AGENDA - LATIN AMERICA AND ASIA PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY

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AGENDA - LATIN AMERICA AND ASIA PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY

FORUM - OCT

11-14, 2007

*"Fighting and organising globally against neo-liberalism" Trades Hall &

RMIT Storey Hall. Melbourne, Australia*

A four-day forum aims to strengthen international coordination and

solidarity with those fighting neoliberalism.

More than 40 representatives from progressive organisations and

campaigns in

22 countries will address the forum. (see list below)

Forum Agenda

Please note that a full schedule of workshops will be available

on-line by

Tuesday 10th Oct.

THURSDAY, October 11 Victorian Trades Hall

9.00-10.00am Registration

*10.30-12.30pm Plenary - Resisting war and neoliberalism *

*Speakers:* Farooq Tariq (Labour Party of Pakistan), Agus Priyono

(Papernas,

Indonesia), Cristian Quechupan Huenunir (Mapuche Coalition, Chile), Alex

Bainbridge (Stop Bush Coalition)

12.30-1.30pm Lunch

1.30-3.15pm Multiple Workshops

3.30-5.15pm Multiple Workshops

*5.30-7.30pm Major Session - Che Guevara 40 years on: the influence

of his

example and ideas today*

plus two concurrent workshops

*Speakers:* Sigfrido Reyes Morales (FMLN Member of Parliament, El

Salvador),

Nelida Hernandez Carmona (Cuban Consul-General), Eduardo Yssa

(Coalition for

the Defense of Water & Life, Bolivia), Ocean Books

FRIDAY, October 12 Victorian Trades Hall

8.30-9.30am Registration

9.30-11.15am Multiple Workshops

11am-1.00pm Major Sessions

*1. The global influence of the Zapatistas*

Estela Morales (Radio New-generation & "The Other Campaign" Mexico),

Eduardo

Yssa (National Coalition for the Defense of Water & Life, Bolivia), Dave

Kerin (Union Solidarity), Sina Brown Davis (Maori/Pasifikan activist)

*2. Confronting the new colonialism in the Pacific*

*Speakers:* Tomas Freitas (Luta Hamutuk, Timor-Leste), Anak Jehudi

(Patron,

West Papua Students Association, Port Morseby), Cristian Quechupán

Huenuñir

(Mapuche, Chile), Mike Treen (Unite, Aotearoa/NZ), Tim Anderson

1.00-2.00pm Lunch

*2.00-3.45pm Plenary - Workers' struggle, global fight *

*Speakers:* Liliany Obando (National Federation of Agricultural Farming

Unions , Colombia), Chau Nhat Bihn (General Confederation of Labour,

Vietnam), N Vasudevan (Trade Union Solidarity Committee, Mumbai, India),

Junya Lek Yimprasert (Thailand), Michelle O'Neil (Vic State Secretary,

Textile, Clothing and Footwear Union of Australia).

4.00-5.45pm Multiple Workshops

*6.00-9.00pm Public meeting - Rebellion and liberation in Latin America*

*Speakers:* Carolus Wimmer (Communist Party of Venezuela), Liliany

Obando

(National Federation of Agricultural Farming Unions , Colombia),

Sigfrido

Reyes Morales (FMLN Member of Parliament, El Salvador), Eduardo Yssa

(Coalition for the Defense of Water & Life, Bolivia), Efren Calapucha

(Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador), Eva Golinger

(Venezuela, journalist and author).

SATURDAY, October 13 RMIT Storey Hall, RMIT

8.30-9.30am Registration

*9.30-11.00am Plenary - Indigenous struggles and resistance*

*Speakers:* Australian Indigenous activists Robbie Thorpe, Wayne

Costello

and Monica Morgan, John Chitoa (Bismarck Ramu Group, PNG), Efren

Calapucha

(Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador), Cristian

Quechupán

Huenuñir (Mapuche, Chile)

*11.00-1.00pm Plenary - Movements of resistance in the Asia Pacific*

*Speakers:* Dita Sari (Papernas, Indonesia), Ric Reyes (Laban Ng Masa,

Philippines), Lucia Jayaseelan (Committee for Asian Women, Bangkok),

Avelino

Coehlo (Socialist Party of Timor), Yamasaki Seeitchi (Asia Pacific

Worker

Solidarity Links, Japan)

1.00-2.00pm Lunch

2.00-4.00pm Plenary - *The Venezuelan revolution and its global impact*

*Speakers:* Eva Golinger (journalist & author, Venezuela). Respondents:

Carolus Wimmer (Communist Party of Venezuela), Eduardo Yssa

(Coalition for

the Defense of Water & Life, Bolivia), Vaughan Gunson (Socialist

Worker-New

Zealand), Estella Morales (Radio New-generation & "The Other Campaign",

Mexico)

4.30-6.30pm Multiple Workshops at Victorian Trades Hall

*7pm til late Solidarity Fiesta @ Trades Hall*

SUNDAY, October 14 - Victoria Trades Hall

8.30-9.30am Registration

*9.30-11.00am Plenary - Strategies for ecological and human survival*

*Speakers:* Eduardo Yssa (Bolivia), Efren Calapucha (Ecuador), Cam

Walker

(Friends of the Earth,), a CFMEU representative, Kerry Nettle

(Greens), a

speaker from Centre for Health & Society

*11.15-1.00pm Major session - Alternatives to neoliberalism*

*Speakers:* Nelson Davila (Venezuelan Charge d'Affaires to

Australia), Tran

Dac Loi (Peace and Development Foundation, Vietnam), Jamie Doughney,

Eduardo

Yssa (Bolivia)

plus two concurrent workshops

1.00-2.00pm Lunch

2.00-3.45pm Multiple Workshops

*4.00-5.30pm Plenary - Building links, strengthening international

solidarity*

*Speakers:* Irene Xavier (Transnational Information Exchange, Malaysia),

Reeverend Jang Chang Weon (Asia Pacific Workers Solidarity Links, South

Korea), Nelson Davila (Venezuelan Charge d'Affairs to Australia),

another

speaker from Latin America.

REGISTER FOR THE FORUM ONLINE USING

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International participants

*Aotearoa / New Zealand*

* Sina Brown Davis, Maori/Pasifikan activist

* Vaughan Gunson, Socialist Worker NZ

* Mike Treen, Unite

* Phillip Ferguson, NZ Workers Party

*Bolivia*

* Eduardo Yssa, National Coalition for the Defense of Water, Basic

Services,

the Environment and Life of Bolivia

*Canada*

* Roger Annis, Canada Haiti Action Network

* John Riddell, Socialist Voice

* Suzanne Weiss, Coalition Against Israeli

Apartheid

*Chile*

* Payo Grondona, musician & cultural activist

* Ismael Duran, grassroots community activist and Latin Americam New

Song

musician

* Cristian Quechupan Huenunir, Xeg-Xeg development and communiction

Mapuche

Coalition

*Colombia*

* Liliany Obando, National Federation of Agricultural Farming Unions

(Fensuagro)

*Cuba*

* Nélida Hernández Carmona & Ifrahim Miranda León, Cuban

Consul-General &

Consul in Australia

*East Timor*

* Avelino Coelho, General Secretary, Socialist Party of Timor

* Tomas Freitas, Luta Hamutuk ("Struggle Together")

* Joaozito Viana, Luta Hamutuk

* Jose Teixeira, Fretilin, Member of Parliament

*Eucador*

* Efren Calapucha, Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador

(CONAIE)

*El Salvador*

* Sigfrido Reyes Morales, Member of Parliament, FMLN Political

Commission.

*India*

* N Vasudevan, Trade Union Solidarity Committee, Mumbai

*Indonesia*

* Dita Sari, Founding chairperson of Centre for Indonesian Workers

Struggle

(FNPBI)

* Agus Priyono, Chairperson, National Liberation Party of Unity

(PAPERNAS)

*Japan*

* Yamasaki Seeitchi, Asia Pacific Worker Solidarity Links

*Korea*

* Reverend Jang Chang Weon, Osan Laborers and Migrants Shelter,

Reconciliation and Unification Mission Center

*Malaysia*

* Irene Xavier, Coordinator, Transnational Information Exchange Asia

*Mexico*

Estela Morales, from radio New-generation and The Other Campaign

from Mexico

*Philippines*

* Ric Reyes, Laban ng Masa

*Pakistan*

* Farooq Tariq, General Secretary, Labour Party Pakistan

*Papua New Guinea*

* John Chitoa and Rosa Koian, Bismarck Ramu Group

*Thailand*

* Lucia Jayaseelan, Committee for Asian Women

* Junya Lek Yimprasert

*Venezuela*

* Eva Golinger, author of The Chavez Code and Bush vs Chavez:

Washington's

War on Venezuela

* Carolus Wimmer - Communist Party of Venezuela

* Nelson Davila, Venezuela's Charge d'Affairs in Australia

*Vietnam*

* Chau Nhat Bihn, General Confederation of Labour

* Tran Dac Loi, Secretary General, Vietnam Peace and Development

Foundation

* Tran Quoc Khanh, Vietnam's Deputy Consul General in Australia

*West Papua*

* Anak Jehudi, Patron, West Papua Students Association, Port Morseby.

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not really my story anymore.. but i like to put the word out there... interesting the forum co-incides with RATM coming to aus

[gerbil]

Hi E

looks very full on, thanks for the information

Some very interesting topics.

Tempting but highly depressing no doubt, even though it's constructive. Ahh the world we live in