July 25-27. Fordham University, NYC
SCHEDULE FOR THE TROTSKY LEGACY CONFERENCE
FRIDAY
11:00 AM – 1:00 PM: Registration and LUNCH
1:00 – 1:15 pm: Opening/Greetings
1:15 – 3:15 PM: Permanent Revolution and the Evolution of World
Realities Since the 1960s
· Ahmed Shawki, ed., International Socialist Review
· Suzi Weisman, author, Victor Serge: The Course is Set on Hope
· Alan Benjamin, ed., The Organizer
3:15 – 3:30 PM: BREAK
3:30 – 5:30 PM: Workshops
5:30 – 7:00 PM: DINNER
7:00 – 8:15 PM: James P. Cannon and U.S. Trotskyism
· Bryan Palmer, author, James P. Cannon and the Origins of the
American Revolutionary Left
8:15 – 8:30 PM: BREAK
8:30 – 8:45 PM: Introductory Remarks (to the film) – Esteban Volkov
8:45 – 10:15 PM: "Trotsky in Mexico" (new documentary – U.S. Premiere)
SATURDAY
8:00 – 9:00 AM: BREAKFAST
9:00 – 9:30 AM: Registration
9:15 – 9:30 AM: Opening Remarks
9:30 – 10:00 AM: Reflection on the Legacy of Leon Trotsky – Esteban Volkov
10:00 – 11:30 AM: Lessons of the SWP Experience: 1960 – 1980
· Robin David
· Kipp Dawson
11:30 AM – 1:00 PM: LUNCH
1:00 – 2:30 PM: What Happened to the SWP?
· Linda Thompson
· Paul Le Blanc
· David Walters
2:30 – 3:45 PM: Workshops
3:45 – 4:00 PM: BREAK
4:00 – 6:00 PM: Social Movements and Class Struggle in the U.S.
· Kwame Somburu
· Marilyn Vogt-Downey
· Dan Kaplan
6:00 – 7:30 PM: DINNER
7:30 – 9:30 PM: Revolutionary Struggles in Latin America
· Celia Hart (video)
· Eloise Linger
· Martine Sanchez
· Gerry Foley
9:30 – 11:00 PM: July 26th Celebration
SUNDAY
8:00 – 9:00 AM: BREAKFAST
9:00 – 9:15 AM: Opening Remarks
9:15 – 10:45 AM: Building the Revolutionary Party
· Sharon Smith, International Socialist Organization
· Steve Bloom, Solidarity (for id only)
· Workers International League Speaker
10:45 – 11:00 AM: BREAK
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM: Revolutionary Socialists and the Antiwar Struggle
· Gus Horowitz
· Tom Bias
· Chris Gavreau
· CAN Speaker
12:30 – 12:45 PM: BREAK to get box lunches
12:45 – 2:15 PM: Workshops and BOX LUNCH
2:15 – 2:30 PM: Closing
