Resistance National Conference, Sydney Australia

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Resistance National Conference

Stop Bush! Dump Howard! Save our Planet!
July 5-8, Glebe Town Hall Sydney

Click here to register for the conference online (http://www.resistance.org.au/conference)

Thursday July 5

12.00pm: Conference Welcome
12.15pm: Feature panel — Fighting the empire, fighting for socialism

1.45pm: Plenary — The global environmental crisis and the socialist solutions by Mel Barnes.
Session will break into workshops discussing different elements including uranium, nuclear power and climate change.

4.15pm: 15 minute break
4.30pm - 6.00pm Workshop session:
1) Mass action, liberalism and ultra-leftism - lessons from the movement against the Vietnam War
2) National oppression - Iraq: Occupation, resistance, and sectarianism
3) Introduction to Marxist economic theory: the character and contradictions
of the capitalist system
4) Workers taking power: The Bolshevik Revolution in Russia, 1917

7.00pm: Public meeting at UTS: Global resistance to war and empire: Stop Bush!

Friday July 6

9.00am: Plenary — The international political situation and our tasks

11.30: Workshop session
1) Marxism versus anarchism: the Spanish Revolution
2) Racism in Australia - from the dispossession of the Aboriginal peoples to Islamophobia
3) Dialectical materialism and the long view of history
4) Indigenous revolution in Bolivia today

1.00pm LUNCH

2.00pm: Feature panel - Make Howard history, with Australian guest speakers

3.00pm Plenary: 3) The Venezuelan revolution and socialism in the 21st
century

5.15pm - 15 minute break
5.30pm Workshop session
1) The role of youth and students in the struggle for socialism
2) Women fighting for liberation
3) Stalinism and the flawed theory of “state capitalism”
4) Participatory democracy: five decades of the Cuban Revolution
6.30pm: One-hour dinner break
7.30pm: Cultural event and conference rally at Glasshouse, UTS

Saturday July 7

9.00am - 4.00pm: Venezuela Solidarity Conference - organised by the office of the charge d'affaires in Sydney

Sunday July 8

9.00am: Plenary -Fighting Bush, Howard and APEC: our tasks and perspectives
11.30am: Workshop session
1) You are not a slave! The fight for workers’ rights in Howard’s Australia
2) Fighting homophobia today
3) The role of art, culture and literature in the struggle for socialism
4) The first revolution of the 21st century: Venezuela in-depth
12.30pm: (extended) LUNCH and fractions (1-2pm)

2:00pm: Plenary: Building Resistance
4.15pm-4.30pm: Conference close.

6.30pm onwards: Food and drinks at Resistance Centre, 23 Abercrombie St, Chippendale

[NewEast]

Bollocks- this doesn't sound like Resistance! What- only two things on Venezuela? If this was a real Resistance document it would be more like


12.00pm: Conference Welcome and Chavez worship
12.15pm: Feature panel — Fighting the empire, fighting for Venezuela
1.45pm: Plenary — The global environmental crisis and the Venezuelan solutions by Mel Barnes.
Session will break into workshops discussing different elements including Venezuela, Chavez and Bolivarianism.
4.15pm: 15 minute break to ponder the glory of Bolivarianism.
4.30pm - 6.00pm Workshop session:
1) Mass action, liberalism and ultra-leftism - lessons from the movement against the anti-Chavista Coup
2) National revolution- Venezuela
3) Introduction to Venezuelan economic theory: the character and contradictions
of the capitalist system
4) Workers taking power: The Venezuelan Revolution
7.00pm: Public meeting at UTS: Venezuelan resistance to war and empire: Stop Bush

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NewEast wrote:

Bollocks- this doesn't sound like Resistance! What- only two things on Venezuela? If this was a real Resistance document it would be more like

I'm going to assume that comment is made out of ignorance (or is a facile attempt at humour) rather than any kind of spite. Resistance has a long history of involvement in and leadership of movements across the board in Australia, and of genuine solidarity with movements in countries across the world.

If you don't like the idea of people recognising the importance of the process in Venezuela, or you think it's funny to try and caricature Resistance in a puerile, cynical and sectarian manner, I suggest you try ChitChat.

[NewEast]

I spent some time in Resistance for a while when I was younger. Christ knows I regret it. Good to see Mel's still around though.

I recognise something neat's going on over in Latin America somewhere, but I prefer to focus my attention more squarly on the local area.