Solidarity Summer School 2017: Schedule

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Wednesday, July 26

12:30 PM Registration Opens (and remains open the rest of the day)

1:00-3:00 PM Workshop Bloc 1

1. Brexit, Corbyn, and the Future of British Politics

3:15-5:00 PM Workshop Bloc 2

1. Disability Justice

5:00-6:45 PM Dinner

7:00-9:00 PM Workshop Bloc 3

1. Socialist Politics 101: Socialism from Below
2. Roundtable: What Kind of Socialist Organization(s) Do We Need?

Thursday, July 27

9:15-11:15 AM Workshop Bloc 4

1. Self-Determination and National Liberation
2. Secrets of a Successful Organizer: Turning an Issue into a Campaign

11:30 AM-12:45 PM Lunch

1:00-2:45 PM Workshop Bloc 5

1. Socialist Feminism
2. Expanding Sanctuary and Defending Communities

3:00-4:45 PM Workshop Bloc 6

1. Social and Ecological Justice in Appalachia
2. Socialists in Movements: Organizing and Revolutionary Demands

5:00-6:45 PM Dinner

7:00-9:00 Plenary: Contesting Neoliberalism and Imperialism in Latin America

Friday, July 28

9:15-11:15 AM Workshop Bloc 7

1. Roundtable: Organizing in the South
2. Ecosocialism and Environmental Justice

11:30-12:45 PM Lunch

Optional lunch discussion: An Open House with Members of Solidarity’s Gendered Violence Commission

1:00-2:45 PM Workshop Bloc 8

1. Roundtable: A Rank and File Strategy for Labor
2. Aspects of International Solidarity Movements in the US
3. Radical Visions for Housing Justice

3:00-4:45 PM Workshop Bloc 9

1. Indigenous Struggles, Sovereignty, and Ecology
2. Confronting the Far Right: A Dialogue on Strategy and Tactics

5:00-6:45 PM Dinner

7:00-9:00 PM Plenary: Local Elections: Graveyard of Social Movements or Site of Struggle?