> Date: Sat, 10 Jan 1998 00:19:05 +0000 > Sender: Forum on Labor in the Global Economy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > From: Dave Riley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Asia Pacific Conference :UPDATE > > Discount registration for the Asia Pacific Solidarity Conference to end > soon. > Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Precedence: bulk > > The special discount of $60 waged and $30 unwaged for the Asia Pacific > Solidarity Conference will end on January 30. 1998. All persons wishing to > avail themselves of this special offer should send a cheque or money order > to the adress below as soon as possible. Cheques should be made out to the > ASIA PACIFIC INSTITUTE. > > We attach below the latest update of organisations sending representatives > who will speak at the conference. Please note the new additions from > Pakistan and Turkey. > > A full agenda, including non-organisation and specialist speakers will be > published in February. It is expected there will be at least 60 workshops to > choose from during the course of the conference wit the majority of speakers > being international guest speakers. > > ************* > ASIA PACIFIC SOLIDARITY CONFERENCE > Glebe High School, Sydney > Opening public meeting, Glebe High School, 7.00pm Thursday, April 9 > Conference sessions April 10-13. > **************************************************************************** > All welcome > Register now by sending a cheque for $60 ($30 conc) and save $20 and $10 > respectively. > Send/make cheques to: > Asia Pacific Institute, P.O. Box 515, Broadway 2007, Australia. > > The conference will take the form of a series of feature talks, panels, > question and answer seminars and workshops. > All sessions are open to registered participants. > Speakers will include over 30 leaders and activists from around the Asia > Pacific as well as Australian based solidarity activists and academic > researchers. The current list of participating organisations has been sent > as a separate email message at the same time as this message. > Feature panels and campaign workshops by international and local activists > include: > * Australia and the Asia Pacific: for profit or for people? > * International Free East Timor campaigning > * "Overthrow Suharto with Peoples Power": Solidarity with the PRD and the > Indonesian democratic movement > * The struggle for liberty in Burma > * APEC and counter-APEC: strategies for the peoples movements > * The crisis with Asian Tigers and NICs _ who's benefiting, who's battling > * Indigenous people's struggles and land rights in Australia and New Zealand > * The international campaign against Nike and other MNCs > * BHP and CRA in Papua New Guinea and Bougainville > * Campaigning for a nuclear free and independent Pacific > * The campaign for environmental justice in the region > * Women's place is in the struggle > * Global capital's economic police - the World Bank, the International > Monetary Fund and the World Trade > * Regional trade union solidarity > * The Asia Pacific student movement > * Building Asia Pacific wide political networks > * Socialism in Asia: viewpoints from the region > * Building revolutionary parties: India, the Philippines, Indonesia > ********************************************************* > PLUS reports and Q & A sessions on current struggles in each of the 25 > participating countries > ********************************************************** > Night of political solidarity, Saturday April 11 > Celebrate this unique gathering of organisations and activists around the > region. > A Southeast Asian banquet; greetings and speakers from around the region; > music and entertainment. A chance to mix and mingle in an atmosphere of > solidarity and friendship. > ************************************************************* > Cabaret and cultural evening, Sunday April 12 > Music and performances from around the region and Australia. Songs of > struggle' manifestos of sovereignty. > *************************************************************** > > Asia Pacific Solidarity Conference > Sydney, Australia > April 9-13, 1998 > organised by Asia Pacific Institute for Democratisation and Development, > c/- P.O. Box 515, Broadway, NSW 2007, Australia. > Fax: 61-(0)2-96901381 > Tel: 61-(0)2-96901230 > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ASIA PACIFIC SOLIDARITY CONFERENCE > PARTICIPANTS UPDATE, January 9, 1998. (organisations) > > ASIA. > BURMA > * National Coalition Government Union of Burma (NCGUB), UN representative, > Dr Thuang Htun > * All Burma Student Democratic Front > * All Burma Student League (India and Thailand) > INDIA > * Dr Jayanta Rongpi, MP, elected to Indian national parliament, representing > the Autonomous State Demand movement, Assam, India and part of a broad, > militant mass movement for social change > INDONESIA > * Peoples' Democratic Party (PRD), including Sarasvati, central woman > leader, > * Peoples Democratic Party (PRD) of Indonesia. > * National Democracy Struggle Committee (KNPD) > KOREA > * Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) > MALAYSIA > * Malaysian Peoples Party (PRM) > NEPAL > * Communist Party of Nepal (UML) > PAKISTAN > * Labour Party of Pakistan > PHILIPPINES > * Prof Francisco Nemenzo, founding chairman, Union for Socialist Ideas and > Action (BISIG); former Vice-Chancellor, University of the Philippines > (Visayas); Professor of Political Science, University of the Philippines. > * Renato Constantino Jr., National Chairperson SANLAKAS democratic movement > (largest > democratic movement in the Philippines) > * Anna Maria Nemenzo, Filipino women's movement, Womens Health, Foundation ; > Vice-President, Citizen Action Party, > * KAMALAYAN national students organisation. > THAILAND > * representatives of the Thai grass-roots, democratic movement > SRI LANKA > * Dr Sunil R., Director, Sri Lanka Institute of Occupational Health and > Safety; national executive member, New Socialist Party of Sri Lanka (NSSP) > TAMILS > * Australasian Federation of Tamil Associations > Note: > The conference will als be covered for Japan by a senior journalist from the > newspaper of the Communist Party of Japan. > > PACIFIC > > BOUGANVILLE > * Bouganville Interim Government > > EAST TIMOR > * Jose Ramos Horta, Nobel Peace Laureate > * Mari Alkatiri, head of FRETILIN foreign affairs department, FRETILIN - > Revolutionary Front for Independent East Timor, > * Filomena Almeida, head Information Department, FRETILIN Australia; women's > issues > * Bella Galhos, Canada based East Timor activist > > FIJI > * Steven Ratuva, President, Fiji Anti-Nuclear Group; researcher University > of > South Pacific > > NEW CALEDONIA/KANAKY > * Union of Kanak and Exploited Workers (USTKE), Louis Uregei, > Secretary-General. > > NEW ZEALAND > * Matt Robson, MP Alliance Parliamentary foreign affairs spokesperon > > PAPUA NEW GUINEA > * Powes Parkop, civil liberties lawyer. ICRAF > > TAHITI > * Tavini Huiraatira (Polynesian Liberation Front) > > WEST PAPUA > * Free Papua Movement (OPM) > > INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIA > * Doreen Kartinyeri, Aboriginal Land Rights Movement, Native Title > * Jenny Munro, Sydney Metropolitan Aboriginal Lands Council > > AUSTRALIA > * Action in Solidarity with Indonesia and East Timor (ASIET) > * Resistance Youth Organisation > * Green Left Weekly > * Democratic Socialist Party > * Zohl de Ishtar, Pacific solidarity activist for Micronesia; Greenham > Common activist > > UNITED STATES > * Indonesia Alert! > * Solidarity (US socialist organisation) > > EUROPE > > RUSSIA > * Ms Mitina Darid A, Communist Youth League of Russia > NETHERLANDS > * Socialist Party of the Netherlands > GERMANY > * Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) > TURKEY > Freedom and Solidarity Party > > NICARAGUA > * Dorotea Wilson, Directorate Member, Sandinista National Liberation Front > > > Asia Pacific Solidarity Conference e��ǽ> Sydney, Australia > April 9-13, 1998 > organised by Asia Pacific Institute for Democratisation and Development, > c/- P.O. Box 515, Broadway, NSW 2007, Australia. > Fax: 61-(0)2-96901381 > Tel: 61-(0)2-96901230 > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
