LL:REM: Socialism and the New Millenium Conference

[Green Left Weekly, Melbourne]

ISSUES, DEBATES AND STRATEGIES FOR THE LABOUR AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
Craig Jonhston (Victorian Assistant Secretary, Australian Manufacturing =
Workers Union), Sarah Lantz (International Women's Day Collective), Cam =
Walker (Friends of the Earth), and Max Lane (National Coordinator, =
Action in Solidarity with Indonesia and East Timor), will consider the =
contexts and decisions facing communities engaged in struggles against =
the agenda of neoliberalism.

THE INDONESIAN ELECTIONS AND THE DEMOCRACY MOVEMENT
Melbourne University Professor and Founding Chair of the Institute of =
Asian Languages, Arief Budiman, together with Vannessa Hearman, Aid =
Worker and activist with Action in Solidarity with Indonesia and East =
Timor, examine the legitimacy of the Indonesian elections and the =
strategies of the democratic movement towards them.

EAST TIMOR AND INDONESIA: AN EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT
Recently returned from Indonesia and East Timor, Bronwyn Jennings =
(Resistance), Harriet MacCallum (Co-convenor, University Students for =
East Timor), and Jo Williams (Melbourne Coordinator, Action in =
Solidarity with Indonesia and East Timor), discuss the pressing issues =
facing the East Timorese independence movement and the Indonesian =
democratic movement.

EUROPE: NATION, CLASS AND RESPONSES TO CAPITAL'S AGENDA
Adam Novak, Editor of International Viewpoint and Fourth =
Internationalist, discusses the key dynamics of contemporary European =
politics and the strategic options for the working class.

THE MEANING OF THE WAR IN SERBIA AND KOSOVA
Kerryn Williams from the Democratic Socialist Party looks at the history =
of national oppression, Stalinism and imperialist intervention in the =
Balkans.

IS ABORTION A MORAL ISSUE?
Leslie Cannold, author of The Abortion Myth, journalist and bioethicist, =
and Sarah Lantz, International Women's Day Collective and Democratic =
Socialist Party activist, consider the issue of abortion in the =
contemporary political setting and its significance for feminist =
strategy.

TRADE UNION PERSPECTIVES
Grant Holden, rank and file candidate for one of the Maritime Union of =
Australia National Assistant Secretary's positions, and Michael Bull, =
activist in the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union, discuss =
the issues and challenges facing union militants in the second term of =
Howard and the increasing pressure on workers to pay for the looming =
decline in Australian business competitiveness.


SOCIALISM & THE NEW MILLENIUM CONFERENCE
April 24 - 25 Resistance Centre, 14 Anthony Street Melbourne, Tel (03) =
9329 1320, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Agenda update, Tuesday April 20


SATURDAY
9.30 am Opening panel: Issues, debates and strategies for the labour and =
social movements
Sarah Lantz, Craig Johnston, Cam Walker, Charmaine Clarke, Max Lane =
(Chair: Kerryn Williams)
11.00 Multiple choice streams
UNIONISM: Union solidarity with workers in the Asia Pacific region
Dave Cushion, Vannessa Hearman (Chair: Ben Courtice)
FEMINISM: Liberal, radical and Marxist feminism, past & present
Margarita Windisch (Chair: Jackie Lynch)
SOLIDARITY: East Timor and Indonesia: An eyewitness account
Jo Williams, Bronwyn Jennings, Harriet MacCallum (Chair: Chris Atkinson)
12.30 pm Lunch
1.30 Feature session: Europe: Nation, class and responses to Capital's =
agenda
Adam Novak (Chair: Susan Price)
2.30 Multiple choice streams
UNIONISM: The global recession and economics for trade unionists
Jamie Doughney, Susan Price (Chair: Mell Bull)
FEMINISM: Socialist women in the Australian trade unions
Karin Matheson, Jackie Lynch, Mary Merkenich (Chair: Justine Kamprad)
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE: The campaign against nuclear energy
Greg Adamson (Chair: Aimee Lipscombe)
SOLIDARITY: El Salvador: Elections and democracy, an eyewitness account
Alan Jennings (Chair: Tania Jorquera)
4.00 Feature session: Is abortion a moral issue?
Sarah Lantz, Leslie Cannold (Chair: Anne O'Casey)
5.30 Feature session: The meaning of the war in Serbia and Kosova
Kerryn Williams and a panel of speakers (Chair: Martin Iltis)

SUNDAY
9.30 am Feature session: The beginning of a new international socialist =
movement
Max Lane, Adam Novak (Chair: Jo Williams)
11.00 Todays struggles in historical perspective
* Trade union perspectives
Grant Holden, Michael Bull, and others (Chair Maree Roberts)
* A discussion about perspectives for the student movement
Bronwyn Jennings, Mandi Scott, Jacob Varghese (Chair: Sharon Simons)
* One hundred years of experiences and lessons of the socialist movement =
in Australia
Trish Corcoran (Chair: Chris Slee)
12.30 pm Lunch
1.30 Feature session: The Indonesian elections and the democracy =
movement
Arief Budiman, Vannessa Hearman (Chair: Max Lane)
2.30 Multiple choice streams
UNIONISM: The experiences of the Industrial Workers of the World
Chris Spindler (Chair: Claudine Holt)
FEMINISM: Developing a new activist feminism
Jacquie Moon, (Chair: Natalie Woodlock)
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE: Jobs and the environment
Gavin McFadzen, Martin Daley, Mel Bull (chair: Trish Corcoran)
SOLIDARITY: Guerillas, diplomats and democrats: The many strategies for =
Third World liberation
Joaquim Santos, Nurullah Ozbek (Chair: Jo Williams)
4.00 Feature session: Socialism after the "end of history"
Jorge Jorquera (Chair: Virginia Brown)


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ISSUES, DEBATES AND STRATEGIES FOR = THE LABOUR=20 AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
Craig Jonhston (Victorian Assistant Secretary, = Australian=20 Manufacturing
Workers Union), Sarah Lantz (International Women's Day=20 Collective), Cam
Walker (Friends of the Earth), and Max Lane (National=20 Coordinator, Action in
Solidarity with Indonesia and East Timor), will = consider=20 the contexts and
decisions facing communities engaged in struggles = against the=20 agenda of
neoliberalism.
 
THE INDONESIAN ELECTIONS AND THE DEMOCRACY=20 MOVEMENT
Melbourne University Professor and Founding Chair of = the=20 Institute of
Asian Languages, Arief Budiman, together with Vannessa = Hearman, Aid=20 Worker
and activist with Action in Solidarity with Indonesia and East = Timor,=20
examine the legitimacy of the Indonesian elections and the strategies of =
the=20 democratic movement towards them.
 
EAST TIMOR AND INDONESIA: AN EYEWITNESS = ACCOUNT
Recently returned from Indonesia and East Timor, = Bronwyn=20 Jennings
(Resistance), Harriet MacCallum (Co-convenor, University = Students for=20 East
Timor), and Jo Williams (Melbourne Coordinator, Action in = Solidarity with=20
Indonesia and East Timor), discuss the pressing issues facing the East =
Timorese=20 independence movement and the Indonesian democratic = movement.
 
EUROPE: NATION, CLASS AND RESPONSES TO CAPITAL'S=20 AGENDA
Adam Novak, Editor of International Viewpoint and = Fourth=20 Internationalist,
discusses the key dynamics of contemporary European = politics=20 and the
strategic options for the working class.
 
THE MEANING OF THE WAR IN SERBIA AND = KOSOVA
Kerryn = Williams from the=20 Democratic Socialist Party looks at the history
of national oppression,=20 Stalinism and imperialist intervention in the
Balkans.
 
IS ABORTION A MORAL ISSUE?
Leslie Cannold, author of The Abortion Myth, = journalist and=20 bioethicist,
and Sarah Lantz, International Women's Day Collective and=20 Democratic
Socialist Party activist, consider the issue of abortion in = the=20
contemporary political setting and its significance for feminist=20 strategy.
 
TRADE UNION = PERSPECTIVES
Grant Holden, rank and file candidate for one of the = Maritime=20 Union of
Australia National Assistant Secretary's positions, and Michael = Bull,=20
activist in the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union, discuss =
the=20 issues and challenges facing union militants in the second term of =
Howard and=20 the increasing pressure on workers to pay for the looming decline
in = Australian=20 business competitiveness.
 
 
SOCIALISM & THE NEW MILLENIUM=20 CONFERENCE
April 24 - 25 Resistance Centre, 14 Anthony Street = Melbourne, Tel=20 (03)
9329 1320, email <3d.htm>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ag= enda=20 update, Tuesday April 20


SATURDAY
9.30 am Opening panel: = Issues,=20 debates and strategies for the labour and
social movements
Sarah = Lantz, Craig=20 Johnston, Cam Walker, Charmaine Clarke, Max Lane
(Chair: Kerryn=20 Williams)
11.00 Multiple choice streams
UNIONISM: Union solidarity = with=20 workers in the Asia Pacific region
Dave Cushion, Vannessa Hearman = (Chair: Ben=20 Courtice)
FEMINISM: Liberal, radical and Marxist feminism, past & = present
Margarita Windisch (Chair: Jackie Lynch)
SOLIDARITY: East = Timor=20 and Indonesia: An eyewitness account
Jo Williams, Bronwyn Jennings, = Harriet=20 MacCallum (Chair: Chris Atkinson)
12.30 pm Lunch
1.30 Feature = session:=20 Europe: Nation, class and responses to Capital's
agenda
Adam Novak = (Chair:=20 Susan Price)
2.30 Multiple choice streams
UNIONISM: The global = recession=20 and economics for trade unionists
Jamie Doughney, Susan Price (Chair: = Mell=20 Bull)
FEMINISM: Socialist women in the Australian trade = unions
Karin=20 Matheson, Jackie Lynch, Mary Merkenich (Chair: Justine = Kamprad)
ENVIRONMENTAL=20 JUSTICE: The campaign against nuclear energy
Greg Adamson (Chair: = Aimee=20 Lipscombe)
SOLIDARITY: El Salvador: Elections and democracy, an = eyewitness=20 account
Alan Jennings (Chair: Tania Jorquera)
4.00 Feature = session: Is=20 abortion a moral issue?
Sarah Lantz, Leslie Cannold (Chair: Anne=20 O'Casey)
5.30 Feature session: The meaning of the war in Serbia and=20 Kosova
Kerryn Williams and a panel of speakers (Chair: Martin=20 Iltis)

SUNDAY
9.30 am Feature session: The beginning of a new=20 international socialist
movement
Max Lane, Adam Novak (Chair: Jo=20 Williams)
11.00 Todays struggles in historical perspective
* Trade = union=20 perspectives
Grant Holden, Michael Bull, and others (Chair Maree=20 Roberts)
* A discussion about perspectives for the student=20 movement
Bronwyn Jennings, Mandi Scott, Jacob Varghese (Chair: Sharon = Simons)
* One hundred years of experiences and lessons of the = socialist=20 movement
in Australia
Trish Corcoran (Chair: Chris Slee)
12.30 pm=20 Lunch
1.30 Feature session: The Indonesian elections and the = democracy=20 movement
Arief Budiman, Vannessa Hearman (Chair: Max Lane)
2.30 = Multiple=20 choice streams
UNIONISM: The experiences of the Industrial Workers of = the=20 World
Chris Spindler (Chair: Claudine Holt)
FEMINISM: Developing a = new=20 activist feminism
Jacquie Moon, (Chair: Natalie = Woodlock)
ENVIRONMENTAL=20 JUSTICE: Jobs and the environment
Gavin McFadzen, Martin Daley, Mel = Bull=20 (chair: Trish Corcoran)
SOLIDARITY: Guerillas, diplomats and = democrats: The=20 many strategies for
Third World liberation
Joaquim Santos, Nurullah = Ozbek=20 (Chair: Jo Williams)
4.00 Feature session: Socialism after the = "end of=20 history"
Jorge Jorquera (Chair: Virginia Brown)
 


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