Socialist Ideas Conference Sat 26 - Sun 27 June

People-power in the 21st century: Towards sustainability & socialism

Sat 26 - Sun 27 June 2010
VENUE: State School Teachers Union Function Room
150-152 Adelaide Terrace, East Perth 
(enter from carpark off Bennett Street)

Featuring:
Jeyakumar Devaraj (Malaysian Socialist Party parliamentarian) will be speaking about the role of socialists in parliament and the link between parliamentary work and community organising

Kiraz Janicke (Green Left Weekly Caracas bureau) will be speaking about the rebellion in Latin America and the push for a fifth socialist international.

Richard Downs (Alyawarr spokesperson for the intervention walkoff) will be speaking about the Campaign against the NT Intervention and the protest house built in February this year.

Alison Xamon (Greens parliamentarian) will be speaking on building an alternative to Labor and Liberal.

Gavin Mooney (Professor of Health Economics, co-convenor WA social justice network) on "Whose health-care system is it anyway?".

Sam Wainwright (Fremantle Councillor, Socialist Alliance WA co-convenor) on the struggle for socialism in the advanced capitalist countries.

Alex Whisson (Palestine solidarity activist) discussing a Marxist analysis about the dispossession of Palestine and the strategy for justice.

Charlie Fox (UWA history lecturer) on an introduction to the history of radicalism in WA.

Sanna Andrew (Socialist Alliance candidate for Fremantle, Aboriginal Rights Coalition member) will be speaking on community activism for Aboriginal rights.

Marianne MacKay (Aboriginal activist and Ecological, Social Justice, Aboriginal Party member) will be speaking on Aboriginal rights today.

Gemma Weedall (Cochabamba climate conference participant) will be speaking on the panel "Capitalism versus 'mother earth' ".

Phil Chilton (Refugee rights activist) will be speaking about the current phase of the struggle for refugee rights.

Alex Bainbridge (Socialist Alliance candidate for Perth) will be speaking about Australian politics in the lead up to the election.

John O'Donnell (Communication Workers Union organiser) on workers' rights under Rudd.

Current agenda information:

SATURDAY 26 JUNE

9:30am - Conference open - Kamala Emanuel

10:00am - The Struggle for Aboriginal Rights Today
* Richard Downs (Alyawarr spokesperson for Intervention Walkoff, NT)
* Marianne MacKay (Aboriginal activist, ESJAP member)
* Sanna Andrew (Aboriginal Rights Coalition member)

12:30pm - workshops

a) Radicalism in WA (by Charlie Fox, UWA historian)
b) Socialism and human nature (By Alex Bainbridge, Socialist Alliance)
c) Cuba's achievements in social justice and sustainability (by Annolies Truman, Socialist Alliance)

2:15pm - workshops

a) Whose healthcare system is it anyway? (by Gavin Mooney, professor of health economics, Social Justice Network)
b) Feminism under a female prime minister (by Sanna Andrew on Equal Pay, Justine Kamprad on women and workers' rights and Vicki Thomas on the campaign for homebirth rights)
c) Global Financial Crisis: Everything old is new again (by Barry Healy, Socialist Alliance)

4:15pm - Australian politics in Rudd's Gillard's Australia
* Alison Xamon (Greens parliamentarian)
* Alex Bainbridge (Socialist Alliance candidate for Perth)
* Phil Chilton (Refugee Rights Action Network member)
* John O'Donnell (Communication Workers Union organiser)

6:00pm Evening feature: The role of socialists in Parliament
Jeyakumar Devaraj - Malaysian federal parliamentarian, Malaysian Socialist Party

SUNDAY 27 JUNE

10:00am - Socialist Alliance state conference (decision making session for Socialist Alliance members)

12:00noon - The Struggle for Socialism in the 21st Century
* Kiraz Janicke (Green Left Weekly Caracas bureau)
* Jeyakumar Devaraj (Fighting for socialism in Malaysia)
* Ben Peterson (Revolutionary struggle in Nepal)
* Sam Wainwright (Fremantle Councillor, Socialist Alliance WA co-convenor)

2:15pm - workshops

a) Revolutionary struggles in Latin America (by Fred Fuentes & Kiraz Janicke, GLW Caracas bureau)
b) Socialism and the liberation of Palestine (by Alex Whisson, Palestine solidarity activist)
c) Defending Civil liberties (by Elliot Herrington, Perth Resistance)

4:00pm - Capitalism versus 'Mother Earth'
* Gemma Weedall (Cochabamba climate conference participant)
* Jess Moore (Resistance National Coordinator)
* Del Weston (Political economy researcher and activist)

[NB: Organisations listed for identification purposes only.]

Please keep this weekend (Sat 26-Sun 27 June) free so you can be part of this exciting event.

REGISTER NOW!
Full Weekend: $40 waged; $25 unwaged
Day Rate: $25 waged, $15 unwaged
Session Rate: $10
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