Please note: All session times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) which is GMT+10. 

Sep 05

6:00pm AEST

Dinner

Balam Balam Place

7:00pm AEST

Opening Panel: Ecosocialism not barbarism

Sue Bolton (Naarm/Melbourne), Ammar Ali Jan (Pakistan), Cyn Huang (United States)
Balam Balam Place, Room 401
Sep 06

9:30am AEST

Trump, tariffs, NAFTA and the US-China trade war

Jeremy Smith (Naarm/Melbourne), Reihana Mohideen (The Philippines), N Sai Balaji (India)
Balam Balam Place

Does Israel have a right to exist? Palestine, Zionism and settler colonialism

Markela Panegyres (Tarndanya/Adelaide), Yousef Alreemawi (Naarm/Melbourne), Dr Jordy Silverstein (Naarm/Melbourne)
Balam Balam Place

Always was, always will be! First Nations fight back for sovereignty

Senator Lidia Thorpe (Naarm/Melbourne), Celeste Liddle (Naarm/Melbourne)
Balam Balam Place

South Korea: How peoples' power defeated a coup and toppled a far-right president

Youngsu Won (South Korea), Seona Cho (Naarm/Melbourne)
Balam Balam Place

11:30am AEST

As radical as reality: the role of art and media in changing society

Mariota Spens (Naarm/Melbourne), Ling Tang
Balam Balam Place

Organising workers in today’s economy

A labour researcher (Singapore), Jiselle Hanna (Naarm/Melbourne)
Balam Balam Place

For justice and peace in Southasia: A dialogue between Pakistani & Indian socialists

Ammar Ali Jan (Pakistan), N Sai Balaji (India)
Balam Balam Place

Prabowo’s Indonesia and the struggle for West Papuan self-determination

Cyndi Makabory (Naarm/Melbourne), Rizaldi Ageng Wicaksono (Indonesia), Amanda Shweeta Louis (Malaysia)
Balam Balam Place

1:00pm AEST

Lunch Break

2:30pm AEST

Crisis in the Middle East: A Kurdish perspective

Nilüfer Koç (Kurdistan), Damoon Jehani (Naarm/Melbourne)
Balam Balam Place

No war in the Pacific! The case against militarism and AUKUS

Merck Maguddayao (Philippines), Sarah Hathway (Djilang/Geelong), Mercedes Zanker (Naarm/Melbourne)
Balam Balam Place

Why ecosocialism? An introduction to the Socialist Alliance

Chloe DS (Naarm/Melbourne), Rhys Albress (Ngunnawal/Canberra)
Balam Balam Place

Latin America against the Trump empire

Israel Dutra (Brazil)
Balam Balam Place

4:30pm AEST

Women's liberation today

Neysia Novaristia (Indonesia), Mary Merkenich (Naarm/Melbourne), Stephanie (Naarm/Melbourne)
Balam Balam Place

Palestine: The moral issue of our time

Adam Hanieh, Janet Parker (Boorloo/Perth), Amin G Abbas (Naarm/Melbourne)
Balam Balam Place

Capitalist crises, ecosocialist solutions

Jess Spear (Ireland), Peter Boyle (Gadigal Country/Sydney), Gandipan Nantha Gopalan (Malaysia)
Balam Balam Place

6:30pm AEST

Cultural Night: Fundraiser for Green Left!

Balam Balam Place
Sep 07

9:30am AEST

Housing under capitalism: Why housing is a human right

Rachel Evans (Gadigal/Sydney), Angela Carr (Djilang/Geelong)
Balam Balam Place

Rebuilding socialist politics in Southeast Asia

Amanda Shweeta Louis (Malaysia), Mahendra Kusuma Wardhana (Indonesia), A labour researcher (Singapore)
Balam Balam Place

New world disorder: Debates on imperialism in the 21st century

Promise Li (United States), Sam Wainwright (Walyalup/Fremantle)
Balam Balam Place

Why we fight for ecosocialism: An introduction to the Socialist Alliance

Harry Fairless (Darug Country/Western Sydney)
Balam Balam Place

11:30am AEST

The struggle for democracy in Asia

Youngsu Won (South Korea), Merck Maguddayao (Philippines), Mahendra Kusuma Wardhana (Indonesia)

Gas and nuclear are no solution! Stories from the climate justice front-line

Alex Bainbridge (Magan-djin/Brisbane), Maz Misiewicz (Boorloo/Perth)
Balam Balam Place

Why Marxists support the right to national self-determination

Jonathan Strauss (Magan-djin/Brisbane), Israel Dutra (Brazil)
Balam Balam Place

Building movements for change: Why we need socialist organisations

Pip Hinman (Gadigal Country/Sydney), Gandipan Nantha Gopalan (Malaysia)
Balam Balam Place

1:00pm AEST

Lunch Break

2:30pm AEST

Between Russian tanks and Western banks: The fight for Ukraine’s future

Denys Pilash (Ukraine)
Balam Balam Place

Oppose the right-wing hysteria: Fighting for trans liberation today

Elizabeth Bantas (Naarm/Melboure)
Balam Balam Place

Pushing back against Trump and the far-right billionaire class

Cyn Huang (United States)
Balam Balam Place

Foreign aid: The smiling face of imperialism

Aya Clamor (The Philippines), Allen Jennings (Naarm/Melbourne)
Balam Balam Place

4:30pm AEST

Closing panel: For a world without capitalism

Balam Balam Place