Dahr Jamail, author of Beyond the Green Zone: Dispatches from an unembedded journalist in occupied Iraq. Here, Dahr speaks at Socialism 2008 about the brutal reality of the occupation.

Son of Nun Hip Hop performance at Socialism 2007.

Mark Steel, British comic, author and bon vivant talks about the French Revolution at Socialism 2007.

Alan Maass is the editor of Socialist Worker newspaper. At Socialism 2008, Alan analyzed the state of politics 30 years after the beginning of a conservative counter-attack on the liberal reforms won by the movements of the 1960s.

Sharon Smith, author of Subterranean Fire, speaks on the history of the U.S. labor movement at Socialism 2007.

Jeremy Scahill is an investigative journalist and author of the award winning Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army. Jeremy spoke at Socialism 2006 about the myth of humanitarian intervention.

Jeremy Scahill, Martina Correia, and Darrell Cannon spoke as a panel at Socialism 2008, Torture: from Guantanamo to Chicago's interrogation rooms.

Todd Chretien and Alan Maass speak at the final rally of Socialism 2008, Building the Revolutionary Left.

Sherry Wolf, author of the forthcoming Sexuality and Socialism: History, Politics, and Theory of LGBT liberation, speaks at the Northern California 2008 Socialism Conference on the struggle for marriage equality.

Dave Zirin, author of What's My Name Fool! and host of Edge of Sports Radio. At Socialism 2008, Dave gave a terrific talk on a People's History of Sports.

John Pilger, journalist, author, and film maker, speaks about global media consolidation, war by journalism, and the US military's quest for domination/hegemony in the post 9/11 era. This talk took place at Socialism 2007 in Chicago.

Red October and Comrade Antaeus perform a Hip Hop duet at Socialism 2007.

Amy Goodman, host of the award winning Democracy Now! radio and television program, speaks on the media at Socialism 2007.

Phil Gasper, editor of The Communist Manifesto: A Road Map to History's Most Important Political Document. Here, Phil discusses Lenin and Bukharin's analyses of imperialism.

Brian Jones, teacher and actor, is a frequent contributor to Socialist Worker and the International Socialist Review. At Socialism 2008, he discussed the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Justin Akers Chacón is co-author with Mike Davis of No One Is Illegal: Fighting Racism and State Violence on the U.S.-Mexico Border. He spoke at Socialism 2007 about the fight for immigrant rights and an amnesty for undocumented workers.