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DESCRIPTION:Capitalism in Crisis: Socialism for the 21st Century\n\nA symposium 
 sponsored by the Committees of Correspondence Education Fund, 
 Inc.\n\nThursday, July 23, 2009\nWhitcomb Hotel • 1231 Market Street • 
 San Francisco, CA\n\nPanels\n\nBuilding the Progressive Majority in the Age 
 of Obama 1:00 PM\n\nJack O’Dell, historic figure of the civil rights 
 movement in the South, will present a “Democracy Charter”\n\nfollowed 
 by a panel of movement activists including Michael Eisenscher, National 
 Organizer, US Labor\nAgainst the War; Jacqueline Cabasso, Executive 
 Director, Western States Legal Foundation; Steve Williams, Co-Director, 
 People Organized to Win Employment Rights (POWER); Frank Martin del Campo, 
 President, San Francisco Labor Council for Latin American Advancement 
 (LCLAA); Bill Fletcher, Jr., Executive Editor, Black 
 Commentator\n\nConversation on the Left: Building the Left and 
 the\nProgressive Majority 4:00 PM\n\nA roundtable discussion moderated by 
 Committees of Correspondence for Democracy\nand Socialism (CCDS) Co-Chairs 
 James Campbell and Mark Solomon. Roundtable participants:\nMildred 
 Williamson of CCDS, Jamala Rogers of Freedom Road Socialist Organization; 
 Linda Burnham,\nindependent political activist; Michael Rubin of 
 Solidarity, and leading representatives of the Communist\nParty USA and 
 Democratic Socialists of America (speakers TBA.)\n\nBuilding Socialism in 
 the 21st Century – An International Evening 7:30 PM\n\nAn evening of 
 internationalism will feature Helmut Scholz, Executive Committee of the 
 Party of the\nEuropean Left and head of the International Department of the 
 Die Linke (The Left) Party of Germany;\nMarcos Garcia, Second Secretary for 
 Labor Affairs for the Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of\nVenezuela; 
 Chris Matlhako, Secretary for International Relations and member of the 
 Political Bureau of\nthe South African Communist Party, and a 
 representative from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam\n(speaker 
 TBA).\n\nAdmission: $20; $5 for low income, youth and 
 students\n\nCommittees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism\n(in 
 conjunction with the CCDS 6th National Convention)\nJuly 24-25, 2009 Public 
 Invited\n\nAn International Breakfast with honored guests from South 
 Africa, Venezuela, Germany,\nFrance, and Vietnam, Friday, July 24, 8:00 AM 
 at the Whitcomb Hotel\n\nReception and Tribute to Charlene Mitchell 
 sponsored by the Kendra Alexander Foundation\nFriday, July 24, 2009, 7:00 
 PM at the Whitcomb Hotel Admission: $20; $5 for low income, youth and 
 students\n\nAn Evening of Solidarity with Vietnam: Judge Claudia Morcom 
 will present findings of the May 18, 2009 International Peoples' Tribunal 
 of Conscience in Support of the Vietnamese Victims of Agent Orange in 
 Paris, France where she presided as one of several international judges. 
 Saturday, July 25, 7:30 PM at the Whitcomb Hotel. Admission: $20; $5 for 
 low income, youth and students.\n\nRegistration for Symposium and 3-day 
 CCDS Convention includes all programs: $50. Special rates for low income, 
 students and youth.\n\nFor more information:\nCCDS West Coast Office\n522 
 Valencia Street #1\nSan Francisco, CA 94110\nPh: (415) 863-6637 Fx: (415) 
 863-5543\nEmail: karl [at] cc-ds.org \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/06/04/18600474.php
SUMMARY:Symposium: Capitalism in Crisis - Socialism for the 21st Century
LOCATION:Whitcomb Hotel\n1231 Market Street\nSan Francisco, CA 
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/06/04/18600474.php
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