Joe Biden has been named president elect, though Donald Trump is still refusing to concede. What will the 2020 election results mean for the US working class? What should socialists be doing in the aftermath? Join our online event today at 1PM ET! Hundreds of attendees have registered from across the country and around the world—don’t miss it! Full schedule and suggested readings listed below. Register now using the form below or at our registration page:
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Weekend Schedule (in Eastern Time)
Day 1: Saturday, Nov 14
1PM – 4PM
- Election 2020 and the Fight for Socialist Revolution
4:30PM – 7PM
- Facing a Climate Catastrophe: We Need a Planned Economy!
- The George Floyd Uprising and the Struggle against Police Terror
Day 2: Sunday, Nov 15
1PM – 3:30PM
- ¡Ni Una Menos! The Struggle Against Femicides in Mexico
- How Revolutionary Socialism Can Revive the Labor Movement
4PM – 6PM
- Socialism in Our Lifetime! Why We Need Revolutionary Organization
6PM – 8PM:
- Virtual Meet & Greet
Suggested Readings
Election 2020 and the Fight for Socialist Revolution
- “Biden’s Win Is No Victory for the Working Class: We Need a Workers’ Party!” – Fred Weston
- [Video] “Electoral Chaos and the Crisis of American Bourgeois Democracy” – John Peterson
- “US Elections 2020: The Dumpster Fire of American Bourgeois Democracy” – SR Editorial Board
- “Election 2020: The Socialist Case Against “Lesser-Evil” Politics” – SR Editorial Board
Facing Climate Catastrophe: We Need a Planned Economy!
- IMT Theses on the Climate Crisis
- “California: Catastrophe Layered Upon Catastrophe” – David Spenger
- [Video] “Fighting Climate Change: Why We Need a Workers’ Government” – Tom Trottier
- “Climate Struggle Is Class Struggle” – John Peterson
The George Floyd Uprising and the Struggle against Police Terror
- “How Can the Working Class End Police Terror?” – John Peterson (video also available at that link)
- “‘This Is Only the Beginning!’ CHOP and the Juneteenth Longshore Strike” – Arman E.
- “Breonna Taylor: There Can Be No Justice for the Majority under Capitalism!” – SR Editorial Board
¡Ni Una Menos! The Struggle against Femicides in Mexico
- “Femicides in Mexico: Justice for Alexis!” – Arturo Rodriguez
- “Femicide in Mexico: Symptom of a Sick System” – Revolutionary Women’s League
- “The Femicide of Sara Abigail Cannot Go Unpunished, We Demand Justice!” – Noemi Salinas Sandoval
- “Fight Women’s Oppression, Fight Capitalism!” – International Marxist Tendency
How Revolutionary Socialism Can Revive the Labor Movement
- “Workers Fight Back in the Class War against COVID” – Tom Trottier
- “Sara Nelson and the Future of American Labor” – Tom Trottier
- “The Role of Trotskyist in the 1934 Minneapolis Teamsters’ Strike” – Marco LaGrotta
Socialism in Our Lifetime! Why We Need a Revolutionary Organization