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Conference: LOS ANGELES 2019 FRIDAY OCTOBER 18 TO SUNDAY OCTOBER 20

OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE

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The theme of the 2019 Left Coast Forum is:The Left Coast Forum—An Exciting Experiment in Movement-Building

The Left Coast Forum is an experiment in Movement Building. We see the term "left" to reach out to many social movements, all of which are challenging the system and not all of which use the term "left" to describe their work—but also include "progressive," "liberation," "system change," "socialism," "communism," and "revolution" in their worldview. We see building constructive, engaged discussion, debate as critical, but our main focus in on work! Doing the hard work to fight the system and build a movement that is broader and deeper than any one organization.

If you are coming to LCF-19 to "promote" your own organization but do not care about the work of others, to build for your workshop but not to attend the workshops of others, to talk but not act, to criticize the system but not your own work, to perpetuate white chauvinism and the interests of "the white west side," to not prioritize the most oppressed communities of color, Third World people, inside and outside the U.S., this might not be the best place for you.

But if you want to learn and teach, reach out to others, if you are leading struggles in communities of color, if you want to make concrete commitments to help groups fighting in Black, Latino, immigrant, and other oppressed communities, if the word "left" to you means fighting for the rights of people all over the world, including their right to self-determination against the interference in their internal affairs of the U.S. government, which some call U.S. imperialism, then, yes, this is exactly where you want to be. You are the people already building the LCF, the people who led the "Centrality of Race" conversations and LCF-18 last year, and the people we most need to help us build the Left Coast Forum.

Here are a few workshops and plenaries we plan to highlight.

Take Action/Take A Stand: We will feature 5 or more worthy organizations doing important work and helping to build the Left Coast Forum. Each person attending will agree to make a donation, buy a book, sign up for volunteering, join an organization, focusing on the struggle of Black, Latino, Indigenous, and Third World people inside and outside the United States.

Leaving the LCF with something to think about, something in your hand as a material reflection of solidarity, something to do, and someplace new to go.

The socialist imperative. Many on the left agree that some form of socialism is needed in the capitalist United States but what exactly does that mean. What do we think of the social democratic traditions, the communist traditions, the Black and Latino traditions of socialism and what are their reflections for work today. For us, the core of "socialism" is international, workers of the world unite, workers and oppressed people unite. In the United States, "the greatest purveyor of violence in the world" as Dr. King stated, we

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have obligations to support the battles for self-determination of people all over the world fighting against our country's domination. How do we tear down the 800 U.S. military bases all over the world? How do we support the governments of Venezuela, Honduras, Cuba, Africa fighting for self-determination, how to stop U.S. wars. We will highlight groups carrying out international campaigns and again, how we can help their work. For us at LCF, this is the essence of socialism and we welcome that conversation in the context of international solidarity.

The 2020 national elections. We have said "national elections' rather than presidential elections because we have a broader view of their significance.

How to we build a united front to defeat Donald Trump. All the Saturday Night Live jokes about Trump and the pervasive condescending liberal contempt for him fatally underestimate his power and savvy—and the deep-seated racism and xenophobia in so much of the U.S. electorate. Trump is a formidable adversary and key Democratic strategists are already trying to reach out to the "white, suburban, moderate, conservative, women, mildly racist voters" who they see as the "swing vote" Note that none of us are in this category. How do we help to lead the fight against Trump but also find our own independence in that movement?

How do we find an independent political program to challenge the Democratic candidates so they do not pander to white conservative voters—running "to the left" in the Democratic Primaries and "to the right" in the general elections. How do we stop the Democratic Party establishment from taking the Left, the Black community, the Latino community, women, LGBTQ people and communities, immigrants, and international human rights advocates for granted, with the ruthless, "you have nowhere to go, so just vote Democrat and shut up" mantra.

How do we support the re-election campaigns of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib...and other courageous left Democrats? Already, there are Super PACS targeting them in the 2020 elections and many establishment Democrats who plan to run against them. What concrete help can we give them and how do we get involved in their re-election campaigns.

All this and more—so fasten your seat belts and get ready for a challenging, inspiring, you can't miss it, Left Coast Forum.

LEFT COAST FORUM EVENT SUBMISSION FORMI want to propose (put a Cross (“x”) in ONE of those three boxes)

Panel with a minimum of three speakers who can be present onsite (one speaker serves as chair/moderator) Note: Chairs are/can be speakers too!!

Workshop with minimum of three speakers

Film screening (at least one person from the film production team must be present for Q&A—not just via Skype)

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Title of the event: (DO NOT use ALL CAPS. Keep it short. This goes into the printed program guide and needs to attract attendees, many of whom who choose events to visit based on the title and the speaker names._

Description of the event. This goes onto the website. Describe what you will talk about, or what the film will address. This should be an overall description of your event.

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CONTINUATION OF EVENT INFORMATION

Host/sponsor of event: If there is a sponsor for your event, list the collaborating groups and/or organizations. This information will show up in the printed program guide. Do not use names of individuals.

SPEAKER/FACILITATOR INFORMATION NUMBER 1

Last name of Speaker/Facilitator 1 First name of Speaker/Facilitator 1 Middle name of Speaker/Facilitator 1

Speaker/Facilitator 1 Email Address: THIS INFORMATION IS REQUIRED!! Do not use your own email address if the name above is NOT yours!

Speaker/Facilitator 1 phone number If you have it—it helps us to request information like photos.

Speaker/Facilitator 1 affiliation(s): Recommended. This information goes into the printed program guide.

Speaker/Facilitator 1 brief biography Recommended. This information will be online.

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Speaker/Facilitator 5 phone no If you have it—it helps us to request information like photos.


Speaker/Facilitator 5 biography Recommended. This information will be online.

We do not recommend panels with more than five speakers!

However, if you insist on having more than five please provide the same details in an extra document for each additional speaker.

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR YOUR EVENT

Yes, I will send some photos.

Please attach photos of speakers to your proposal.Left Coast Forum can display photos next to names, affiliations and biographies. Please attach those to your emails and send to [email protected]. As with other information, you can send them in later. Include your panel title and panelists names directly on each photo. We want to make sure that photos match the name and event text.

With the help of Left Coast Forum speakers and facilitators, we intend to increase our social media communication efforts on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and other social media platforms. To best reach new audiences we ask for your active promotion to your own social networks. Here’s one approach using writings and quotes connected to the photos of speakers/facilitators. One might look like this:

Yes, my speakers and I are okay with using ourphotos on social media

Please check if you and your speakers consent to the use of their photos for promotion, including but not limited to social media.

To opt out of social media: type the names below of speakers who do not want their names on social media.

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Please provide a text we can use for each speaker. This can be something that they have written or said in the past. Alternatively, it can be an original thought for the conference, like a comment or a critique of an issue. Or this can be a statement why readers should come to Left Coast Forum; or why they should attend your specific event.

The text should not be longer than 160 characters—200 including spaces.

Speaker/Facilitator 1

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reading/watch list.

You can add/provide a reading or watchlist (books, articles, videos, links etc. all needs to be related to your event).Use a simple word doc format, or something similar. Do not send the texts, or videos themselves.

This event will be categorized in the following panel topic areas:Check those boxes next to the topics that apply to your panel/workshop. Choose a maximum of five.

War/Peace Political Economy Middle East

Race Media Asia, India, China

Gender and Sexuality Art Southeast Asia

Indigenous Religion/Secularism Africa

Environment Culture and Everyday Life Europe

Housing The Prison-Industrial ComplexMarxism, Anarchism, and

Theory

Food U.S. PoliticsPolitical Economy and the

Current Crisis

Health InternationalPolitical and Social

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Labor Latin America

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR YOUR EVENT

Tick box for Skype usage

I/we want to use Skype.

Speaker name(s) of those who skype in:

All classrooms will have WiFi and computers with projectors and a sound system. WiFi and computer passwords will be available onsite. With this, you can show videos (YouTube etc.), Powerpoint presentations and other digital content.

SCHEDULE AVAILABILITY

Please tick the boxes below according to when your speakers can make it to be present onsite (conference is Friday August 24th, Saturday August 25th and Sunday August 26th):

Flexible throughout the entire weekend. (Schedulers favorite! ;-)

Entire Friday

Entire Saturday

Entire Sunday

Saturday morning, 9:00am to 2:00pm

Saturday afternoon, evening 3:00pm to 9:00pm

Sunday morning, noon 9:00am to 2:00pm

DIVERSITY OF PARTICIPANTSOur event has a diversity of perspectives, and our speakers/facilitators do not all come from the same group or organization.

We will include diversity in terms of ethnicity, gender, generation and culture in our event.

How do you plan to achieve diversity in your event?

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