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
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