Now in its 22nd year, the Socialist Scholar's Conference is the largest annual gathering of the US left. Two days of more than sixty panels will feature leading activists and thinkers discussing the quagmire in Iraq, the future of the global justice movement, the drive to unseat George W. Bush and a raft of crucial political and economic issues.

Program details are as follows:
March 12-14, Cooper Union fo the Advancement of Science and Art
7 East 7th Street, New York City
For ticket information, schedules and directions, please call 212-817-7868 or click here.


Speakers this year include The Nation's Naomi Klein, William Greider, Doug Henwood, Liza Featherstone and Ian Williams as well as Laura Flanders, Manning Marable, Marshall Berman, Hilary Wainwright, Christian Parenti, Dilip Hiro, Frances Fox Piven, Greg Palast and Micah Sifry, among many others.

Check out the full line-up here.

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