ICSS Past Presentations

https://youtu.be/RrvgOH0pGfc Until the collapse of the Soviet Union, communists had always believed that the only way a socialist state could be destroyed was by hostile forces from the outside. Now we know that this was tragically wrong. The Soviet Union was destroyed by betrayal from within.  Uncovering the reasons for the collapse of the Soviet Union is the most important question confronting Marxists, socialists, and communists today. This is the subject of Prof. Furr's talk.   Bio: Our...

https://youtu.be/xtsoU580eKI After the defeat of the revolutionary Filipino independence movement in 1902, Filipinos became the largest colonial workforce in the United States. Immigrant Filipino agricultural workers enabled the transformation of U.S. agriculture from simple small-scale farming into the corporate behemoth we have today. Decades of intense class warfare between Filipino agricultural workers and U.S. agribusiness capitalists culminated in the historic 1965 Grape Strikes of...

https://youtu.be/ToyQcjgpLGI Appealing to an ugly nativist strain in the US, the current occupant in the White House has criminalized migrants. In contrast, this program will present a Marxist analysis of migration. Migrants are integral to destination societies such as the US – truly a nation of immigrants. Join us for an examination of migration from both the perspective of the origin countries and the destination states. Our speaker, Immanuel Ness, is the author of the acclaimed Migration...

https://youtu.be/zClqBGeHQ20 How to describe the character of Russian society during the Putin presidency brings forth strong opinions, including from Marxists. Karl Sanchez believes that one must distinguish 'State Capitalism and the type of Socialism being employed by Russia and China. Currently all political-economies are hybrids - no nation is purely one or another. However, it is clear that some political-economic formats are detrimental to the majority and merit being radically reformed....

https://youtu.be/G0RFONFeQM8 80 Years after the US Bombing of Hiroshima and NagasakiAre We on the Verge of Another Nuclear War? Speaker: Gerry Condon “Nuclear weapons are used every day.  They are like a gun you point at somebody’s head.”                                                                   – Daniel Ellsberg Eighty years ago, the US dropped nuclear bombs on the civilian populations of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Today, the world is closer to nuclear war even than during the Cuban...

https://youtu.be/QfsIxxmUm0w Project Censored and award-winning investigative journalist Peter Byrne present his groundbreaking exposé on the dangerous militarization of artificial intelligence—and the profiteering that drives it. Byrne, known for his deep investigations into the intersection of science, industry, and government, uncovers how Silicon Valley, the Department of Defense, the banking sector, corporate media, and scientific institutions are collaborating to develop AI for military...

https://youtu.be/ksg0_CZS6LM Marcy will share the work of CODEPINK's Drop the ADL campaign, which involves passing resolutions at union meetings, testifying before local school boards and educating teachers and parents about the Israel lobby group. She will also discuss rank and file Drop the ADL organizing at the NEA, the largest teachers union and the largest union in the country. Marcy Winograd, coordinator of CODEPINK'S Drop the ADL campaign, co-produces CODEPINK Radio and organizes with...

https://youtu.be/FapT_5xpM7Y Cyprus is located at the intersection of three continents, east of the Mediterranean Sea, west of Asia and north of Africa. It has been colonised by various occupiers throughout history and was described by imperialists as an ‘unsinkable aircraft carrier’. Cyprus' modern history spans the past 200 years, from Ottoman rule to British domination and Turkish occupation. Following the decolonisation process after World War II, Cyprus joined the anti-colonial struggle...

https://youtu.be/r4AnQdpCW6c The AFL and then the AFL-CIO have had an imperialist foreign policy program where they have operated in other countries around the world for over 100 years, beginning in the late 1890s.  They have never given an honest report of these operations to their members that can be independently verified.  Activists and scholars have discovered they have supported military coups that overthrew democratically elected governments, supported dictators, and right-wing labor...

https://youtu.be/DjnFRiRPF2c Dan Kovalik, critically acclaimed author of The Plot to Attack Iran: How the CIA and the Deep State Have Conspired to Vilify Iran, will speak on the war against Iran. Dan is a labor and human rights attorney who teaches International Human Rights at the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania  He graduated from Columbia University School of Law and then served as in-house counsel for the United Steelworkers, AFL-CIO (USW) until 2019.  Dan has received the David W....