Veronica is an Indonesian human rights lawyer and West Papua advocate. She will be speaking on a panel on Imperialism and resistance in the Pacific.
Rock Haocas
Rock is the co-ordinator of external affairs of the USTKE (Union of Kanak and Exploited Workers) from Kanaky-New Caledonia and will speak about workers, unions and the struggle against French colonialism in a session on Imperialism and resistance in the Pacific.
Sameeh Naser
Sameeh was displaced from Gaza City as Israel's bombs rained down, arriving in Australia in December. He will give an eyewitness account of life under Israel’s genocidal onslaught.
Simon Assaf
Simon Assaf is Lebanese revolutionary socialist based in London. He reported on the 2006 Israeli war in Lebanon for Socialist Worker, writes regularly on the Middle East and is on the editorial board of The Public Source (Lebanon). He will speak via Zoom.
Latoya Aroha Rule
Latoya is a Wiradjuri and Maori researcher, writer and campaigner.
Sophie Cotton
Sophie is a member of the Sydney Uni Branch Committee of the NTEU and a trans rights activist
Baharan Majidi
Baharan is an Iranian activist and protest organiser in Sydney
Ethan Lyons
Ethan is a Wiradjuri student and an organiser with School Strike for Climate in Sydney who helped organise the 3 March Climate Strike
Rhonda Dixon-Grovenor
Rhonda is a Gadigal, Bidgigal and Yuin elder and the daughter of legendary Aboriginal activist Dr Charles “Chicka” Dixon.
Dave Hauser
Dave is a member of the RTBU and an activist with Rank and File First. He will join the panel on Has Enterprise Bargaining killed the right to strike?
