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Socialism 2009, Building a New Left for a New Era, San Francisco, 7/2-7/5/09: audio
by dave id
Tuesday Jul 7th, 2009 10:04 AM
The International Socialist Organization held their first West Coast conference in San Francisco July 2nd through 5th. The "Socialism 2009: Building a New Left for a New Era" conference was split between the Women's Building on 18th and the ISO offices on Capp. Close to 800 people attended attended at least one session over the four-day conference, with most attending numerous. A similar conference has been held annually in Chicago for years. Chicago's 2009 conference was held in June.

This post features audio from six sessions, a small sample of the approximately fifty sessions total held over four days. Included are the open comments, questions, and discussions at the end of each session. Audio from more sessions will be posted to Indybay at a future date.

The first recording here is from the session titled "Three Strikes, the Death Penalty, 'Tough on crime' - Is It Time to Abolish Prisons?" featuring Cameron Sturdevant and Crystal Bybee, moderated by Gillian R. on Friday, July 3rd. (Scheduled speaker Barbara Becnel did not make it.)
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socialismsf2009a_prisons-isoconf_070309.mp3 30.9MB

(audio 1:30:02)

Socialism 2009 calendar listings with full schedules:
July 2nd - http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/04/04/18586045.php
July 3rd - http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/04/04/18586046.php
July 4th - http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/04/04/18586047.php
July 5th - http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/04/04/18586048.php
§The Food Crisis and the Fallacy of the Market
by dave id Tuesday Jul 7th, 2009 10:04 AM
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socialismsf2009b_food-isoconf_070309.mp3 28.4MB

(audio 1:22:51)

Anuradha Mittal from the Oakland Institute, facilitated by Erik W. (This was a replacement talk for one scheduled with Jeffrey St. Clair.) [July 3rd]
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socialismsf2009c_border-isoconf_070409.mp3 24.7MB

(audio 1:11:56)

Elizabeth Terzakis, Nativo Lopez, Roger Dyer, and more, moderated by Josh O. In English y en español. [July 4th]

Unfortunately, first 10-15 minutes missing due to scheduling issue. Hopefully, this audio can be replaced with full audio in near future.
§Principles of Communism and the Communist Manifesto
by dave id Tuesday Jul 7th, 2009 10:04 AM
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socialismsf2009d_communism-isoconf_070409.mp3 30.3MB

(audio 1:28:15)

Kurt Kreuger, facilitated by Sarah T. [July 4th]
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socialismsf2009e_oscargrant-sf8-isoconf_070409.mp3 40.2MB

(audio 1:56:57)

Richard Brown, Jack Bryson, and Dana Blanchard, moderated by Jesse H. [July 4th]
§Media as a Weapon: Speaking Truth to Power
by dave id Tuesday Jul 7th, 2009 10:04 AM
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socialismsf2009f_media-isoconf_070409.mp3 39.2MB

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Alan Maass David Barsamian, John Pilger, and Rose Aguilar, moderated by Jeff B. [July 4th]
§Links to much more audio from the conference...
by dave id Monday Jul 20th, 2009 12:38 AM
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/07/16/18608423.php
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/07/17/18608602.php
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/07/17/18608622.php
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