8TH ANNUAL MIDWEST RADICAL SCHOLARS & ACTIVISTS CONFERENCE A TEACH-IN ON LABOR & NEW ALLIANCES Strategies for Workplace, School & Community in the 21st Century October 24-25, 1997 Roosevelt University, Chicago Conference begins Friday, 1pm and ends Saturday 10pm Keynote Plenary: Friday, 7pm Speakers: Abdul Alkalimat, William Adelman, Bill Ayres, Liane Casten, Carl Davidson, Bill Fletcher, Doug Gills, John Hagedorn, Manning Marable, Robert McChesney, Kim Moody, Bertell Ollman, Mike Parker, David Schweikart, Helen Slessarev, Pavlos Stavropoulos, Dan Swinney, Carole Travis, Gerry Zero and many more... MAJOR PANELS --Labor's Alliances: Learning from History --Radical Theory: Why Dialectics? Why Now? --Unfair Burdens: Working Women, Today's Inequities & The Tasks of Unions --The Media, Labor and Labor's Media --Democratic Schools in a Democratic Society --New Technology, Unions & Changes in Work --Socialism's Future: A Debate --Race, Nationality and Winning Alliances --Structural Reform, Mass Campaigns & New Alliances --Globalization, Neoliberalism and Labor Strategy --Independent Politics: Labor-Community Alliances --Welfare Reform, Income Policy & Trade Unions Also: Book & Literature Exhibits, Political Receptions, Videos, Cultural Events Roosevelt Co-Sponsor: School of Policy Studies Organizational Co-Sponsors: Committees of Correspondence, Democratic Socialists of America, Midwest Center for Labor Research Open University of the Left Help by Registering in advance $50 Sustainer $25 Regular $15 Student/Low income Make Checks to Networking for Democracy 3411 W Diversey, Chicago, IL 60647 Contributions are Tax Deductible Tel: 773-384-8827 Fax: 773-384-3904