No Cold War event: International Peace Forum (26 September, 2020)

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For our second international webinar, we’re bringing together peace activists from China, the US, Britain, South Africa, India, Morocco, Bolivia and Belgium to discuss how to oppose the US-led New Cold War.

The event will take place on Zoom, on Saturday 26 September, 2pm UK / 9pm China / 9am US Eastern / 6am US Pacific. To get a ticket to the Zoom event, register on Eventbrite. Registered users will receive a link within 24 hours of the event starting. The event will also be streamed to Youtube and Facebook.

Panel 1: Global trends: what we’re confronting

• Vijay Prashad (chair), Director of Tricontinental Institute (India)
• Victor Gao, Professor at Soochow University (China)
• Jodie Evans, Co-founder of CODEPINK (US)
• Abdallah El-Harif, Founder of Democratic Way (Morocco)
• Ollie Vargas, Journalist for Kawsachun News (Bolivia)
• Chris Mathako, Deputy General Secretary of the South African Communist Party

Panel 2: How we organise to stop a New Cold War

• Kate Hudson (chair), General Secretary of CND
• Margaret Kimberley, Coordinating Committee of Black Alliance for Peace
• Lindsey German, Convenor, Stop the War Coalition
• Julie Tang, Pivot to Peace
• Ludo De Brabander, Vrede vzw and No to War – No to Nato Network