Melbourne Direct Action Forum

Thursday Feb 25, 6.30pm
Direct Action Centre Trades Hall Basement

In November last year, the central leader of the Venezuelan revolution, Hugo Chavez, proposed "to convene political parties and currents to create the Fifth Socialist International as a new organization that fits the time and the challenge in which we live, and that can become an instrument of unification and coordination of the struggle of peoples to save this planet".

As the epicentre of a continent-wide anti-capitalist rebellion, the people of Venezuela are well placed to shoulder the leadership of creating an international front of resistance and opening a new era of international socialist discussion and collaboration.

This forum will include speakers from a range of left organisations in Australia, to discuss the meaning and significance of the call for a 5th International.

Speakers include:

Guido Huerta, from the Chilean Communist Party in Australia

Anthony Main, from the Socialist Party

Communist Party of Australia speaker

Trent Hawkins, from Socialist Alliance

Roberto Jorquera, Revolutionary Socialist Party representative attending forthcoming 5th International gathering in Venezuela

Other speakers to be confirmed.