Source: Marxism-Leninism Today.
Two very interesting panels of discussion will be hosted at the Left Forum which will take place on May 20-22 in New York. The panels are sponsored by the website Marxism-Leninism Today and will include speakers from the Communist Party of Greece (KKE).
1. One
panel is: "Imperialists
Collide: War and Refugees in the Eastern Mediterranean and the
Middle East".
The
Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East are the focal point of
imperialist aggression and the consequent enormous, tragic refugee
crisis. The panel will discuss the causes of the conflicts, the
social and national forces engaged in the wars, and the prospects
for peace and justice in the region from the perspective of the
Greek Communist Party (KKE).
The
panel will discuss developments in the region spurred by the drive to
control markets, natural resources, transportation routes, and to
increase monopoly profits. Also, the panelists will address the role
of NATO, the US, the EU, in the competition with Russia and
China in the region. The role of Israel, the role of the SYRIZA-ANEL
government, the prospects for a general war, and the projection of a
class-based, internationalist, and socialist solution will also be on
the panel's agenda.
Panelists:
Walter
Tillow — Editorial Board, M-L Today.com.
Kostas Papadakis — Greek Communist Party (KKE)
Kostas Pateras — Greek Communist Party (KKE)
Kostas Papadakis — Greek Communist Party (KKE)
Kostas Pateras — Greek Communist Party (KKE)
2. The second panel is: "One
Year of the SYRIZA-ANEL Government in Greece: The perspective of the
Greek Communist Party (KKE)".
The
social democratic party SYRIZA and the conservative, nationalist
party ANEL have jointly governed Greece for over a year. The panel
will discuss the harsh effects of this coalition government on the
lives of Greece's working people and the prospects for moving beyond
the trap of managing capitalism. KKE's program of winning Greece to
socialism will be addressed in detail. The panel will consider the
strategy and goals of the Greek bourgeoisie in the framework of the
ongoing economic crisis and how they conflict with the strategies
and goals of the Eurozone, the EU, and the US. How these antagonisms
are expressed at the political level, how the Greek political scene
is being recomposed (in particular, with regard to SYRIZA), and
how the Greek working class and its allies are responding and must
respond will also be discussed.
Panelists:
Greg
Godels — Editorial Board, M-L Today,
Kostas
Papadakis — Greek Communist Party (KKE)
Kostas
Pateras — Greek Communist Party (KKE)
The panels will take place at: John
Jay College of Criminal Justice, 524 West 59th in Manhattan (between 10th and 11th Avenues), New York City.
Details
of exact room number and exact time of the panels are still being
worked out. We will announce them here as soon as possible. The
Left Forum is the largest annual conference of the broad Left in the
United States. Each spring thousands of conference participants come
together to discuss pressing local, national and global issues; to
better understand commonalities and differences, and alternatives to
current predicaments; or to share ideas to help build social
movements to transform the world. This
year's theme of Left Forum is Rage,
Rebellion, Revolution – Organizing our Power. Please
register online at www.leftforum.org
