Making Radical Women's opposition to neoliberalism visible at the closing march of the 2005 World Social Forum in downtown Porto Alegre.
9:00am Welcome: Nancy Reiko Kato
9:30am Keynote: Nellie Wong,
prominent Bay Area poet and unionist
Women & revolution alive & inseparable!
10:30am Policy resolution: Laura Mannen
For a U.S. feminist movement
independent of the twin parties of war & reaction
3:00pm Panel: Standing our ground on labors front lines
7:30pm Keynote: Lynne Stewart,
embattled human rights attorney
Radical dissent: The righteous response
to an unjust system
9:00am International speakers: Magnificent warriors:
Female leadership in the global freedom struggle
11:30am Policy resolution: Christina Lσpez
Estamos en la lucha:
Immigrant women light the fires of resistance
3:30pm Workshops:
ABCs of Marxist Feminism
End the war on women in Iraq, Afghanistan & the U.S.
Federally funded childcare NOW
On the barricade for abortion rights
Radical campus organizing
Young, queer and radical: What are we fighting for?
Women in the Chinese Revolution
7:30pm Entertainment
9:00am Panel: The galvanizing impact of multiracial organizing
in a society divided by racism
1:00pm Workshops:
Challenging the Minutemen & other neo-fascists
Radical youth and rebel elder: connecting the generations
RX for a toxic healthcare system
Why socialist feminism is important to the international Left
Confident public speaking
How to start a Radical Women chapter
Know your rights as a workers and/or unionist
2:30pm Workshops:
Alternative feminist radio
Confronting movement sexism
Poetry & Rebellion
Race, Gender and Affirmative Action
Second session skills
Effective flyers and banners
How to do successful media work
Put your ideas across in writing
7:00pm Banquet (registration for the banquet has closed)
10:00am National Organizers report: Anne Slater
5:00pm Adjourn
Schedule subject to change
Making Radical Women's opposition to neoliberalism visible at the closing march of the 2005 World Social Forum in downtown Porto Alegre.