Here's info on the forums ISO is having to discuss the wild swings in the markets and what the economic downturn means for most of us...
Begin forwarded message: > From: "chicago_socialists" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: October 13, 2008 4:42:40 PM CDT > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [chicagosocialists] forums * Free market failure: Where's > the bailout for the rest of us? > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ***socialist forums on October 23*** > > FREE MARKE FAILURE: > Where's the bailout for the rest of us? > > Pilsen Forum: > > 7pm Thursday, Oct. 23 @ Rudy Lozano Library (Loomis and 18th Street) > > Featuring: LEE SUSTAR, journalist for Socialist Worker and SW Online > and frequent author on the economic crisis > > Logan Square Forum: > > 7pm Thursday, Oct. 23 @ Acme Art Works (2215 W. North) > > Featuring: JOEL GEIER, associate editor of the International Socialist > Review and frequent author on economic issues > > About the forums: > > For decades we've been told there wasn't enough money for education, > health care, to reduce poverty or meet people's needs—and that only > the "free market" could solve society's problems. > > But in the past weeks, hundreds of billions of dollars have been > handed to Wall Street banks—because of the spectacular failures of > that very "free market." > > The economic crisis now is increasing joblessness and deepening a > global recession. While there are hundreds of billions for war and > Wall Street, there is still no bailout for workers and the poor. > > Come to these forums to discuss how the capitalist system itself is > behind the growing economic crisis and how we could have a totally > different economy—one democratically controlled by working people. > > Sponsored by: > > International Socialist Organization > > For more information call 773-370-4575 or e-mail > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > www.chicagosocialists.org > > ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** > Mark your calendar for the 2008 MIDWEST SOCIALIST CONFERENCE!!! > > "Building a Revolutionary Alternative" > > November 15-16 * Chicago * DePaul University (Munroe Hall) > Registration begins at 9am on Saturday > > ***join us for the 2008 Midwest Socialist Conference, to discuss in a > period of crisis and change the urgent question of "building a > revolutionary alternative." Join activists from the front lines of > today's struggles, along with authors and journalists from around the > Midwest—to debate and discuss building an alternative to a world of > crisis, racism and war. > > ***featured speakers include*** > > CAMILO MEJIA * Iraq War resister, author of "Road From ar Ramadi," and > board member of Iraq Veterans Against the War (*for id only) > > DAVID WHITEHOUSE * reviews editor for the International Socialist > Review > > DONNA SMITH * victim of the U.S. health care system featured in > Michael Moore's documentary "Sicko" and national coordinator of > American Patients United (*for id only) > > ELIZABETH SCHULTE * journalist for Socialist Worker and > socialistworker.org > > JOE ALLEN * frequent contributor to counterpunch.org, > socialistworker.org and author of "Vietnam: The (Last) War the U.S. > Lost" > > JORGE MUJICA * organizer with the March 10 Movement for immigrant > rights in Chicago (*for id only) > > KEEANGA TAYLOR * frequent contributor to counterpunch.org, > socialistworker.org and the International Socialist Review on issues > of race and class > > LEE SUSTAR * labor editor for Socialist Worker and socialistworker.org > and frequent writer on the growing economic crisis > > MARLENE MARTIN * National Organizer of the Campaign to End the Death > Penalty (*for id only) > > MARTIN SMITH * activist with Iraq Veterans Against the War (*for id > only) > > NICOLE COLSON * journalist for Socialist Worker and > socialistworker.org > > ORLANDO SEPULVEDA * activist with the March 10 Movement for immigrant > rights in Chicago (*for id only) > > PAUL D'AMATO * managing editor of the International Socialist Review, > columnist for Socialist Worker, author of "The Meaning of Marxism" > > ROSI CARRASCO * immigrant rights activist in Chicago > > SHARON SMITH * columnist for Socialist Worker and author of "Women and > Socialism" and "Subterranean Fire: A History of Working-Class > Radicalism in the U.S." > > VANESSA BECK * victim of the U.S. health care system and activist with > the Chicago Single-Payer Action Network (CSPAN) (*for id only) > > AND OTHERS * speaking on today's struggles, crises, socialist theory > and the history of radical movements > > ***sessions and workshops include*** > > * Capitalism in Crisis: Building the Revolutionary Alternative > > * Why Capitalism Doesn't Work: The Marxist Theory of Economic Crisis > > * From New Deal to Raw Deal: Keynesianism to Neoliberalism > > * Harvest of Empire: Globalization and Immigration > > * From Boom to Bust: The Economic Crisis Today > > * Is a Revolution Possible in the U.S.? > > * After the Elections: The Democratic Party and War > > * What's next in the Struggle for Immigrant Rights? > > * Afghanistan: The Right War? > > * Lock 'em up and Throw Away the Key: Capitalism: Crime and Punishment > > * Radical Black Workers Struggles of the 1960s > > * Environment in Crisis: Can the Planet Be Saved? > > * Capitalism and Sexuality > > * How Can We Organize to Fight Back? The Politics of Mass Protest and > Direct Action > > * Marxism versus Anarchism > > * The Women's Liberation Movement of the 1960s and 1970s > > * Lenin and Buhkarin on the Theory of Imperialism > > * The Fight for Single-Payer Health Care (Patients and Health Care > Workers Speak Out) > > * Why Do We Need a Revolutionary Party? > > * From Unemployed Councils to Factory Occupations: The Class Rebellion > of the 1930s > > * Introduction to the International Socialist Organization (ISO) > > * World Revolution: The First Five Years of the Communist > International > > * The Russian Revolution: When Workers Ran Society > > * Rosa Luxemburg's The Mass Strike > > * The Myth of Lenin's Elitism > > ***conference schedule*** > > Saturday > > 9-10am Registration > > 10-11am Opening Plenary > > 11:30-1pm Workshops > > 1-2pm Lunch > > 2-3:30pm Workshops > > 4-5:30pm Workshops > > 5:30-7:30pm Dinner > > 7:30-9pm Evening Plenary > > Sunday "Socialist School" > > 11am-1pm Workshops > > ***registration*** > > Registration is on a sliding scale (low income: $10). > > ***for more information contact your local branch of the International > Socialist Organization, call 773-370-4575 or e-mail > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.internationalsocialist.org/ > http://socialistworker.org/ > > > __._,_.___ > Messages in this topic (1)Reply (via web post) | Start a new topic > Messages | Files | Photos | Links > > Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! 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