World Peace Forum 2014: Imperialism, Resistance, and Alternatives

Presented by Simon Fraser University Labour Studies and the World Peace Forum Society

By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya, Ingo Schmidt, Marta Harnecker, and Prof. Minqi Li
Global Research, October 08, 2014
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The World Peace Forum Society’s  7th Annual Teach-In

Date: Saturday, October 25, 2014.

Location: Simon Fraser University Harbour Centre – 515 West Hastings.

Registration will start at 8:30 am,  the first plenary will begin at 9:00 am,  the last will end at 6:00 pm. Over the course of the day there will be three plenary sessions and three sets of workshop sessions.

To access the event poster, please click here: WPF Workshops at Simon Fraser University (2014)

The plenary sessions are:

  • Déjà vu – How WWI Is used to justify imperialism today- Ingo Schmidt
  • Two Big Boys – NATO: The Cops of the World (Mahdi Nazemroaya); and China: Number Two and Trying Harder (Minqi Li)
  • Fortune Telling – Thoughts on the Coming Years with Minqi Li, Marta Harnecker, Mahdi Nazemroaya

Workshops

Three series of four simultaneous workshops, arranged thematically:

 Imperialism

  • China: Left or Right?
  • NATO Pushes East- What does the Ukraine Represent?
  • Latin America – Alternative or Partner?
  • South Africa – Neoliberalism with a Human Face?

Resistance

  • The Chinese Labour Movement Today- and a report back from BC Fed visit to China
  • Euro-critics – Left AND Right
  • Health, Housing and Education- Defending the Right to Live
  • Arab Spring- What Season Are We In?

Alternatives

  • The Rise of the Working Class in China
  • Fundamentalists of All Countries Unite – The Reappearance of Everything Old
  • Bolivarian Revolution and ALBA at 10 Years
  • O Canada! Strategies for Change- A panel of activists from the electoral and extra-electoral movements for social change

Keynote Speakers

  • Ingo Schmidt – Academic Coordinator of Labour Studies in the Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies at Athabasca University.
  • Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya – Research Associate at the Centre for Research on Globalization and Canadian sociologist.
  • Minqi Li – Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Utah and Chinese political economist.
  • Marta Harnecker – Director of Memoria Popular Latinoamerica (MEPLA) and Chilean sociologist.

To access the event poster, please click here: WPF Workshops at Simon Fraser University (2014)

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About the author:

An award-winning author and geopolitical analyst, Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya is the author of The Globalization of NATO (Clarity Press) and a forthcoming book The War on Libya and the Re-Colonization of Africa. He has also contributed to several other books ranging from cultural critique to international relations. He is a Sociologist and Research Associate at the Centre for Research on Globalization (CRG), a contributor at the Strategic Culture Foundation (SCF), Moscow, and a member of the Scientific Committee of Geopolitica, Italy.

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