Workers World Party National Conference Nov. 14-15 Celebrate 50 years of revolutionary theory and practice Analyzing the global class struggle and the capitalist economic crisis Only Socialism can end exploitation, racism and war
Conference Report Videos on Workers.TV
(videos appear in reverse order of presentation. The first report was Introduction to Conference by Dianne Mathiowetz)
Program Schedule for National Conference of Workers World Party
50 Years in the Struggle for Revolution and Socialism
Saturday, Nov. 14
8:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m.
Registration, coffee, snacks
9:00 a.m.
Video of music and struggles
9:00 a.m.-11 a.m.
Opening Plenary Session: The Global Capitalist Crisis, the Coming Class Struggle, the Obama Administration and the Fight for a Socialist Future Chair: Dianne Mathiowetz; Opening: Elena Everett; Speakers: Sara Flounders, Fred Goldstein, Teresa Gutierrez, Larry Hales, Larry Holmes
11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Open floor discussion (and panelists’ summaries)
12:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m.
Lunch outside hall FIST workshop (cafeteria)
2:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
Second Plenary Session: Jobs and Human Needs – Not Banks, Racism and Imperialist War First Panel--Chair: Judy Greenspan; Speakers: Abayomi Azikiwe, John Catalinotto, Bill Doares, Berta Joubert-Ceci, David Hoskins; Cultural Performance: Miya Campbell Second Panel—Chair: Gloria Verdieu; Speakers: Sharon Black, Ellen Catalinotto, Phebe Eckfeldt, Martha Grevatt, Sandra Hines, Shafeah M’Balia, John Parker
4:30 p.m.-5:15 p.m.
Special Session with Armando Robles, pres., United Electrical Workers, Local 1110, Republic Windows and Door Workers, Chicago; video; update; Q and A Chair: Jill White; Speaker: Dante Strobino
5:15 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
Snack, stretch, song inside hall
5:30 p.m.-7:00 p.m.
50 Years of Workers World Party: Putting Revolutionary Theory into Practice Chair: Sharon Eolis; Speakers: LeiLani Dowell, Julie Fry, Jerry Goldberg, Deirdre Griswold, Monica Moorehead; Cultural Performance: Nana Soul, Black Waxx Recordings Greetings and Solidarity messages
7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.
Dinner break outside hall Literature Promotion Workshop (Cafeteria)
9 p.m.-10:30 p.m.
Social (Location TBA)
Sunday, Nov. 15
9:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
Registration, coffee, snacks
10:00 a.m.-11:15 a.m.
Continuing Floor Discussion from Saturday Chair: Richard Kossally
11:15 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Final Plenary Session: Building a Revolutionary Proletarian Party
Chair: Joyce Chediac; Speakers: Kris Hamel, Steve Kirschbaum, Dee Knight, Richard Kossally, Mike Martinez
Summation: Larry Holmes
Singing of Internationale
La plataforma del partido de
los trabajadores del mundo
(Workers World Party’s)
incluye:
¡El trabajo es un derecho!
¡No te mueras de hambre, lucha!
¡Parar el derecho de anular hipotecas y desalojos!
¡Derecho a un sistema de salud de calidad gratuito
para todos(as)!
¡Educación de calidad
para todos(as)!
¡Derechos completos
para trabajadores(as) indocumentados!
¡Reparación inmediata
para los descendientes de esclavos africanos, para
los pueblos indígenas y
los oprimidos en todo
el mundo!
¡Defensa de los derechos
de las mujeres!
¡Derechos para la persona lesbiana, homosexual, bisexual y transexual!
¡ Liberación para
Mumia Abu Jamal,
para Leonard Peltier,
liberación para
los 5 cubanos presos ilegalmente y todos
los presos políticos en
los Estados Unidos!
¡Una lesión para uno
es una lesión para todos!
PLAN Y DISCUSIONES
Lucha por Trabajos, Sueldos
Habitables y Ingresos Familiares
El Capitalismo, el desempleo
y los trabajos no son recuperados
La administración de Obama,
los Bancos y la Crisis Económica
Como combatir todas las formas
de Racismo y la Opresión Nacional
Como parar al Pentágono en su
curso de guerras en el mundo entero
Los Trabajadores, los Oprimidos
y la Juventud necesitan
el Socialismo
y muchos otros temas
Paneles, talleres, grupos de discusión, de
socialización. Presentaciones sobre la teoría
y la practica. Venga a escuchar y compartir
sus ideas, participe en el debate, aprender y enseñar.
Oiga hablar de las luchas en todo el país
y en todo el mundo desde el Norte de Carolina,Pittsburgh, Philadelphia
y de New Orleans a Palestina; desde Los Angeles,
Detroit y de Boston a Honduras y Africa.
Sponsored by Workers World Party
55 West 17th St.• #5C • NY, NY 10011
Para obtener más información vaya a (workersworld.net) o llame
al número
212 627-2994
Workers World Party’s
platform includes:
A Job Is a Right!
Don’t Starve, Fight!
Stop Foreclosures
& Evictions!
Free Quality Healthcare
& Education for All!
Full Rights for
Undocumented
Workers!
Reparations NOW
for descendants
of African slaves,
Indigenous peoples
and the oppressed
worldwide
Defend Women’s Rights!
Full Rights for Lesbians,
Gays, Bi & Trans people.
Free Mumia Abu-Jamal,
Leonard Peltier,
the Cuban Five &
All Political Prisoners
in the U.S.!
An Injury to One
Is an Injury to All!
JOIN US TO PLAN
& DISCUSS
Fighting for Jobs, A Livable Wage & Income
Capitalism, Unemployment
& the Jobless Recovery’
The Obama Administration, the Banks & the
Economic Crisis
Combating All Forms of Racism & National
Oppression
Stopping the Pentagon’s War Drive Worldwide
Why Workers, the Oppressed
& Youth Need Socialism
and many other topics
Panels, workshops, discussion groups,
socializing. Presentations on theory and practice. Come to listen and
share your ideas, engage in discussion, learn and teach.
Hear about struggles across the country and
around the world from North Carolina, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia and New
Orleans to Palestine; from Los Angeles, Detroit, and Boston to Honduras
and Africa.
Return coupon to Workers World Party:
55 West 17th St. • Rm. 5C •
New York, NY 10011
For more information including
pre-registration, go to www.workersworld.net
212-627-2994
Socialism vs. Capitalism. Larry Hales, National F.I.S.T. Organizer and Deirdre Griswold, Editor, Workers World Newspaper
Repression in Honduras. Speakers are Teresa Gutierrez, International Action Center co-director, and Lucy Pagoada, Honduran Resistance USA. At the Workers World Forum, NYC, Sept. 25, 2009.
The Resistance in Honduras & the National Days of Solidarity Against the Coup. Teresa Gutierrez, Co-Coordinator of IAC and WWP National Committee member, at the Workers World Forum, NYC, Aug. 20, 2009.
Larry Holmes, a lead organizer of the G-20 protests in Pittsburgh Sept. 20-25, at the Workers World Forum, NYC, Sept. 10, 2009.
Sharon Black, a national leader of the Pittsburgh mobilization, at the Workers World Forum, Oct. 9, 2009, in NYC.
Monica Moorehead speaks at Workers World Forum on the Racial Profiling of Prof. Henry Louis Gates, August 9, 2009
Larry Hales speaking on the role of the cops and the media in capitalist society as illustrated by the Henry Louis Gates case, August 10, 2009
Fred Goldstein, member of WWP Secretariat and author of Low Wage Capitalism, at the Workers World Forum, Oct. 9, 2009, in NYC.
