Author: Samantha

Join us in Chicago for a four day conference of socialist politics, education, and community. August 30-September 2, 2024 100 years after Vladimir Lenin’s death, his exhortations to learn and think in the concrete remain urgent for our movements.What does it mean to approach our political practice not as an abstract set of rules, but as a collective rehearsal of coming worlds? Join Ruth Wilson Gilmore as she explores how we can perceive, expand, and connect contemporary world-experiments rehearsing abolitionist, communist, and anti-imperialist movement around the planet.Don’t miss it! Register for Socialism 2024 by June 28 for the early bird discounted rate! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9m5M5Htuzc Register for Socialism 2024 by June 28th! Please note: the Socialism Co...

Where Olive Trees Weep is a beautiful and poignant new film about the struggles and resilience of Palestinians. Cinema can be a powerful force for change. Our aim is, beyond mere education, to truly move hearts and minds and inspire audiences to echo the calls for freedom, equality and dignity that have gone unanswered for far too long. https://whereolivetreesweep.com/?fbclid=IwAR2TMot6MDvgQV8SKdMEapSe-R8GT6tnjHaRqiMBQ0_Rflmn9Jygy2UukgY_aem_mGgByBXBkkNJs7eQ9lXw8A&utm_medium=paid&utm_source=fb&utm_id=120211883786920131&utm_content=120211884425730131&utm_term=120211883787520131&utm_campaign=120211883786920131&sfnsn=scwspmo https://whereolivetreesweep.com/?fbclid=IwAR2TMot6MDvgQV8SKdMEapSe-R8GT6tnjHaRqiMBQ0_Rflmn9Jygy2UukgY_aem_mGgByBXBkkNJs7eQ9lXw8A&utm_me...

Troublemakers At Work is holding an online public meeting at 7:30pm on Wednesday 26 June. Register now The surge in strikes which began in 2021 has declined from its peak, but strikes remain at higher levels than before. We saw some good wins, while other disputes ended with poor deals or fizzled out. The train drivers’ and junior doctors’ disputes, along with many smaller strikes, continue. There has been no real breakthrough and the impact on union membership and organisation has been uneven. All this is happening in the context of big political issues like Gaza and climate? What can we learn from the strike wave? What kind of organisations and perspectives do we need to transform our unions? How is the election shaping industrial struggle? How do we build resistan...