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DESCRIPTION:NORTHERN CALIFORNIA SOCIALIST 
 CONFERENCE\nhttp://www.norcalsocialism.org\nDecember 6th and 
 7th.\n\nSaturday: City College Ocean Ave Campus, Visual Arts and Creative 
 Arts buildings. 50 Phelan Ave, San Francisco\n\nSunday: 110 Capp St., 
 between 16th St. and 17th St., San Francisco\n\nEntire Conference: 
 $20\n\nSat. Evening Panel: $10\n\n \n\nFeaturing: \n\n6:00pm SATURDAY 
 EVENING PANEL\n\nThe Fight for Gay Marriage\n\nWith Sherry Wolf, author of 
 Sexuality and Socialism: History, Politics and Theory of Gay Liberation  
 \n\nIn conversation with: Rose Aguilar, host of KALW's Your Call and author 
 of Red Highways\n\n\n"Change Has Come to America," as Barack Obama put it 
 in his victory speech before a multi-racial crowd of 250,000 Chicagoans.  
 Across the country, from LA to Seattle to Atlanta to Harlem, hundreds of 
 thousands of people danced in the streets, celebrating the end of the Bush 
 Regime and profound impact of the election of an African American 
 president.  But as Obama himself put it, "This isn't the change we want, 
 it's only the opportunity to make the change we want."  So, what kind of 
 changes do we want and how will we get them?  Proposition 8's passage shows 
 that nothing is automatic.  It's still true that the only rights we have 
 are the ones we fight for. \n\n \n\nSince Bush stolen election in 2000, the 
 left has been on the defensive.  But Obama's election and the escalating 
 economic crisis have broken the framework of politics as usual.  Now is the 
 time to shake off our pessimism, raise our expectations and get to work.  
 Now everything is up for grabs:  health care, jobs, education, abortion, 
 Iraq and Afghanistan, prisons, gay marriage and immigrant rights.  Now even 
 the business pages admit that "Marx may have been right about a few 
 things."\n\n \n\nSo consider coming to the Socialist Conference to learn 
 about how to fight for and win the reforms we need, while we discuss and 
 debate the future revolutionary change we believe is necessary.\n\n \n\nYou 
 can register for the conference on this site, and you can also pick up 
 tickets at these locations:\n\nModern Times Bookstore, 888 Valencia Street 
 (between 19th and 20th), San Francisco\nCity Lights, 261 Columbus Avenue at 
 Broadway, San Francisco\nMoe's Books, 2476 Telegraph Avenue, 
 Berkeley\n\nPublic Transportation to Ocean Avenue Campus (Saturday's 
 location)\nMUNI: 29 Sunset, 49 Van Ness / Mission, 15 Third Street, 36 
 Teresita, 43 Masonic, J Church, K Ingleside, 54 Felton\nBART: Balboa Park 
 Station\n\nMap: http://www.ccsf.edu/Info/ Map/\n\n \n\n 
 \n\nSchedule:\n\nSATURDAY\n\nCity College Ocean Ave Campus, Visual Arts and 
 Creative Arts buildings. 50 Phelan Ave, San Francisco\n\n10:00am 
 Registration    \n\n11:00am OPENING TALK\n\nPost-election Perspectives Todd 
 Chretien will give an opening talk on the period that the Left finds itself 
 in after the 2008 election. What challenges will we face, and what 
 strategies will be needed to build the Left in this period?      \n\n12:00 
 noon - 1:15pm   SESSION I  \n\nCivil Rights in the Sixties Barbara Becnel 
 and Sid Patel will discus how Civil Rights were won.  \n\nIntroduction to 
 the Communist Manifesto Christine DaRosa will present the contemporary 
 relevance of this socialist classic.  \n\nThe Rise and Fall of 
 Neoliberalism Elizabeth Terzakis will give an account of the ruling class's 
 most recent failed ideology.\n\nBolivia Today Sarah Hines will examine the 
 ongoing crisis in Bolivia, between the Left and the Right, Morales and the 
 U.S.  \n\n1:15pm LUNCH BREAK    \n\n2:15pm - 3:30pm   SESSION II      
 \n\nLabor in Crisis   Since the 1970's the U.S. working class has suffered 
 many more defeats than victories. Larry Bradshaw will look at the state of 
 Labor today.    \n\nDo Workers Consume Too Much?   Ragina Johnson examines 
 the claim that as the environmental and economic crises hit, blame is to be 
 found in individual consumption.    \n\nSocialism Utopian and Scientific   
 Jenna Woloshyn will look at the development of socialist thought from 
 idealism through to the materialist basis outlined by Marx and Engels.    
 \n\nVietnam: the Last War the U.S. Lost   Hector Agredano will present an 
 analysis on the resistance to the U.S. war in Vietnam that led to its 
 defeat.    \n\n3:45pm - 5:00pm   SESSION III    \n\nImmigration and 
 Globalization   Frank Martin del Campo and Brian Cruz will discuss the 
 struggle of labor and capital across borders.    \n\nMarxism and Feminism 
 Jessie Muldoon will look at theories of women's oppression and strategies 
 for liberation.  \n\nThe U.S. War in Afghanistan and Pakistan Jeremy Tully 
 will examine the underlying reasons for the U.S. military actions and 
 ambitions in South Asia.\n\nDemocrats in Power   Michael Smith will look at 
 the reality of rule by Democratic governments.        \n\n6:00pm SATURDAY 
 EVENING PANEL\n\nThe Fight for Gay Marriage\n\nWith Sherry Wolf, author of 
 Sexuality and Socialism: History, Politics and Theory of Gay Liberation  
 \n\nYou can see a video of Sherry Wolf speaking last year on the long term 
 struggle here: http://tinyurl. com/sherrywolf\n\nIn conversation with: Rose 
 Aguilar, host of KALW's Your Call and author of Red Highways\n\n \n\n \n\n  
      \n\nSUNDAY: Understanding the Crisis  \n\n110 Capp St., between 16th 
 St. and 17th St., San Francisco - near 16th Street BART                     
   \n\n11:00am - 1:00pm  SESSION I                        \n\nWhy does 
 capitalism go into crisis? Karl Marx asserted that capitalism was marked by 
 booms and slumps. Deborah Goldsmith will present a Marxist explanation of 
 capitalist crisis.                        \n\n1:15pm - 3:00pm  SESSION II  
 \n\nThe Crisis Today  Cameron Sturdevant will provide an analysis of the 
 current crisis of capitalism, how it was created and how it is being 
 managed.                      \n\n3:00pm - 4:00pm  CLOSING RECEPTION  
 \n\nDiscuss politics, enjoy refreshments and browse and buy political 
 books!\n\n \n\nhttp://www.norcalsocialism.org\n\n \n\nWant to know more? 
 Feel free to contact us.\n\n \n\n\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/11/26/18552969.php
SUMMARY:Norcal Socialist Conference. Dec. 6-7 in Sanf Francisco
LOCATION:Saturday: SF City College, 50 Phelan Ave., San Francisco\n\nSunday: 110 
 Capp St., between 16th St. and 17th St., San Francisco
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/11/26/18552969.php
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