The opening session will be held Thursday evening, July 10, with a report by SWP national secretary Jack Barnes on the world political situation. The next day Joel Britton, a leader of the national fraction of socialists active in the United Food and Commercial Workers union (UFCW), will report on “Communist Branches, Trade Unions, and Joining Forces with Other Vanguard Workers.”

On Saturday, July 12, Mary-Alice Waters, a member of the SWP National Committee, will present a report on “Cuba’s Vanguard Place in the Proletariat’s Line of March Toward Power.” It will take up the “great debate” now opening up on the key questions for humanity, above all the socialist revolution and the working class’s line of march towards state power.

Delegates to the conference elected by SWP branches and fraternal delegates will discuss and vote on each of these reports.

One component of the conference will be the Friday evening and Saturday afternoon classes, focusing on central questions facing the working-class movement (see front-page ad). The classes will be repeated so participants can attend two classes.

Saturday night, at the closing rally, the Socialist Workers Party will name its presidential ticket and launch its national 2004 election campaign. The rally will also be a sendoff for Róger Calero, as he begins the international leg of the “Fight to Win/Sí Se Puede” tour to spread the lessons about his successful antideportation fight and join struggles of fellow working-class militants.

Before the opening session, there will be meetings of the three national fractions of socialist workers in the UFCW, the Union of Needletrade, Industrial and Textile Employees, and the United Mine Workers.

On Thursday night, immediately after the opening session of the conference, there will be a meeting to welcome all the young socialists present. It will be an opportunity for youth attending the conference to meet members of the Young Socialists from around the world and get a political orientation on the conference activities.

On the day after the conference, a meeting will be held for all young socialists who attended the event to discuss plans for building the YS. Throughout the weekend daily events will be held for young socialists to meet informally with leaders of the communist movement from around the world to discuss the reports, classes, and other activities. Anyone interested in taking part should contact socialist workers in the directory of distributors on this site.

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