International Rosa Luxemburg Conference 2011

„Learning how we have to fight“

Agenda of the 16th international conference

Januar, 8, 2011, at Urania-Haus, An der Urania 17, 10787 Berlin,

Admittance at 10 o'clock

„In the middle of history, in the middle of the process, in the middle of the struggle we learn how to fight“ Rosa Luxemburg, in front of unionists, 1910

Speeches from 11 o'clock

Imperialism in the 21 century: learning how we have to fight

11.00 Moshe Zuckermann, sociologist and historian, Israel

12.00 Brian Campfield , General Secretary of the North Ireland Public Service Alliance (NIPSA)

13.15 Address from death row, Mumia Abu-Jamal, journalist, political prisoner, USA: Robert R. Bryan, Counsel and expert on human rights, USA

13:45 Christos Katsotis, member of the leadership of Workers Militant Front - PAME, member of the CC of the comunist party, Greece

15.00 Gáspár Miklós Tamás, philosopher and politican, „Green Left“, Hungary

15.45 Irma Sehwerert Mileham, mother of René González Sehwerert (Cuban Five), Cuba; Prof. Dr. Norman Peach, expert on international law, Germany

17.00 David Velásquez, embassador of Venezuela in the Iran

Presentation: Dr. Seltsam

Furthermore

- Presentation „Bibliothek des Widerstands“ („library of resistance“), 14.30

- Matthias von Herrmann, press officer „Parkschützer“ about the resistance to „Stuttgart 21“ (plan of complete rebuilding of the train station)

- Thomas Rudek, „Wassertisch", initiative against the privatisation of the public board in Berlin

- Workshop streetart with the group Interbrigadas and photographic documentation of their projects

- Photoexhibition of the Ernst Thälmann memorial Ziegenhals (documentation of a demolition)

13.00 Parallel program

„The regression of education and schooling“

Discussion, arranged by youth associations like LandesschülerInnenvertretung NRW, IG Metall Jugend Jena/Gera, SDS, SDAJ

18.00 Panel discussion

„Pardon, where is the way to communism?“ - Reformism of the left or revolutionary strategy: Ways out of capitalism

Katrin Dornheim, chairwoman of the shop comittee at DB Station & Service AG (railway Germany), union Transnet, Berlin

Inge Viett, radical left, Germany

Bettina Jürgensen, president of the German Comunist Party (DKP)

Gesine Lötzsch, president of the party The Left (Die Linke)

Claudia Spatz, Antifa, Berlin

Moderation: Ulla Jelpke, member of parliament for the party Die Linke

languages of the conference: English, Spanish, German. Simultaneous translation.

Cultural program

16.30 concert of solidarity for the Cuban Five

Michael Weston King – Singer Songwriter, Great Britain
Lucia Vargas – Rapper and base activist, Colombia from

20.00 Loftparty with DJ and videoprojection

21.00 concert Michael Weston King (GB) Lucía Vargas (Colombia)