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Anti-Imperialist Symposium in Paris, 2-4 April 2021: Daily Schedule

INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM FOR JUSTICE

Paris – April 2-4, 2021

International Grup Yorum Solidarity Concert: April 5 , 2021

DAY 1 – JUSTICE STRUGGLE – INTERNATIONAL MOVEMENTS – UNITY

09.00-09.10: Opening speech

09.10-10.30: 1st SESSION

Injustice: A deliberately designed tool of politics

9 speakers:

  • Ezgi Cakir, lawyer of Mustafa Kocak (Turkey)
  • Unitary Campaign for the liberation of George İbrahim Abdallah (France)
  • Parents of Mustafa Kocak (Turkey)
  • Network Freedom for Political Prisoners (Germany): political prisoners, death fast support, trial Musa Asoglu
  • Olivia Zemor – Europalestine (France): Palestine and the boycott campaign in the midst of intimidation, threats, trials and constant blackmailing with the accusation of antisemitism (video message)
  • Popular Front of the Syriacs in Europe (Germany)
  • Popular Front (Turkey): The case of disappearance of Ayten Öztürk
  • Antonin Bernanos (France): Social movements and Criminalisation of the militants in France
  • Sara Reginella, psychologist (Italy): Geopolitical perspectives related to imperialism

10.30-10.45: Coffee break

10.45 – 13:00: 2nd SESSION: Round table:

Injustice is one of the politics of imperialism:

8 speakers

  • Prison Radio, Noelle Hanrahan (USA): Mumia Abu-Jamal – Diagnosis, Treatment, Liberation
    will connect live at 10.30 am (its 1.30 at night in USA)
  • Samidoun Prisoners Network (Netherlands-Palestine)
  • Anakbayan and Nagkakaisang Pilipino sa Pransya/ Les Philippin-e-s Uni-es en France: Justice struggle Philippines…
  • IRSF, Diarmuid MacDubghhlais (Ireland)
  • CGT Blois, 2 members (France)
  • Alla Gigova – United international anti-imperialist anti-fascist front (Bulgaria): The role of the intelligence in the fight against imperialism
  • Driss Hani (Marocco)
  • Socorro Rojo Internacional ( Spain): Political Prisoners

14.30-16.30: 3rd SESSION

Various injustices in the anti-imperialist struggle:

8 speakers

  • Alexey Albu – Front Borotba (Donbass/Ukraine): Donbass vs Ukraine: Cold conflict gets hot again
  • Konstantin Syomin (Russia): Economical crisis and threat of military conflict as means of repression
  • Alliance against War (Switzerland): International Law from the Perspective of a Legal Layman
  • RNP-F (Serbia): Imperialism and Unequal Exchange
  • Faiezul Hakim- Bangladesh National Liberation Council (Bangladesh)
  • Francisco Longa -Researcher at the CONICET of Argentina. University teacher and member of the Frente Darío Santillán (Argentine): Argentina’s social movements in the face of Covid 19. Building justice for a Popular Economy
  • 23rd of September Resistance Movement (Bulgaria)
  • Tatiana Desyatova – International Brigade of the Moscow City Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (Russia): Repressions against leftist forces in Russia.

16h45 – 18h00: 4th SESSION, 2nd rounde table

11 speakers

  • June Kelly, anti-militarist, antiimperialist activist (Ireland)
  • Dzejlan Veliu (Macedonia)
  • PCARC (Italy)
  • Iniciativa Comunista (Spain)
  • AIF Mexico- Internationalist Revolutionary students Movement, Mexico): Political prisoners and Committee of political prisoners Relatives (Peru)
  • Antiwar Internationalist Movement(Greece): The importance of International solidarity between people against imperialism’s and fascism΄s propaganda and policy
  • Sarodah, Stephen Murphey (Ireland): Political prisoners
  • People‘s Fedaeen Guerillas (Iran/Austria)
  • Peter Nishponsky – Communist Party of Slovakia (Slovakia): Active organized resistance, cooperation and solidarity of the working class as the only effective defense against fascist capital in Europe and in the world
  • Greg Butterfield – Socialist Unity Party/Struggle La Lucha (USA)
  • Alberto Fazolo (Italy): Donbass / USA imperialism / and the effort of Turkey that is helping Ukraine to do something similar to the Nagorno-Karabach scenario

DAY 2 – DEMOCRATIC LAWYERS – DEFENSE – INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION

09.20-09.30: Opening speech

09.30-11.30: 1st SESSION

TRANSFORMATION IN LAW AND ADVOCACY
ADVOCACY FOR WHOM AND WHAT KİND OF?

9 speakers

  • Dilan Aydin, Lawyer (France)
  • Chirine Heydari-Malayeri, Lawyer (France)
  • Alejandra, lawyer of Pablo Hasel (Spain): Repression in Spain, Pablo Hasel
  • Vassilis Papastergiou, Board member of Athens Bar Association (Greece): Protection of demonstrators in Greece against police violence and restrictions of right to protest
  • Czarina Musni, Human rights Lawyer, (Philippines)
  • Philip Stolkin, Lawyer DJS (Switzerland)
  • Fabio Marcelli (journalist and Director of Research CNR Legal Sciences Area – International Law
  • Bill Bowring, ELDH president (UK)
  • Thanasis Kampagiannis, Lawyer (Greece)

12.00-13.30: 2nd SESSION

FROM DEFENCE TO RESISTANCE:
ATTITUDE AGAINST THE ATTACKS TO THE DEFENSE AND THE RESISTANCE OF EBRU AND AYTAC

8 speakers:

  • Zaklin Nastic, deputy of Party Die Linke (Germany)
  • Michaela Arricale, Lawyer (Italy)
  • Aurora D’Agosti, Lawyer (Italy)
  • Aysegül Cagatay, Lawyer (Turkey), arrested with lawyers of People’s Law Office and released
  • Patrikios Patrikounakos, Lawyer (Greece): Trial against People’s lawyers in Turkey
  • Lawyers for Lawyers (Netherlands)
  • Thomas Schmidt, ELDH secretary general (Germany)
  • Areti Skounaki, Bar Association of Thessaloniki (Greece)

14.30-16.30: 3rd SESSION (WORKSHOP)

THE CASE OF HHB AND PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS

5 speakers

  • Barbara Spinelli, Lawyer (Italy)
  • Jan Fermon, Lawyer IADL (Belgium)
  • Naim Feyzullah Eminoglu, Lawyer (Turkey)
  • Serife Ceren Unsal, CHD (Turkey)
  • Ezgi Cakir, lawyer HHB International

17.00: Summary of the workshop

DAY 3 – GRUP YORUM – REVOLUTIONARY ARTS FOR THE PEOPLE – INTERNATIONAL ART COUNCIL

09.15-09.30: Opening speech
09.40-12.30: 1st session

Grup Yorum is a collective that struggles to change the world with art.
How we can change the world with art?

9 speakers

  • Family of Ibo & Helin:
    • Aygül Bilgi, mother of Helin Bölek
    • Ahmet Gökcek, father of Ibrahim Gökcek (Turkey)
  • Banda Bassotti (Italy)
  • Marta Meloni (Italy): poem of solidarity with Grup Yorum
  • Comitato solidale Grup Yorum (Italy)
  • Pati (Italy): examples of Solidarity with resistance of Grup Yorum
  • Bergün Varan, Grup Yorum (Turkey)
  • Yener Sözer, Lawyer of Grup Yorum (Germany)
  • Yperastikoi, Music Group (Greece)

13.00-14.45: 2nd session

What is an artistry which resists and doesn’t surrender?
How can we create the international alliance of artists?
From Victor Jara to Grup Yorum – From Grup Yorum to Pablo Hasel

  • Diether Dehm (deputy Left Party and artist, Germany)
  • Baricad (France)
  • Nicolás Miquea (Germany)
  • Gehoerwaesche (Germany)
  • Sylvan Depuis (France)

BREAK – 15 minutes

15.00-17.00: continuation of the 2nd session

  • Alejandra, lawyer of Pablo Hasel (Spain)
  • GY Solidarity (Austria)- short video clip (Persian/GY song)
  • Rozi Monaki, actor, Assembly of Militan Actors (Greece)
  • Committee in Solidarity with Grup Yorum (Greece)
  • Savas Stroumpos-Theater director Simeo Miden-theater group (Greece)

DAY 4 – INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY CONCERT FOR GRUP YORUM

TURKEY:

  • Grup Yorum

ITALY:

  • Banda Bassotti
  • Beat of Resistence
  • Stella d’oriente
  • L’odore del cumino
  • L’ultima stilla di sangue
  • Arditi del coro
  • Resonance
  • Scaramouche

GREECE:

  • Argiris Nikolaou
  • Yperastikoi

RUSSIA:

  • Alexandr Kubalov (Russia, musician)
  • Konstantin Syomin (Russia) – 2 songs

BULGARIA:

  • Forbidden Symbols

Confirmed countries: 25
Palestine, USA, Argentine, Italy, Bangladesh, Donbass/Ukraine, Germany, Mexico, Peru, Slovakia, Russia, Bulgaria, Netherlands, Greece, Turkey, France, Switzerland, Philippines, Ireland, UK, Serbia, Spain, Austria, Belgium, Macedonia.

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