From: glparramatta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2001 13:02:30 +1100
To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Latest news: Global Revolt�Global Links Conference, Easter, Sydney
Global Revolt�Global Links Conference: Latest News
Several new international speakers have been confirmed for
next year�s 2nd Asia Pacific International Solidarity
Conference, March 29-April 1, 2002, Sydney, Australia . They
are:
* Aceh: Erwanto from the Acehnese People�s Democratic
Resistance Front (FPDRA)
* West Papua: Dr John Ondawame, a leader of the Free Papua
Movement (OPM) and member of the Papuan Council Presidium
* Fiji: Jimmy Naouna, Assistant Director for Decolonisation
and Indigenous Rights, Pacific Concerns Resource Centre
(the PCRC is a central organisation of the people�s
movements throughout the South Pacific and a key part of
the anti-nuclear movement in that region)
* Pakistan: Farrukh Sohail Goindi, Central Information
Secretary, Pakistan People�s Party-Shaheed Bhutto group
(this is a leftist grouping inside the PPP)
* Bangladesh: Dr Peter Custers, Director, Bangladesh
People�s Solidarity Centre
* France: Jean-Pierre Page, author, political commentator,
and long-time militant in the national leadership of the
French General Confederation of Labour (CGT) and the
Communist Party of France; Page has contributed to A
Century of Organised Labour in France (St Martin�s, 1998)
and is presently finishing a contribution to a book on
the war on Afghanistan
BE SURE TO CHECK OUT THE REVAMPED AND UPDATED CONFERENCE
WEBSITE AT <http://www.global-revolt.org>.
At that website there is also a link to the homepage of the
newly-formed A.S.A.P � Action in Solidarity with Asia and the
Pacific, which is what most ASIET committees are now making
the transition to. The ASIET website has also been updated to
notify people of the transition and link them to the A.S.A.P
page. The actual URL for A.S.A.P is
<http://www.asia-pacific-action.org>, but we are still
awaiting the
URL forwarding service to take effect (which will forward
people to the portal on the Global Revolt or ASIET sites).
DISCOUNTS FOR REGISTRATIONS RECEIVED IN 2001: AUD$100 for
waged, AUD$50 for unwaged/part-waged, and AUD$30 for high
school students
To register on-line go to: http://www.global-revolt.org
For all those concerned about the destructive impact of
neoliberal globalisation; for all those active in
the anti-corporate/anti-capitalist movements; for all those
campaigning against Bush and Blair�s war
on the Afghan people; for all those who want to see a
stronger, united, internationalist left�the 2nd
Asia Pacific International Solidarity Conference is not to be
missed.
Join a diverse range of activists from all around the world in
discussions of how we can advance
global solidarity, coordinate the struggle against the war,
and build stronger links for the cause of
fundamental social change on a global scale.
Official participants so far:
Dita Sari, a leader of the Peoples Democratic Party in
Indonesia and Chairperson of the Indonesian National Front for
Workers� Struggle (FNPBI);
Farooq Tariq, General Secretary of the Labour Party Pakistan;
Sonny Melencio, Chairperson of the Socialist Party of Labor of
the Philippines;
Wilson Fortaleza, President of Sanlakas, Philippines;
Victor Briz, President of BMP, Philippines;
Powes Parkop, a leader of Melanesian Solidarity, Papua New
Guinea;
Maung Maung Than, Free Burma Action Committee;
Dr Nasir Hashim, Chairperson of the Malaysian Socialist Party;
Satya Sivaraman, radical Indian TV documentary producer;
The Seraiki National Party president Abdul Majeed Kanjoo,
Pakistan;
Alain Krivine, French Revolutionary Communist League, member
of the European Parliament;
Alex Callinicos, Socialist Workers Party of Britain;
Boris Kagarlitsky, Russian Marxist writer and political
commentator;
Ram Seegobin, Lalit, revolutionary socialist organisation in
Mauritius;
Dale McKinley, South African Marxist and activist;
Malik Miah, Barry Sheppard and Caroline Lund from US
Solidarity;
Ahmed Shawki and Paul D�Amato, US International Socialist
Organisation;
Luis Balbao, Uni�n de Militantes por el Socialismo, Argentina;
The Portuguese Left Bloc;
Communist Party of India (Liberation);
Power of the Working Class in South Korea;
Socialist Party of Timor;
Communist Party of Nepal (UML);
Labour Left Collective, South Africa; and
Turkish Freedom and Solidarity Party (ODP).
The Cuban Communist Party is unconfirmed but has indicated
keen interest, as has the Scottish Socialist Party. There�s
also been interest from left parties and anti-corporate
activists from many other countries, including Malaysia,
Burma, Thailand, New Zealand, Cyprus, Denmark, Canada, Norway,
Germany, Sudan, Zimbabwe, Israel, Palestine, Brazil, Papua New
Guinea, Turkey, Iraq, Afghanistan and Nicaragua.
Australian participants include the Democratic Socialist
Party, Resistance, Green Left Weekly, ASIET and the
International Socialist Organisation, as well as a wide array
of activists from the anti-war, global justice, women�s, trade
union, refugee rights and other movements.
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