Revisiting the 1960s: Lessons for the Left

Billy Che Brooks, Jacqueline Lazu, and Helen Shiller speak in this session recorded at Socialism 2024. This session was sponsored by With pro-Palestinian protests on campuses continuing to grow, comparisons with the student protests of the 1960s abound. In the late 1960s the Black Panther Party and the Young Lords, with an international, intercommunal perspective, challenged the powers that be and organized a peoples’ response to capitalism while defending against fascism. What are the lessons learned that are relevant to today? The next Socialism Conference will be held in Chicago, July 3-6. Learn more about the Socialism Conference at www.socialismconference.org. Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow Haymarket on podcast platforms for regular event recordings, book talks, political analyses and poetry readings!