planning vs. the market: The case for socialist planning
Hegel’s influence on Marx: What is the dialectic and do we need it today?
What do Marxists say about postmodernism?
Leninism vs. Zinovievism
The early Comintern’s efforts to build mass worker’s parties
Marxism and democracy
Be the change you want to see? A critique of pregurative politics
Permanent revolution
Marxism and class
Political Marxism: A debate
Lenin and the debate on “Leninism”
Is there a future for social democracy?
Understanding base and superstructure
Marxism and morality
Heroes and crowds: The role of the individual in history
What do Marxists say about religion?
Planning vs. the market: The case for socialist planning
Hegel’s influence on Marx: What is the dialectic and do we need it today?
What do Marxists say about postmodernism?
Leninism vs. Zinovievism
The early Comintern’s efforts to build mass worker’s parties
Marxism and democracy
Be the change you want to see? A critique of pregurative politics
Permanent revolution
More on Socialism 2013:
Millions of people have come to the understanding that capitalism is no longer working.
From extreme weather caused by climate change and the relentless drive to slash workers’ living standards to the epidemic of police brutality, the signs of a society in crisis are all around us. The question isn’t whether society has run amok; the question is what to do about it.
The Socialism 2013 conference will bring together hundreds of activists from across the U.S., and around the world, to tackle the many discussions and debates that confront anyone interested in changing the world. How can women’s liberation and LGBT equality be won? What will it take to win real justice for immigrant workers? Can organized labor make a comeback? What lessons can be learned from the revolutions shaking the Middle East? Why is Marxism relevant today?
Featured speakers include teachers on the front lines of the fight to defend public education, anti-racist fighters against police brutality and the New Jim Crow, trade unionists, Marxist authors, radical historians, and much more. Start making your plans to attend.
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