Virtual Program

Can’t make it to Chicago for the Socialism Conference? Check out our live-stream schedule, and RSVP to attend virtually!

Friday, September 4th (all times are in Central Daylight Time)

7:30pm-9pm:Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Palestine, Internationalism, Abolition (Opening Plenary) with Angela Y. Davis, Naomi Murakawa

Saturday, September 5th (all times are in Central Daylight Time)

10am-11:30am:Against Tech Oligarchy: Worker Resistance in the World’s Most Powerful Industry” with JS Tan, Clarissa Redwine

10am-11:30am:Health Fascism, Body Politics, and the Anti-State State (Health Fascism Series)” with Da’Shaun L. Harrison, Beatrice Adler-Bolton, Artie Vierkant

12pm-1:30pm:Rank and File Lessons from a New York Nurses Strike in the Mamdani Era” with Beth Loudin, Roxana Garcia, Goodness Iheanachor

3pm – 4:30pm: “Ocean Deep Solidarity: Reparations, LANDBACK, and Collective Liberation” with Justin Morgan, Dr. Aymar Jean Escoffery, Raven Schwam-Curtis, Matthew Harvey, Claire Maracle

3pm-4:30pm:Black Left Feminism and the Fight Against Fascism: Lessons and Assignments” with Barbara Ransby, Sarah Haley

5pm-6:30pm:War, Capitalism, and Navigating the Climate Crisis” with Tori Tsui, Joshua Frank

5pm-6:30pm:Spirit of Justice” with Michelle Alexander, nyle fort, Saul Williams, Rami Nashashibi

8pm – 9:30pm:Neighbors Get Ready: Forging New Solidarities and Defeating ICE” with Silky Shah, Tania Wolf, Erika Andiola, TBD

Sunday, September 6th (all times are in Central Daylight Time)

12pm-1:30pm: Black History is for Everyone” with Brian Jones

3pm-4:30pm:Liberatory Spirit, the Spirit of Liberation: Multi-tradition Conversation on How We Get Free” with Rabbi Jessica Rosenberg, Autumn Brown, Rev. Jinzu Minna Jain

5pm-6:30pm:The Power of Speculative Fiction in a Shifting Political Climate” with Vaishnavi Patel, Sareena Kamath

5pm-6:30pm:Unruly Subjects LIVE: A Reckoning with our Moment” with Chenjerai Kumanyika, Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Olúfẹmi O. Táíwò

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Making sure that conference sessions are accessible to folks who aren’t able to join us in person is very important to us—but it also comes with a hefty price tag.

While the entire live-streamed program will be available for free on Haymarket’s YouTube channel after the conference, please RSVP for our Socialism 2026 virtual program to access it live and make a donation to help us cover the associated costs!

Please tune in and spread the word on social media.

*** Please note: RSVPing for our virtual program does not grant entry to the in-person Socialism Conference. To register for the in-person Socialism Conference, click here

Live captioning will be provided for all live-streamed events.