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Session A: Friday June 28th, 5:00pm - 7:00 pm
Panel
Speakers:
Joel Simpson, John Brakey, Susan Pynchon, Chris Sautter, Lulu Friesdat
Room:
LLC 122
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New York City Democratic Socialists of America, Religion and Socialism Caucus
Speakers:
Daniel Joslyn, Girim Jung, Hasia Diner, Gary Dorrien, Sarah Lyons, Robyn Henderson-Espinoza
Room:
LLC 116
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Outlive Them NYC
Speakers:
Savannah Gordon, Michael Gould-Wartofsky, Ronny Nuñez, Kitty Pryde
Room:
H307
Panel
Social Democrats USA
Speakers:
Sheldon Ranz, Rose Ossip, Noah Kulwin, April Aviva Baskin, Leen Dweik
Room:
H202
Panel
Historians for Peace and Democracy
Speakers:
Jerise Fogel, Michael Schwartz, Joshua Murray
Room:
H204
Panel
Chicago ALBA Solidarity, US Peace Council
Speakers:
Gilberto Javier Cabrera, Dan Kovalik, Bahman Azad
Room:
H214
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Citizens Defending Libraries, Committee To Save The New York Public Library, People Protecting Public Property, Committee To Structurally Support Democracy
Speakers:
Michael D. D. White
Room:
H216
Panel
The No Spray Coalition
Speakers:
Cathryn Swan, Robin Falk Esser, Jonathan Latham, Jack Shalom, Mitchel Cohen, Joel Kupferman, Aton Edwards
Room:
H314
Friday June 28th, Film Screenings 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Session 1: Saturday June 29th, 10:00am - 12:00pm
Panel
Black Agenda Report
Speakers:
Margaret Kimberley, Danny Haiphong, Nellie Hester Bailey, Glen Ford, Marsha Coleman-Adebayo, Raymond Nat Turner, Bruce Dixon
Room:
LLC 124
Workshop
May First/People Link, Sustaining All Life
Speakers:
Maritza Arrastia, Cecilia Lim, Stephanie Low, Karim Lopez
Room:
H206
Panel
Socialism & Democracy
Speakers:
John W Maerhofer, Basuli Deb, Kanishka Chowdhury, Joseph G Ramsey
Room:
LLC 116
Panel
Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung--New York Office
Speakers:
Andreas Günther, Susanne Götze, Esther Solano Gallego, Talia Lavin, Chip Berlet
Room:
H202
Panel
Speakers:
Lea Diaz, Linda Morales Caballero, Mónica Sarmiento Castillo, Marisa Russo
Room:
H203
Panel
Speakers:
Asantewaa Nkrumah-Ture, Cheri Honkala, Rev. Keith Collins, Sandra Rivera-Colon, Tanya Curry, Nick Carmack, Alison Hawver McDowell
Room:
H204
Panel
LatinoJustice PRLDEF
Speakers:
Natasha L Bannan, Eva Prados, Xiomara Caro, Yarimar Bonilla
Room:
H303
Panel
Radical Caucus of Members of the American Psychiatric Association
Speakers:
Carl I Cohen, Tamar Lavy, Elan Cohen , Peter Stastny, Xinlin L Chen
Room:
H213
Panel
Speakers:
Jacqueline T Basker, Frank Romano, Angela Godfrey Goldstein, Miljan Peter ILich, Farid Bitar
Room:
H214
Panel
IFCO/Pastors for Peace, 26th of July Movement US, Sociedad Cultural Jose Marti (SCJM) Havana, Cuba, Fund for Reconciliation and Development, International Playback Theatre Network
Speakers:
Nora Gallardo-Hammond, John McAulifF, Ike Nahem, Susan Metz
Room:
H215
Panel
Speakers:
Ras Moshe Burnett, Greg Tate, Ahmed Abdullah, Ted Daniel, William Parker, Basir Mchawi, Althea SullyCole, Jeremiah Hosea
Room:
H313
Panel
NYC DSA Afrosocialist PoC Caucus
Speakers:
Robert Cuffy, Edna Bonhomme, Marc W Polite, Jawanza Williams, Jasmine Szympruch
Room:
H314
Panel
Science & Society
Speakers:
Paddy Quick, David Laibman, Julio Huato, Alexander Buzgalin , Barbara Foley
Room:
H315
Panel
Speakers:
Maria Santiago-Valentín, Maria J Andrade, Luisa Torres, M.A., M.B.A, Lamie R Jimmeh, Priscilla Garcés
Room:
H201
Workshop
Movement for a People's Party
Speakers:
Carol Ehrle, Rod Brana, Mateo Sluder, Suzanne O'Keefe, Nick Brana
Room:
H209
Session 2: Saturday June 29th, 12:30pm - 2:30pm
Panel
Black Agenda Report
Speakers:
Margaret Kimberley, Danny Haiphong, Dan Kovalik, Glen Ford
Room:
LLC 124
Panel
Daniel Singer Millennium Prize Foundation
Speakers:
Robert Capistrano, Sarah Mason, Barbara Garson, Suzi Weissman
Room:
LLC 122
Panel
Speakers:
Inez Barron, Shino Tanikawa, Bernard Gassaway, Stephen Brier, Alan Schulman
Room:
H210
Film Screening
Socialist Workers Alliance of Guyana, Roots & Culture Films, Red Bloom Collective
Speakers:
Robert Cuffy, Clairmont Chung, Twinkle Paul
Room:
LLC 116
Panel
Journal "Alternatives"
Speakers:
David M Kotz, David Laibman, Ruslan Grinberg, Andrey I Kolganov, Alexander Buzgalin
Room:
H202
Panel
Socialist Workers Party (UK), Marx21 NYC
Speakers:
Iannis Delatolas , Joseph Choonara, Thomas Hummel
Room:
H303
Panel
Speakers:
Rose M Brewer, Loretta Chin, Melanie Bush, Walda Katz-Fishman, Jerome Scott, Charles "Cappy" Pinderhughes, Jr., Godfrey Vincent
Room:
H213
Panel
Science & Society, Capitalism Nature Socialism, DC Metro Science for the People
Speakers:
Jane Zara, Bahram Zandi, David W Schwartzman
Room:
H214
Panel
AmbazoniaPrisoners Of Conscience Support Network (APoCsnet), Gabonese Council of Resistance(CGR NY)
Speakers:
Patrice Nganang, Elvine B Andjembe Etogho, Jean M Moundzika, Christian D Koumtog, Kassahun Checole, Eben Egbe, Matt Meyer
Room:
H215
Panel
Global Info Network and Africa World Press/Red Sea Press
Speakers:
Lisa Vives, Kassahun Checole
Room:
H216
Panel
Socialism and Democracy
Speakers:
Hamideh Sedghi, Greg Wilpert, Reza Ghorashi, Suren Moodliar
Room:
H201
Panel
Internationalist Group, Class Struggle Workers - Portland
Speakers:
Wyatt McMinn, Alex Gould, Joseph Wagner, Carlos Morán, Ashley Jackson, Jan Norden
Room:
H301
Book Reading
Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung--New York Office
Speakers:
Victor Grossman, Andreas Günther
Room:
4th Floor Humanities Lounge
Panel
Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP)-NY Metro chapter
Speakers:
Oliver Fein, Jenny Brown, Leonard Rodberg, Ana Djordjevic, Martha Livingston, Winn Periyasamy
Room:
H2LG
Session 3: Saturday June 29th, 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Panel
Center for Modern Marxist Studies, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia.
Speakers:
David Harvey, Michael Hudson, David M Kotz, Alexander Buzgalin
Room:
LLC 122
Panel
Green Party of New York State
Speakers:
Brian D'Agostino, Gloria Mattera, Jonathan Rynn, Howie Hawkins, Pramilla Malick
Room:
H206
Panel
Socialist Register
Speakers:
Doug Henwood, Nicole Aschoff, Greg Albo, Alan Cafruny, Leo Panitch, Sean K Starrs
Room:
H210
Film Screening
Campaign to Brung Mumia Home & the MOVE organization
Speakers:
Johanna Fernandez, Gwendolyn Y Debrow
Room:
LLC 116
Panel
Speakers:
Kay Schermerhorn, S. Lupe Family, Vincent Villano, Jasmine Soltani, Tim Schermerhorn
Room:
H307
Panel
Critical Sociology
Speakers:
Heather Brown, Roger Salerno, Rose M Brewer, Lauren Langman
Room:
H203
Panel
Socialism and Democracy, Liberty Tree Foundation for the Democratic Revolution
Speakers:
Hillary Lazar, Ben Manski, Victor Wallis, Suren Moodliar
Room:
H204
Panel
Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung--New York Office
Speakers:
Obden Mondesir, Jefta Nguherimo, Kazembe Balagun
Room:
H302
Panel
Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung--New York Office
Speakers:
Angelina Giannopoulou , Heinz Bierbaum , Marga Ferré , Andreas Günther
Room:
H303
Panel
Defend Democracy in Brazil Committee - DDB NY, TV247
Speakers:
Natália de Campos, Brian Mier, Eliara Santana, Myriam Marques, Panmela Castro
Room:
H214
Panel
Uhuru Solidarity Movement, African People's Solicarity Committee, African National Women's Organization, African People's Socialist Party
Speakers:
Penny Hess, Yejide Orunmila, Halley Murray
Room:
H216
Panel
Radical Poets Collective
Speakers:
Zigi Lowenberg, Farid Bitar, Sam Friedman, Raymond Nat Turner, Gordon A Gilbert
Room:
H313
Book Reading
International Socialism journal (UK)
Speakers:
Joseph Choonara
Room:
4th Floor Humanities Lounge
Panel
May First/People Link
Speakers:
Idalin Bobe, Jerome Scott, Brandi Collins-Dexter, Ken Montenegro, Alfredo Lopez
Room:
H2LG
Plenary: Saturday June 29th, 7:30pm - 9:30pm
Panel
Speakers:
CeCe McDonald, Kenyon Farrow, Laura Flanders, Jamila Hammami
Room:
Auditorium St. Francis
Session 4: Sunday June 30th, 10:00am - 12:00pm
Panel
Democracy at Work
Speakers:
Robert K Drinan, Richard D. Wolff, Kimberly Westcott, Harriet Fraad
Room:
LLC 124
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Socialist Workers Alliance of Guyana, Partido Socialismo y Libertad, Venezuela
Speakers:
Eva Maria, Ariana Lucia, Alejandro Quryat, Simon Rodriguez Porras, Robert Cuffy
Room:
H305
Panel
Speakers:
Lyn Spivey, Betty Davis, Gloria Ellis, Cyndi Ashley, Anilimars Martian, Sandra Rivers, Katie Stoqua, Colia L Clark
Room:
H203
Panel
Henry George School of Social Science (NYC)
Speakers:
Ibrahima Drame, James Cusick, Marty Rowland
Room:
H204
Panel
The Brotherwise Dispatch
Speakers:
LaRose T Parris, Robert D Jackson, A. Shahid Stover
Room:
H302
Panel
Speakers:
Gloria Mattera, Michael Sussman, Pramilla Malick, Howie Hawkins, Michael O'Neil
Room:
H303
Panel
Speakers:
Phil Wilayto, Maria Zakharova, Pippa Bartolotti, Moss Robeson, Joe Lombardo, Jeff Mackler
Room:
H214
Panel
New York-New Jersey Cuba Si Coalition
Speakers:
Ambassador Ana Silvia Rodriguez, Gail Walker, Isaac Nahem, Estela Vazquez, Patricia Fry, Ike Nahem
Room:
H215
Panel
African Socialist Movement, Africanist Press
Speakers:
Chernoh Alpha M Bah, Jessica McDermott, Joshua McDermott
Room:
H216
Workshop
CUNY Graduate Center
Speakers:
Raven Gomez, Anthony Wheeler, Kiana Carrington, Andrea Lausevic , Brittany Hamilton
Room:
H315
Panel
Platypus Affiliated Society
Speakers:
Jim Creegan, Spencer A Leonard, Grant Gallagher, Wen Xiao, Erin A Hagood
Room:
H316
Workshop
League of Revolutionaries for a New America, Movement School for Revolutionaries , General Baker Institute
Speakers:
Jerome Scott, Rose M Brewer, Walda Katz-Fishman
Room:
H301
Panel
Organization for a Free Society, Common Notions
Speakers:
Bridget Fox, Padraig Korte, Malav Kanuga
Room:
H209
Session 5: Sunday June 30th, 12:30pm - 2:30pm
Workshop
Coalition of Immokalee Workers
Speakers:
Lupe Gonzalo, Ximena Pedroza, Yaissy Solis
Room:
H206
Panel
Speakers:
Jill Stein , Alan Collinge, Daniella Medina, David Oks , Henry Williams , Eli J Campbell
Room:
H210
Panel
Speakers:
Margaret Flowers, Joe Lombardo, Diane Moxley, Kevin Zeese, Jan R Weinberg
Room:
H305
Panel
The Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies, ADAPT- Pennsylvania Chapter
Speakers:
Valerie Novack, Shaylin Sluzalis, Germán Parodi, Stephanie Hydal
Room:
H204
Panel
Black Agenda Report, Green Party of New York State
Speakers:
Bruce Dixon, Margaret Kimberley, Howie Hawkins
Room:
H303
Panel
Social Democrats USA
Speakers:
Sheldon Ranz, Patty Friend, Michael Mottern, David Hacker
Room:
H213
Panel
USFSP
Speakers:
Angelo D'Angelo, Prof. Grover Furr, Joe Lombardo, Martin J Sawma, Maria Zakharova
Room:
H214
Panel
Free Saibaba Coalition — US
Speakers:
Ryan Costello, Chance Charley, Mamatha Kodidela
Room:
H215
Panel
Socialist Workers Alliance of Guyana, Life in Leggings
Speakers:
Ronelle King, Twinkle Paul, Tamanisha J John, Robert Cuffy
Room:
H216
Workshop
Theater of the Oppressed Laboratory (TOPLAB)
Speakers:
Marie-Claire A Picher, Janet Gerson
Room:
H313
Workshop
Radical Poets Collective
Speakers:
Jose Rosa, Farid Bitar, Zigi Lowenberg, Sam Friedman
Room:
H314
Panel
U.S. Solidarity Economy Network
Speakers:
Micky Metts, Emilie Miyauchi, Sarah Jacqz, Julie Matthaei
Room:
H315
Panel
Platypus Affiliated Society
Speakers:
Wen Xiao, Jack Ross, Edward Remus, Gabe Gaster, Jason Wright, Erin A Hagood
Room:
H316
Panel
Green Party of NY
Speakers:
David Cobb, Gloria Mattera, Michael O'Neil, Jonah Martell, Jamal Abed-Rabbo
Room:
H201
Panel
Marxist-Humanist Initiative
Speakers:
Andrew Kliman, Jason Stanley, Bill Weinberg, Anne Jaclard, Eric Andrian
Room:
H301
Book Reading
Mysterioso Novelty Co., Zero Books
Speakers:
Douglas Lain, Chris Thomas, Terry D Tapp
Room:
4th Floor Humanities Lounge
Panel
Internationalist Group, Revolutionary Internationalist Youth
Speakers:
Alice McIntyre, Joseph Cox, Kaitlan Centeno
Room:
H209
Panel
New Abolitionist Movement and Black is Back Coalition, LOUISIANA UNITED INTERNATIONAL Inc.
Speakers:
Belinda P Brown, Lloyd Kelly, Mimi Rosenberg, Betty Davis
Room:
H2LG
Session 6: Sunday June 30th, 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Panel
Speakers:
Kimberly Westcott, Kate Griffiths, Richard D. Wolff, Malaika Jabali, Kali Akuno, Tim Schermerhorn
Room:
LLC 124
Panel
Socialist Action
Speakers:
Christine Marie, Jeff Mackler, Daniel Vila, Jack Lieberman, Marty Goodman
Room:
H206
Panel
Intellectual Dark Web Discussion Group at John Jay College
Speakers:
Kevin Vazquez-Garcia, Dominick Bilello, Diamond Dumas, Rene Orellana, Rob Hollander
Room:
LLC 116
Panel
New York City for Abortion Rights, National Women's Liberation, International Women's Strike
Speakers:
Jenny Brown, Kate Castle, Anne Rumberger
Room:
H203
Panel
United Front Against Austerity, Tax Wall Street Party, Washington Grove Institute
Speakers:
Daniela G Walls, Bernie Brown, Gregory Edwards, Webster G Tarpley
Room:
H204
Panel
Socialism and Democracy
Speakers:
A. Shahid Stover , Linda A Liu, David Keil , Ariane Fischer, Joseph G Ramsey
Room:
H303
Panel
Judicial Violence Symposium, Guadeloupe Haiti Tour Comm.
Speakers:
Colia L Clark, Kim Ives, Ben Norton, Chris Silvera, Kevin Annette, Pierre LeRoy, Nathaniel Wood
Room:
H215
Panel
African Socialist Movement, Africanist Press
Speakers:
Chernoh Alpha M Bah, Jessica McDermott, Joshua McDermott
Room:
H216
Workshop
Theater of the Oppressed Laboratory (TOPLAB)
Speakers:
Marie-Claire A Picher, Janet Gerson
Room:
H313
Panel
Friends and Family of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade
Speakers:
Prof. Grover Furr, John Kailin, Carol Giardina, Lise Vogel
Room:
H315
Panel
Green Party of the United States
Speakers:
David W Schwartzman, Alexander Buzgalin , Bahram Zandi
Room:
H316
Panel
Marxist-Humanist Initiative
Speakers:
Anne Jaclard, Andrew Kliman, Adam Plante, Brendan Cooney
Room:
H301
Plenary: Sunday June 30th, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Panel
Left Forum
Speakers:
Harriet Fraad, Aracely Jimenez-Hudis, David Harvey, Kali Akuno, Kazembe Balagun
Room:
Auditorium St. Francis
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