Call for Jakarta Conference June 7-10, 2001
>Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 00:35:58 -0500 (EST) >From: Socialism From Below <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >From: ASIET <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: ASIET <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Call for Jakarta Conference June 7-10, 2001 > >ASIA PACIFIC PEOPLESí SOLIDARITY CONFERENCE >ìFighting Neo-Liberalism in the Asia-Pacific.î >Jakarta, Indonesia >7-10 June, 2001 > >Come to Jakarta in June 2001! >Join the struggle to globalise resistance to the neo-liberal offensive! > >The conference will be held between June 7-10, 2001 and will be >organised by the Indonesian Centre for Reform and Social Emancipation >(INCREASE ). The conference will be held in the city of Jakarta. From >within Indonesia, the conference will be supported by the affiliates of >INCREASE, namely, the National Student League for Democracy (Liga >Nasional Mahasiswa untuk Demokrasi, LNMD), the National Peasant Union >(Serikat Tani Nasional, STN), the Indonesian National Front for Labour >Struggle (Front Nasional Perjuangan Buruh Indonesia, FNPBI), the >People's Cultural Network (Jaringan Kerja Kebudayaan Rakyat, JAKKER), >the People's Youth Movement (Gerakan Pemuda Kerakyatan, GPK), and the >People's Legal Aid Foundation (Lembaga Bantuan Hukum Rakyat, LBHR). > >Aims of the Conference > >INCREASE sees the conference as having several complimentary aims. > >First, INCREASE intends the conference to raise awareness within >Indonesia about the nature and role of neo-liberal ecnomic policies, as >well as the role of the international financial institutions - such as >the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank and the World >Trade Organisation (WTO) - in forcing neo-liberal policies upon the >peoples of the Third World in general and Indonesia, in particular. In >this context INCREASE hopes the conference will provide a forum whereby >Indonesian organisations waging campaigns to improve the welfare and >empowerment of the people can come to see their campaigns as linked to >the generalised fight against neo-liberalism. > >Second, INCREASE hopes that the discussion among Indonesian >organisations, intellectuals and activists at the conference as well as >between the Indonesian participants and overseas participants will help >advance the process of the progressive movement in Indonesia being able >to develop its own alternatives to the IMF prescribed neoliberal >strategy being enforced at the moment. > >Third, INCREASE wished the conference to also function as a vehicle for >deepening the cooperation between progressive forces in the Asia Pacific >region. Where feasible we also hope that it can help develop cooperation >between the Asia Pacific and other major areas, such as Europe, North >America and Latin America. At the moment, we have commitments from >partner movements in South Korea, the Philippines, Pakistan, East Timor >and Australia that they will attend and speak at the conference. We also >have confirmations of attendance from activists in the United States and >the Netherlands. We expect further confirmations in the next few months. >INCREASE hopes that concrete measures to deepen and concretise >cooperation will develop out of the conference. > >Fourth, INCREASE wishes to introduce the international participants to >the struggle for reform and social empowerment, for fundamental social >change, in Indonesia. In addition to panels and workshops on a range >themes relevant to the general analysis and struggle against >neoliberalism, there will also be many panels and workshops that will >relate these issues to Indonesia. There will be speakers from all >sectors of society and from the progressive political parties and >currents in Indonesia. We intend that some of the affiliates sectoral >organisations of INCREASE will organise 7-10 exposure programmes in >their areas of activity immediately after the conference. > >Conference themes > >Some of the specific themes of the conference will include: >* The nature of the current crisis in liberalism >* Why is neo-liberalism the capitalists current preferred solution >* The nature of the international financial institutions >* Relations between (a) Europe and Asia-Pacific and (b) the US and >Asia-Pacific >* The impact of neo-liberalism in developed as well as developing >countries >* The role of the military in defending neo-liberal regimes >* Strategies for fundamental social change: democratic revolution; >popular power; > socialism etc >* How to achieve international collaboration in struggle >* The role of feminist struggle >* The social economic crisis and the environmental impact >* Trade union organising and worker mobilising >* Peasant union organising; land issues; and peasant campaignin
Call for Jakarta Conference June 7-10, 2001
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win95; I) >X-Accept-Language: en >MIME-Version: 1.0 >To: ASIET <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Call for Jakarta Conference June 7-10, 2001 >Status: > >ASIA PACIFIC PEOPLES SOLIDARITY CONFERENCE >Fighting Neo-Liberalism in the Asia-Pacific. >Jakarta, Indonesia >7-10 June, 2001 > >Come to Jakarta in June 2001! >Join the struggle to globalise resistance to the neo-liberal offensive! > >The conference will be held between June 7-10, 2001 and will be >organised by the Indonesian Centre for Reform and Social Emancipation >(INCREASE ). The conference will be held in the city of Jakarta. From >within Indonesia, the conference will be supported by the affiliates of >INCREASE, namely, the National Student League for Democracy (Liga >Nasional Mahasiswa untuk Demokrasi, LNMD), the National Peasant Union >(Serikat Tani Nasional, STN), the Indonesian National Front for Labour >Struggle (Front Nasional Perjuangan Buruh Indonesia, FNPBI), the >People's Cultural Network (Jaringan Kerja Kebudayaan Rakyat, JAKKER), >the People's Youth Movement (Gerakan Pemuda Kerakyatan, GPK), and the >People's Legal Aid Foundation (Lembaga Bantuan Hukum Rakyat, LBHR). > >Aims of the Conference > >INCREASE sees the conference as having several complimentary aims. > >First, INCREASE intends the conference to raise awareness within >Indonesia about the nature and role of neo-liberal ecnomic policies, as >well as the role of the international financial institutions - such as >the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank and the World >Trade Organisation (WTO) - in forcing neo-liberal policies upon the >peoples of the Third World in general and Indonesia, in particular. In >this context INCREASE hopes the conference will provide a forum whereby >Indonesian organisations waging campaigns to improve the welfare and >empowerment of the people can come to see their campaigns as linked to >the generalised fight against neo-liberalism. > >Second, INCREASE hopes that the discussion among Indonesian >organisations, intellectuals and activists at the conference as well as >between the Indonesian participants and overseas participants will help >advance the process of the progressive movement in Indonesia being able >to develop its own alternatives to the IMF prescribed neoliberal >strategy being enforced at the moment. > >Third, INCREASE wished the conference to also function as a vehicle for >deepening the cooperation between progressive forces in the Asia Pacific >region. Where feasible we also hope that it can help develop cooperation >between the Asia Pacific and other major areas, such as Europe, North >America and Latin America. At the moment, we have commitments from >partner movements in South Korea, the Philippines, Pakistan, East Timor >and Australia that they will attend and speak at the conference. We also >have confirmations of attendance from activists in the United States and >the Netherlands. We expect further confirmations in the next few months. >INCREASE hopes that concrete measures to deepen and concretise >cooperation will develop out of the conference. > >Fourth, INCREASE wishes to introduce the international participants to >the struggle for reform and social empowerment, for fundamental social >change, in Indonesia. In addition to panels and workshops on a range >themes relevant to the general analysis and struggle against >neoliberalism, there will also be many panels and workshops that will >relate these issues to Indonesia. There will be speakers from all >sectors of society and from the progressive political parties and >currents in Indonesia. We intend that some of the affiliates sectoral >organisations of INCREASE will organise 7-10 exposure programmes in >their areas of activity immediately after the conference. > >Conference themes > >Some of the specific themes of the conference will include: >* The nature of the current crisis in liberalism >* Why is neo-liberalism the capitalists current preferred solution >* The nature of the international financial institutions >* Relations between (a) Europe and Asia-Pacific and (b) the US and >Asia-Pacific >* The impact of neo-liberalism in developed as well as developing >countries >* The role of the military in defending neo-liberal regimes >* Strategies for fundamental social change: democratic revolution; >popular power; > socialism etc >* How to achieve international collaboration in struggle >* The role of feminist struggle >* The social economic crisis and the environmental impact >* Trade union organising and worker mobilising >* Peasant union organising; land issues; and peasant campaigning >* Political st
