The City University of New York is sponsoring a conference titled “Life After Capitalism,” which will examine possible ways American society could be restructured.

“Life After Capitalism” begins tomorrow at Hunter College and over the weekend will move to the CUNY Graduate Center, whose continuing education department is sponsoring the event, according to a spokeswoman for Hunter.

The conference is expected to attract hundreds of activists, said an organizer, 23-year-old Hunter student Ora Wise, who said participants will examine how capitalism “affects people of color and workers.”

Ms. Wise refused to speculate when capitalism would end in America and what economic system would serve as a substitute.

“We chose the name because we wanted to indicate that this is a gathering focused on addressing economic and political systems that are affecting our daily lives,” she said. “In light of the RNC coming to New York, we feel it’s important to not only criticize the Bush administration for its militarism but also to take a deeper look at our entire society and how it’s structured.”

The Republican National Convention is scheduled for August 30 to September 2.

Among the listed participating organizations in the conference: Jews Against the Occupation, Institute for Anarchist Studies, Green Party USA, and League of Pissed Off Voters.

The first night of the conference is titled “Beyond Bush: An Evening of Visionary Resistance” and features anti-globalization author Naomi Klein and Columbia University professor Robin Kelley as speakers. Organizers are also screening scenes from the documentary “The Fourth World War,” which consists of graphic footage of violent conflicts in Mexico, South Africa, and the West Bank – or “social movements resisting neoliberal policies,” as Ms. Wise described the content of the film.

Other confirmed participants of the conference are a woman named Starhawk, author of “The Spiral Dance: A Rebirth of the Ancient Religion of the Great Goddess”; Lynne Stewart, a New York lawyer on trial for helping sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman, a convicted terrorist, communicate with a terrorist group, and Jaggi Singh, a Canadian who was arrested during a protest in Quebec City for pelting riot police with teddy bears.

A New York City-based group that calls itself Radical Teachers will be offering child-care services during the conference, according to the event’s Web site.

The mission of Radical Teachers is “to encourage increased participation by children and parents in community events such as meetings, teach-ins, workshops and protests by providing a fun, safe, well-organized space for children and their families to gather with educational, enriching and empowering events and activities,” the conference Web site states.