Saturday, 11th January 2014, URANIA, An der Urania, 10787 Berlin

PROGRAM

Admittance at 10.00 a.m.

Analysis 1 from 11.00 a.m.

Manifestation against imperialist wars

1914-2014: European politics of German capital then and now Jörg Kronauer, social scientist and freelance journalist

By order of the ruling class Anders Kærgaard, whistleblower and dropout of secret service, Denmark

Africa as an object of neocolonial wars of order Denis Goldberg, civil rights activist an companion of Nelson Mandela, South Africa

Panel discussion 1 from 13.00 h

Fourth estate and home front: How media facilitate wars

Karin Leukefeld, author of junge Welt Freja Wedenborg, editor of the Danish daily Arbejderen Anders Kærgaard, whistleblower and dropout of secret service, Denmark Rainer Rupp, former high-ranking employee at Nato Headquarters, today author of junge Welt

Moderation: Rüdiger Göbel, deputy editor-in-chief

Analysis 2 from 14.30 h

Targets of imperialist wars Michel Chossudovsky, Canadian professor of economics

From Belgrade to Damascus – From war to war ´ ivadin Jovanovic, former foreign minister of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

Fight against war means fight against the logic of profit: Principles of a new peace movement Maria do Socorro Gomes Coelho, President of the World Peace Council, Brazil

Panel discussion 2 from 17.30 h

How we can merge the fight against fascism, war and cuts in social services

Maria do Socorro Gomes Coelho, President of the World Peace Council, Brazil Bernd Riexinger, chairman of Die Linke (the Left-wing Party) Monty Schädel, political managing-director of German Peace Association – United War Resisters (DFG-VK) Ulrich Schneider, General secretary of the International Federation of Resistance Fighters (FIR)

Moderation: Arnold Schölzel, editor-in-chief junge Welt

Evening program from 20.00 h

Songs against war

Erich Schmeckenbecher (Zupfgeigenhansel), German singer-songwriter Grup Yorum, political music band from Turkey Luis Galríto and António Hilário, Portuguese singer-songwriter in the tradition of Zeca Afonso Strom & Wasser, acoustic Skapunkpolkarock

Moreover

Message from Mumia Abu-Jamal (journalist, political prisoner, USA) recited from his son Jamal Hart Message from the Cuban Five, in the U.S. Arrested Cuban heroes of freedom art exhibition “Against old state of mind and new wars” (Gruppe tendenzen Berlin) youth leagues from 14:00: Their wars at our cost: Youth in the eye of the military

Conference languages; English, Spanish, Danish, German (simultaneous translation)