3rd Annual Massachusetts Socialism Conference
3rd ANNUAL MASSACHUSETTS SOCIALIST CONFERENCE
SUNDAY MAY 3RD 10:00AM-6:00PM
Socialist Alternative invites you to participate in workshops and discussions about the issues that affect all our lives. An economic crisis and a new president have created new challenges for working people. Socialist Alternative stands for fundamental change, a break from corporate politics, and for economic and political power in the hands of the working class.
ENCUENTRO CINCO 33 HARRISON AVE
IN THE UNITE HERE BUILDING 5TH FL, CHINATOWN
For More Information Please Contact:
boston@socialistalternative.org
or
774-454-9060
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Below is a list of the scheduled events for the day.
Hope to see you there!
10:30am-12:00pm: Fighting Layoffs and the Way Forward for the Labor Movement
Speakers: Steve Early and Jeff Booth
Steve Early: Labor journalist and lawyer who has aided union organizing, bargaining and strike activity since the mid-1970’s
Jeff Booth: long-term member of Socialist Alternative and also of the Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers/AFSCME Local 3650. Jeff has also served as a Union Representative in AFSCME 3650, an Executive Board Member of the United Electrical workers Local 262 and a member of the Bakery Workers union.
10min break
12:00pm-1:30pm: Workshops-
- Healthcare as a Human Right:
- Socialism and the Way Forward for Latin America
- Marxism and Literature
- Anti-war movement
Lunch: 1:30-2:30
2:30-4:00 workshops-
- Immigrant Rights
- Socialism and Women’s Liberation
- Alienation In Capitalist Society
- Fight corporate destruction of the environment
10 min Break
4:00-5:30
Forum: Free Market Failure and the Socialist Alternative
Speakers Eljeer Hawkins and Genevieve Morse
Genevieve Morse: Member of socialist alternative and a member of the Massachusetts Teachers Association in local Classified Staff Union at the University of Massachusetts Boston.
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