Marxism 2000
Asia Pacific Solidarity and Education Conference
Sydney January 5-9, 2000
Initiated by the Democratic Socialist Party and Resistance
Guest speakers:
John Pilger
Internationally acclaimed left journalist and filmmaker
James Petras
Latin American specialist, Professor of Sociology, New York
University
Francisco Nemenzo
Professor of Political Science, President of the University of the
Philippines
Leaders of left parties and socialist activists from:
India
Communist Party of India Marxist Leninist, Dipankar Bhattacharya,
general secretary
Philippines
Socialist Party of Labour, Sonny Melencio, chairperson; Rasti Delizo,
executive council.
Alab-Katipunan, Cris Gaerlan, secretary-general.
Indonesia
Leaders of the revolutionary democratic movement
Pakistan
Labour Party Pakistan, Farooq Tariq, general secretary
Britain
Phil Hearse, Socialist Democracy Group
United States
Caroline Lund, Barry Sheppard, Malik Miah Solidarity
As well as activists from:
[Not all confirmed, but these and probably others] Japan, East Timor,
Burma, PNG, Bougainville, Malaysia, New Zealand, Kanaky, Turkey, Sri
Lanka, Scotland, Palestine, Bangladesh
Plus speakers from the DSP, Resistance, Green Left Weekly, ASIET,
CISLAC, and activists from political campaigns and union struggles
around Australia.
Facilities
Hawkesbury campus of the University of Western Sydney; Semi-rural
setting just outside Sydney Range of accommodation, in single, double
or dormitory rooms; Fully catered Olympic size swimming pool; Tennis
courts; Professional child-care; Bar and coffee shop Well stocked
conference bookshop
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Plenary topics [panels or single talks]
1. Is Marx still relevant for the 21st Century?
Revisiting basic Marxist concepts -- class and class struggle, the
revolutionary potential of the working class, historical materialism,
the capitalist state. The experiences of the 20th century.
2. The state of the world capitalist economy
Arrogant capitalist confidence and obscene wealth at the top --
escalating inequalities and grinding misery at the base. Can the 21st
century be other than a continuation of the 20th -- depressions, war,
revolution?
3. Global political and military strategies of imperialism
Washington's goals for its Balkan wars. Ramifications of the US-Japan
military cooperation, the Philippines Visiting Forces Agreement,
escalating India-Pakistan tensions.
4. Problems of revolutionary strategy in advanced capitalist
countries
How to make a revolution where there's no revolutionary crisis yet?
How
to prepare for mass action where the masses can still be bought off?
The
interaction of social-democracy and imperialism. The material basis
of
social democracy.
5. Problems of revolutionary strategy in developing countries
The experience of the Russian Revolution. Does the concept of
democratic
revolution still apply? What role for armed struggle? Debates on
revolutionary strategy in Indonesia, the Philippines, India,
Pakistan.
6. Will the socialist countries all yield to capitalist pressures?
What happened in The Soviet Union and Eastern Europe? How far has
capitalist restoration gone in China? The situation in Cuba, Vietnam,
North Korea.
7. Recent experiences in trade union and labour organising.
How can we build, or rebuild, our basic organisations? What
experiences
in Asia, Europe, Latin America and Australia can we learn from? How
can
workers in the imperialist and the semi-colonial countries help each
other?
8. Marxism and the national question
Will the struggle for national rights still be relevant in the 21st
century? The views of Marx and Lenin, and the experiences in the USSR
and China. The background to the Balkan Wars. National questions in
Asia.
9. Women and the fight for socialism
Key issues and campaigns, North and South. The rise of the women's
liberation movement and the assault from capitalist ideology and from
postmodernism, `DIY' feminism, and `radical' feminism.
10. What basis for international left collaboration and socialist
renewal?
Which way forward for developing new networks of Marxist parties?
What
should be the political and organisational principles on which to
base
collaboration and solidarity? The experience of previous
International
workers organisations, and the dangers to be avoided.
11. Can humanity survive the 21st century?
The environmental time-bombs from the continuing ravages of profit
mad
capitalism -- global warming, nuclear wars and nuclear cycles,
genetic
tinkering and man-made plagues. Can we afford another century of
capitalist madness?
Workshops
The IMF and the World Bank -- How they work
Imperialism's impact on the Asian and Pacific Economies
The contribution of Trotskyism to the workers movement
The history of the Philippines left
Issues in Women's liberation today
Internationals and internationalism
Class series
Fundamentals of Marxist economics
Introduction to Marxist philosophy
The history of the Russian Revolution
A history of bourgeois revolutions
How Marxism analyses women's oppression
The history of the US SWP 1960-1985
The history of the Australian labour movement
Socialism, capitalism, and the environment
Country and region reports
Indonesia, Philippines, Pakistan, India, Australia, Central America,
Latin America, USA, Britain, South Africa, Russia, France, New
Zealand,
East Timor, Burma, Palestine, Bougainville=85
Conference highlights:
Panel on imperialism in the 21st century
Petras, Pilger, Nemenzo
Solidarity Rally for the Asia Pacific
To launch some concrete collaborations --
Joint Asian TU tours of Australia
Joint tour of women activists
Statement on unity and collaboration
Future joint educational efforts
Publication projects -- Books, Links magazine
Films and videos
Lenin Films Historical footage from the Soviet Union
Indonesian and East Timor videos John Pilger, Jill Hickson
History of Resistance video
Resistance high-school anti-racism walkouts videos
Cabaret Skits and music, international and local
Songs of Struggle International song night
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