The Relevance of Socialism Today

12:30-2:30 pm The Fight for the Planet Earth & Women’s Equality, Carol Dansereau and Blanca Missé; 3:30-5:30 pm, Black Liberation & Socialism, Glen Ford and Jeff Mackler. Carol Dansereau, environmental organizer for three decades, an attorney, and non-profit director, is the author of the new book, “What It Will Take: Rejecting Dead-Ends and False Friends in the Fight for the Earth.” Blanca Missé teaches at San Francisco State University; Leader of Workers/La Voz, Missé was an organizer of the 2018 mass anti-fascist mobilizations in Berkeley. Glen Ford is a veteran of more than 45 years in broadcast, print and Internet journalism and is currently executive editor of BlackAgendaReport.com. Jeff Mackler, National Secretary of Socialist Action and Socialist Action’s 2016 candidate for the U.S. presidency, is the author of 25 books and pamphlets covering a wide range of political, social and economic issues.