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FRIDAY, JULY 22nd
5:00 – 7:00 pm Registration/Check-In
7:15 – 9:00 pm Revolutionary Moments
Film: Land and Freedom
(followed by discussion)
SATURDAY, JULY 23rd
8:00 – 9:15 am Breakfast
(optional one-on-one study time or small group study time)
9:30 – 12:00 pm Opening Session
- Personal Introductions
- Marxism as a Theory of Liberation: Understanding the Intersections of Class, Race, Gender, and Sexuality
12:15– 1:15 pm Lunch
People of Color Caucus Meeting (w/ separate Allies Meeting)
1:30 –3:30 pm Marxist Analysis: What is Class and Why Does it Matter?
4:00 – 5:45 Socialist Organization Past and Present
7:00 pm onwards Social activity with Bay Area branch, other comrades and friends off-site.
SUNDAY, JULY 24th
8:00 – 9:15 am Breakfast
(optional one-on-one study time or small group study time)
9:30 – 12:00 pm Race, the National Question, and the U.S. Left
12:15– 1:15 pm Lunch
LGBTQ Caucus Meeting (w/ separate Allies Meeting)
1:30 –5:00 pm Case Studies in Radical Nationalism: the League of Revolutionary Black Workers, the Young Lords and La Raza Unida Party
Includes viewing of the film Finally Got the News, and portions of the documentary Chicano! A Documentary History of the Mexican-American Civil Rights Movement followed by discussion.
6:00 – 7:00 pm Dinner
7:15 – 9:00 pm Activist Connections
Comrades will discuss several contemporary struggles they are involved in, including:
- Campaign Against Transportation Racism;
- Organizing for Immigrants Rights and Against White Supremacy
- Shopfloor Activism as a Rank and Filer
Note, this discussion replaces the film Mortu Nega, (about Guinea Bissau) that was originally scheduled for this slot
MONDAY, JULY 25th
8:00 – 9:15 am Breakfast
(optional one-on-one study time or small group study time)
9:30 – 12:00 pm
What is socialist feminism and what makes Solidarity a socialist feminist organization?
12:15– 1:15 pm Lunch
Women’s Caucus Meeting (w/ separate Allies Meeting)
1:30 –3:30 pm Sexual Liberation and Socialism: What is the Connection?
4:00– 5:30 pm Special Presentation by Bay Area comrade Malik M. on Race, the National Question, and the U.S. Left
reading for this session
6:00 – 7:00 pm Dinner
7:15 – 9:00 pm Imagining Socialism: What Would a Revolution in the U.S. Look Like?
TUESDAY, JULY 26th
8:00 – 9:15 am Breakfast
(optional one-on-one study time or small group study time)
9:30 – 12:00 pm Reforms vs. Reformism: Movement Building and the Fight for Socialism from Below
12:15– 1:15 pm Lunch
1:30 –3:30 pm Case Studies in Transitional Politics
3:30 – 6:00 pm Free Time
(optional one-on-one study time or small group study time)
6:00 – 7:00 pm Dinner
7:15 – 9:00 pm Which Way Forward for Solidarity?
WEDNESDAY, JULY 27th
8:00 – 9:15 am Breakfast
(optional one-on-one study time or small group study time)
9:30 – 12:00 pm
Building for the Future: What Kind of Organization do We Want?
12:15– 1:15 pm Lunch
Evaluation of Cadre School over Lunch
1:30 –3:30 pm
Building a Culture of Ongoing Internal Education
3:30 – 6:00 pm Clean Up Facility and Depart