Left Forum 2011
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Left Forum 2011 took place March 18 - 20 at Pace University, New York City. The theme for the conference is "Towards a Politics of Solidarity".
Opening Plenary
The following spoke at the opening plenary for the Forum:[1]
Panels
The following panels are scheduled to be held at the 2011 Forum:[2]
Capital’s War on Labor, Labor’s Civil Wars:
- Sponsored by: Haymarket Books; Labor Notes; Monthly Review Press; National Union of Healthcare Workers
- Ellen David Friedman, International Joint Center for Labor Research, Sun Yat-sen University, Labor Notes
- Jon Flanders, IAM/RWU
- Michael Yates, Monthly Review
- Sal Rosselli, NUHW
- Steve Early, Former Communications Workers of America organizer, Author, Embedded With Organized Labor
Solidarity Economy: Toward a Pluralist Socialist, Anti-capitalist, Post-capitalist unity?:
- Carl Davidson, Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism
- Emily Kawano, U.S. Solidarity Economy Network, Center for Popular Economics
- Jerome Scott, League of Revolutionaries for a New America, National Planning Committee of the U.S. Social Forum
- Maliha Safri, Community Economies Collective; Drew University, RM
A Federal Jobs Program: A Green Jobs Program, What Shall We Demand:
A History of Struggle: Afghan Women:
- Dr. Fawzia Afzal Khan, Director of Women's Studies at Montclair University
- Fahima Vorgetts, Afghan Women's Fund
- Kathleen Foster, Director, Afghan Women; A History of Struggle
A Marxist-Humanist Concept of Solidarity, The Movement From Practice is Itself a Form of Theory:
- Sponsored by: News & Letters
- Gerry Emmett, News and Letters Committees
- Susan Stellar, Detroit Agriculture Network
- Terry Moon, News and Letters Committees
- Urszula Wislanka, California Coalition of Women Prisoners
A New Cold War? US Strategy towards China and the Asia-Pacific:
- Bernadette Ellorin, BAYAN USA
- Hyun Lee, Nodutdol for Korean Community Development
- Zora Ahmed, Pakistan Solidarity Network
A United Front Against the Right:
- Brandon Kemet Hewitt, Engineer, Vice-President, Khafra Engineering
- Cynthia Hewitt, Morehouse College
- Muhammad Ahmad, Temple University
- Tiffany Patterson, Vanderbilt University
Abrupt Climate Change as the Long Emergency; Left Responses to the Energy,Food And Water Crises:
- Sponsored by: Logos Journal
- Diana Judd, WPUNJ
- Frans Verhagen, Sustainability Sociologist, Pace University
- John G. Mason, MA Program in Public Policy, WPUNJ
- Michael McCabe, YDS
- Sheila Collins - MA Program in Public Policy, WPUNJ
Accumulation by dispossession and the politics of post-socialist solidarity:
- Andrej Grubacic, Global Balkans Network; itinerant university worker
- Chris Spannos, ZNet
- Irina Ceric, Global Balkans Network
- Tamara Vukov, Global Balkans Network
Actually Existing Socialism, in U.S. History:
- Sponsored by: Verso Books
- Andrew Hsiao, Verso Books
- Cecelia Bucki, Fairfield University
- John Nichols, The Nation
Aesthetics in Protests:
- Chris Mansour, Parsons School of Design, Platypus Affiliated Society
- Jamie Keesling, 491
- Laurel Whitney, Yes Men
- Marc Herbst, Journal of Aesthetics and Protest, Reclaim the Streets
- Stephen Duncombe, New York University
Afghanistan and Labor's Agenda:
- Marilyn Young, History, NYU
- Michael Zweig, Center for Study of Working Class Life - SUNY Stony Brook
- William Hartung, New America Foundation
Afghanistan, Pakistan and India: The Regional Context of Obama's War:
- Biju Mathew, New York Taxi Workers Association; Campaign to Stop Funding Hate; South Asia Solidarity Initiative
- Christian Parenti, The Nation, Contributing Editor
- Sadia Abbas, Rutgers
Africa's Re-colonization - Strategies for Africa and the U.S. left:
- Sponsored by: Global Information Network/SaharaReporters
- Andre Kangni Afanou, Togo rights activist
- Kassahun Checole, Africa World Press
- Mojeed Musikilu, Next Newspaper (Nigeria)
- Sowore Omoyele, SaharaReporters
- Tseliso Thipanyane, Former CEO of South African Human Rights Commission
Africana Studies: Which Way Forward, Marxism or Afrocentricity?:
- Sponsored by: Socialism and Democracy
- Charles Pinderhughes, University of Massachusetts, Boston
- Rod Bush, Author, The End of White World Supremacy: Black Internationalism and the Problem of the Color Line
- Rose Brewer, Black Left Unity Network, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; USSF Gender Justice Working Group
- Yusuf Nuruddin, Socialism and Democracy
After Multiculturalism:
- Sponsored by: Verso Books and The Asian American Writers' Workshop
- Amitava Kumar, Vassar College
- David Roediger, University of Illinois
- Ken Chen, The Asian American Writers' Workshop
- Michele Wallace, Graduate Center, CUNY
Against Capitalism and Imperialism:
- Mario Kawonabo, Batay Ouvriye Solidarity Network
- Stephanie McMillan, One Struggle South Florida
- Ted Rall, Anti-American Manifesto
Against Racism and White Privilege:
- Deirdre Royster, New York University
- Jesse Villalobos, New School for Social Research, of the New School
- Melanie E. L. Bush, Adelphi University
- Robert Jensen, University of Texas at Austin
Alter-Globalization: Becoming an Actor in the Global Age:
- Geoffrey Pleyers, FNRS-U.C. Louvain, Belgium
- Jeff Goodwin, NYU
- Jeff Juris, Northeastern University
- Nancy Romer, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn Food Coalition
- Nicole Doerr, UC Irvine
- Thomas Ponniah, Harvard University
An “Ethnography” of The US Congress:
- Sponsored by: The Brooklyn Rail
- Arthur Delaney, Huffington Post
- Glenn Thrush, Politico
- Max Blumenthal, The Nation Institute
- Ryan Grim, Huffington Post
Anarchism and Its Aspirations: Discussing Social Anarchism in the Current Moment:
- Chris Dixon, Institute for Anarchist Studies
- Cindy Milstein, Institute for Anarchist Studies, Renewing the Anarchist Tradition
- Irina Ceric, York University
- Jamie McCallum, The Graduate Center, CUNY
Another Power Shift? Europe:
- Sponsored by: Transform
- Frieder Otto Wolf, Free University, Berlin, Germany
- Gian Paolo Patta, Italian General Confederation of Labor - Lavoro Solidarietà
- Michael R. Krätke, Lancaster University
- Wilfried Telkämper, Rosa Luxemburg Foundation
Art and the City – You are not alone!:
- Francesca Sonara, Independent curator and documentary producer
- Keller Easterling, Yale University
- Natan Dotan, Columbia University
- Saskia Sassen, Columbia University
- Vito Acconci, Acconci Studio
Art as a Weapon in Western Sahara: New Strategies in the Fight for Independence:
- Sponsored by: Autonomedia
- Alonso Gil Lavado, ARTifariti & Sahara Libre Wear
- Federico Guzmán, ARTifariti
- Francis Gomila, ARTifariti
- Kirby Gookin, New York University
- Mouloud Said, Polisario Front, Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
- Robin Kahn, Autonomedia
Assault on Public Sector Unions: Resisting Anti-worker State Initiatives and Cuts to Labor and Working Class Programs:
- Dorian T. Warren, Columbia University
- Kimberly Freeman-Brown, American Rights at Work
- Leo Casey, United Federation of Teachers, AFT, AFL-CIO
- Paul Booth, AFSCME
- Steve London, PSC-CUNY, AFT
Austerity, Security and Resistance:
- Sponsored by: Red Quill Books
- Carlo Fanelli, Carleton University
- George S. Rigakos, Carleton University
- Greg Albo, York University
- Justin Paulson, Carleton University
Badiou's Event: Who's afraid of Fidelity and Truth, Difference or Sameness, Solidarity or Selfishness?:
- Sponsored by: Situations: Project of the Radical Imagination
- Carlos Frade, University of Salford
- John Clark, Philosophy, Loyola University, New Orleans
- Michael Pelias, Long Island University and Situations Collective
- Peter Bratsis, U. of Salford, U.K. and Situations Collective
Barbarians at the Gate: Columbia University's Land Grab in Harlem:
- Nellie Hester Bailey, Coalition to Preserve Community and Harlem Tenants Council
- Ruth Eisenberg, Coalition to Preserve Community
- Tom DeMott, Coalition to Preserve Community
Being a Black Lesbian in American, A Discussion of How “THE LIFE” Has Changed!:
- Sponsored by: Black Lesbian Matters
- Kaz Mitchell, Circle of Voices, Presenter of survey results & Distributor of the surveys
- Rosina Riley, Social worker
- Virginia Googin, ESQ
Beyond Solidarity: The Need and Promise of International Unionism:
- Nicola Nicolosi, Italian General Confederation of Labor (CGIL)
- Paddy Quick, St. Francis College
- Sean Sweeney, Global Labor Institute, Cornell
- Stephanie Luce
- Steven Lerner, SEIU Justice for Janitors
Black Liberation Theory: Towards Praxis & Solidarity:
- Sponsored by: The Brotherwise Dispatch
- A. Shahid Stover, The Brotherwise Dispatch
- Daryle Lamont Jenkins, One People's Project
- Kazembe Balagun, Brecht Forum
- Tylon Washington, Blackwaxx Multimedia
Breaking the Iron Law: Leftists, Electoral Politics, and The Reform/Revolution Debate:
- David Doonan, Mayor, Green Party of NY State
- Gloria Matteria, Greenwich Hunger Action NY, IWW
- Mark Dunlea, Hunger Action NY, Green Party of NY State
Breaking the Seige on Gaza, How Solidarity is Overcoming State Terror:
- Bill Dores, Al-Awda Palestine Right to Return Coalition
- Charles Barron, Freedom Party
- Joyce Chediac , World View Forum
Building a Left Formation in the USA:
- Bill Fletcher, Jr., BlackCommentator.com; Center for Labor Renewal
- Harriet Fraad, Founding Mother of the Women's Movement; 15th St. Manifesto Group; Rethinking Marxism
- Jan Rehmann, Union Theological Seminary
- Richard D. Wolff, New School, Rethinking Marxism
- Sean Sweeny, Solidarity Divided
Building a Left Movement for 21st Century Higher Education:
- Dan Clawson, University of Massachusetts Amherst
- Doug Singsen, PSC-CUNY
- Eileen Landy, United University Professions
- Ferd Wulkan, Staff, Massachusetts Society of Professors; organizer, PHENOM
- Larry Hales, FIST
Building a New Priorities Network to Move the Money:
- Christine Ahn, Executive Director, Global Fund for Women
- Judith LeBlanc, Peace Action
- Michael Zweig, Center for Study of Working Class Life, SUNY Stony Brook
Building from the Local to the Global: Building Toward a Thoroughly Transformative Third Reconstruction:
- Matt Birkhold, Adelphi University / Heavy Thinkers and Binghamton University
- Melanie Bush, Adelphi University
- Pam McMichael, Highlander Research and Education Center
- Ron Scott, Boggs Center
- Shea Howell, Boggs Center
- Steve Williams, POWER and Grassroots Global Justice Alliance
Building Resistance in NYC to the Neoliberal Restructuring of Public Education:
- Sponsored by: The Indypendent
- Jitu Weusi, Coalition for Public Education
- John Tarleton, The Indypendent
- Julie Cavanagh, Grassroots Education Movement
- Leonie Haimson, Class Size Matters; Parents Across America
- Sally Lee, Teachers Unite
Building Solidarity through Community Power: Community-Labor Coalitions:
- Abby Scher, Brooklyn College/CUNY
- Gerardo Dominguez, Mexican-American Workers Association
- John Atlas, National Housing Institute
- Steve Lerner, SEIU
Building Solidarity Through Theatre:
- Alexander Cohen-Speigler, Co-Op Theatre East
- Casey Cleverly, Literary Director of Co-Op Theatre East
- Kerrie Bond, Co-Op Theatre East
- Michael Callahan, Co-Op Theatre East
- Robert A.K. Gonyo, Artistic Director of Co-Op Theatre East
- Theresa Christine, Co-Op Theatre East
Building the Socialist Alternative: History, Theory and Radical Imagination:
- Sponsored by: Review of Radical Political Economics/Science & Society
- Al Campbell, Union for Radical Political Economics; University of Utah
- David Laibman, Science & Society
- Julio Huato, Economics, St. Francis College
- Victor Alvarez Rodriguez, Centro Internacional Miranda, Caracas, Venezuela
Can Capitalism Be Good for Women?:
- May Chen, Murphy Center, CUNY
- Nancy Holmstrom, Philosophy Dept, Rutgers-Newark
- Ros Petchesky, Hunter College, CUNY Grad Center
- Silvia Federici, Hofstra University
Can Spiritual Progressive Traditions Help Left Politics?:
- Gary Null, Progressive Radio Network
- James Vrettos, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Sociology Department
- Priscilla Gonzales, Director, Domestic Workers United
Capital and Its Discontents: Routes Out of the Crisis for Them and for Us:
- Sponsored by: PM Press
- David Harvey, Anthropology, CUNY Graduate Center; Author, A Companion to Marx's Capital
- David McNally, Political Science, York University; Author, Global Slump
- Sasha Lilley, PM Press
Capitalism and Criminalization: The Perpetuation of Human Suffering:
- Carolina Garcia, Graduate student at New Jersey City University
- Lukas Dobrowolski, Graduate student at New Jersey City University
- Mr. Jason Williams, Texas Southern University
Capitalism and Education: A Marxist discourse on what we're fighting against and what we're fighting for:
- Sponsored by: International Socialist Review
- Brian Jones, SocialistWorker.org
- Jean Anyon, CUNY Graduate Center
- Jeff Bale, Department of Teacher Education, Michigan State University
- Megan Behrent, International Socialist Organization
Capitalism, Climate Change and Social Conflicts:
- Brian Tokar, Director of the Vermont-based Institute for Social Ecology
- Chris Williams, Pace, Chemistry and Physical Science
- Younes Abouyoub, Visiting researcher at Columbia University
Capitalism’s Terminal Crisis I: Economic Causes, Ecological Consequences, Radical Responses:
- Sponsored by: Praxis
- Bertell Ollman, Department of Politics, New York University
- Michael Lowy, New Anti-Capitalist Party, Paris
- Richard Greeman, Victor Serge Foundation, Montpellier, France
- Robert Fitch, New Politics
Case Studies of Successful Multiracial Campaigns Rooted in the Working Class:
- Ai-jen Poo, National Domestic Workers Alliance; Domestic Workers United
- Biju Mathew, New York Taxi Workers Association; Campaign to Stop Funding Hate; South Asia Solidarity Initiative
- Eric Mann, Labor Community Strategy Center
- Patrisse Cullors, Labor Community Strategy Center
- Priscilla Gonzalez, Domestic Workers United
Catastrophism and the Crisis of the Left:
- Sponsored by: Retort
- Doug Henwood, Left Business Observer
- Eddie Yuen, San Francisco Art Institute
- James Davis, Retort
- Ramsey Kanaan, PM Press, Retort
- Sasha Lilley, Retort, Spectre
Causes and Cures of Unemployment:
- Sponsored by: Union for Radical Political Economics
- David Van Arsdale, Hartwick College
- Howard Sherman, UC Riverside
- Mathew Forstater, Center for Full Employment and Price Stability
- Michael Meeropol, Economics, Western New England College
- Ron Baiman, Chicago Political Economy Group
Challenges in Palestine Solidarity Work in Canada:
- Alan Sears, Ryerson University and Faculty 4 Palestine
- David McNally, York University
- James Cairns, Laurier Brantford and Faculty 4 Palestine
- MaryJo Nadeau, University of Toronto-Mississauga and Faculty 4 Palestine
- Sue Ferguson, Laurier-Brantford and Faculty 4 Palestine
Challenging Islamophobia and Racism:
- Sponsored by: Women Against Islamophobia and Racism
- Debbie Almontaser, Muslim Consultative Network
- Dinu Ahmed, Khadijah's Caravan
- Donna Nevel, Community psychologist and educator, Jews Say No
- Louis Cristillo, Research Assistant Professor in the Department of International and Transcultural Studies, Columbia University
- Moumita Zaman, Khadijah's Caravan
- Ujju Aggarwal, Center for Immigrant Families
Changing the Relationships to Land:
- Max Rameau, Take Back the Land
- Monica Adams, Take Back the Land - Madison WI
- Robert Robinson, Take Back the Land
China and International Left Solidarity:
- David Ewing, U.S.-China Peoples Friendship Association
- Gary Hicks, Research Fellow, Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library, Oakland CA
- Wadih Halabi, Economics Commission, Communist Party USA
China and Marxism: Theory and Practice in Transition:
- Gaofeng Meng, University of Beijing
- George Comninel, York University, Toronto, Canada
- Norman Levine, Institute of International Policy, Phoenix - USA
- Xiaoping Wei, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
- Xingfu Wang, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Xiuqin Zhang, China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing
China's Auto Strike Wave; Perspectives on Class Struggle:
- Ellen David Friedman, International Joint Center for Labor Research, Sun Yat-sen University, Labor Notes
- Manfred Elfstorm, Cornell University, School of Industrial and Labor Relations
- Zhang Lu, Johns Hopkins University
Class War is Back in Business: political economic rationale for crazy class policies:
- Sponsored by: Critique
- Hillel Ticktin, Editor of Critique - Journal of Socialist Theory, Emeritus Professor, University of Glasgow, Scotland
- Jack Rasmus, Saint Mary's College of CA, Santa Clara University
- Michael Hudson, Economics, University of Missouri, Kansas City, ISLET, Scotland (Emeritus), St. Marys College
- Suzi Weissman, Critique, Against the Current, KPFK, Saint Mary's College of CA
Climate Change and War: A Corporate-Military Complex Beyond Eisenhower's Imagination:
- Dr. Dahlia Wasfi, Peace Activist
- Elaine Hills, Bethlehem Neighbors for Peace, SUNY Albany
- Maggie Zhou, Massachusetts Coalition for Healthy Communities/Green Party USA
- R. Grayson Edick, Climate Change Activist & Writer, Veterans for Peace, URPE
Combating Corporate Control of Health - The Bottom Line or Your Life (part 1):
- Celia Quinn, MD, MPH, Residency Program in Social Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center
- Josh Freeman, MD, Kansas University School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine
- Martin Donohoe, Portland State University
- Matthew Anderson, Montefiore Medical Center, MPH, Residency Program in Social Medicine
Combating Corporate Control of Health - The Bottom Line or Your Life (part 2):
- Camron Page, MD–Attending Physician, Beth Israel Hospital
- Martin Donohoe, Portland State University, Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility
- Monica Sanchez, insurancecompanyrules.org, Doctors for Global Health
- Nicholas Freudenberg, Distinguished Professor of Public Health, CUNY/Hunter College
- William Wiist, DHSc, MPH, MS, Office of Executive Dean, Health Sciences, Northern Arizona University
Communication and Solidarity:
- Doyle Canning, SmartMeme
- Jason Del Gandio, Temple University
- Kenneth Bailey, Design Studio for Social Intervention
- Mario Murillo, Hofstra University
- Stephen Duncombe, Gallatin School, New York University
Community Organizing: Building Solidarity, Addressing Contradictions:
- Max Rameau, Take Back the Land
- Rob Robertson, National Economic and Social Rights Initiative
- Robert Fisher, University of Connecticut
- Steve Meachem, City Life/Vida Urbana
Consumer Solidarity for Food Workers & Growers:
- Rekha Eanni, ROC-NY
- Sardha Young, COLORS Restaurant
- Saru Jayaraman, ROC-United
Contested Forms of Protest and Struggle and the Neoliberal World Order:
- David Baronov, St. John Fisher College
- Marta Rodriguez-Galan, St. John Fisher College
- Paul Fuller, St. John Fisher College
- Timothy Madigan, St. John Fisher College
Cornerstones of a New Left Formation in the US:
- Bill Fletcher, Jr., BlackCommentator.com; Center for Labor Renewal
- Harriet Fraad, Founding Mother of the Women's Movement; 15th St. Manifesto Group; Rethinking Marxism
- Jan Rehmann, Union Theological Seminary, North-Atlantic Left Dialogue
- Raquel Garrido, Parti de Gauche, France
- Richard D. Wolff, New School University, Rethinking Marxism
- Sean Sweeney, Cornell Global Labor Institute
Countering Dominant Narratives of 'Liberation' (in a revolutionary way):
- Sponsored by: Cultural Logic: an electronic journal of marxist theory and practice
- Grover Furr, Montclair State University
- Joseph G. Ramsey, Emmanuel College, English Department, Cultural Logic (co-editor)
- Kanishka Chowdhury, Program in American Culture and Difference
- Patricia Keeton, Ramapo College
Creating a Fair Food System: Solidarity Between Farmers and Farmworkers:
- Abby Youngblood, Just Food
- Elizabeth Henderson, Northeast Organic Farming Association
- Michelle Hughes, New Farmer Development Project
Creating Leverage: Non-Electoral Strategies for Change in the Obama Era:
- Kevin Young, SUNY Stony Brook
- Michael Schwartz, SUNY Stony Brook
- Michael Zweig, Center for Study of Working Class Life - SUNY Stony Brook
- Steve Early, Former Communications Workers of America organizer, Author, Embedded With Organized Labor
- Tod Ensign, Citizen Soldier
Crisis, Change & Resistance in Ireland Today:
- Sponsored by: SocialistWorker.org
- Joan McKiernan, Westchester Community College
- Sandy Boyer, Radio Free Eireann @ WBAI.org
- Shaun Harkin, Socialist Worker
Critical Issues for Marxist Feminists Today:
- Dorothy Geller, freelance artist, and Simone de Beauvoir Institute, Montreal
- Emma Dowling, Queen Mary College, University of London
- Hester Eisenstein, CUNY Queens College and the Graduate Center
- Ida Susser, Anthropology, Hunter College and Graduate Center
- Janelle Little
- Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Feminist, revolutionary, historian
- Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Professor, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Graduate Center, CUNY
Cuba Update:
- Sponsored by: Socialism and Democracy
- Hobart Spalding, Left Forum
- Keith Bolender, Institute for Public Accuracy; University of Toronto
- Leonard Weinglass, Attorney
- N. Michel Hernández Valdés-Portela, Hostos Community College
- Peter Roman, Hostos Community College, CUNY Graduate Center; Socialism and Democracy
Debating Alain Badiou’s “Politics of Emancipation”, An Exchange on Communism and the Historical Moment:
- Bruno Bosteels, Cornell University
- Chris Cutrone, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
- Nayi Duniya, Demarcations Journal
- Saul Thomas, University of Chicago, student
Defending the Public Square: Public Education and Teacher Unions Under Attack:
- James Thindwa, Alliance of Charter Teachers and Staff, American Federation of Teachers
- Leo Casey, United Federation of Teachers, AFT, AFL-CIO
- MIchelle Fine, CUNY Graduate Center
- Stanley Aronowitz, Sociology, CUNY Graduate Center
Degrowth and Socialism: Is anti-growth anti-capitalist?:
- David Schwartzman, Howard University
- Lisi Krall, Economics, SUNY Cortland
- Salvatore Engel-Di Mauro, Department of Geography, SUNY New Paltz
Democratic and Participatory Economics:
- Sponsored by: Union for Radical Political Economics (URPE)
- Al Campbell, Union for Radical Political Economics; University of Utah
- Alba Delgado Riaño, ICEA (Instituto de Ciencias Económicas y de la Autogestión)
- John Cronan Jr, Organization for a Free Society; Restaurant Opportunities Center
Democratic Distortions - Money, Propaganda, Electoral Manipulation and Disenfranchisement:
- Angela Ledford, College of St. Rose
- Juan Cartagena, Community Service Society of New York
- Lori Minnite, Barnard College
Developing Capitalist Countries and Sustainability:
- Michael Lowy, CNRS in Paris
- Nancy Holmstrom, Left Forum and Eco-socialist International Network
- Pritam Singh, Oxford U.
- Richard Smith, Historian and Independent Scholar
Disability + Justice: Creating Interdependent Social Movements:
- Akemi Nishida, Disability Studies Program at the City University of New York
- Alejandra Ospina, Gimp Girl
- Julie Maury, Center for Independent Living
- Leslie Freeman, Independent Community Organizer and Artist
- Michelle Mantione, Alliance for Inclusion in the Arts
- Park McArthur, Whitney Independent Study Program
Disarmament work amidst a global crisis:
- Andrew Lichterman, Western States Legal Foundation
- M. V. Ramana, Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace
- Ray Acheson, Reaching Critical Will Project of WILPF
Do Progressive Religious Traditions Matter In the Politics Of War, Law, Education, And Medicine:
- Dr. Bruce Hirsch
- James Vrettos, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Sociology Department
- Warren Goldstein, Visiting Fellow, Committee on the Study of Religion, Harvard
Does Marxism have Gender Trouble?:
- Catherine Sameh, Rutgers University, Raha Iranian Feminist Collective
- Cinzia Arruzza, New School for Social Research, IIRE
- Johanna Brenner, Solidarity
- Nancy Holmstrom, Rutgers University, Newark
Don't Take the Bait: The Left and Crisis A Social Text Roundtable:
- Sponsored by: Social Text
- Michael Ralph, New York University
- Micki Mcgee, Fordham University
- Neferti Tadiar, Columbia University
- Randy Martin, New York University
Dreaming the Revolution & Winning the World We Want: An Open Form on Rebuilding the Left:
- John Cronan, Organization for a Free Society; Restaurant Opportunities Center
- Pat Korte, Organization for a Free Society
- Uruj Sheikh, Organization for a Free Society
- Yotam Marom, Without Walls Educators Collective
Drone Wars:
- Bill Hartung, Director, Arms and Security Initiative, New America Foundation
- Darryl Li, Phd candidate, Anthropology & Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard
- Pardiss Kebriaei, Center for Constitutional Rights
- Zohra Ahmed, Pakistan Solidarity Network
Ecological and Economic Crises: Making Linkages:
- Sponsored by: Capitalism Nature Socialism and Human Geography: A New Radical Journal
- Joel Kovel, Editor-in-Chief, Capitalism Nature Socialism
- Leigh Brownhill, Capitalism Nature Socialism and McGill University
- Richard Smith, Historian and Independent Scholar
- Salvatore Engel-Di Mauro, Capitalism Nature Socialism, SUNY New Paltz
- Terisa Turner, Capitalism Nature Socialism and University of Guelph, Toronto
Ecstatic Pedagogy inside the Classroom and Out:
- Sponsored by: Rethinking Marxism
- Abby Templer, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Community Economies Collective
- Leo Hwang-Carlos, University of Massachusetts, Community Economies Collective
- Maliha Safri, Jersey Shore Neighborhood Cooperative, Drew University, Rethinking Marxism
- Stephen Healy, Worcester State University, RM, Community Economies Collective
- Susan Jahoda, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Rethinking Marxism
Electoral Politics in the Age of Obama - Can the Democratic Party be Reformed?:
- Betty Davis, New Abolitionist Movement; Green Party USA; Lynne Stewart Defense Committee; UFT Retired
- Colia Clark, Green Party USA
- Glen Ford, Black Agenda Report
- Linda Thompson, New Abolitionist Movement
Empathy vs. Solidarity in the Literature and Politics of the Global South:
- Aruna Krishnamurthy, Fitchburgh State University
- Nivedita Majumdar, John Jay College-CUNY
- Shakti Jaising, Rutgers University
Engaging Youths & Coummunity in Dialogue: Our Roles in Cultivating Global Peace?:
- Emily E. Welty, PhD, Faculty Lecturer, Poli-Sci, Pace University; International Consultant
- Frances Delahanty, PhD, Assoc. Prof., Psych., Pace Univ.- Chair - Peace & Justice Advisory Bd,
- Ida Dupont, PhD, Assoc. Prof., Criminal Justice & Human Services, Pace University
- Jacob Toll, Chair, Exec. Committee, Seeds of Peace Junior Board
- Lorendra Pinder, President, Stonewall Coalition, Honor student at Pace University
- Rev. Deborah Moldow, World Peace Prayer Society UN Rep; co-founder, Campus Peace Centers
Environmental Studies as Radical Ecology: Population, Energy, Climate Change, and Sustainability in the Context of University Education:
- Ghassan Karam, Economics
- Judith Pajo, Anthropology
- Robert Chapman, Philosophy
Ethical Socialism?:
- John P. Pittman, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY
- Karsten Struhl, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY
- Russell Dale, Brecht Forum, Science & Society
Ethnic relations in China:
- Grace Cheng, Hawai`i Pacific University
- Li Dan, Dongjen Center for Human Rights Education and Action
- Li Ying, Communications Department, University of Macau
- Losang Rabgey Machik, A Tibetan NGO based in Washington D.C.
- Tom Grunfeld, Empire State College/SUNY
Europe's Left in Motion:
- Sponsored by: Transform
- Albert Scharenberg, Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, Germany
- Giorgio Riolo, Associazione Culturale Punto Rosso
- Luciana Castellina, Il Manifesto, Italy
- Raquel Garrido, Parti de Gauche, France
- Teppo Eskillenen, Left Alliance Party, Finland
- Walter Baier, Coordinator, Transform network
Excluded Workers: Building a Labor Movement for the Twenty-First Century:
- Erica Smiley, Jobs with Justice
- Frances Fox Piven, CUNY Graduate Center
- Harmony Goldberg, CUNY Graduate Center
- Linda Abad, Damayan Migrant Workers Association
- Premilla Nadasen, Queens College
- Saket Soni, New Orleans Workers Center for Racial Justice
Eyewitness to the Egyptian Uprising: Revolutionary Processes? …and the Future of the Arab World?:
- Sponsored by: International Socialist Review
- Ahmed Shawki, International Socialist Review
- Anand Gopal, independent journalist, The Nation, WSJ, Christian Science Monitor
- Ayman Mohyeldin, Al Jazeera
- Jennifer Roesch, International Socialist review
- Mostafa Omar, Egyptian Socialist
- Sharif Abdel Kouddous, Democracy Now!
Facing the New MacCarthyism: Organizing to Fight the Islamophobic Right:
- Asim Rehman, Muslim Bar Association of New York
- Faiza Ali, former Community Organizer, CAIR NY
- Ramzi Kassem, CLEAR law clinic, CUNY
- Tom Cincotta, Public Eye
Factory Occupations and Worker Control:
- Sponsored by: Working USA: The Journal of Labor and Society
- Dario Azzellini, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria
- Kari Lydersen, Journalist and Author
- Marina Sitrin, SUNY, Old Westbury
- Sheila Cohen, University of the West of England
Faiz Ahmed Faiz - Anthems of Resistance:
- Sponsored by: Deep Dish TV
- Andrew McCord, freelance writer, poet and translator
- Bilal Hashmi, Journal Comparative Studies of South Asia, Managing Editor
- David Barsamian, Alternative Radio
- Naomi Lazard, poet and author
- Saiyid Ali Naqvi, Author, friend of the poet
Feminist Marxism in Theory and Practice:
- Ariane Fischer, Temple University
- Janelle Little, Manhattanville College
- Peter F. Bell, SUNY Purchase and Manhattanville College
Fighting for a Free Society: Analysis, Vision, & Strategy to Confront the Totality of Oppression:
- Aaron Petcoff, Organization for a Free Society
- Ben Case, Organization for a Free Society
- Isabel de la Calle, Organization for a Free Society
- Michael Strom, Organization for a Free Society, Without Walls Educators Collective
Fighting Fracking with Art:
- Cecile Lawrence, Tioga Peace and Justice
- David Walczak, Citizens for Healthy Communities
- Janet Burgan, singer-songwriter
- Leese Walker, Founder/Artistic Director of Strike Anywhere performance ensemble
- Michael Lebron, Principal-NYSESS; Bd member-Damascus Citizens Sustainab; VP-Juvia Comm
- Shira Golding, Shirari Industries
Film as an organizing tool:
- Bob Levis, Levis Productions, Ltd
- Danny Schechter, The News Dissector
- Genghis Khalil Mohammed, Picture the Homeless
- George Stoney, Professor Emeritus at NYU and the father of Public Access Television
- Joe Friendly, Truth for Change
Film: The Inconvenient Truth About 'Waiting for Superman':
- Brian Jones, Grassroots Education Movement, SocialistWorker.org
- Julie Cavanagh, Grassroots Education Movement
- Leonie Haimson, Class Size Matters
- Mona Davids, NY Charter Parents Association
- S.E. Anderson, Black New Yorkers for Educational Excellence
Financialization & Jobless Recovery:
- Karl Beitel, Policy Analyst for Food and Development Policy
- Max Fraad Wolff, New School
- Padma Kadiyala, Pace University
- Robert Isaak, Pace University
Food Chain Worker Solidarity:
- Daniel Gross, IWW, Brandworkers International
- Diana Robinson, United Food and Commercial Workers 1500
- Rekha Eanni, Restaurant Opportunities Center of New York
- Richard Mandelbaum, CATA
- Saru Jayaraman, ROC-United
Food Movements in the City:
- Sponsored by: Dissent
- Elizabeth Henderson, Genesee Valley Organic CSA
- Karen Washington, La Familia Verde Market, Just Food
- Theo Di Castri, Grant Houses Community Garden Project
- Yonette Fleming, Hattie Carthan Community Farmers Market
Forbidden Fruit: The Role of Spirituality in the Left:
- Bill Fletcher, Jr., BlackCommentator.com; Center for Labor Renewal
- Carlos Velazquez, Human Potential Development
- Christopher Z. Hobson, Department of English SUNY College at Old Westbury
- Jackie DiSalvo, Baruch College and the CUNY Graduate Center
Free Puerto Rican Political Prisoners:
- Anthony Martinez, Intikana, Hip Hop artist/poet
- Benjamin Ramos, Pro-Libertad
- Graciano Matos, National Boricua Human Rights Network - NY chapter
- Professor Ana M. Lopez, Humanities, Hostos Community College
- Ricardo Jimenez, Chicago National Boricua Human Rights Network
Freedom and Democracy: Bringing Africa Back into the Discourse of Modernity:
- Charles W. Mills, Philosophy Department, Northwestern University
- Laura Hengehold, Philosophy Department, Case Western Reserve University
- Lewis Gordon, Philosophy Department, Temple University
- Olufemi Taiwo, Philosophy Dept. and Global African Stud. Prog., Seattle University
- Souleymane Bachir Diagne, Philosophy Department, Columbia University
From Bank Bailout to Fiscal Austerity: Organizing to Fight the Budget Cuts:
- Sponsored by: Union for Radical Political Economics
- Chris Rude, Union for Radical Political Economics
- David Kotz, University of Massachusetts Amherst and Shanghai University of Finance
- Sara Burke, Glovesoff
From Caring for the Poor to Luxury Care - Narrowing the Worldwide Spectrum of Health Care:
- Diana Ramirez, MD, Jacobi Medical Center
- Insung Min, MD, MPH, Institute for Urban Family Health
- Lanny Smith, MD, MPH, DTM&H, Montefiore Med Ctr, Einstein Med School, Doctors for Global Health
- Martin Donohoe, Portland State University, Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility
- Safina Koreishi, MD, MPH, Rosewood Health Center, Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic
From Fear City to Billionaires Playground: the transformation of New York City:
- Sponsored by: The Brooklyn Rail
- Alex S. Vitale, Department of Sociology, Brooklyn College
- Arlene Davila, Anthropology and American Studies, NYU
- Julian Brash, Montclair State University
- Ted Hamm, Brooklyn Rail
From Financial Bailouts and Austerity Policies to Progressive Action: Linking Popular Protest and Political Change in Europe and the U.S.:
- Daniel Cirera, Gabriel Peri Foundation
- John Mason, William Paterson University
- Mark Kesselman, Columbia University
- Richard Wolff, University of Massachusetts
- Trudy Goldberg, National Jobs for All Coalition
From Silence to Solidarity: Unpacking the Silence and How to Break It:
- Anna Maria Santamaria, Pace University, Student
- Christina Lalama, Pace University, Student
- Jeffrey Wolpert, Pace University, Student
- Kelly Herbert, Pace University
- Muldow Pindra, Pace University, Student
From the Bush Regime's "War on Terror" to Obama's "Overseas Contingency Operation" – Why We Resist:
- Debra Sweet, Director of World Can't Wait
- Eric Stoner, freelance journalist, Adjunct Professor at St. Peter's College, War Resisters League
- Mathis Chiroux, Army veteran, Iraq war resister
- Pardiss Kebriaei, Center for Constitutional Rights
Gaza: Neoliberalism, Corporate Media , Human Rights & Activism:
- Allen Andrews, The Crisis Health Initiative, Medical Student at OHSU
- Dr. Ghannam, Psychoanalyst specializing in PTSD and torture, Founder of community health centers in Gaza
- Hannah Schwarzschild, American Jews for a Just Peace, Philadelphia Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Coalition, US Boat to Gaza
Gender and the Economic Crisis:
- Barbara Garson, Author
- Erin Michaels, Sociology Department CUNY Graduate Center
- Jasmine Burnett, SisterSong
- Valerie Francisco, Sociology Program, City University of New York, The Graduate Center
Gender Relations in China:
- Clara To, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
- Helen Wu, University of Toronto
- Li Qin, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies
- Shen Tingting, Dongjen Center for Human Rights Education and Action
- Vincent Ho, History Department, University of Macau
Global Imbalances and the Great Recession:
- Sponsored by: Union for Radical Political Economics (URPE)
- Armagan Gezici, Keene State College; URPE
- Bilge Erten, Drew University; URPE
- Josh Mason, UMass; URPE; PERI
Global Warming and Economic Cooling: Causes and Fight-back Strategies:
- Sponsored by: Union for Radical Political Economics
- Gelvin Stevenson, Clear Skies Group, Inc.; Community Resources Exchange; Cherokee National Historical Society
- Michael Tanzer, Tanzer Economic Associates
- Winona LaDuke, Long-time native, anti-nuke and clean energy activist
Going Forward: A Revolutionary Perspective on Ethnic Studies:
- Alice Feng, Asian Pacific-Islander Students in Struggle @ Syracuse University
- Ateo Laureano Bracero Peruyero, Black Legacy @ Lehman College; Freedom Road Socialist Organization
- Hank Williams, Africana Studies Group @ CUNY Graduate Center
- Robyn Tang, The Coalition for the Revitalization of Asian American Studies at Hunter
Going into Debt: A Collective Presentation by the Yale Working Group on Globalization and Culture:
- Andrew Hannon, Working Group on Globalization and Culture (WGGC)
- Eli Jelly-Schapiro, (WGGC)
- Hong Liang, (WGGC)
- Michael Denning, (WGGC)
- Monica Munoz Martinez, (WGGC)
- Sigma Colon, (WGGC)
- Van Truong, (WGGC)
Harvesting Justice: Solidarity in Transforming the Food System:
- Andy Lin, Other Worlds
- Elizabeth Henderson, Northeast Organic Farming Association
- Nancy Romer, Brooklyn Food Coalition
- Rekha Eanni-Rodriguez, Co-Director, Restuarant Opportunities Center of NY
Helping Haiti rebuild with dignity, sovereignty and justice:
- Alexander Main, Center for Economic and Policy Research
- Mark Schuller, York College (CUNY)
- Mark Weisbrot, Center for Economic and Policy Research
- Nicole Lee, TransAfrica Forum
Hillbilly Nationalists, Revolutionary Greasers, and Black Power: > Organizing Poor Whites in the New Left:
- Amy Sonnie, Banned Librarian
- Bill Fletcher, Jr., BlackCommentator.com; Center for Labor Renewal
- Gil Fagiani, Drug counselor; author of Rooks and Blanquito en el Barrio
- James Tracy, Community Housing Partnership
- Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Indigenous World Association, Historian, San Francisco
Honoring and Engaging Aronowitz: Rethinking Labor and the Labor movement:
- Ed Ott, Murphy Institute for Worker Education
- Michael Pelias, Long Island University
- Penny Lewis, Murphy Institute for Worker Education
- Phil Nicholson, Nassau Community College
- William DiFazio, St. Johns University, Situations Collective
Honoring and Engaging Aronowtiz: Remaking the Knowledge Factory:
- Dr. B. Ricardo Brown, Pratt Institute
- Dr. Michelle Fine, CUNY Graduate Center
- Michael Menser, Brooklyn College/CUNY
- Mike Fabricant, Hunter/CUNY Graduate Center, PSC-CUNY
How 'The Declining Significance of Race' Helped to Hide Internal Colonialism in Plain Sight:
- Arthur Paris, Syracuse University
- Charles Pinderhughes, University of Massachusetts, Boston
- Rod Bush, Author, The End of White World Supremacy: Black Internationalism and the Problem of the Color Line
How do we fight neoliberal austerity:
- Sponsored by: Labor Notes
- Alicia Love, Chicago Teachers Union
- Betzabeth Sanchez, NY Stand Up
- Kenneth Page, NY Stand Up
- Tim Schermerhorn, Black Workers Rank and File Network
How Do We Shift the Black Revolutionary Center Back to the Youth:
- Brenda Stokely, Black Left Unity Network
- Fitzroy Searles, New York Communities for Change
- Judith de los Santos, Brecht Forum, The Indypendent, San Francisco Bay View
- Kazembe Balagun, Brecht Forum
- Lait Clarkson, New York Chapter of the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement
- Lehna Huie, Arts Liberation/Curator – The Brecht Forum
- Sam Anderson, Black Left Unity Network
How the Exception Became the Rule: The American Middle Class:
- Cyril Ghosh, Smith College
- Max Fraad Wolff, New School University
- Ward Regan, NYU
How to Achieve Solidarity in the Electoral Arena - A Debate:
- Corinne M. Chen, Progressive Democrats of America
- Howie Hawkins, Green Party USA
- Margaret Kimberley, Black Agenda Report
- Ralph Poynter, Lynne Stewart Defense Committee
- Steve Cobble, Progressive Democrats of America
Howard Zinn: Toward a Politics of Solidarity Within the Academy and Among the Citizenry:
- Adam Silver, Boston University
- Ambre Ivol, La Sorbonne Nouvelle
- Christopher Robinson, Clarkson University
- Frances Fox Piven, CUNY Graduate Center
- Joshua C. Yesnowitz, Boston University
- Stephen Bird, Clarkson University
Identities, Multiculturalism, and Solidarity:
- Catherine Sameh, Against the Current
- Charles MIlls, Northwestern University
- Eduardo Mendieta, Stonybrook University
- Eleni Verikas, University of Paris 8
- Laurel Mei Turbin, Center Against Anti-Asian Violence, CUNY Grad Center, SpaceTime Research Collective, Queens College
- Michelle Stephens, Rutgers
- Nellie Hester Bailey, Harlem Tenants Council
- Robyn Spencer, Lehman College
- Sam Anderson, Black Left Unity Network, Malcolm X Museum, The Brecht Forum
Imperial Unraveling: The Implosion of US Global Hegemony:
- Sponsored by: Black Agenda Report
- Glen Ford, Black Agenda Report
- Margaret Kimberley, Senior Editor of Black Agenda Report
- Nellie Hester Bailey, Black Agenda Report & Harlem Anti-War Coalition
- Professor Anthony Monteiro, Temple University Philadelphia, Penn.
In Defense of Water: Building the Movement Against Fracking in NY and PA:
- Alex Lotorto, Marcellus Protest
- Claire Sandberg, Frack Action
- Wes Gillingham, Catskill Mountainkeeper
Increasingly Boisterous - Making Action More Direct:
- Andres C. Perez, Jr., Picture the Homeless
- Darlene Bryant, Picture the Homeless
- Genghis Khalid Muhammad, Picture the Homeless
- Jean Rice, Picture the Homeless
- Jerry Singleton, Picture the Homeless
- Kendall B. Jackman, Picture the Homeless
India Inc(arcerated): Justice, Jails and Jingoism:
- Balmurli Natrajan, South Asia Solidarity Initiative
- Jinee Lokaneeta, South Asia Solidarity Initiative, Mining Zone People's Solidarity Group
- Sirisha C. Naidu, Sanhati; Economics, Wright State University, Mining Zone People's Solidarity Group
- Somnath Mukherjee, Association for India's Development
Intelligent Cities: The good, the bad and the ridiculous:
- Adam Greenfield, Author of Everyware: The Dawning Age of Ubiquitous Computing
- Ayesha Khanna, Hybrid Reality
- Greg Lindsay, co-author of Aerotropolis: The Way We’ll Live Next; Contributing Writer for Fast Company
- Saskia Sassen, Columbia University
Interconnections between Ecological and Economic Crises and Implications for International Solidarity:
- Sponsored by: Capitalism, Nature, Socialism and Human Geography: A New Radical Journal
- Ariel Salleh, Department of Political Economy, Clark University
- Elaine Hartwick, Department of Geography, Framingham State University
- Richard Greeman, Victor Serge Foundation
- Richard Peet, Department of Geography
- Salvatore Engel-Di Mauro, Capitalism, Nature, Socialism, SUNY New Paltz
International Labor Solidarity:
- Sponsored by: Working USA: The Journal of Labor and Society
- Aviva Chomsky, Salem State University - Massachusetts
- Carlos Esquer, Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores Mineros, Mexico
- Hae-Lin Choi, CWA
- Jamie McCallum, CUNY Graduate Center / Left Forum
- Kate Bronfenbrenner, Cornell University
- Stanley Aronowitz, CUNY Graduate Center
Iran: The Current State of Affairs:
- Hamid Zangeneh, Widener University
- Hamideh Sedghi, Harvard University
- Reza Ghorashi, Professor of Economics, Stockton College
- Tom O'Donnell, New School for Social Research
Is Fair Trade a Viable Model of Solidarity Economics?:
- Sponsored by: URPE
- Chisara Ehiemere, Fair Trade USA
- Daniel Salcedo, Pueblo to People
- Rodney North, Equal Exchange
- Tamara Stenn, URPE and Keene State College
Is Fair Trade a Viable Model of Solidarity Economics?:
- Sponsored by: Union for Radical Political Economics (URPE)
- Armagan Gezici, Keene State College; URPE
- Bilge Erten, Drew University; URPE
- Josh Mason, UMass; URPE; PERI
- Mathieu Dufour, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Is Socialism Possible?:
- Sponsored by: Marxist-Humanist Initiative
- Alex Steinberg, Non-affiliated independent Marxist scholar
- Andrej Grubacic, Global Balkans Network; itinerant university worker
- Andrew Kliman, Economics, Pace University
- Anne Jaclard, Marxist-Humanist Initiative
- Antti Ronkainen, Megafoni Webjournal
Is Socialism Possible? Part 2:
- Sponsored by: Marxist-Humanist Initiative
- Andrew Kliman, Economics, Pace University
- Cindy Milstein, Institute for Anarchist Studies, Renewing the Anarchist Tradition
- Michael Albert, Z Magazine, Parecon
- Ray McKay , Marxist-Humanist Initiative
Is the Rosenberg Case Closed? If So, What Does it Mean, and Why Won’t the Right Accept the Truth?:
- Jeff Kisseloff, Managing Editor, algerhiss.com; Board Member, NCRRC
- Michael Meeropol, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY
- Miriam Moskowitz, Board Member, NCRRC
Jewish solidarity with the Palestinian struggle:
- Adam Horowitz, Mondoweiss
- Donna Nevel, Community psychologist and educator, Jews Say No
- Elyse Crystall, Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions-USA
- Laurie Arbeiter, Activist Response Team, US to Gaza
- Maya Wind , Shministim (Refusers)
- Rebecca Vilkomerson, Jewish Voice for Peace
Jobless Recovery, the Intractability of the Capitalist Crisis, and Prospects for Fightback:
- Berna Ellorin, BAYAN-USA, May 1 Immigrants & Workers' Rights Coalition
- Brenda Stokely, Million Worker March Movement
- Fred Goldstein, Workers World Party
Labor relations in China:
- Gao Xinjun, Central Translation and Compilation Bureau
- Guo Zhengyang, School of Political Science and Public Management, Shanxi Unviversity
- Qingwen Xu, Graduate School of Social Work, Boston College
- Zhidong Hao, University of Macau
Latin America after the Neoliberal Debacle:
- Sponsored by: Critical Sociology
- Jim Russell, Eastern Connecticut State University
- Jose Keppis, New School for Social Research, NY
- Ricardo Dello Buono, Manhattan College
- Ximena de la Barra, South American Dialogue
Laughing Left: Spreading The Word With F-bombs, Oily Mermaids and Clowns On Bikes:
- Anne Craig, Stop Oil! NYC
- Cristina Castro, Code Pink Alert NYC
- Michael ONeil, Green Party NY State
- Monica Hunken, Bike Lane Liberation Clowns
Leadership and The Limits of Demands: The 2010 Daniel Singer Millennium Prize:
- Kim Moody, University of Hertfordshire, UK
- Sheila Cohen, Work and Employment Research Unit, University of Hertfordshire
- Suzi Weissman, Saint Mary's College of California, Critique
Learning from the Tea Party:
- Sponsored by: The Indypendent
- Abby Scher, Independent Journalist and Sociologist
- Arun Gupta, Founding Editor, The Indypendent
- Peter Bratsis, University of Salford
Left Movements in Contemporary India-I:
- Sponsored by: Sanhati
- Deepankar Basu, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
- Gautam Navlakha, Economic and Political Weekly, India
- Siddhartha Mitra, Sanhati
Left Movements in Contemporary India-II:
- Sponsored by: Sanhati
- Anindya Dey, University of Texas, Austin
- Nandini Dhar, University of Texas Austin
- Panayiotis T. Manolakos, Sanhati
- Siddhartha Mitra, Sanhati
Left Strategies to Exit the Crisis?:
- Sponsored by: Rosa Luxemburg Foundation
- Christina Kaindl, Rosa Luxemburg Foundation
- Florian Moritz, Die LINKE, Germany
- Gar Alperovitz, Democracy Collaborative
- Immanuel Ness, Brooklyn College, CUNY
Lenin’s Marxism:
- Chris Cutrone, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
- Ian Morrison, Platypus Affiliated Society
- Lars T. Lih, Independent Researcher
- Paul Le Blanc, LaRoche College
Lessons From the Third-Party Campaign Taill: What’s It Like To Be A Green, WFP, or Vermont Progressive Party Candidate:
- Sponsored by: Working USA
- Howie Hawkins, Green Party USA
- Martha Abbot, Vermont Progressive Party
- Rand Wilson, Working Families Party, Massachusetts
Lethal Injustice: Standing Against the Death Penalty, and Harsh Punishment:
- Anthony Papa, Rockefeller drug law survivor; Author, 15 to Life: How I Painted My Way to Freedom
- Jazz Hayden, All Things Harlem
- Lawrence Hayes, Former Black Panther and New York death row prisoner
- Liliana Segura, Campaign to End the Death Penalty
Locating the Left: The spaces and scales of meaningful politics today:
- Barbara Epstein, Socialist Review; History of Consciousness, UC Santa Cruz
- Justin Paulson, Sociology, Carleton University
- Rebecca Schein, Human Rights, Carleton University
Lukács's Marxism:
- Chris Cutrone, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
- Jeremy Cohen, New York University
- Marco Torres, University of Chicago
- Neil Larsen, University of California at Davis
- Timothy Bewes, Brown University
- Timothy Hall, University of East London, U.K.
Marked for Life: the social outcast in capitalist society; origins and resistance:
- Eleni Varikas, University of Paris 8
- Inez Hedges, Northeastern University
- Noelle Hanrahan, Prison Radio
Marx and Engels's Marxism:
- Sponsored by: The Platypus Review
- Benjamin Blumberg, University of Chicago
- Nathan Smith, The Platypus Affiated Society
- Pam Nogales, New York University
- Richard Rubin, Platypus
- Tana Forreser, The Platypus Affiliated Society
Marx and Human Nature:
- Sponsored by: Science & Society
- Bertell Ollman, Department of Politics, New York University
- Justin Holt, Galatin School, New York University
- Mariana Assis, Ph.D.student New School
- Mehmet Tabak, New York University
- Sean Sayers, University of Kent
Marx for Today. Part I: Re-reading Marx in 2010:
- Sponsored by: Socialism and Democracy
- Bertell Ollman, New York University
- George Comninel, York University
- Hester Eisenstein, Queens College
- Marcello Musto, York University
- Victor Wallis, Berklee College of Music
Marx for Today. Part II: Marx’s Global Reception Today:
- Sponsored by: Socialism and Democracy
- Frieder Otto Wolf, Free University, Berlin, Germany
- Marcello Musto, York University, Toronto, Canada
- Seongjin Jeong, Marxism 21, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, South Korea
- Shuangli Zhang, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Victor Wallis, Berklee College, Boston - USA
- Yasin Kaya, York University, Toronto, Canada
Marxist Scholarship and Social Transformation: Science & Society at 75 Years, Celebration and Re-Commitment:
- Sponsored by: Science & Society
- David Laibman, Science & Society
- Julio Huato, Economics, St. Francis College
- Renate Bridenthal, Science & Society
- Russell Dale, Brecht Forum, Science & Society
- Sheila Delany, Science & Society
- Younes Abouyoub, Columbia University
Mobilizing American Youth in the Classroom, at the Workplace, in the Community in an Era of Demoralization and Demobilization:
- Andi Weiss Bartczak, Science for Citizens
- Irwin Sperber, Sociology, SUNY New Paltz
- John Pietaro, Cultural worker, labor organizer
- Julia Walsh, Director, NY Frack Action
- Tess Cooper, student, SUNY New Paltz; organizer, NY Frack Action
Movement, generation and moments of excess:
- David Harvie, University of Leicester
- Keir Milburn, The Free Association
- Malav Kanuga, Bluestockings
- Marina Sitrin, Author, Horizontalism: Voices of Popular Power in Argentina
- Peter Linebaugh, University of Toledo
New Labor Formations and the Post Neo Liberal Imaginary: Fifteen Years of the New York Taxi Workers Alliance:
- Beresford Simmonds, NYTWA
- Bhairavi Desai, NYTWA
- Biju Mathew, NYTWA
- Javaid Tariq, NYTWA
- Victor Salazar, NYTWA
New strategies for building working class power in the age of neoliberalism: The Vermont Workers’ Center and the Healthcare Is a Human Right Campaign:
- Anja Rudiger, National Economic and Social Rights Initiative
- Ashley Hufnagel, United Workers
- Desi Burnette, Media Mobilizing Project
- Jonathan Kissam, Vermont Worker's Center
- Kate Kanelstein, Vermont Worker's Center
New York’s Health Systems: Change Without Transformation?:
- Cheryl Merzel, Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Bronx)
- Elena Padilla, New York University; New York Academy of Medicine
- Howard Berliner, Downstate Medical Center; SEIU-1199
- Robb Burlage, Five Borough Institute, HealthPacOnline
- Robert A. Padgug, Brooklyn College, Department of Health & Nutrtion Sciences
No Fracking Way! Resisting Shale Gas Extraction - the Next Fossil Fuel Industry Assault:
- Sponsored by: Capitalism Nature Socialism
- Joel Kupferman, New York Environmental Law and Justice Project
- Karen Charman, Managing Editor, Capitalism Nature Socialism
- Maura Stephens, Park Center for Independent Media
- Walter Hang, Toxics Targeting
North of the Border: Organizing migrant workers in Canada:
- Adran Smith, Justicia for Migrant Workers
- Adrian Paz, Justicia for Migrant Workers
- Chris Ramsaroop, Justicia for Migrant Workers
- Evelyn Encalada Grez, Justicia for Migrant Workers
- Salimah Valiani, Justicia for Migrant Workers
- Tzazna Miranda Leal, Justicia for Migrant Workers
Nuclear Relapse:
- Edwin Lyman, Union of Concerned Scientists
- Karen Charman, Managing Editor, Capitalism Nature Socialism
- Karl Grossman, State University of New York/College at Old Westbury
Obama's Imperial Policy in the Middle East and South Asia:
- Sponsored by: United National Antiwar Committee
- Anand Gopal, Reporter for Wall Street Journal
- Ashley Smith, International Socialist Review, UNAC
- Issam Aburaya, Seton Hall University
- Michael Schwartz, Stony Brook University
- Saadia Toor, Action for a Progressive Pakistan, Pakistan Solidarity Network, Staten Island College
Occupation, Resistance and International Solidarity in Kashmir and Palestine:
- Jinaid Mohamad, Kashmir Solidarity Network
- Samia Shafi, South Asia Solidarity Initiative
- Shubh Mathur, Kashmir Solidarity Network
One Democratic State in Palestine/Israel:
- Justine McCabe, Green Party USA; One Democratic State
- Lenni Brenner, Green Party USA; One Democratic State
- Mazin Qumsiyeh, Bethlehem and Birzeit Universities
Organizing for a Participatory Society:
- Sponsored by: ZNet
- Chris Spannos, ZNet
- Harpreet K. Paul, UK-Project for a Participatory Society
- Kim Siegel, Detroit Organization for a Free Society
- Michael Albert, ZNet
- Uruj Sheikh, NYC Organization for a Free Society
Organizing the Unemployed:
- Sponsored by: Working USA
- John Dodds, Philadelphia Unemployment Project
- Kian Fredericks, Unemployed Workers Action Group
- LaToya Egwuekwe, Ucubed
- Manny Ness, Brooklyn College, CUNY, Working USA
- Paul Sherry, Intefaith Worker Justice
Out of the Clinic and Into the World: Creating Activist Health Care Professionals for the 21st Century:
- Cedric Edwards, MD, Montefiore Medical Center
- Dana Schonberg, MD, Montefiore Medical Center
- Josh Freeman, MD, Kansas University School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine
- Martin Donohoe MD, Portland State University
- Matthew Anderson, MD, Montefiore Med Ctr, Einstein Med School, Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility
Palestine Solidarity and the Global Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions (BDS) Movement:
- Antonia House, Jewish Voice for Peace
- Dave Lippman, Adalah-NY: The New York Campaign for the Boycott of Israel
- Nancy Kricorian, CODEPINK Women for Peace
Pass the Dream Act: How the student immigrant youth is leading the immigration debate:
- Kiran Sangwan, National Immigrant Youth Alliance, Education Not Deportation
- Monica Novoa, ARC/Colorlines - Drop the I-Word Campaign Coordinator
- Sonia Guinansaca, New York State Youth Leadership Council, Hunter College
- Tania Mattos, New York State Youth Leadership Council
People of Color and Independent Left Politics:
- Sponsored by: Green Party USA
- Charles Barron, Freedom Party
- Evergreen Chou, Green Party USA
- George Friday, North Carolina Green Party
- Horace Campbell, Black Commentator; Syracuse University
- Rosa Clemente, 2008 Green Party USA Party Vice-Presidential Candidate
Peoples Movements in Iran: Looking Back and Moving Forward:
- Bitta M., Where Is My Vote NY
- Catherine S., Rutgers University, Against the Current, Raha Iranian Feminist Collective
- Goli A., Columbia University
- Tara A., Women's rights activist
- Yasmine F., Raha Iranian Feminist Collective
Perspectives for the Revolutionary Left in North America:
- Ahmed Shawki, International Socialist Organization/International Socialist Review
- Charles Post, Against the Current
- Clarice Kuhling, New Socialist, Canada
- Erin Chun, Solidarity/Against the Current
- Greg Albo, Relay/Socialist Project
Political Cartoons: Resistance Through Ridicule:
- Ruben Bolling, Universal Press Syndicate
- Stephanie McMillan, United Media Syndicate
- Ted Rall, Universal Press Syndicate
Political Crisis and Class Struggle in Europe:
- Bogdan Denitch, CUNY Graduate Center, Democratic Socialists of America, TTD Croatia
- Chris Reynolds, Nottingham Trent University
- Costas Panayotakis, CUNY and Situations
- Graeme Hayes, Aston University
- Peter Bratsis, University of Salford and Situations
Political Documentary Film - What is it good for?:
- Sponsored by: The Brooklyn Rail
- Astra Taylor, Hidden Driver
- Ian Olds, documentary filmmaker
- Kamal Aljafari, Filmmaker
- Laura Hanna, Hidden Driver Productions
- Tala Hadid, Filmmaker
- Williams Cole, Brooklyn Rail
Post-Crisis Global Dynamics: As The Dust Clears, Then What?:
- Catherine Mulder, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY
- Fabian Balardini, Borough of Manhattan Community College, CUNY
- Kenneth Levin, Borough of Manhattan Community College, CUNY
- Mohammad Soleymani, Borough of Manhattan Community College, CUNY
Post-Financial Crisis: Neoliberalism and the Global Economic Recovery:
- David Harvey, Anthropology, CUNY Graduate Center; Author, A Companion to Marx's Capital
- Doug Henwood, Left Business Observer
- Mark Weisbrot, Center for Economic and Policy Research
Power and Politics in Latin America:
- Sponsored by: Socialism & Democracy/Brecht Forum
- Carlos M. Vilas, Sociology, Universidad Nacional de Lanus, Argentina
- Emelio Betances, Sociology, Gettysburg College
- Gerardo Renique, Socialism and Democracy/Brecht Forum
- Gregory Wilpert, Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, Venezuelanalysis
- Marc Becker, Professor of History, Truman State University, Missouri
- Maria Luisa Mendonca, Journalist and Coordinator, Network of Social Justice & Human Rights, Brazil
Programs forLeft Rejuvenation:
- Sponsored by: Rethinking Marxism
- Harriet Fraad, Founding Mother of the Women's Movement; 15th St. Manifesto Group; Rethinking Marxism
- Jean Bond, Brecht Forum, Friends of Education at MOMA, Shared Interest
- Khalil Saucier, Rhode Island College, Lisa E. Davis, Shared Interest
Progressive Housing Movements-Organizing, Compromising, Rights and Scale:
- Dr. Peter Marcuse, Professor Emeritus Columbia Ubiversity
- Lonene Crawford, Naht-National Alliance of HUD Tenants
- Monique 'Mo' George, Public Housing Campaign Director; Community Voices Heard
- Robert Robinson, National Economic and Social Rights Initiative
- Vic Bach, Senior Housing Policy Analyst -Community Service Society
Public Health Needs Revolutionary Analysis and Strategy:
- Charlotte Malerich, Metropolitan Washington Public Health Assn
- Karyn Pomerantz, Metropolitan Washington Public Health Association
- Linda D. Green MD, Progressive Labor Party, MWPHA Disparities Committee
- Nanky Rai, University of Toronto
- Zabia Afzal, University of Toronto
Puerto Rico Can't Wait to be Free:
- Antonio Cruz Colon, Puerto Rico Nationalist Party
- Julio Rosado Ayala, long term Puerto Rico independence activist, former grand jury resister
- Professor Ana M. Lopez, Humanities, Hostos Community College
- Ricardo Jimenez, National Boricua Human Rights Network
- Richard Lopez Rodriguez, Puerto Rican Nationalist Party
Puerto Rico: Colonialism & the Struggle Against the Privatization of Education:
- Sponsored by: Puerto Rico Solidarity Network
- Ateo Laureano Peruyero, Freedom Road Socialist Organization
- Ian Camilo Cintrón Moya, Union de Juventud Socialista, University of PR Student Leader
- Normahiram Pérez, Puerto Rico Solidarity Network
- Pedro Colon Almenas, Puerto Rico Solidarity Network
Putting the Public Back Into Public Education:
- Sponsored by: Green Party USA
- Anthony Gronowicz, Green Party USA, Professional Staff Congress
- Betty Davis, New Abolitionist Movement, Green Party USA,Lynne Stewart Defense Committee, UFT Retired
- Elizabeth Shanklin, Green Party USA
- Julia Willebrand, Green Party USA; UFT retired
- Peter Lamphere, Grassroots Education Movement, UFT, Green Party USA
- Tom Siracuse, Green Party USA, UFT retired
Racism and resistance in the immigration debate:
- Denisse Andrade, Educator, media maker and cultural worker
- Esther Kaplan, Nation Institute
- Isabel Macdonald, former Communications Director of the media watch group FAIR, PhD candidate at Concordia University
- Julie Hollar, Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting; Extra!
- Monica Novoa, Drop the I Word
- Sonia Guinansaca, New York State Youth Leadership Council
Radical Cartography: Are We There Yet?:
- Sponsored by: Deep Dish Television Network
- Dee Dee Halleck, Deep Dish Network
- Nicole Hummel, Waves of Change
- Sarah Lewison, Southern Illinois University
Reading the Bible from the Left: St. Paul the Community Organizer:
- Brigitte Kahl, Union Theological Seminary
- Charlene Sinclair, Poverty Initiative at Union Theological Seminary
- Liz Theoharis, Poverty Initiative at Union Theological Seminary
- Willie Baptist, Poverty Scholars Program of the Poverty Initiative
Rebellion & Self-Organization in Egypt, Algeria, Tunisia and the Eastern Mediterranean:
- Sponsored by: ZNet
- Chris Spannos, ZNet
- David Porter, SUNY/Empire State College
- Horace Campbell, Black Commentator; Syracuse University
- Nada Matta, New York University
Redefining “Winning” as Winning: Running Locally, Getting Elected, and Why electoral success should matter more to the left:
- Anthony Pollina, Vermont State Senator
- Morgan Daybell, Vermont Progressive Party
- Susan Hatch Davis, Vermont State Representative
- Vince Brennan, Burlington City Councilor and School Board Director
Renewing Working Class Struggles in the City: The Greater Toronto Workers' Assembly:
- Erin Chun, Solidarity
- Ingrid Ruth van der Kloe, Greater Toronto Workers' Assembly
- Peter Brogan, Greater Toronto Workers' Assembly
Resisting the War Abroad and the War at Home:
- Sponsored by: United National Antiwar Committee
- Alicia McWilliams, Jusice for Newburgh 4
- Joe Lombardo, UNAC
- Lamis Deek, Al-Awda
- Monami Maulik, Desis Rising Up & Moving
Rethinking the Contemporary Form of Capitalism: The Cases of North America, the EU, South Korea, and Venezuela:
- Adam Schachhuber, York University, Canada
- Baris Karaagac, Trent University, Canada
- Greg Albo, York University, Canada, Socialist Register
- Sang-Hwan Jang, Gyeongsang National University, South Korea
- Seongjin Jeong, Marxism 21, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, South Korea
- Yasin Kaya, York University, Canada
Revolution and Evolution in the Twenty First Century: Personal and Political Transformation:
- Julie Rosier, Founder of Story Owners Collective in Detroit
- Kazembe Balagun, Heavy Thinkers, Brecht Forum
- Matt Birkhold, Heavy Thinkers, Binghamton University
Roundtable: The Anticapitalist Left in the World Today:
- Baris Karaagac, Praksis - Turkey
- Johanna Brenner, Socialist Register
- Luciana Castellina, Il Manifesto, Italy
- Marcello Musto, York University, Toronto, Canada
- Michael Krätke, Sozialistische Politik und Wirtschaft - Germany
- Michael Löwy, Contretemps, France
- Richard D. Wolff, New School, Rethinking Marxism
- Seongjin Jeong, Marxism 21, South Korea
- Shuangli Zhang, Contemporary Marxism Review, China
- Teivo Teivainen, Globalizations, Finland
Science for the People: Empowerment through Science Literacy:
- David Schwartzman, DC Metro Science for the People, DC Statehood Green Party
- Jane Zara, DC Metro Science for the People; DC Statehood Green Party
- John Kelly, DC Metro Science for the People
- Salvatore Engel-Di Mauro, Capitalism Nature Socialism
Sharing a Cutlure for the US Left:
- Sponsored by: Activist Poets' Roundtable
- Amy Paul, Adhikaar
- Fred Ho, Revolutionary activist, saxophonist, performer
- John Pietaro, Cultural worker and labor organizer
- Kayhan Irani, artvista.org
- Steve Bloom, Activist Poets' Roundtable
Ships of Death: Protecting the Italian Environment from State/Mafia Devastation:
Singing is Political:
- Jacqueline Hoang Nguyen, Whitney Independent Study Program
- Maibritt Pedersen, Whitney Independent Study Program
- Park McArthur, Whitney Independent Study Program
- Sadia Shirazi, Whitney Independent Study Program
- Sofía Olascoaga, Whitney Independent Study Program
Sisterhood Across the Globe: The Anti-Imperialist Women’s Movement:
- Brenda Stokely, Million Worker March Movement
- Hanalei Ramos, Filipinas for Rights and Empowerment - NYC, GABRIELA USA
- Monica Moorehead, Women's Fightback Network
- Robyn Magalit Rodriguez, Rutgers University, New Brunswick
- Teresa Gutierrez, International Migrants Alliance
- Valerie Francisco
Social movements and Civil activism in China:
- Peter Kwong, Hunter College, CUNY
- Roger Chan
- Xu Zhun, U Mass
Socialism and Critical Theory:
- Christine Kelly, William Paterson University
- Geoffrey Kurtz, BMCC/CUNY
- Greg Smulewicz, Hunter College/CUNY
- Jason Schulman, Lehman College/CUNY
- John Ehrenberg, Long Island University
- Stephen Eric Bronner, Rutgers University
Socialism, Solidarity, and Life-Value:
- Gregory Meyerson, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical U
- Jamey Essex, University of Windsor
- Jeff Noonan, University of Windsor
- Michael Joseph Roberto, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical U
Socialist Politics versus Lesser Evilism in the Labor, Antiwar, Immigrant Rights, and Climate Crisis Movements:
- Sponsored by: Socialist Action
- Andy Pollack, Continuations Committee, United National Antiwar Committee
- Chris Hutchinson, Socialist Action
- Dan Adam, Activist and author
- Denisa Ananoli, Grassroots Immigrant Justice Network
- Elyse Singer, Socialist Action
- Marty Goodman, Transport Workers Union Local 100
Solidarity Divided: New Models of Labor/Community Organization:
- Fernando Gapasin, co-author, Solidarity Divided
- Jordy Cummings, Greater Toronto Workers Assembly
- Lester Muata Greene, Freedom Road Socialist Organization
Solidarity Economy: Spain's Mondragon Cooperatives: How They Work, How They Can Help Us Here:
- Carl Davidson, Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism
- Komozi Woodard, Sarah Lawrence University
- Randy Shannon, Economic Justice IOT Co-Chair, Progressive Democrats of America
Solidarity with the Honduran Resistance Movement:
- Alfredo Lopez, OFRANEH, the Black Fraternal Organization of Honduras
- Annie Bird, Rights Action
- Laura Raymond, Center for Constitutional Rights
Solidarity With the Non-human World: Postcolonial Explorations:
- Dana C. Mount, McMaster University
- Jesse Arseneault, McMaster University
- Nandita Ghosh, Fairleigh Dickinson University
Songwriting, Media, and Culture Building:
- Sponsored by: Critical Sociology
- Alejandra O'Leary, Independent singer songwriter
- Cristy C. Road, Independent artist and musician
- Graham Cassano, Oakland University and Critical Sociology
- Ros Hartigan, Independent musician
Space is the Place 1: Radical Centers for a Radical Movement:
- Beka Economopoulos, Change You Want to See/No Space
- Kazembe Balagun, Brecht Forum
- Michael Shilo, Surreal Estate
- Steve Englander, ABC No Rio
Space is the Place 2: Building Capacities for Social Transformation:
- Eric Mann, Labor Community Strategy Center
- Giorgio Riolo, Punto Rosso
- Greg Albo, Socialist Project
- Liz Mestres, Brecht Forum
- Suren Moodliar, Encuentro 5
Still in Transition? Debating Developments Since the End of Socialist Yugoslavia:
- Bogdan Denitch, CUNY Graduate Center, DSA, TTD Croatia
- Professor Milica Uvalic, University of Perugia, Italy
- Susan L. Woodward, The Graduate Center, City University of New York
Surviving the Crisis and Transforming Society:
- Sponsored by: Rosa Luxemburg Foundation
- Christina Kaindl, Rosa Luxemburg Foundation
- Eric Mann, Labor/Community Strategy Center
- Margit Mayer, Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, JFK Institute, Free University, Berlin
- Nik Theodore, Center for Urban Economic Development
- Sendolo Diaminah, People's Durham
Sustainablity: Solidarity issues (local and general):
- Joan Hoffman, CUNY, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
- Larry O'Connell, The Environmental Consortium of Hudson Valley Colleges & Universities
- Maarten de Kadt, Eco-socialist, Economics professor, Bronx River community activist
- Paul Pojman, Towson University
- Tyson Slocum, Public Citizen's Energy Program
Symposium on Social Justice and Criminal Justice for Progressive Reform!:
- Heather Alaniz, M.S., Texas Southern University
- Jason Williams, M.S., Texas Southern University
- Jonathan Hyde, M.S., Texas Southern University
- Sean Wilson, New Jersey City University
Syndicalism and New Forms of Worker Organization:
- Sponsored by: Working USA: The Journal of Labor and Society
- Daniel Gross, IWW, Brandworkers International
- Fabricio Rodriguez, Philadelphia Officers and Workers Rising
- Gerardo Dominguez, UFCW Local 5, San Jose, California; AMAT (Mexican American Workers Union)
- Immanuel Ness, Brooklyn College
- Micah Buckely-Farlee, IWW, Jimmy Johns Workers Union
- Saru Jayaraman, ROC-United
Tactical Workshop with the Yes Men, Andrew Boyd (other98.com), and other mischief makers:
- Andrew Boyd, The Other 98.com, Agit-pop Communications
- Andy Bichlbaum, Co-founder of the Yes Men, Co-Director of the Yes Lab (yeslab.org)
- Joseph Huff-Hannon, Yes Lab for Creative Activism
- Laurence Fabre, CRIME (Committee for the Reimbursement of Indemnity Money Extorted)
Taking Back The Teamsters & Telephone Worker Unions: Case Studies in Rank-and-File Insurgency Then and Now:
- Sponsored by: Labor Notes; Verso
- Dan La Botz, Solidarity and the Socialist Party USA, Buckeye Socialist Network
- Pam Galpern, Labor Notes
- Steve Early, Former Communications Workers of America organizer, Author, Embedded With Organized Labor
Teaching Progressive ideas by using Films/Media:
- Sponsored by: Rethinking Marxism
- Antonio Callari, Franklin & Marshall College, PA
- Catherine Mulder, John Jay College of Criminal Justice-CUNY
- Cecilia Rio, Towson University, MD
- Graham Cassano, Oakland University, MI
Teaching Solidarity and Economics to Construction Workers:
- Fitz Reid, Health Services Employees Local 768 in AFSCME District Council 37
- Katherine Spaulding, Empire State College
- Michael Merrill, Empire State College
- Moshe Adler, Columbia University & Empire State College
The Artists' Collective: Practical Aspects of Creative Activism:
- Daniel Drennan, American University of Beirut, founder of the artists' collective Jamaa Al-Yad
- Jesus Barraza, Taller Tupac Amaru
- Josh MacPhee, JustSeeds: Visual Resistance Artists' Cooperative
- Melanie Cervantes, Taller Tupac Amaru
The Attack on Teacher Unionism and Public Education:
- Sponsored by: Against the Current
- Charlie Post, Against the Current
- Kit Wainer, Teachers for a Just Contract
- Marian Swerdlow, United Federation of Teachers
- Rafael Feliciano, President, FMPR (Puerto Rican Federation of Teachers)
The Betrayal of Haiti:
- Sponsored by: Haiti Liberte and The International Socialist Review
- Ashley Smith, International Socialist Review, UNAC
- Edna Bonhomme, International Socialist Organization
- Kim Ives, Haiti Liberte
- Ray Laforest, Union organizer
- Roger Leduc, Haitian Coalition to Support the Struggle KAKOLA
The Bloomberg Mystique:
- Josephine Lee, Chinese Staff and Workers Association
- Lynne Lewis, Director, Picture the Homeless
- Peter Marcuse, Columbia University
- Tom Angotti, Hunter College/CUNY
The Bourgeois Revolution: from Marx's point of view:
- James Vaughn, University of Texas at Austin, Platypus Affiliated Society
- Jeremy Cohen, New York University
- Richard Rubin, Platypus Affiliated Society
- Spencer Leonard, University of Chicago, Platypus Affiliated Society
The Business of Black Power: Collective Economic Empowerment:
- Julia Rabig, Dartmouth College
- Komozi Woodard, Sarah Lawrence College
- Laura Hill, Bloomfield College
- Michael West, Binghamton University
- Nishani Frazier, Miami University
The Challenge of Creating a Culture of Culture on the US Left:
- Sponsored by: Activist Poets' Roundtable
- Amy Paul, Adhikaar
- Fred Ho, Revolutionary activist, saxophonist, performer
- John Pietaro, Cultural worker and labor organizer
- Kayhan Irani, Performer, saxophonist, artvista.org
- Steve Bloom, Activist Poets' Roundtable
The Cold War and Decolonization:
- John Garvey, NYC Taxi Rank and File Coalition, co-Editor of Race Traitor
- John Munro, Harvard University
- Rod Bush, St. John's University
The Crisis and the Middle Class: Right-Wing Populism in the Advanced Capitalist Countries and How to Combat It:
- Barbara Epstein, University of California, Santa Cruz
- Christina Kaindl, Rosa Luxemburg Foundation
- Ingar Solty, York University
- Rainer Rilling, Rosa Luxemburg Foundation
The Crisis This Time:
- Sponsored by: Socialist Register
- David Harvey, CUNY Graduate Center
- David McNally, York University, Toronto
- Greg Albo, York University, Toronto
- Vivek Chibber, New York Unversity
The Crisis, the Fightback,and Solidarity, from Anarchist and Marxist Perspetives:
- Cindy Gorn, Unity and Struggle
- Shemon Salam, Unity & Struggle
- Wayne Price, NEFAC
- William Bachman, Northeastern Federation of Anarchist Communists
The End of Whiteness: The History of an Idea:
- Anamaria Flores, Hostos Community College, CUNY
- Arun Gupta, Founding Editor, The Indypendent
- Nicholas Powers, SUNY Old Westbury, The Indypendent
The Engaged Photographer: From Courage to Creativity:
- Davide Cantoni, independent artist
- Joel Simpson, Independent photo artist
- Radhika Chalasani, indipendent photojournalist
- Wyatt Gallery, independent photo artist
The Environmental Emergency: A Dialogue and Exchange on Real Solutions:
- Cindy Milstein, Institute for Anarchist Studies; co-organizer, Renewing the Anarchist Tradition
- Maggie Zhou, Massachusetts Coalition for Healthy Communities, Green Party USA
- Raymond Lotta, Revolution newspaper
The Environmental Movement:
- Bryan Ho, University of Macau
- Li Wanxin, City University of Hong Kong
- XIN Hao, Clark University
- Yu Yanmin, University of Bridgeport
The Future of American Liberalism?:
- Sponsored by: Logos: A Journal of Modern Society and Culture
- Benjamin Barber, Demos
- Frances Fox Piven, Political Science and Sociology, CUNY Graduate Center
- Gregory Smulewicz-Zucker
- Stanley Aronowitz, Sociology, CUNY Graduate Center
The Great Recession and its Aftermath:
- Sponsored by: Marxist-Humanist Initiative
- Alan Freeman, Dept. of City Planning, University of Manitoba
- Andrew Kliman, Department of Economics, History, and Political Sci., Pace University
- David McNally, Dept. of Political Science, York University
- Fred Moseley, Dept. of Economics, Mount Holyoke College
- John Clegg, New School University
The Growing Significance of the Internet: From Human Right to Government Censorship:
The Grundrisse: Another Marx?:
- Frieder Otto Wolf, Free University, Berlin, Germany
- George Comninel, York University
- Marcello Musto, York University
- Michael Krätke , Lancaster University
- Norman Levine, Institute of International Policy
- Victor Wallis, Berklee College of Music
The Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on the U.S., the European Union, Greece, and Venezuela:
- Andrew Mazzone, New School of Social Research
- Cay Hehner, Director of Education, Henry George School of Social Science, New York
- Ioannis Tziligakis, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
- Quisia Gonzalez, Henry George School of Social Science
The International Civil Observation of Human Rights in Latin America and its Social Dimension:
- Dr. Dario Azzellini, Working USA, Institute of Sociology at University of Johannes Kepler
- Dr. Helene Roux, Institute for Study of Economical and Social Development, U. of Paris
- Dr. Josefina Echavaria, 54 ICA/MA in Peace Studies at Universities of Vienna/Innsbruck
- Julia Reschauer, Center for Global University Cooperation, Johannes Kepler University
- Prof. Dr. Raina Zimmering, University of Johannes Kepler, University of Paris
The Left Challenge to the Democratic Party:
- Dan La Botz, Solidarity and the Socialist Party; Buckeye Socialist Network
- David McReynolds, Socialist Party USA
- Gloria Mattera, Gloria Mattera
- Howie Hawkins, Green Party USA
The Left Debates the Democratic Party:
- Sponsored by: New Politics and Socialist Worker
- Carl Davidson, Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism
- Erin Chun, Solidarity
- Lance Selfa, Author, The Democrats: A Critical History; columnist, Socialist Worker.org; International Socialist Organization
- Michael Hirsch, Democratic Socialists of America
The Legacy of Rosa Luxemburg:
- Lea Haro, University of Stirling; Critique
- Paul Le Blanc, Editor, Complete Works of Rosa Luxemburg
- Peter Hudis, Editor, Complete Works of Rosa Luxemburg
- Scott McLemee, New Politics
- Suzi Weissman, Saint Mary's College of California, Critique
The Living Wage - a UK-US dialogue:
- Sponsored by: Living Wage Campaign
- Alan Freeman, London Living Wage Campaign
- Ava Farkas, Living Wage NYC
- Deborah Littman, UNISON
- Jeff Eichler, Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union
The Marxism of Rosa Luxemburg:
- Ben Shepard, Platypus Affiliated Society
- Greg Gabrellas, University of Chicago
- Stephen Eric Bronner, Rutgers University
The Mountains Tremble: A Reportback from the Revolution in Nepal:
- Sponsored by: Kasama Project
The Obama Years: Potential and Peril for American Progressives:
- Geoffrey Kurtz, BMCC/CUNY
- Judith Kimerling, Queens College and CUNY School of Law
- Michael Krasner, Queens College, CUNY and the Taft Institute for Government
- Ron Hayduk, BMCC and Queens College, CUNY
The Politics of Climate Change: From the Neoliberal State to Oppositional Movements:
- Christian Parenti, The Nation, Contributing Editor
- Lucia Green-Weiskel, The Innovation Center for Energy and Transportation/CUNY Graduate
- Robert S. Eshelman, Independent Journalist
- Tina Gerhardt, Academic and Independent Journalist
The Prison-Industrial Complex - Spiritual and Political Transformations from Outside and Inside the Criminal Justice System:
- Douglas Thompkins, CUNY-John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Sociology Department
- Jason Williams, M.S., Texas Southern University
- Jim Vrettos, CUNY-John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Sociology Department
The Resistance Dilemma in Latin America: Relationships Between Social Movements and States:
- Sponsored by: Toward Freedom
- Adrienne Pine, American University
- April Howard, Upside Down World
- Ben Dangl, Toward Freedom
- Gabriela Uassouf, School of the Americas Watch
- Marina Sitrin, Writer, Lawyer, Teacher
The Revolution Just *Might* Be Televised:
- Alfredo Lopez, May First/People Link
- Tiokasin Ghosthorse, First Voices Indigenous Radio
- Valentine Eben, IndyMedia - Africa
The Revolutionary Project and Socialism in the 21st century: US Bottom-up Struggles and the US Social Forum:
- Cindy Wiesner, Grassroots Global Justice Alliance
- Helena Wong, CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities
- Jerome Scott, League of Revolutionaries for a New America; National Planning Committee of the U.S. Social Forum
- Rose Brewer, Black Left Unity Network, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; USSF Gender Justice Working Group
The Rise of Electronic Voting, the Red Shift and the Question of Election Democracy:
- Lori Minnite, Barnard College
- Mark Crispin Miller, New York University
- Robert J. Fitrakis, Columbus State Community College
The role of Brazil in Geopolitics Today:
- Ana Garcia, International Relations Institute - PUC-Rio, Rosa Luxemburg Foundation
- Karina Kato, Institute for Public Policies in the South Cone
- Maria Luisa Mendonça, University of São Paulo, Network for Social Justice and Human Rights
- Matio Murillo, Hofstra University
The Scholarship and Activism of Julie Graham: Class Process, Diverse Economies and the Geography of Community Economy:
- Sponsored by: Rethinking Marxism
- Kevin St. Martin, Rutgers University
- Marianna Pavlovskaya, Hunter College
- Sean Tanner, Rutgers University
- Yahya Madra, Gettysburg College, Rethinking Marxism (editor)
The State of the Financial Sector:
- Sponsored by: Dollars & Sense
- Chris Sturr, Economic Affairs Bureau, Inc. (Dollars & Sense)
- Polly Cleveland, Columbia University
- Robert Larson, Ivy Tech Community College, Bloomington, IN
- William K. Black, University of Missouri at Kansas City
The Struggle Against Mainstream Economic Ideology:
- Doug Henwood, Editor of Left Business Observer
- Howard Sherman, Professor Emeritus, U Cal, Riverside
- Michael Meeropol, Economics, Western New England College
- Michael Perelman, Professor of Economics, Cal State U, Chino
The Tea Party and the Media:
- Adele Stan, Washington Bureau Chief, Alternet
- Frances Fox Piven, CUNY Graduate Center
- Glen Ford, Black Agenda Report
- Laura Flanders, GritTV
- Richard Kim, The Nation
The Unhappy Marriage of Loneliness and Capitalism:
- Harriet Fraad, Founding Mother of the Women's Movement; 15th St. Manifesto Group; Rethinking Marxism
- Roger Salerno, Sociology/Anthropology, Pace University; Chair-elect, Marxist Section of the American Sociological Association
- Tess Fraad Wolff, Art therapist and interning MSW psychotherapist
The Urban Racial State: Managing Race Relation:
- Jay Arena, Borough of Manhattan Community College, CUNY
- Karen Miller, LaGuardia Community College
- Martin Eisenberg, Dept of Urban Studies, Queens College, CUNY
- Noel Cazenave, Dept of Sociology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
The uses of Islamophobia:
- Arun Kundnani, Race and Class Journal
- Deepa Kumar, Rutgers University, Critical Studies in Communication Journal
- Saadia Toor, Action for a Progressive Pakistan, Pakistan Solidarity Network, Staten Island College
The War in Pakistan:
- Adaner Usmani, Sociology Graduate student, NYU
- Amal Rana, Pakistan Action Network and South Asian Network for Secularism and Democracy
- Ammar Jan, Labor Party Pakistan and the Progressive Youth Front, Pakistan Solidarity Network
- Saadia Toor, Action for a Progressive Pakistan, Staten Island College
The Wisconsin Uprising & Beyond:
- Austin King, SEIU
- Ben Manski, Liberty Tree
- Elizabeth Wrigley-Field, Teaching Assistant Association
- John Nichols, The Nation
The World Food and Agriculture Crisis:
- Sponsored by: Monthly Review
- April Howard, SUNY Plattsburgh, Upside Down World
- Brian Tokar, Institute for Social Ecology
- Christina Schiavoni, WhyHunger
- Eric Holt-Giménez, Food First/Institute for Food and Development Policy
- Fred Magdoff, Professor Emeritus, University of Vermont; Monthly Review Foundation
The World Social Forum in Dakar: Towards New Universalisms?:
- Sponsored by: Harvard
- Jerome Scott, League of Revolutionaries for a New America; National Planning Committee of the U.S. Social Forum
- Lauren Langman, Global Studies Association
- Teivo Teivainen, Network Institute for Global Democratization
- Walda Katz-Fishman, U.S. Social Forum, Howard University
Theater of the Oppressed in Building and Organizing Communities:
- Janet Gerson, Theater of the Oppressed Laboratory and International Institute on Peace Education
- Kayhan Irani, Theater of the Oppressed Laboratory and Artivista
- Marie-Claire Picher, Theater of the Oppressed Laboratory and the Brecht Forum
- Reg Flowers, Falconworks Artist Group
Then and Now: Is the Gay Rights Movement Radical?:
- Amber Lynne Hollibaugh, Queers for Economic Justice, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
- David McReynolds, Socialist Party USA
- Joseph Huff-Hannon, All Out
- Kenyon Farrow, Queers for Economic Justice
- Martin Duberman–Founder, Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies at the CUNY Graduate School
Tous-Ensemble! Making a Unified Fight Against the Attacks, from Europe to the U.S.:
- Marc Lispi, Revolutionary Workers Group
- Rusty Gilbert, Brecht Forum/New York Marxist School
- Todd Evans, Revolutionary Workers Group
Toward a New Revolutionary Movement:
- Sponsored by: Kasama Project
Transformative Organizing: The Ultimate Solidarity:
- Ai-jen Poo, National Domestic Workers Alliance; Domestic Workers United
- Cindy Wiesner, Grassroots Global Justice Alliance
- Eric Mann, Labor/Community Strategy Center
- Patrisse Cullors, Labor Community Strategy Center
- Steve Williams, POWER
Transforming Public Higher Education in NYC:
- Dr. Basil Wilson, John Jay College, CUNY Graduate Center
- Martha Biondi, Northwestern University
- Noliwe Rooks, Princeton University, Center for African American Studies
- Rod Bush, St. John's University
Trotsky's Marxism:
- Ian Morrison, Platypus Affiliated Society; University of Chicago
- Jason Wright, International Bolshevik Tendency
- Spencer Leonard, Platypus Affiliated Society; University of Chicago
- Susan Williams, Freedom Socialist Party
Tunisia and Egypt: culture and resistance:
- Sponsored by: The Brooklyn Rail
- Emna Zghal, visual artist
- Fadhel Kaboub, Dension University
- Robert Eshelman, The Nation and Brooklyn Rail
- Samah Selim, Rutgers University
- Taoufiq Ben Amor, Columbia University
U.S. Imperialist Wars, Political Prisoners, Past & Present, and the Anti-War Struggle:
- Anne Lamb, NYC Chapter of the Jericho Movement for Recognition & Amnesty for US Political Prisoners
- Matthis Chiroux, Disobedient
- Pam Africa, Free Mumia Coalition, MOVE
- Ralph K. Poynter, Lynne Stewart Defense Committee, New Abolitionist Movement, Green Party USA
- Ralph Schoenman, Take Back WBAI
- Ramsey Clark, Former Attorney General of the US
- Suzanne Ross, Free Mumia Coalition
Understanding and Responding to the Tea Party Threat:
- Sponsored by: Black Agenda Report
- Glen Ford, Black Agenda Report
- Lance Selfa, ISO/Socialist Worker/International Socialist Review
- Pam Chamberlain, Political Research Associates
- Paul Street, Independent author and essayist
United States Social Forum – Detroit 2010:
- Jerome Scott, League of Revolutionaries for a New America; National Planning Committee of the U.S. Social Forum
- Rose Brewer, Black Left Unity Network, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; USSF Gender Justice Working Group
- Thomas Ponniah, Harvard University; World Social Forum
- Walda Katz-Fishman, U.S. Social Forum, Howard University
Uniting Struggles: Medicare for All, Hospitals, and Health Benefits:
- Ajamu Sankofa J.D., Private Health Insurance Must Go! Coalition
- Bob Carpenter, Veterans for Peace
- Eileen Dunn RN, Coalition for a New Village Hospital
- Marvin Holland, TWU Local 100
- Yetta Kurland Esq., Coalition for a New Village Hospital
Urban space: What Difference does it make for Organizing?:
- Ai-jen Poo, National Domestic Workers Alliance; Domestic Workers United
- David Harvey , CUNY Graduate Center
- Emily Kawano, U.S. Solidarity Economy Network, Center for Popular Economics
- Rami Nashashibi, founder of Iman (Chicago)
- Saskia Sassen, Columbia University
Utopia, Marxism, and the River of Fire: William Morris and EP Thompson:
- Peter Linebaugh, University of Toledo
- Ramsey Kanaan, PM Press
- Sasha Lilley, PM Press, Spectre
Utopia, Psychoanalysis and the Marxist Theory of Human Nature: The conceptualization of solidarity as species being”:
- Sponsored by: Permanent Revolution
- Alex Steinberg, Non-affiliated independent Marxist scholar
- Charles Herr, Director of Psychological Services at Gouverneur Hospital NY
- Frank Brenner, independent Marxist Scholar
- Harrison Fluss, Philosophy, SUNY, Stony Brook, PhD Candidate
Venezuela and the Chavez Government: Advances and Shortcomings:
- Sponsored by: Venezuelanalysis
- Dario Azzellini, Johannes Kepler Universität, Austria
- Isabel Delgado, Ministry of Basic Industries and Mines, Venezuela
- Mark Weisbrot, Center for Economic and Policy Research
- Steve Ellner, Universidad del Oriente
- T.M. Scruggs, University of Iowa / Independent Scholar
What Are Cities Good For?: Gentrification and the Future of Urban Life:
- Jacob Shell, Syracuse University
- Neil Smith, CUNY Graduate Center
- Nikil Saval, n+1 Magazine
What do Pension Theft, the Assault on Labor, and the Public Sector, and Tax Injustice Mean for Communities of Color:
- Sponsored by: Labor Notes
- Angel Gonzales, Grassroots Education Movement
- Christine Williams, TWU local 100
- Michelle Holder, Community Service Society
- Tim Schermerhorn, Black Workers Rank and File Network
What Is the Work of the Democratic Coalition That Elected Obama:
- Sponsored by: Unity & Struggle
- Amiri Baraka, Unity & Struggle
- Devin Fergus, Emory University
- Muhammad Ahmad, Temple University
What is to be done?:
- Sponsored by: Democratic Socialists of America; Religious Caucus
- Rev. Claudia de la Cruz, Iglesia San Romero United Church of Christ, Washington Heights, NY
- Rev. Dr. Mark L. Chapman, Hollis Presbyterian Church, Hollis, Queens
- Rev. Dr. Mark Taylor, Church of the Open Door, Fort Greene, Brooklyn
- Rev. Osagyefo Uhuru Sekou, Lemuel Haynes Congregational Church, Jamaica, Queens
- Rev. Theodora Brooks, St. Margaret's Episcopal Church, Longwood, South Bronx
- Rev. Winnie Varghese, St. Mark's in the Bowery, Episcopal Church, Lower Eastside, Manhattan
What We Learned from Wikileaks Revelations:
- Danny Schechter, Founder of MediaChannel, Founder and Exec. VP of Globalvision, Inc.
- Debra Sweet, Director of World Can't Wait
- Kevin Gosztola, OpEDNews.com, Wikileaks Central
What's The Matter With Organized Labor Leaders?:
- Christian Parenti, CUNY
- Mark Brenner, Director of Labor Notes, East Coast Office
- Robert Fitch, Professor, LaGuardia Community College
- Sheila Cohen, University of Hertfordshire, UK
- Steve Early, Author, Embedded With Organized Labor: Journalistic Reflections on the Class War at Home
What's Unique about Anarchist Solidarity?:
- Can Baskent, Author, grant recipient from the Insititute for Anarchist Studies
- Maia Ramnath, Institute for Anarchist Studies
- Matthew Houston, NYC Catholic Worker
Winning the Battle of Democracy:
- Howard Engelskirchen, Lawyer, philosopher, teacher, and author of Capital as a Social Kind
- Paul Gomberg, Chicago State University
- Shakoor Aljuwani, Coop Power
Wither Democracy: Militarization and Neoliberal Development in South Asia:
- Biju Mathew, New York Taxi Workers Association; Campaign to Stop Funding Hate; South Asia Solidarity Initiative
- Daulat Jha, Nepali writer and activist
- Humayun Kabir, South Asia Solidarity Initiative
- Nirmala Rajasingam, Sri Lanka Democracy Forum
- Rupal Oza, South Asia Solidarity Initiative
Worker Control and Factory Occupations, Global South and North:
- Sponsored by: Working USA: The Journal of Labor and Society
- Dario Azzellini, Johann Kepler University
- Immanuel Ness, Working USA: The Journal of Labor and Society
- James Gray Pope, Rutgers University Law School
- Kari Lydersen, Journalist and Author
- Marina Sitrin, SUNY Old Westbury
- Peter Knowlton, United Electrical Workers
Worker Control, Past and Present:
- Sponsored by: Working USA: The Journal of Labor and Society
- Ken Estey, Brooklyn College, CUNY
- Michael Goldfield, Wayne State University
- Peter Ranis, Professor Emeritus, CUNY Graduate Center and York College
- Sheila Cohen, University of West England
- Victor Wallis, Socialism and Democracy
Working in (Commercialized) Higher Education:
- Sponsored by: Radical Teacher
- Chris LaBree, 2255 Films
- Debra Leigh Scott, 'Junct Rebellion
- Ellen Schrecker, Yeshiva University, AAUP
- Richard Ohmann, Radical Teacher
- Susan O'Malley, Radical Teacher; CUNY
You Bet Your Life! The Struggle for Real Health Care Reform Continues:
- Sponsored by: Physicians for a National Health Program
- Katie Robbins, National Coordinator, Healthcare-NOW
- Laurie Wen, Executive Director
- Martha Livingston
- Marvin Malek, PNHP Vermont
- Mary E. O'Brien, PNHP NY Metro Chapter
- Oliver Fein, Dean, Weill-Cornell Medical College; PNHP NY Metro chapter
- Ph.D., SUNY College at Old Westbury; Physicians for a National Health Program
Youth of Color Organizing in NYC:
References
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- ↑ Left Forum: Opening Plenary (accessed on March 8, 2011)
- ↑ Left Forum: Panels (accessed on March 8, 2011)