SYDNEY SOCIAL FORUM TO BE ACTION PACKED Over 30 NGOs, unions and community and activist organisations will be participating in the Sydney Social Forum in what will be an action-packed weekend of discussion,debate, networking and strategising.
In addition to six Thematic Forums (below), the SSF will play host to over 50 workshops covering a broad range of issues which the activist community of Sydney is currently facing. Local musicians, artists and filmmakers will also be participating, with performance and documentary films being shown continuously over the course of the weekend - in addition to the "Damage Control" dance party on the Saturday night. All activists, thinkers and concerned citizens are encouraged to attend and be part of the weekend, where Sydney people will come together to discuss visions for a another, better, world. For the latest list of workshops being held at the SSF, visit: http://www.sydneysocialforum.org/workshops/ SSF Thematic Forums ALTERNATIVES TO THE WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION 1:00pm, Saturday 21 September With the WTO mini-ministerial meeting in Sydney, how does the WTO really operate? There are 144 members of the WTO, but only the richest 25 are meeting in Sydney. What are the effects of WTO agreements in terms of, say, the 3rd World, agriculture, and education? What are the alternatives? Pat Ranald, AFTINET Rayya Farhat, Action for World Development Anne O'Brien, Student Environment Activist Network James Goodman, Research Initiative on International Activism, UTS RESISTING RACISM AND NATIONALISM 4:00pm, Saturday 21 September Indigenous rights, refugees, post-9/11 hype, the "Pacific Solution", borders... How do we combat the apparent rise in racism and nationalist sentiment? Khaldoun Hajaj, Arab community activist Ray Jackson, Indigenous Social Justice Association convener Cassi Plate, School of Humanities & Social Sciences UTS Hassan Al-Shimi, Refugee on temporary protection visa WHAT FUTURE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT? 4:00pm, Saturday 21 September Has corporate "greenwash" ruined the term "sustainable"? What actually happened at the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg? How can we stop the economy destroying the environment? Kathy Ridge, Nature Conservation Council of NSW Glen Klatovsky, World Wildlife Fund Phil Davey, CFMEU (Construction) Susan Hawthorne, on the role of women in the environment movement Chair: Dr Paul Brown, Faculty of Art and Social Sciences UNSW RESISTING THE WAR ON TERROR 1:45pm, Sunday 22 September The "War on Terror" and the movement against corporate-led globalisation. How can we resist the drive to war by Bush, Blair and other hawks, including our home-grown political leaders? Amanda Tattersall, Labour 4 Refugees Hanna Middleton, Anti-Bases Coalition Kerry Nettle, NSW Greens Senator Representative from the Arab Australian Community Chair: Rahab Cherida BUILDING SOCIAL MOVEMENTS IN SYDNEY 1:45pm, Sunday 22 September Where we're at, the challenges we face in Sydney, are we building a single movement or are we really a movement of movements? How can we develop activism in Sydney? Gabrielle Kuiper, co-founder Active Sydney Amanda Perkins, AMWU (Printing) Lena Nahlous, community development worker Information and Cultural Exchange Incorporated (ICE) on Western Suburbs community resistance ON THE COUCH DISCUSSION: VISIONS FOR THE FUTURE 3:30pm, Sunday 22 September Alternatives to corporate globalisation, from the World Social Forum to local initiatives. Chris Richards, Editor New Internationalist magazine Humphrey McQueen, writer & historian, author of "The Essence of Capitalism": a history of Coca-Cola Dick Nichols, national co-convenor Socialist Alliance and participant in World Social Forums I & II SSF Organising Team -- -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archived at http://www.cat.org.au/lists/leftlink/ Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Sub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink