Left Forum 2012 - SP-USA Panels

[Socialist Party USA NYC Local]

The Socialist Party USA will be participating in three great panels as part of the Left Forum 2012, March 16th to 18th (see below).  We encourage you to come out to the Left Forum - the annual meeting of left wing activists and thinkers - and to participate in our panels.  In addition to panels, the SP-USA will be hosting a table with plenty of Party literature, t-shirts and other info.  We are also really excited to be hosting Stewart Alexander, the Socialist Party USA Presidential Candidate for 2012, this year.

If you would like to go to the Left Forum you can contact Kristin Schall at kristin...@gmail.com . Or, if you would like to meet up with SP-USA members and Stewart for dinner after the Forum, please contact this account for details.  Hope to see you!

Runnin' Red: An Insider's Look at Being a Socialist Candidate In U.S. Elections

E300 Sat 12:00pm - 01:50pm

The inherent obstacles and challenges of waging a Third Party campaign in the United States are well-documented. From ballot-access restrictions to debate exclusion, candidates running outside the two-party system are virtually doomed to failure. The stigma attached to socialism in the U.S. leaves Socialist candidates with even less reason for hope. Yet Socialist candidates continue to run. Find out why.

Name: Kristin Schall

Speakers:

Name: Stewart Alexander	-          2012 Socialist Party USA Presidential Candidate
Name: Greg Pason

Party Building and Organizing on the Left

W626 Sat 05:00pm - 06:40pm

This is a round table dialogue with various parties on the Left. It is a discussion that will look at the rewards and challenges of building a party of the Left, areas of common experience and difference with other Leftists, and how future action may be structured to assist our party building efforts.

Name: Stephon Boatwright

Speakers:

Billy Wharton
Peter Ikeler
Libero Della Piana
Michael Hirsch
Larry Holmes
Ahmed Shawki

 

Feminism, Occupy, and Left Organizing-Past, Present and Future

Room  W618 Sun 12:00pm - 01:50pm

Chair:

Kimberly Ortiz

Speakers:

Harriet Fraad
Christina Daniel
Kristin Schall
Kate Taylor

 

Women have always played a critical, if sometimes overlooked, role in leftist movements but women's struggle against patriarchy is not always focused on society at large. Women have also been fighting for left groups and other formations to become more inclusive spaces where women's voices and ideas are valued. This panel will look at the history of the feminist movement and explore the ways in which women have worked to create formations that embody feminist values. Drawing on the history of left feminist organizing in the 1960's and 70's, this panel will discuss the role of women in the Occupy Movement and the Organized Left. Topics addressed will be how women organizers can learn from past movements, the role of facilitation in creating inclusive structures, how women can work together inside organizations to help undermine internal patriarchy.

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