Logan Square Branch Forum
The BLACK POWER REVOLT
& The Politics of the 1960s
Thursday August 30th - 7pm
Acme Art Works
(1741 N. Western Ave.)
During the 1960s, millions of people took part in the struggles to end the Vietnam War, segregation and poverty. African-Americans were at the forefront of many of these fights, drawing radical conclusions about the nature of the system and the need for revolution.
Today, we are confronted with many of the same problems facing the activists of the 1960s; war, police brutality, racism and poverty. What lessons do the victories of the Black Power movement hold for people fighting racism today?
Likewise, what does the repression and eventual defeat of these 1960s activists mean for antiracists seeking to rebuild a movement that can really challenge the status-quo of war and racism?
KEEANGA-YAHMATTA TAYLOR, a regular contributor to International Socialist Review magazine will take up many of these questions and offer a way forward for activists today.
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Monday, August 27, 2007
2007 Midwest SOCIALIST Conference
***SAVE THE DATE***
***November 3-4 * Chicago, Illinois***
2007 Midwest SOCIALIST Conference
Building the REVOLUTIONARY Alternative
The 2007 Midwest Socialist Conference is a two-day event in early November that will bring together socialists and other activists who are involved in struggles across the region—from opposing the war to organizing against the death penalty, for immigrant rights, and for national health care—to discuss how to rebuild the Left, and a revolutionary alternative to the priorities of this system: war, corporate greed and racism.
Preliminary List of Saturday Workshops
* Between the Lines: The Struggle for Palestine
* Building Strong Branches
* Cuba: Myth and Reality
* The Democrats: The Other War Party?
* Engels on the Origins of Women’s Oppression
* The Fight for National Health Care: Capitalism and Health Care
* From Malcolm X to DRUM: The Rise of Black Power
* Gay Liberation and Socialism
* Is U.S. Empire on the Decline?
* Lenin and the Vanguard Party
* Lenin’s Left-Wing Communism
* The Meaning of Marxism
* Marxism and the Economy: Why Does Capitalism Go Into Crisis?
* No One is Illegal: Capitalism and Immigration
* Perspectives for Socialists: Between Things Ended and Things Begun
* The Racist “Injustice” System: The New Jim Crow?
* Revolutionary Rehearsals: Iran 1979
* The Rise and Fall of 1960s Students for a Democratic Society
* Soldiers Against the War
* What do Socialists Say About Political Islam?
* Where is Venezuela Headed?
* Why do Socialists Look to the Working Class?
Preliminary List of Sunday Workshops
* Black Liberation and Socialism
* The 1917 Russian Revolution
* Lenin on Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism
* Marxism versus Anarchism
* State and Revolution
* Subterranean Fire: The Industrial Rebellion of the 1930s
* Trotsky on the United Front
* Women and Socialism: Whatever Happened to Feminism?
In Chicago, contact: 773-902-5282, or e-mail: chicago_socialists@yahoo.com.
Sponsored by the International Socialist Organization, publisher of Socialist Worker:
www.socialistworker.org
***November 3-4 * Chicago, Illinois***
2007 Midwest SOCIALIST Conference
Building the REVOLUTIONARY Alternative
The 2007 Midwest Socialist Conference is a two-day event in early November that will bring together socialists and other activists who are involved in struggles across the region—from opposing the war to organizing against the death penalty, for immigrant rights, and for national health care—to discuss how to rebuild the Left, and a revolutionary alternative to the priorities of this system: war, corporate greed and racism.
Preliminary List of Saturday Workshops
* Between the Lines: The Struggle for Palestine
* Building Strong Branches
* Cuba: Myth and Reality
* The Democrats: The Other War Party?
* Engels on the Origins of Women’s Oppression
* The Fight for National Health Care: Capitalism and Health Care
* From Malcolm X to DRUM: The Rise of Black Power
* Gay Liberation and Socialism
* Is U.S. Empire on the Decline?
* Lenin and the Vanguard Party
* Lenin’s Left-Wing Communism
* The Meaning of Marxism
* Marxism and the Economy: Why Does Capitalism Go Into Crisis?
* No One is Illegal: Capitalism and Immigration
* Perspectives for Socialists: Between Things Ended and Things Begun
* The Racist “Injustice” System: The New Jim Crow?
* Revolutionary Rehearsals: Iran 1979
* The Rise and Fall of 1960s Students for a Democratic Society
* Soldiers Against the War
* What do Socialists Say About Political Islam?
* Where is Venezuela Headed?
* Why do Socialists Look to the Working Class?
Preliminary List of Sunday Workshops
* Black Liberation and Socialism
* The 1917 Russian Revolution
* Lenin on Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism
* Marxism versus Anarchism
* State and Revolution
* Subterranean Fire: The Industrial Rebellion of the 1930s
* Trotsky on the United Front
* Women and Socialism: Whatever Happened to Feminism?
In Chicago, contact: 773-902-5282, or e-mail: chicago_socialists@yahoo.com.
Sponsored by the International Socialist Organization, publisher of Socialist Worker:
www.socialistworker.org
Saturday, August 11, 2007
Day School on the Russian Revolution (September 29)
(Exact Location and Times TBA)
The day school would be in two parts, one session on how the revolution was won, and secondly, a session on the Stalinist counter-revolution.
The Russian Revolution (of 1917) remains a key question for the Left.
The Bolshevik-led October insurrection put the world’s first workers’ government in power. As such it represents the highpoint of international workers struggle.
However, the gains of the revolution were destroyed. The revolutionaries of 1917—like Leon Trotsky—were eventually hounded, arrested and murdered, and an oppressive regime took power in Russia.
Readings:
Part I: The 1917 Russian Revolution
“80 Years Since the Russian Revolution,” by Ahmed Shawki, from Russia: From Workers State to State Capitalism (available from Haymarket Books), also online:
http://www.isreview.org/issues/03/russian_revolution.shtml
Further Reading:
Pages 9-62 from Revolution and Counterrevolution: Class Struggle in a Moscow Metal Factory, by Kevin Murphy, (available from Haymarket Books)
Lessons of October, by Leon Trotsky, 1924, online:
http://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/1924/lessons/index.htm
Part II: How the Revolution Was Lost
“How the Revolution was lost,” Chris Harman, from Russia: From Workers State to State Capitalism (available from Haymarket Books), also online:
http://www.marxists.de/statecap/harman/revlost.htm
“The nature of Stalinist Russia and the Eastern Block” Chris Harman, from Russia: From Workers State to State Capitalism (available from Haymarket Books)
Further Reading:
Pages 62-121, 155-223, from Revolution and Counterrevolution: Class Struggle in a Moscow Metal Factory, by Kevin Murphy (available from Haymarket Books)
The day school would be in two parts, one session on how the revolution was won, and secondly, a session on the Stalinist counter-revolution.
The Russian Revolution (of 1917) remains a key question for the Left.
The Bolshevik-led October insurrection put the world’s first workers’ government in power. As such it represents the highpoint of international workers struggle.
However, the gains of the revolution were destroyed. The revolutionaries of 1917—like Leon Trotsky—were eventually hounded, arrested and murdered, and an oppressive regime took power in Russia.
Readings:
Part I: The 1917 Russian Revolution
“80 Years Since the Russian Revolution,” by Ahmed Shawki, from Russia: From Workers State to State Capitalism (available from Haymarket Books), also online:
http://www.isreview.org/issues/03/russian_revolution.shtml
Further Reading:
Pages 9-62 from Revolution and Counterrevolution: Class Struggle in a Moscow Metal Factory, by Kevin Murphy, (available from Haymarket Books)
Lessons of October, by Leon Trotsky, 1924, online:
http://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/1924/lessons/index.htm
Part II: How the Revolution Was Lost
“How the Revolution was lost,” Chris Harman, from Russia: From Workers State to State Capitalism (available from Haymarket Books), also online:
http://www.marxists.de/statecap/harman/revlost.htm
“The nature of Stalinist Russia and the Eastern Block” Chris Harman, from Russia: From Workers State to State Capitalism (available from Haymarket Books)
Further Reading:
Pages 62-121, 155-223, from Revolution and Counterrevolution: Class Struggle in a Moscow Metal Factory, by Kevin Murphy (available from Haymarket Books)
Join the Socialists!
Another World Is Possible!
JOIN THE SOCIALISTS!
The International Socialist Organization (ISO) is committed to building an organization that participates in the struggles for justice and liberation today—and, ultimately, for a future socialist society.
A world free of exploitation—socialism—is not only possible but worth fighting for.
The ISO stands in the tradition of revolutionary socialists Karl Marx, V.I. Lenin and Leon Trotsky in the belief that workers themselves—the vast majority of the population—are the only force that can fight to win a socialist society.
Socialism can't be brought about from above, but has to be won by workers themselves.
International Socialist Organization in Chicago:
LOGAN SQUARE
Meetings are Thursdays at 7pm at Acme Art Works, 1741 N. Western.
NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY
Meetings are held in the NEIU Student Center, 5500 N. St. Louis.
PILSEN
Meetings are Thursdays at 7pm at the Rudy Lozano Library, 1805 S. Loomis.
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS-CHICAGO
Meetings are held regularly on campus, 750 S. Halsted.
For more info call: 773-902-5282 or e-mail chicago_socialists@yahoo.com
www.internationalsocialist.org
JOIN THE SOCIALISTS!
The International Socialist Organization (ISO) is committed to building an organization that participates in the struggles for justice and liberation today—and, ultimately, for a future socialist society.
A world free of exploitation—socialism—is not only possible but worth fighting for.
The ISO stands in the tradition of revolutionary socialists Karl Marx, V.I. Lenin and Leon Trotsky in the belief that workers themselves—the vast majority of the population—are the only force that can fight to win a socialist society.
Socialism can't be brought about from above, but has to be won by workers themselves.
International Socialist Organization in Chicago:
LOGAN SQUARE
Meetings are Thursdays at 7pm at Acme Art Works, 1741 N. Western.
NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY
Meetings are held in the NEIU Student Center, 5500 N. St. Louis.
PILSEN
Meetings are Thursdays at 7pm at the Rudy Lozano Library, 1805 S. Loomis.
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS-CHICAGO
Meetings are held regularly on campus, 750 S. Halsted.
For more info call: 773-902-5282 or e-mail chicago_socialists@yahoo.com
www.internationalsocialist.org
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