The purpose of this conference is to bring together a mass movement and situate ourselves in our political reality of repression in the US, genocide in Palestine, expanding US-Israeli war in West Asia, the Russia-Ukraine war, and the impending US confrontation with China. We must work in alliance with each other to build a society based on solidarity, peace, and justice. Our work here in Massachusetts will be shaped by national and international developments. We are holding this conference before the inauguration so we can prepare for the crises we will face after January 20.