Red October 2026

Friday October 30

6:30 pm
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7:00 pm

Registration

Registration opens and book sale room open at Tecumseh Auditorium

7:00 pm
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9:00 pm

Saturday October 31

9:30 am
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10:00 am

Registration

Registration opens and book sale room open at Tecumseh Auditorium

10:00 am
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11:15 am

11:15 am
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11:30 am

Break

Book sale room open at Tecumseh Auditorium

11:30 am
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12:45 pm

12:45 pm
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1:45 pm

Lunch Break

Book sale room open at Tecumseh Auditorium

2:00 pm
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3:15 pm

3:15 pm
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3:30 pm

Break

Book sale room open at Tecumseh Auditorium

3:30 pm
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4:45 pm

4:45 pm
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5:45 pm

Recess

Book sale room open at Tecumseh Auditorium

Sunday November 1

10:00 am
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11:15 am

11:15 am
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11:30 am

Break

11:30 am
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12:45 pm

12:45 pm
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2:00 pm

Lunch Break

2:00 pm
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3:30 pm

3:40 pm
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4:00 pm

Program

Friday October 30

Registration

World on fire: Workers, resistance, and revolution

Saturday October 31

Registration

Indigenous sovereignty & socialism

Easter Rising 1916: James Connolly & the fight for national liberation

'Smash the patriarchy!' Women, work & revolution

The radical Jewish tradition

What was the Regina Manifesto?

Why does capitalism need war?

Break

Russia 1917: 'Festival of the oppressed'

Turtle Island, South Africa, Palestine: What is settler colonialism?

Class struggle: The radical roots of education workers

Lessons from the Spanish Civil War: 90 years later

The NDP in power: A socialist history

Socialism and sports: A hidden history of resistance

Lunch Break

Queer liberation and the Black radical tradition

'Fair Play for Cuba!' How global solidarity broke a blockade

War on workers: The political economy of AI

Soledad Brother: George Jackson & the fight for abolition

From Mamdani to Lewis: Is radical reformism possible?

Leon Trotsky's Art & Revolution: How socialists understand art

Break

A socialist history of disability

China: From revolution to state capitalism

Trade unions & the fight for reproductive justice

'Fight or starve!' A radical history of tenant organizing

Socialist in Seattle: Kshama Sawant & the fight against Amazon

OPSEC: Security culture & socialist strategy

Recess

Nuit Rouge

Closing rally & Social

Sunday November 1

What is the rank-and-file strategy?

In their own words: A history of revolutionary journalism in the workplace

Break

Why we need workers: Fighting fascism & the far right today

Building anti-war resistance in your union

Lunch Break

"Easy, Visible, Everywhere!" An organizing approach to strike solidarity

Red October closing rally