LeftStreamed -- Recorded in Toronto -- 1 June 2017:
This year, the Society for Socialist Studies (SSS) turns fifty, and celebrated its anniversary at its annual conference at Congress 2017, hosted by Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario from May 30 – June 2, 2017.
The theme of the Conference for 2017 was "Liberation Here and Now: Continuity and Change in Socialist Studies at 50 Years and Beyond." Diverging from the Congress theme, "From Far and Wide: The Next 150," the SSS called upon participants to fundamentally 'trouble' Project Canada, to celebrate past and future resistances and solidarities, and to engage in dialogue on how to get to a decolonized praxis and collective liberation here and now.
"Socialism Historically and Today: A Panel of Three-Minute... Interventions" was introduced and moderated by Abbie Bakan (OISE/University of Toronto), and Elaine Coburn (Glendon/York University). Participants: