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DESCRIPTION:\n \n\n\n\n \n\nhttp://www.norcalsocialism.org\n\n \n\n\n\n 
 \n\nDecember\n\n6th and 7th\n\n \n\nSaturday: City College Ocean Ave 
 \n\nCampus, Visual Arts and Creative Arts buildings.  50 Phelan Ave ,  San 
 Francisco \n\n \n\nSunday:110 Capp St.,\n\nbetween 16th St.\n\nand  17th 
 St. ,  San Francisco \n\n \n\nEntire\n\nConference: $20 \n\n 
 \n\nSat.\n\nEvening Panel: $10\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nFeaturing:  \n\n 
 \n\n6:00pm SATURDAY\n\nEVENING PANEL\n\n \n\nThe\n\nFight for Gay 
 Marriage\n\n \n\nWith Sherry Wolf, author of Sexuality and\n\nSocialism: 
 History, Politics and Theory of Gay Liberation  \n\n \n\nIn conversation 
 with: Rose Aguilar, host of\n\nKALW's Your\n\nCall and author of Red 
 Highways\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n“Change Has Come to  America ,” as Barack 
 Obama put\n\nit in his victory speech before a multi-racial crowd of 
 250,000\n\nChicagoans.  Across the country, from LA to  Seattle \n\nto  
 Atlanta  to  Harlem ,\n\nhundreds of thousands of people danced in the 
 streets, celebrating the end of\n\nthe Bush Regime and profound impact of 
 the election of an African American\n\npresident.  But as Obama himself 
 put it, “This isn’t the\n\nchange we want, it’s only the opportunity 
 to make the change we\n\nwant.”  So, what kind of changes do we want and 
 how will we get\n\nthem?  Proposition 8’s passage shows that nothing 
 is\n\nautomatic.  It’s still true that the only rights we have are 
 the\n\nones we fight for.  \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nSince Bush stolen election 
 in 2000, the left has been on the\n\ndefensive.  But Obama’s election 
 and the escalating economic crisis\n\nhave broken the framework of politics 
 as usual.  Now is the time to shake\n\noff our pessimism, raise our 
 expectations and get to work.  Now everything\n\nis up for grabs:  health 
 care, jobs, education, abortion,  Iraq  and  Afghanistan , prisons, gay 
 marriage\n\nand immigrant rights.  Now even the business pages admit that 
 “Marx\n\nmay have been right about a few things.” \n\n \n\n \n\n 
 \n\nSo consider coming to the Socialist Conference to learn\n\nabout how to 
 fight for and win the reforms we need, while we discuss and debate\n\nthe 
 future revolutionary change we believe is necessary. \n\n \n\n \n\n 
 \n\nYou can register for the\n\nconference on this site, and you can also 
 pick up tickets at these\n\nlocations: Modern Times Bookstore,  888 
 Valencia Street  (between 19th and\n\n20th),  San Francisco City Lights, 
 261\n\n  Columbus Avenue  at Broadway,  San Francisco Moe's Books, 2476\n\n 
  Telegraph Avenue,  Berkeley \n\n\n\n \n\nPublic\n\nTransportation to Ocean 
 Avenue Campus (Saturday’s location) MUNI:\n\n29 Sunset, 49 Van Ness / 
 Mission , 15 Third Street , 36 Teresita, 43\n\nMasonic, J Church, K 
 Ingleside, 54 Felton BART:\n\nBalboa Park Station\n\n \n\nMap: 
 http://www.ccsf.edu/Info/Map/\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n \n\n 
 \n\nSchedule:\n\n \n\nSATURDAY\n\n \n\n City College Ocean Ave  Campus, 
 Visual Arts and Creative Arts buildings.  50 Phelan Ave ,  San Francisco 
 \n\n \n\n10:00am Registration \n\n  \n\n \n\n11:00am OPENING TALK \n\n 
 \n\nPost-election Perspectives Todd Chretien will give an opening talk on 
 the period that the Left finds itself\n\nin after the 2008 election. What 
 challenges will we face, and what strategies\n\nwill be needed to build the 
 Left in this period?       \n\n \n\n12:00 noon - 1:15pm   SESSION I  
 \n\n \n\nCivil Rights in the SixtiesBarbara Becnel and Sid Patel will 
 discus how Civil Rights were won.  \n\n \n\nIntroduction to the Communist 
 Manifesto Christine DaRosa will present the contemporary relevance of this 
 socialist\n\nclassic.   \n\n \n\nThe Rise and Fall of Neoliberalism 
 Elizabeth Terzakis will give an account of the ruling class’s\n\nmost 
 recent failed ideology.\n\n \n\nBolivia TodaySarah Hines will examine the 
 ongoing crisis in  Bolivia ,\n\nbetween the Left and the Right, Morales and 
 the U.S.  \n\n \n\n1:15pm LUNCH BREAK     \n\n \n\n2:15pm - 3:30pm 
  \n\nSESSION II       \n\n \n\nLabor in Crisis   Since the 1970's the 
 U.S.\n\nworking class has suffered many more defeats than victories. Larry 
 Bradshaw\n\nwill look at the state of Labor today.     \n\n \n\nDo 
 Workers Consume Too Much?   Ragina Johnson\n\nexamines the claim that as 
 the environmental and economic crises hit, blame is to\n\nbe found in 
 individual consumption.     \n\n \n\nSocialism Utopian and Scientific   
 Jenna Woloshyn\n\nwill look at the development of socialist thought from 
 idealism through to the\n\nmaterialist basis outlined by Marx and Engels. 
     \n\n \n\n Vietnam : the Last War the U.S. Lost   Hector Agredano 
 will present an analysis on the\n\nresistance to the U.S. war\n\nin  
 Vietnam \n\nthat led to its defeat.     \n\n \n\n3:45pm - 5:00pm   
 SESSION III  \n\n  \n\n \n\nImmigration and Globalization   Frank Martin 
 del Campo and  Brian Cruz  will discuss the struggle of labor and capital 
 across borders.  \n\n  \n\n \n\nMarxism and FeminismJessie Muldoon will 
 look at theories of women's oppression and strategies for\n\nliberation.   
 \n\n \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\n \n\nDemocrats in Power  Michael Smith will look at 
 the reality of rule by Democratic governments.  \n\n     \n\n 
 \n\n6:00pm SATURDAY\n\nEVENING PANEL\n\n \n\nThe Fight for Gay Marriage\n\n 
 \n\nWith Sherry Wolf, author of Sexuality and Socialism: 
 History,\n\nPolitics and Theory of Gay Liberation  \n\n \n\nYou can see a 
 video of Sherry Wolf\n\nspeaking last year on the long term struggle here: 
 http://tinyurl.com/sherrywolf\n\n \n\nIn conversation with: Rose Aguilar, 
 host of\n\nKALW's Your\n\nCall and author of Red Highways\n\n \n\n \n\n 
 \n\n\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n       \n\n \n\nSUNDAY: Understanding the 
 Crisis  \n\n \n\n110 Capp St., between 16th St.\n\nand  17th St. ,  San 
 Francisco - near 16th Street BART     \n\n                  
 \n\n \n\n11:00am - 1:00pm  SESSION I    \n\n                  
   \n\n \n\nWhy does capitalism go into crisis? Karl Marx asserted that 
 capitalism was marked by booms and\n\nslumps. Deborah\n\nGoldsmith will 
 present a Marxist\n\nexplanation of capitalist crisis.          \n\n  
             \n\n \n\n1:15pm - 3:00pm  SESSION II  \n\n \n\nThe 
 Crisis Today Cameron Sturdevant will provide an analysis of the current 
 crisis of capitalism,\n\nhow it was created and how it is being managed.   
    \n\n                \n\n \n\n3:00pm - 4:00pm  CLOSING 
 RECEPTION  \n\n \n\nDiscuss politics,\n\nenjoy refreshments and browse and 
 buy political books!\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nhttp://www.norcalsocialism.org\n\n 
 \n\n \n\n \n\nWant to know more? Feel free to contact us.\n\n \n\n \n\n 
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 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/12/04/18553632.php
SUMMARY:Norcal Socialist Conference Nov. 6-7
LOCATION:Saturday: 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/2008/12/04/18553632.php
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