Socialism Conference 2009 – Videos Part 2

In June, GRIID attended the 2009 Socialism Conference in Chicago. We taped several of the sessions, which are linked below. The conference featured dozens of speakers from all around the world providing excellent analysis and commentary on history and current politics. The theme for this conference was “Building a New Left for a New Era.” We are also putting these talks on DVD, which will be available for people to check out from the Bloom Collective – 1134 Wealthy in Grand Rapids.

What follows are four more lectures that are different from the ones we posted a few days ago.

Abraham Lincoln and the Abolitionists – Alan Maass, editor of the Socialist Worker newspaper.

Marxism and Alienation – Phil Gasper

CLR James and African American Liberation – Scott McLemee

How Capitalism Works, and How It Doesn’t: The ABC’s of Marxist Economics – Hadas Thier