FIST -- Fight Imperialism, Stand Together

This workshop will involved students from across the country that participated in the March 4th national day of action sharing their stories of struggles on their campus, as well as a discussion of how to move the struggle forward and next steps in the fight.

In 1982, Mumia Abu-Jamal was convicted on framed-up charges for the killing of a Philadelphia police officer. Mumia, a former Black Panther Party member as well as activist, journalist, radio personality, news commentator and broadcaster, was convicted in a trial fraught with racism, suspicious evidence and witnesses that later recanted their testimonies. Twenty-eight years later, Mumia is the most well-known political prisoner in the U.S. He has garnered international support. A columnist and the author of several books, Mumia continues the fight against injustice and U.S. imperialism from behind prison bars. Meanwhile, racist police and government officials have enacted roadblock after roadblock to prevent Mumia's freedom. Learn Mumia's story and get an update on his legal case, as well as an analysis of the prison-industrial complex. Help us form strategies to build the youth and student struggle for Mumia.

Pt. 1 - Recovery for bosses; Depression for workers; Strategies for Fighting the Capitalist Economic Crisis; Reform, Revolution and Socialism in the Era of Low-Wage Capitalism (including Abayomi Azikiwe, editor Pan-African Newswire, Moratorium NOW! Coalition; Berta Joubert, Women's Fightback Network/Women's International Democratic Federation; Fred Goldstein, author Low-Wage Capitalism, Workers World newspaper; militant youth representatives of FIST - Fight Imperialism, Stand Together) Pt 2 - Discuss working together to revive the socialist movement right here in the U.S. Today the structural crisis of capitalism leads to permanent high unemployment, hunger, homelessness, environmental disaster, and healthcare for profit; racism, anti-immigrant terror and gender discrimination. An anti-capitalist perspective to challenge the system is critical to even win basic reforms. The working class struggle is held back because the traditional union and civil rights' leaderships are tied to the system and the Democratic Party while the socialist and communist movement is divided and numerically small. Let's discuss how we can put our differences aside and unite to rebuild the fight for socialism in the belly of the beast.

This workshop will involved students from across the country that participated in the March 4th national day of action sharing their stories of struggles on their campus, as well as a discussion of how to move the struggle forward and next steps in the fight.

Pt. 1 - Recovery for bosses; Depression for workers; Strategies for Fighting the Capitalist Economic Crisis; Reform, Revolution and Socialism in the Era of Low-Wage Capitalism (including Abayomi Azikiwe, editor Pan-African Newswire, Moratorium NOW! Coalition; Berta Joubert, Women's Fightback Network/Women's International Democratic Federation; Fred Goldstein, author Low-Wage Capitalism, Workers World newspaper; militant youth representatives of FIST - Fight Imperialism, Stand Together) Pt 2 - Discuss working together to revive the socialist movement right here in the U.S. Today the structural crisis of capitalism leads to permanent high unemployment, hunger, homelessness, environmental disaster, and healthcare for profit; racism, anti-immigrant terror and gender discrimination. An anti-capitalist perspective to challenge the system is critical to even win basic reforms. The working class struggle is held back because the traditional union and civil rights' leaderships are tied to the system and the Democratic Party while the socialist and communist movement is divided and numerically small. Let's discuss how we can put our differences aside and unite to rebuild the fight for socialism in the belly of the beast.

In 1982, Mumia Abu-Jamal was convicted on framed-up charges for the killing of a Philadelphia police officer. Mumia, a former Black Panther Party member as well as activist, journalist, radio personality, news commentator and broadcaster, was convicted in a trial fraught with racism, suspicious evidence and witnesses that later recanted their testimonies. Twenty-eight years later, Mumia is the most well-known political prisoner in the U.S. He has garnered international support. A columnist and the author of several books, Mumia continues the fight against injustice and U.S. imperialism from behind prison bars. Meanwhile, racist police and government officials have enacted roadblock after roadblock to prevent Mumia's freedom. Learn Mumia's story and get an update on his legal case, as well as an analysis of the prison-industrial complex. Help us form strategies to build the youth and student struggle for Mumia.