Radical Activist Network 5 March, London
Radical Activist Network | 12.02.2004 17:04
The newly-launched Radical Activist Network will hold its first public meeting on Friday, 5th March, when author and anti-war campaigner Tariq Ali will join speakers from Italy, France and South Africa to explore how grassroots internationalism can help shape the future of oppositional politics in Britain.
Speakers:
Tariq Ali - writer
Annick Coupe - SUD PTT union, France
Marco Berlinguer - Transform & Partito della Rifondazione Comunista, Italy
John Appollis - Anti-Privatisation Forum, South Africa
Annie Pourre - No Vox, France
7pm, Friday 5th March
Hong Kong Lecture Theatre, London School of Economics, Houghton Street, London WC2.
Nearest Tube: Holborn
Across the globe an extraordinary range of groups and movements are challenging the rule of the American empire and the US model of neoliberalism.
The globalisation of this resistance has been embodied in the growth of the World and European Social Forums. In Mumbai, Porto Alegre, Florence and Paris, hundreds of thousands of activists have come together inspired by the idea that another world is possible. In November 2004 London will host the next European Social Forum.
The meeting on Friday 5th March offers all those inspired by the anti-war and Social Forum movements a chance to learn lessons from overseas and to take part in an open and informed discussion on our future work.
The Radical Activist Network is a network of individuals active in the movements for social, economic and environmental justice and against war and repression. Our aims are to provide a space for activists to discuss common strategic and political issues, to encourage pluralist practices and structures, and to co-operate with others to support and initiate campaigns.
We are united in the following principles:
- An opposition to all forms of oppression, exploitation and domination in society, which dehumanise people, destroy our natural environment and reduce life to a system of economic values.
- A rejection of top-down, hierarchical and authoritarian models of political organisation.
- A belief that radical and sustainable social change can only be achieved through collective, grassroots organisation based on solidarity, equality, democracy, openness and respect for others.
email:
info@radicalactivist.net
http://www.radicalactivist.net
Tariq Ali - writer
Annick Coupe - SUD PTT union, France
Marco Berlinguer - Transform & Partito della Rifondazione Comunista, Italy
John Appollis - Anti-Privatisation Forum, South Africa
Annie Pourre - No Vox, France
7pm, Friday 5th March
Hong Kong Lecture Theatre, London School of Economics, Houghton Street, London WC2.
Nearest Tube: Holborn
Across the globe an extraordinary range of groups and movements are challenging the rule of the American empire and the US model of neoliberalism.
The globalisation of this resistance has been embodied in the growth of the World and European Social Forums. In Mumbai, Porto Alegre, Florence and Paris, hundreds of thousands of activists have come together inspired by the idea that another world is possible. In November 2004 London will host the next European Social Forum.
The meeting on Friday 5th March offers all those inspired by the anti-war and Social Forum movements a chance to learn lessons from overseas and to take part in an open and informed discussion on our future work.
The Radical Activist Network is a network of individuals active in the movements for social, economic and environmental justice and against war and repression. Our aims are to provide a space for activists to discuss common strategic and political issues, to encourage pluralist practices and structures, and to co-operate with others to support and initiate campaigns.
We are united in the following principles:
- An opposition to all forms of oppression, exploitation and domination in society, which dehumanise people, destroy our natural environment and reduce life to a system of economic values.
- A rejection of top-down, hierarchical and authoritarian models of political organisation.
- A belief that radical and sustainable social change can only be achieved through collective, grassroots organisation based on solidarity, equality, democracy, openness and respect for others.
email:
info@radicalactivist.net http://www.radicalactivist.net
Radical Activist Network
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