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Take a Walk, Scott: Post-Mortem of the Wisconsin Recalls
Panel; Fri, 06/08/2012 - 10:30am, Ballroom A

Citizens United, Super PACs and the Fight for Our Democracy
Panel; Fri, 06/08/2012 - 03:00pm, Ballroom A

That Will Never Work: What Progressives Can Learn from OWS
Panel; Fri, 06/08/2012 - 04:30pm, Ballroom A

Chairman’s Pub Quiz VI: Revenge of the Chairman
Special Event; Fri, 06/08/2012 - 06:00pm, Ballroom A

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The Occupy movement created a major opportunity and an imperative for progressives: Figure out what a new system, one that isn’t based solely on individual greed and a race to the bottom, might look like. In this session, we will explore how Occupy has changed the game in the fight for economic justice and how progressives might start to invest in earnest in building a real alternative economic and political system that works for us—one that is designed as a tool to help us achieve a set of societal goals including human rights and fulfillment.

Led by: Jenifer Fernandez Ancona

Panelists: Sarita Gupta, Simon Johnson, Colin Mutchler, Erica Payne