Tue Jul 7 12:50:07 CEST 2020

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<https://our-global-u.org/oguorg/en/9540-2/>, this is a group that 
ultimately posts its events in a decommodified form.

_SSFS7 Tentative Program @20200706___

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*Climate Change, Global Crises, and Community Regeneration**, 8–17 July 
2020*

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*Venue: AM 308, Lingnan University, Tuen Mun, **Hong Kong**.***

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*Language:English and Putonghua (Spanish in some sessions) (simultaneous 
interpreting)*

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*TIME: HONG KONG (GMT+8)***

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*Workshops 8-9 July 2020***

*Confronting the Triple Trap: The Pandemic, Economic Downturn, and 
Climate Crisis in India and China*

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*8 July (Wednesday): India*

HK 11:30 - 13:00

(GMT 03:30 - 05:00)

*Confronting the Triple Trap in India*

Moderator: LAU Kin Chi (Lingnan University, Hong Kong, China)**

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*Speakers*

(1)Manoranjan MOHANTY (University of Delhi, India)

(2)AnuradhaCHENOY(Jawaharlal Nehru University, India)

(3)Arindam BANERJEE(Ambedkar University Delhi, India)

(4)Urvashi BUTALIA (Zubaan Books, India)

HK 14:00 - 16:00

(GMT 06:00 – 08:00)

*Reinventing Gandhian Ideas and Practice of Consensual Democracy, 
Satyagraha, and Village Socialism in Today’s Context: the Case of 
Village Mendha Lekha, India*

Moderator: SIT Tsui Jade Margaret (Southwest University, China)

*Speakers*

(1) Pallavi VARMA PATIL (Living Utopias; Azim Premji University, India)

(2) Sujit SINHA (Living Utopias; Azim Premji University, India)

HK 16:30 – 18:00

(GMT 08:00 – 10:00)

*Lessons from Kerala*

Moderator: LAU Kin Chi (Lingnan University, Hong Kong, China)**

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(1) M.P. PARAMESWARAN (Kerala Sastra Sahitya Parishad, India)

(2) Thankamma RADHAMONY (Devaki Warrier Memorial Women's Studies & 
Empowerment Centre, India)

(3) K K KRISHNA KUMAR(BGVS, India)

(4) T. GANGADHARAN (All India Peoples Science Network, India)

(5) Mini SUKUMARAN (University of Calicut, India)

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*9 July (Thursday): China***

*Co-organized with **Green Ground Eco-Tech Centre (China)***

HK 09:00 - 11:00

(GMT 01:00 – 03:00)

*Self-Organization and Ecological Reconstruction of the Communities in 
Rural China*

*Moderator**：*GAO Ming (Shanghai University, China)

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*Speakers *(15 mins for each speaker):

(1) YANG Yunbiao (Nantang Rural Revival Cooperative, Fuyang City, Anhui 
Province, China)

(2) YAO Huifeng (Nanyuan Ecological Fragrant Rice Cooperative, Yifeng 
County, Jiangxi Province, China)

(3) WANG Debin (Founder of Sustainable Agricultural Cooperation Center, 
Yunnan Province, China)

(4) LIANG Shaoxiong (Puhan Youth Commune, Yongji City, Shanxi Province, 
China)

**

*Discussants*(15mins for each discussant)

(1) YANG Shuai (Beijing University of Technology, China)

(2) WANG Ping (China Society of Economic Reform Journal Agency, China)**

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HK 14:00 – 16:00

(GMT 06:00 – 08:00)

*Finance, Ecology, and Cooperation in Today’s China*

*Moderator**：*DONG Xiaodan(Renmin University of China, Beijing)

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*Speakers *(15 mins for each speaker):

(1) JIN Peiyun (Lingnan University, Hong Kong, China)

(2) HE Zhixiong (Liang Shuming Rural Reconstruction Center, Beijing, China)

(3) HUANG Zhiyou (Devotion to Hometown Cultural Development Center, 
Beijing, China)

(4) YAN Xiaohui (Green Ground Rural Reconstruction Social Enterprise 
Alliance, China)

*2 Discussants*(15mins for each discussant)

(1) LU Qiyuan (World International Consulting Limited, Hong Kong, China)

(2) ZHANG Xiaode (Chinese Academy of Governance, China)

**

HK 19:00 – 21:00

(GMT 11:00-13:00)

*E-Lecture *(Chinese only)

The Hinge of History—On French Film /Les Misérables/ (2019) and Today’s 
Reality

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Speaker: DAI Jinhua (Peking University, China)

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*MAIN FORUM (10-12 July)***

*Climate Change, Global Crises, and Community Regeneration*

Moderators: LAU Kin Chi (Lingnan University, Hong Kong, China) and SIT 
Tsui Jade Margaret (Southwest University, China)

**

*DAY ONE: 10 July (Friday)***

HK 09:00 – 12:00

(GMT 01:00-04:00)

*Opening Ceremony & Welcome Speeches*

(1)MOK Ka Ho Joshua (Acting President, Lingnan University, Hong Kong, 
China）

(2)Tejaswini NIRANJANA (Head, Department of Cultural Studies, Lingnan 
University, Hong Kong, China)

(3)LAU Kin Chi (Lingnan University, Hong Kong, China; Global University 
for Sustainability; ARENA)

(4)WANG Hui (Tsinghua University, China)

(5)WEN Tiejun (Renmin University of China, China)

(6)DAI Jinhua (Peking University, China)

(7)Margo OKAZAWA-REY (San Francisco State University, USA; PeaceWomen 
Across the Globe)

*The End of Globalization? (I)*

*Speakers *(15 mins for each speaker):

(1) JOMO Kwame Sundaram (Former United Nations Assistant 
Secretary-General for Economic Development, Malaysia)

(2) MUSHAKOJI Kinhide(Former Vice-Rector of the United Nations 
University, Japan)

(3) HUANG Ping (Chinese Institute of Hong Kong, China)

(4) Hilmar FARID (Director General of Culture, Ministry of Education and 
Culture, Indonesia)

(5) Ana Esther CECEÑA (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico)

(6) Firoze MANJI (Daraja Press, Canada)

*Discussants*(8 mins for each discussant)

(1) Katherine GIBSON (University of Western Sydney, Australia)

(2) Surichai WUN’GAEO (Chulalongkorn University, Thailand)

(3) Victor Hugo JIJON (Commission for the Defense of Human Rights, Ecuador)

*Speakers’ Responses***(8 minutes each)

HK 15:00 – 17:30

(GMT 07:00-09:30)

*The End of Globalization? (II)*

*Speakers *(15 mins for each speaker):

(1) Alexander BUZGALIN (Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia)

(2) Galip YALMAN (Middle East Technical University, Turkey)

(3) Melani BUDIANTA (University of Indonesia, Indonesia)

(4) MUTO Ichiyo (People’s Plan Study Group, Japan)

*Discussants*(8 mins for each discussant)

(1) LU Aiguo (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China)

(2) Dimitris KONSTANTAKOPOULOS (The Delphi Initiative, Greece)

(3) Teresa S. ENCARNACION TADEM (University of the Philippines Diliman, 
Philippines)

(4) WEI Ran (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China)

(5) Ernesto REVELLO SÁNCHEZ (Independent Researcher, Venezuela/Spain)

*Speakers’ Responses *(8 minutes each)

HK 20:30 - 23:00

(GMT 12:30-15:00)

*China-USA in the New Cold War*

*Speakers (30 mins for each speaker)*

(1) Michael HUDSON**(Institute for the Study of Long-Term Economic 
Trends, USA)

(2) WEN Tiejun (Renmin University of China, China)

*Discussants (15 mins for each discussant)*

(1)Beverly SILVER (John Hopkins University, USA)

(2) Remy HERRERA (University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France)

(3) Paulo NAKATANI (Federal University of Espírito Santo, Brazil)

(4) Ackbar ABBAS (University of California, Irvine, USA; Lingnan 
University, Hong Kong, China)

(5) Radhika DESAI (University of Manitoba, Canada)

*Speakers’ Responses *(15 mins each)

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*DAY TWO: 11 July (**S**aturday)***

**

HK 09:00 –11:30

(GMT 01:00-03:30)

*Ecological Justice through Social Transformation (I)*

*Speakers *(15 mins for each speaker):

(1) OHASHI Masaaki (University of the Sacred Heart, Japan)

(2) Luis LOPEZLLERA (Barter Community Mixiuhca and Ecomun Network,Mexico)

(3) Jorge ISHIZAWA (PRATEC, Peru)

(4) Vijay PRASHAD (Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research)

(5) John FORAN (University of California, Santa Barbara 
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_California,_Santa_Barbara>, 
USA)

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*Discussants*(8 mins for each discussant)

(1)Gunter PAULI (The Blue Economy)

(2)Gilberto LOPEZ Y RIVAS (National Institute of Anthropology and 
History, Mexico)

(3)Beatriz BISSIO (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

(4)WANG Yongchen (Green Earth Volunteers, China)

*Speakers’ Responses*(8 minutes each)

**

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HK 15:00 – 17:30

(GMT 07:00-09:30)

*Ecological Justice through Social Transformation (II)*

*Speakers *(15 mins for each speaker):

(1) Rebecca JOHNSON (ICAN, 2017 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, UK)

(2) Jayati GHOSH (Jawaharlal Nehru University, India)

(3) Mithika MWENDA (University of the Western Cape, South Africa)

(4) LEE Seejae (The Catholic University of Korea, South Korea)

*Discussants*(8 mins for each discussant)

(1) Gustave MASSIAH (Attac France)

(2) Ashish KOTHARI (Global Tapestry of Alternatives, India)

(3) ZHOU Li (Renmin University of China, China)

(4) Rita PADAWANGI (Singapore University of Social Science, Singapore)

(5) CHOW Sze Chung (Sangwoodgoon, Hong Kong, China)

*Speakers’ Responses*(8 minutes each)

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HK 21:00 - 23:30

(GMT 13:00-15:30)

*The Future of Humanity and Alternatives to Capitalism*

*Speakers (30 mins for each speaker)*

(1) Gustavo ESTEVA (Earth University, Mexico)

(2) Palagummi SAINATH (People’s Archive of Rural India, India)

*Discussants (15 mins for each discussant)*

(1) Ebrima SALL (Trust Africa, Senegal)

(2) Paris YEROS (Federal University of ABC, Brazil)

(3) Margo OKAZAWA-REY (San Francisco State University, USA)**

(4) DAI Jinhua (Peking University, China)

*Speakers’ Responses *(15 mins each)

*DAY THREE: 12 July (Sunday)***

HK 09:00 - 11:30

(GMT 01:00-03:30)

*Community Regeneration for Alternatives (I)*

*Speakers *(15 mins for each speaker):

(1) INYAKU Tomoya (Save Seeds, Japan)

(2) Claudia Yadira CABALLERO BORJA (Barter Community Mixiuhca and Ecomun 
Network, Mexico)

(3) Hernan VARGAS (ALBA, Venezuela)

(4) Janailson ALMEIDA (MST, Brazil)

(5) Marco FERNANDES (MST, Brazil)

**

*Discussants*(8 mins for each discussant)

(1)Walter MIGNOLO (Duke University, USA)

(2)John RESTAKIS (Community Evolution Foundation, Canada)

(3)Chantana WUN’GAEO (Chulalongkorn University, Thailand)

(4)Andrew AERIA (ALIRAN, Malaysia)

*Speakers’ Responses *(8 minutes each)

**

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HK 15:00 – 17:30

(GMT 07:00-09:30)

*Community Regeneration for Alternatives (II)*

*Speakers *(15 mins for each speaker):

(1)ZHANG Lanying (Liang Shuming Rural Reconstruction Centre, China)

(2)Tord BJORK (Friends of the Earth Sweden)

(3)Mireille FANON-MENDES-FRANCE (Frantz Fanon Foundation, France)

(4)Jason NARDI (Intercontinental Network for the Promotion of Social and 
Solidarity Economy, Italy)

(5)Michel BAUWENS (P2P Foundation, Thailand)

*Discussants*(8 mins for each discussant)

(1) Anita RAMPAL (University of Delhi, India)

(2) Supawadee PETRAT (Thai Volunteer Service Foundation, Thailand)

(3) Cecile MUKARUBUGA (Green Village Foundation, Rwanda)

(4) Patrick BOND (University of the Western Cape, South Africa)

(5) Mahditia PARAMITA (University of Gadjah Mada, Indonesia)

*Speakers’ Responses *(8 minutes each)

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HK 22:00 - 00:30

(GMT 14:00-16:30)

*Eco-socialist Alternatives to the Global Crises*

*Speakers *(30 mins for each speaker)

(1)John Bellamy FOSTER (University of Oregon; /Monthly Review/, USA)

(2)WANG Hui (Tsinghua University, China)

**

*Discussants *(15 mins for each discussant)

(1)Boaventura DE SOUSA SANTOS(University of Coimbra, Portugal)

(2)Isabel MONAL (University of Havana, Cuba)

(3)Issa SHIVJI (University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)

(4)Praveen JHA (Jawaharlal Nehru University, India)

*Speakers’ Responses *(15 minutes each)

**

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*13 July (Monday):***

*Co-organized with Green Ground Eco-Tech Centre (China)*

**

HK 19:30 - 21:30

(GMT: 11:30-13:30)

*Live Music Concert: Folk Songs of Rural Reconstruction*

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*14 July (Tuesday)***

*Feminists Yearning, Imagining, and Organizing for Just Peace and 
Genuine Security*

*Co-organized with PeaceWomen across the Globe*

**

Moderator: Margo OKAZAWA-REY (San Francisco State University, USA)

HK 09:00-12:00

(GMT 01:00-04:00)

**

Livelihood, Food Security, and Ecology (I)

Speakers:

Nuria COSTA (Mexico)

Dewi CANDRANINGRUM (Indonesia)

Lorena AGUILA (Argentina)

Khara JABOLA-CAROLUS (Hawai’i)

Brief Comments:

Shreya JANI (India)

AU YEUNG Lai Seung (Hong Kong, China)

**

HK 15:00-18:00

(GMT 07:00-10:00)

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Livelihood, Food Security & Ecology (II)

Speakers:

Vandana SHIVA (India)

YUN Jianli (China)

Linda Tuhiwai SMITH (New Zealand)

Tecla Namachanja WANJALA (Kenya)

Brief Comments:

Rose WAWUDA (Kenya)

Olin MONTEIRO (Indonesia)

LAU Kin Chi (Hong Kong, China)

**

HK 21:00-00:00

(GMT 13:00-16:00)

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Violence Against Women, Policy, and Law Reform

Speakers:

Valentina SAGALA (Indonesia)

Joenia Batista DE CARVALHO (Brazil)

Marcela PASTORE (Argentina)

Ajna JUSIC (Bosnia)

Khin OMAR (Myanmar)

Brief Comments:

Maria Julia MOREYRA (Argentina)

Vera VIERA (Brazil)

Karen TANADA (Philippines)

**

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*15 July (Wednesday)***

*Feminists Yearning, Imagining, and Organizing for Just Peace and 
Genuine Security*

*Co-organized with PeaceWomen across the Globe*

**

Moderator: Margo OKAZAWA-REY (San Francisco State University, USA)

HK 11:00-14:00

(GMT 03:00-06:00)

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Ethical Solidarities: Global North – Global South

Speakers:

Ruth-Gaby VERMOT (Switzerland)

Kozue AKIBAYASHI (Japan)

Cindy WEISNER (USA)

Ariel Salleh (Australia)

Poe Hnin Phyu NANG (Myanmar)

Brief Comments:

PWAG Regional Coordinators

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HK 15:00-18:00

(GMT 07:00-10:00)

Occupation, Colonization, Militarism, and FeministPeace Work

Speakers: (15 minutes each)

Faiha ABDULHADI (Palestine)

Sima SAMAR (Afghanistan)

Lisa NATIVIDAD (Guahan/Guam)

Brief Comments

PWAG Regional Coordinators

**

HK 21:00-24:00

(GMT 13:00-16:00)

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US Racial Politics, Anti-Blackness, State Power: Global Implications

Speakers: (15 minutes each)

Ash-Lee Woodard HENDERSON (USA)

Loan TRAN (USA)

Xhercis MENDEZ (USA)

Subha WIJISERIWARDENA (Sri Lanka)

Brief Comments:

PWAG Regional Coordinators

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*16 July (Thursday)***

*Confronting the Triple Trap: The Pandemic, Economic Downturn, and 
Climate Crisis *

**

*Mexico*

*Co-organized with Barter Community Mixiuhca and Ecomun Network, Mexico*

HK 08:30 – 11:00

（GMT 00:30-03:00）

*Moderator*: Claudia Yadira CABALLERO BORJA (Barter Community Mixiuhca 
and Ecomun Network, Mexico)

*Speakers*:

Laura COLLIN (Tlaxcala University, Mexico)

David BARKIN (Metropolitan Autonomous University, Mexico)

Jorge SANTIAGO (Author of Solidarity Political Economy)

María Eugenia SANTANA (Chiapas Autonomous University, Mexico)

Oscar GONZÁLEZ (Mexico City Autonomous University, Mexico)

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*The Mekong Region*

*Co-organized with Chulalongkorn University, Thailand*

HK 15:00 – 17:00

(GMT 07:00-09:00)

*Speakers*:

Walden BELLO (Focus on the Global South, Thailand)

Naruemon THABCHUMPON (Chulalongkorn University, Thailand)

Kanokwan MANOROM (Ubon Ratchathani University, Thailand)

Carl MIDDLETON (Chulalongkorn University. Thailand)

**

*Venezuela*

*Co-organized with ALBA Movimientos, Chapter Venezuela*

HK 21:00 – 23:30

(GMT 13:00-15:30)

*Moderator*: Hernan VARGAS (ALBA Movimientos, Chapter Venezuela)

*Speakers*:

Jose Felix RIVAS (the Former Principal Director of Central Bank of 
Venezuela)

El Maizal Commune Representative, Venezuela

Ana FELICIEN (Venezuela Institute for Scientific Research)

Mariana GARCÍA (Popular Economies in Venezuela)

Juan Carlos RODRIGUEZ (The Settlers’ Movement, Venezuela)

*17 July (Friday)***

*E-Lectures *

*Co-organized with Office of Strategic Architecture, Indonesia*

HK 09:00 – 10:30

(GMT 01:00-02:30)

*Globalization and its Paradox:*

*The Mapping of Covid-19's Global Transmission*

*Speaker*: Eka SWADIANSA (Office of Strategic Architecture/ OSA, Indonesia)

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*Co-organized with Acronym Institute for Disarmament Diplomacy, UK***

HK 16:00 - 17:30

(GMT 08:00-09:30)

*Black Lives Matter: Feminist-AntiRacist Challenges to National Security 
Discourses*

*Speaker*: Rebecca JOHNSON (ICAN, 2017 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, UK)

**

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*Co-organized with Green Ground Eco-Tech Centre (China)***

HK 19:30 – 21:30

(GMT 11:30-13:30)

*Human Dimensions**：**A Gaze into the World from Documentaries *(Chinese 
only)

*Speaker*: DAI Jinhua (Peking University, China)

*Co-organized with ENFF, Brazil*

HK 22:00 – 23:30

(GMT 14:00-15:30)

*Challenges and Visions of Global Rural Regeneration Movements*

*Speaker*: João Pedro STEDILE (ENFF, Brazil)

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