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Fight the Budget Cuts: Panel at Northern California Socialism Conference, Part 2

As the budget battle heats up Adrienne Johnstone(United Educators of San Francisco*), Blanca Misse(UC Berkeley Student Worker Action Team*) and Kathryn Lybarger(UC Berkeley AFSCME Local 3299*) discuss the state of the anti-budget cuts movement in California. This panel discussion was part of the Northern California Socialism Conference at UC Berkeley on November 14, 2009.

Fight the Budget Cuts: Panel at Northern California Socialism Conference, Part 1

UC Santa Cruz students Melissa Cornelius and Ian Steinman give a first hand report from the UCSC Library Sit-in at the Northern California Socialism Conference at UC Berkeley.

Socialism: What It Is and Why We Need It

Socialists argue that there is no budget crisis. What exists is a crisis of priorities for the system and the people who run it. There's always plenty of money to line war-profiteers' and corporations' pockets in the state of California and the country as a whole, but never any money for workers and students. We are expected to sacrifice while they profit.