Ben Davis speaks in this session recorded at Socialism 2022. “Culture war” is everywhere today as a concept, on the right and left. This talk looks at the concept’s origin in the late ‘80s at the end of the Cold War, and its contemporary renaissance, as a way to clarify what role this framing of politics has in today’s debates. Learn more about the Socialism Conference at www.socialismconference.org. Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow Haymarket on Soundcloud for regular event recordings, book talks, political analyses and poetry readings: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks

Promise Li, Andrea Sempértegui, and Shiyam Galyon speak in this session recorded at Socialism 2022. This session was sponsored by Internationalism From Below. https://www.facebook.com/intlfrombelow This panel will diagnose the disturbing rise of an authoritarian tankie/campist orientation on the Left today—one that rationalizes, sugarcoats, and defends repressive and murderous regimes in the name of a convoluted “anti-imperialist” posture—and will explore an emerging alternative vision of solidarity—an internationalism from below/internationalism of the oppressed. Learn more about the Socialism Conference at www.socialismconference.org. Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow Haymarket on Soundcloud for regular event recordings, book talks, political analyses and poetry readings: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks

Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson, David McNally, and Donna Murch speak at the final plenary of the Socialism 2022 conference. The struggle for socialism is happening on many fronts, but all of our struggles are linked by the larger project of dismantling capitalism and building a new socialist future where all of us are free. At the final plenary of Socialism 2022, speakers will provide some perspective on our current moment, tie together the major themes of the conference, and draw energy and inspiration for the fights ahead. Learn more about the Socialism Conference at www.socialismconference.org. Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow Haymarket on Soundcloud for regular event recordings, book talks, political analyses and poetry readings: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks

Yaira Matos, Ngakiya Camara, and Aree Worawongwasu speak in this session recorded at Socialism 2022. This session was sponsored by Dissenters. http://wearedissenters.org/ How are youth organizing in solidarity with everyday people impacted by US wars and militarism? Rooted in shared principles of self-determination and solidarity with everyday people and liberation movements, Dissenters youth are organizing grassroots campaigns against war profiteers at home and building international solidarity with anti-militarist comrades abroad. Learn more about the Socialism Conference at www.socialismconference.org. Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow Haymarket on Soundcloud for regular event recordings, book talks, political analyses and poetry readings: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks

Robyn Maynard and Leanne Betasamosake Simpson speak in this session recorded at Socialism 2022. Join the authors of Rehearsals for Living for an exchange of Black and Indigenous perspectives, the historical legacies of slavery and colonization, and to collectively envision the possibilities for more liberatory futures during a historic moment of Indigenous land defense, prison strikes, and global-Black-led rebellions against policing. Learn more about the Socialism Conference at www.socialismconference.org. Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow Haymarket on Soundcloud for regular event recordings, book talks, political analyses and poetry readings: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks

Kate Aronoff, Matthew T. Huber, and Drew Pendergrass speak in this session recorded at Socialism 2022. This session was sponsored by Verso Books. https://www.versobooks.com What are the most useful frameworks and priorities for left climate organizers in our current moment? What strategies can we borrow from history and from other social movements? How can utopian thinking expand our horizons in our fight for a more sustainable future? Learn more about the Socialism Conference at www.socialismconference.org. Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow Haymarket on Soundcloud for regular event recordings, book talks, political analyses and poetry readings: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks

Deana Lewis, Chez Rumpf, and Santera Matthews speak in this session recorded at Socialism 2022. This session was sponsored by Survived & Punished and Love & Protect. https://survivedandpunished.org https://loveprotect.org In this session, Survived & Punished National, Love & Protect, and the Free Chrystul Kizer Defense Campaign will focus on defining the term “criminalized survivors,” building survivor defense campaigns, and supporting survivors at the intersections of intimate partner and state violence. We will discuss the barriers survivors face and the practical support that survivors need on their pathways to liberation. Learn more about the Socialism Conference at www.socialismconference.org. Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow Haymarket on Soundcloud for regular event recordings, book talks, political analyses and poetry readings: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks

Eric Maroney speaks in this session recorded at Socialism 2022. Right-wing pundits have declared open war on abortion rights, and queer and trans people. Although aimed at motivating conservative voters ahead of the midterms, this backlash is more than simple political calculus. The far-Right/alt-Right are animated by profound anti-feminism. Unpacking and understanding this anti-feminism is essential to a Left response. Learn more about the Socialism Conference at www.socialismconference.org. Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow Haymarket on Soundcloud for regular event recordings, book talks, political analyses and poetry readings: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks

Justin Akers Chacón speaks in this session recorded at Socialism 2022. The aggressive exploitation of labor on both sides of the US-Mexico border has become a prominent feature of capitalism in North America, but this vicious model of capitalist transnationalization has also created its own grave-diggers. This session will explore why fighting for migrant justice and rebuilding the international union movement both require that we demand an open border. Learn more about the Socialism Conference at www.socialismconference.org. Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow Haymarket on Soundcloud for regular event recordings, book talks, political analyses and poetry readings: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks

Obery Hendricks, Josh Davis, and Aaron Anderson speak in this session recorded at Socialism 2022. There is a rise of religious organizations joining the socialist struggle. This panel will explore what role religion should play in socialist politics; the rightwing’s hegemony in US Christianity and what socialists can learn from it; and the difference between “reactionary socialism” and a truly emancipatory Christian socialist politics. Learn more about the Socialism Conference at www.socialismconference.org. Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow Haymarket on Soundcloud for regular event recordings, book talks, political analyses and poetry readings: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks