Category: Online Town Hall Videos

Event Video (Sept 21, 2025): NO GENOCIDE IN OUR NAME! STOP THE FAMINE!

An update on Gaza by Nora Barrows-Friedman Speak Out Socialists Public Meetings An update on the situation in Gaza by Nora Barrows-Friedman, an activist and associate editor for The Electronic Intifada (electronicintifada.net) and co-host with Ali Abunimah, of the radio show, The Electronic Intifada, Tuesdays on KPFA 94.1FM (kpfa.org). She has been a reporter and […]

Event Video (June 22, 2025): Trump’s Program of Deportations and Border Militarization

An online discussion with Todd Miller Speak Out Socialists Public Meetings From Obama to Biden to Trump, the U.S. has carried out aggressive anti-immigrant deportation programs and border militarization. Now, Trump has accelerated these attacks into a full-scale militarized assault on immigrants and anyone who attempts to resist their authoritarian regime. Join us to discuss […]

Event Video: The Crisis of Capitalism Today with Dr. Richard Wolff (June 1, 2025)

Presentation Q&A Portion Speak Out Now organizes regular public townhalls as a means to present our ideas and activities. We frequently invite speakers who have an expertise in their field, which we do not have, or activists who have participated in social struggles where we were not present. We have had speakers both from the […]

Video: Trump’s Assault on the Planet is an Assault on Us!

Transcript: It is impossible to ignore the impact of the climate crisis that is already upon us. From the acceleration of the mass extinction of hundreds of species, and disastrous weather events that are becoming more frequent and more destructive, to the mass displacement of tens of millions of people every year due to climate […]

Event Video: Immigrants Are Welcome Here! A Discussion with Aviva Chomsky (Feb. 2)

Trump has promised the mass deportation of 11 million people immediately upon taking office. We have to do everything we can to organize and stand against this assault on our families, friends, and neighbors. Join us for an online presentation and discussion with Aviva Chomsky, followed by an in-person discussion to share our perspectives on […]

Event Video (Sun. Oct. 20): STOP THE US/ISRAELI WAR ON THE MIDDLE EAST

A Speak Out Socialists Public Meeting Speak Out Now organizes regular public townhalls as a means to present our ideas and activities. We frequently invite speakers who have an expertise in their field, which we do not have, or activists who have participated in social struggles where we were not present. We have had speakers […]

Event in Baltimore: Sat, Sep. 21, 7:30pm (In-Person and Virtual)

From Mass Struggles to Winning:What can we learn from recent uprisings around the world? Saturday, September 21, 7:30pm ET NoMüNoMü, 709 N Howard St, Baltimore, MD 21201$5 suggested donation Amidst global recessions and housing crises, increased militarization, and the rise of the far right, we saw during the decade 2010-2020 what seemed like massive, spontaneous […]

Event Video: The Forced Migration Crisis at the Border (July 2024)

The Forced Migration Crisis at the Border Tens of millions of people around the world are being forced from their homes. The climate crisis, economic, political, and social crises–the violence of poverty, the state, and gangs–have made life impossible in their homelands. The politicians–both Democrats and Republicans–want us to believe that these thousands of desperate […]

Event Video: We Will Not Be Silenced! Anti-Zionism is Not Anti-Semitism (Jan 28, 2024)

We Will Not Be Silenced! Anti-Zionism is Not Anti-Semitism! We must oppose the genocidal attack on the people of Palestine. Over 25,000 people, nearly 10,000 children, have been murdered. The claim that opposition to Israel’s mass murder is anti-Semitic—a continuation of the historical attack on Jewish people—is a lie. We must oppose this war! Anti-Zionism […]

Video: Online Town Hall with Zeiad Abbas Shamrouch about the situation in Gaza

Zeiad Abbas Shamrouch is a Palestinian refugee and the Executive Director of the Middle East Children’s Alliance (mecaforpeace.org). This war is a U.S. war — armed, paid for, and backed up by the U.S. government. Our solidarity lies in building a movement here as part of a worldwide resistance. On November 12, 2023, Zeiad Abbas […]

Online Town Hall: Sat. Aug. 5 at 12pm PST (3pm EST)

Police Murder in France-A Nationwide Uprising On June 27, French police murdered Nahel Merzouk, a 17-year-old student of North African descent, in Nanterre, a working class suburb of Paris. The video of his murder triggered a massive response of mostly poor and working class youth across France for days. French President Macron ordered the mobilization […]

Online Town Hall: Sun. Apr. 23 at 4pm PDT (7pm EDT)

Who is Essential? Who is Not? Join us to discuss the lessons from the pandemic with Jamie McCallum Jamie McCallum is an author, activist, and associate professor at Middlebury College. His work focuses on labor and work issues around the world. He travelled the country during the pandemic, speaking with essential, front-line workers, resulting in […]

Online Town Hall: Sat. Mar. 11 at 4pm PST (7pm EST)

Good Housing is a Right! We have always had a housing crisis in this society. People with little or no money are not guaranteed a safe, comfortable place to live. The Covid pandemic meant that people lost jobs while rents were going through the roof. Government eviction-relief in response to Covid is now ending. What […]

Online Town Hall: Sat. Feb. 4 at 12pm PST (3pm EST)

Workers in Britain Fight Back! Working-class people in the United Kingdom are facing the biggest attack on their standard of living since the 1950s. Housing and household expenses are climbing, averaging over 16%, with heating bills up 50%. The value of real wages has fallen over many years. Since the middle of 2022, hundreds of […]

Online Town Hall: Sat. Jan. 21 at 4pm PST (7pm EST)

2023: A Coming Economic Crisis? Who Will Pay? With Richard Wolff We face the effects of global corporations’ competition and profit maximization which has led to economic warfare pitting the U.S. and the E.U. against Russia and China. The Covid pandemic and the effects of the war in Ukraine have impacted the lives of working […]

Video: Online Town Hall — Sat. Dec. 10 at 12pm PST (3pm est)

Iran: A Mass Uprising … Where Could it Lead? The death of Mahsa (Jina) Amini after her beating by Tehran’s so-called “morality police” has sparked one of the most significant and sustained protest movements in the history of the Iranian regime. What are the prospects for the movement, and what is the potential for the […]

Video: Online Town Hall: Saturday, November 19 at 11am pst (2pm est)

The Current Working Class Fight in Argentina The international economic crisis has hit Argentina with a vengeance, with inflation expected to hit 100% for 2022. Powerful mobilizations of unemployed and underemployed workers have broken out. After a 5-month strike, the Single Union of Argentine Tire Workers (SUTNA) forced the tire companies to give a massive […]

Online Town Hall: Sunday, September 25 at 4pm pdt (7pm edt)

The Abortion Struggle Today — Our Right and Our Fight This is the video recording of the presentation by Jenny Brown at the Set 25 town hall. Ever since Roe v Wade legalized limited access to abortion in 1973, it has been under attack across the country. The nationwide assault on abortion rights has many […]

Online Discussion Saturday, April 9th

Capitalism and The Climate Emergency Unfortunately author Andreas Malm will no longer be able to join us for this event. Instead members of Speak Out Now will be hosting this discussion. Climate change is the most severe crisis of our time. The future of life on this planet is at risk. Despite the serious warnings […]

Presentation on War in Ukraine from Online Townhall on Saturday, March 19th

End the War on the People of Ukraine! Russia’s horrific invasion of Ukraine is devastating the country — bombing hospitals, schools, apartment buildings, houses and more. Civilian death tolls are estimated to be in the thousands, and over two million Ukrainians have fled to neighboring countries. We must oppose Russia’s brutal and totally unjustified attack […]

Online Townhall Saturday, February 26th

In 2016, amid an epidemic of police shootings of Black people, NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick began a series of protests on the field, refusing to stand during the U.S. national anthem.

Online Townhall Sat. January 22nd

Dr. Gandhi will be discussing the realities of the pandemic, what we know about the corona virus how it has touched the lives of billions of people around the world, what is being done and what should be done to minimize its impact. If there is anyone qualified to speak about this pandemic it is Dr. Gandhi.

Online Townhall Sat. November 6th

n the midst of a pandemic that has ravaged the world, especially its most marginalized communities, we have often found ourselves asking where we went wrong and how we could do better at health care.

Online Townhall Sat. October 2nd

The COVID-19 pandemic has further revealed the shocking racial disparities in our health and our healthcare globally. Our bodies, societies, and planet are inflamed.

Workplace Health & Safety: A Constant Struggle Under Capitalism

Online Townhall Sat. Aug. 21st As the economy and our society fully “reopens” with the removal of most health protections, questions are being raised about what this will mean for working people. Regardless of our workplace, the following year has shown us that we will need to take the initiative to demand a safe work […]

The Far Right in the U.S. and its Potential Impact

After the January 6, 2021 riot at the United States Capitol, more attention has been paid to far-right groups and individuals in this country. But where do these groups come from? How serious is the threat they actual pose? And whose interests do they ultimately serve? Groups like these are not new, and some have […]

2021: What Lies Ahead (Jan. 23, 2021)

2021: What Lies Ahead – Their Plans and Ours The COVID pandemic has exposed the state of emergency this system has brought into being. The failures of this system promise more COVID surges and all the tragedies and worsening conditions that follow. The impact of this economic crash has taken a huge toll on those […]

Videos of Townhall: The Elections are Over – But the Problems Remain

This pandemic has drawn the priorities of this society into focus, and they are neither our well-being nor the health of the planet. And with the elections over, working people still face the continued threat of this virus, a planet that continues to heat up, increasing economic uncertainty, a wave of cuts to social services, and more.

France: Mass Protests Against a Government Crackdown (Dec. 5, 2020)

The French government recently passed a new “security law” that forbids the release of footage showing police violence. Days later French cops were caught on film viciously beating young migrant refugees and destroying their tents in Paris. And then footage was released of French cops beating a Black music producer in Paris just for exiting […]