From August 30 – September 2, our upcoming convention in Buffalo, held at Eugene V Debs Hall, will be jampacked with exciting presenters, videos, performers and a firm sense of where SDUSA has been and where it needs to be going. Here is the tentative schedule:

Saturday evening:

6:00 PM Dinner: Michael Mottern’s famous spaghetti

8:00 PM: Keynote Address by David Hacker

9:00 PM: Frontline Documentary tba.

Sunday August 31:

10:00 AM -1:00 PM: Business session including NEC Elections; Aaron Coleman introducing possible changes to our constitution; report from Moses Coleman on the work in Kansas and speaking on Gary Lopez’s campaign with BPU.

1:00-2:30: Panel on Native American issues: Steven Schwartzberg and Jennina Rose Gorman

2:30-3:30: Panel on local organizing and recruitment with Michael Mottern; report on the Mamdani campaign with Sheldon Ranz

3:30-4:30: Panel on sewer socialism moderated by Jason Sibert, with participation from Chris Hawley, Patty Friend and Susan Stevens

5:00-8:00: Dinner and movie tba

8:00-9:00: Dennis King, on “How the Democratic left should rethink NATO and Ukraine: the rise of right-wing populism in what is now the interwar years Europe politics and policies.”

Monday Labor Day:

Brunch in the morning

Buffalo Labor Day March

Come back for the street party!

Performance by playwright Kurt Schneiderman

Tuesday September 2:

Brunch in the morning

Wrapup from David Hacker: takeaways from the convention

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