Workers World Party & Moorehead/Lilly Campaign 2016 National Conference

November 11 – 13 | New York City

Shabazz Center – 3940 Broadway @ W 165th

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Every day we wake up to news of another Black person murdered by a cop. We hear of another migrant youth being threatened with deportation. We read stories about how young people are asking for too much simply by demanding a livable income, housing, and education. But still we are expected to make our way to our underpaid, low-wage jobs and to sit in our classrooms as school resource officers police our bodies. We walk in our communities fearing that we could be the next Black person killed or the next immigrant deported, the next queer or trans person brutalized, the next woman sexually assaulted, the next Muslim afraid of being racially profiled, or the next person fired, evicted or displaced. We also witness climate change destroy the planet.

Why is this? Why has this become normal? More and more the veil is being pulled back. The more racism and Islamophobia we witness, the more homophobia and sexism we experience, we realize that capitalism is not working. The current system is failing us — and is desperately trying to maintain the social order through its murderous cops, corrupt politicians, and greedy bosses. We may be under attack, but we are also incredibly resilient…