Socialism Conference to take place in Los Angeles

[[November 8, 2006]]/Sarah Sloan/ link

This Saturday, Nov. 11, the Los Angeles branch of the Party for Socialism and Liberation will hold its third annual Socialism Conference. Click here to register for the conference.

...The day-long conference will feature speakers, workshops, entertainment and discussion on a wide variety of topics related to the fight against capitalist exploitation, war, racism and imperialism, and the struggle for socialism in the U.S. and all over the world.

...The day will begin with a focus on fighting the capitalist offensive, including the meaning of the capitalist mid-term elections; immigrant rights and the case for amnesty; fighting the Minutemen and right-wing attacks; Black liberation and socialist struggle; and the struggle against racism, sexism and homophobia, and for working class unity.

...Featured speakers include Brian Becker, Party for Socialism and Liberation and National Coordinator of the ANSWER Coalition (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism); Karina Garcia, Political Chair of the Chicano Caucus at Columbia University in New York; Muna Coobtee, Free Palestine Alliance; Eugene Puryear, Howard University student leader; Gloria La Riva, Coordinator of the National Committee to Free the Cuban Five; Ian Thompson, Editor of PSLweb.org; Juan Jose Gutierrez, Director of Latino Movement USA; Carlos Alvarez, Youth & Student ANSWER; Angelina Corona, Executive Director of Hermandad Mexicana Nacional; and Preston Wood, Coordinator of ANSWER Coalition-LA.

(email address at socialismandliberation.org)