Bay Area Marxism Conference November 5, 2011

Millions of people have come to the understanding that capitalism is no longer working. From Athens to Cairo to San Francisco-people are fighting back.

The Occupy Wall Street movement still continues to grow and tap into the anger at the fact that politicians in the US have done nothing to stop the immiseration of the lives of the 99% at the expense of the 1%, in fact they are promising more austerity, more attacks on unions, social services, and education.

Marxism provides a revolutionary understanding and strategy for ridding society of exploitation and oppression once and for all. Come join us for discussions facing the movement today. We want more than just resistance, we want to win. Join us!

Special guest speakers include:
Alan Maass, longtime editor of Socialist Worker newspaper and the daily Web site SocialistWorker.org. Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, editorial board member of the International Socialist Review, and a frequent contributor on the subject of race and class. Her articles have also appeared on the Black Commentator, CounterPunch and Gaper's Block Web sites. Todd Chretien, long-time Bay Area activist and writer for to the International Socialist Review and Socialist Worker on the topics of U.S. and Latin American politics and the ideas of the Marxist tradition.

Plus many more leading Socialist activists from all over the Bay Area ...

10am - Registration

11:00 - 11:45am Opening Session: Why Marx Matters with Alan Maass

Track One: Why the working class can change society
12:00 - 1:30pm: No power greater: Marxism and the centrality of class
2:30 - 4:00pm: The Minneapolis Teamsters Strike:
a case study in working-class power
4:30 - 6:00pm: The changing working class and the future of the labor movement

Track Two: Marxism and Oppression
12:00 - 1:30pm: The Roots of Racial Oppression
2:30 - 4:00pm: Theories of Women's Oppression
4:30 - 6:00pm: Can the working class liberate the oppressed?

Official Website: http://www.norcalsocialism.org