Speakers

Leila Khaled, iconic Palestinian revolutionary activist, member of the national committee of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and a representative on the Palestine National Council.

Salim Vally, South African human rights activist, South Africa’s National Research Foundation’s Chair in Community, Worker and Adult Education, based at the University of Johannesburg.

Danaletchumi (Dana) Langaswaran is a labour rights activist in the Malaysian Socialist Party (PSM).

General secretary of the Haqooq-e-Khalq (Peoples Rights) Party and a member of the Council of Advisors of the Progressive International.

Leading member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation and campaigner for Dalit rights.

Mariana Riscali is from the Socialist Left Movement (MES), part of the Socialism and Liberty Party (PSOL) in Brazil.

Aaron Pedrosa, Secretary-General of Sanlakas, a nationwide, multisectoral coalition of grassroots and sectoral organisations in The Philippines fighting for genuine democracy.

Lynn is an anti-death penalty and labour rights activist based in Singapore.

Peter Yeo is one of the leaders of SG Riders, a network of food delivery riders across Singapore campaigning for improved safety, wages and bargaining power.

Elijah Tay is a student organiser, solidarity, labour rights and abolitionist activist.

Dr Rebecca Meckelburg is an independent research scholar based in Central Java, Indonesia.

Jess Spear is an ecosocialist activist and local organiser for People Before Profit based in Dublin, Ireland. She is co-founder of the revolutionary Marxist group RISE and was chief editor of Rupture magazine. 

Tabitha Spence is a Doctoral Candidate in Anthropology at the American University (DC) where she works on the intersection of imperialism, militarism and climate change.

Charles Wea is spokesperson for international relations in the office of Kanaky New Caledonia's president Louis Mapou.

Veronica Koman is an Indonesian Human Rights lawyer & West Papua solidarity activist based in Gadigal/Sydney.

Aishik Saha researches digital and algorithmic labour, data workers in the Global South

Lidia Thorpe, Gunnai, Gunditjmara and Djab Wurrung activist, Independent Senator for Victoria

Megan Krakouer, a Menang woman of the Noongar Nation, is a director of the National Suicide Prevention and Trauma Recovery Project and the South West Aboriginal Land and Sea Council.

Raelene Cooper, Mardudhunera woman, former Chair of the Murujuga Aboriginal Corporation, founder of Save our Songlines.

Nasser Mashni: President of the Australian Palestine Advocacy Network (APAN).

Liz Turner is an activist and researcher exploring youth leadership of disruptive social movement action for climate justice.

lawyer, activist, author of 'Future Histories' and 'Empowering Women', chair of Digital Rights Watch.

Zack Schofield is an organiser with climate defence movement Rising Tide.

Khaled Ghannam is a Palestinian activist, author, writer and journalist and a member of the Socialist Alliance, based in Gadigal/Sydney.

Co-editor of Green Left and member of the Socialist Alliance national executive

Nova Sobieralski is a member of Socialist Alliance who is involved in campaigns for trans rights through Queer Liberation Boorloo

Rachel Evans is a Gadi/Sydney organiser for Socialist Alliance and a long-term LGBTIQA+ rights campaigner.

Socialist Alliance national co-convenor and former Fremantle City Councillor

Author of Introduction to Marxism and a member of the national executive of Socialist Alliance

Joni Boyd is a poet, radio broadcaster and community arts organiser based in Boorloo.

Graham Matthews is a disability rights activist & founding member of the Socialist Alliance and a regular contributor to Green Left.

Isaac Nellist is an activist, journalist and filmmaker who produces the Green Left News podcast.

Blair Vidak is a Socialist activist based in Boorloo/Perth.

Maz Misiewicz is a climate activist based in Boorloo/Perth and helped organise the Disrupt Burrup Hub campaign.

Gerard Mazza is a writer and activist from Western Australia and a campaigner with Disrupt Burrup Hub.

Cody Jensen is a union organiser based in Boorloo/Perth, working with previously unorganised workers in the transport construction sector.

Riley Breen is co-convenor of Socialist Alliance Boorloo branch.

Simon Stevens is a lecturer in history and politics with a passion for activist photography based in Boorloo/Perth.

Jasmine Noel is an activist with Queer Liberation Boorloo.

Judy Saric is a union organiser for the Retail and Fast Food Workers Union (RAFFWU).

Brenton is an anarchist and disability justice activist based in Boorloo/Perth.