Speak Out Now Revolutionary University (March 12-13, 2016 Oakland, CA)

People march during a rally against climate change in New York, September 21, 2014. An international day of action on climate change brought hundreds of thousands of people onto the streets of New York City on Sunday, easily exceeding organizers' hopes for the largest protest on the issue in history. Organizers estimated that some 310,000 people, including United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, actor Leonardo DiCaprio and elected officials from the United States and abroad joined the People's Climate March, ahead of Tuesday's United Nations hosted summit in the city to discuss reducing carbon emissions that threaten the environment. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS ENVIRONMENT CIVIL UNREST) - RTR475HF

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Saturday, March 12

1pm – 3pm

Professor As’ad AbuKhalil: Syria and the Conflict in the Middle East

Prof. As’ad AbuKhalil, Professor of Political Science at CSU Stanislaus and author of “Saudi Arabia and the U.S.” As’ad AbuKhalil: http://angryarab.blogspot.com/

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3:30pm – 5:30pm

Dr. Susan Weissman: The Life of Victor Serge

Dr. Susan Weissman is Professor of Politics at St. Mary’s College and author of “Victor Serge: The Course is Set on Hope.” Victor Serge was a revolutionary socialist who fought Stalinism and Fascism, staying true to his socialist ideals.

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7pm – 9pm

Robert Brenner: Capitalism a System in Crisis

Robert Brenner, economist and Professor of History at UCLA and an editor of the socialist journal Against the Current, and New Left Review

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Sunday, March 13

10am – 11:30am

France: the Workers’ Movement Faced with the Growth of the Far Right

Presentation by Toni Rouvel, an activist in the French Trotskyist group, Fraction L’Etincelle

12pm – 2pm

Mexico: Drug Wars and State Terror

Presentation by John Gibler, Mexico-based journalist and author of “Tzompaxtle” and “To Die in Mexico”

2:30 – 4:30

The Environmental Crisis and Other Challenges Confronting  the Working Class

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