Thursday, October 30, 2008

DON'T MISS THE OPENING RALLY!

OPENING RALLY

7th November 2008 (FRIDAY)
8.30pm AUDITORIUM, NEW ERA COLLEGE,
JLN BUKIT, KAJANG


Speakers:



1. Dr. Nasir Hashim (PSM Chairperson)

2. Mat Sabu (PAS Vice President)

3. Leung Kwok-hung @ Long Hair (League of Social Democrats, Hong Kong)

4. Manuel Guzman (Venezuelan Ambasador)


5. Said Zahari (Former Political Activist/Writer)


6. Saraswathy (PSM Deputy Chairperson)



7. Syed Shahril (MTUC President )

call - 012-6045807

YOUTH REVOLUTIONARY NITE 2008!

7th November 2008 (FRIDAY)
9.30pm AUDITORIUM, NEW ERA COLLEGE,
JLN BUKIT, KAJANG




AMONG PERFORMANCE:

# PROGRESIVE SONGS
# BAND PERFORMANCES
# DRAMAS & PANTOMIMES- LABOUR vs CAPITAL/ MALAYSIAN LEFT HISTORY
# POEM: SHAMSIAH FAKEH/TRAGEDY IN KAMPUNG BEREMBANG
# LOOK ALIKE: LEFT LEADERS OF THE WORLD
# THEATER: MALAYSIAN POLITICAL OSCAR AWARD
# RECYCLE MUSICAL SHOW
# DOCUMENTARY: MALAYSIA 10 YEARS BEFORE INDEPENDENCE

AND MORE...

Don't Miss It! More info please call - 012-6045807

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Room rates for SOCIALISM 2008

Comrades,
Below are the room rates:

Hotel Metro Inn : Rm 148 / USD 45 per night ( 3 star hotel)

Hotel New City : Rm 80 /USD 25 per night ( nearer to New Era College-event place)

Do let us know for early bookings!!!

Monday, October 6, 2008

Leung Kwok-hung aka 'Long Hair' in Socialism 2008!!!

He is known for his radicalism... He is known for his frequent public protests...

He is known as LONG HAIR!

He always appears in public wearing T-shirt with the printed image of Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara.

Comrades, await his present to Socialism Malaysia 2008, Don't miss it!

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Register Now!!! Call 0126045807

Comrades and friends,
We would be glad if our Socialism 2008 banner as below
is published in your respective websites or blogs... Thank you!



Monday, August 11, 2008

LOCAL & INTERNATIONAL SPEAKERS AND MODERATORS EXPECTED AT SOCIALISM 2008

Local Speakers and Moderators:

Amir Muhammad – writer and independent filmmaker. Director Village People Radio Show and The Last Communist.

Amin Iskandar(Black) – writer Malaysiakini and activist Asian Network for Free and Fair Election (ANFREL)

Arutchelvan – Secretary General of Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) and Councilor for Kajang

CC Yong -Former Malaysian Socialiat Front leader and State Assemblyman

Cikgu Ishak – Founder member of Party Rakyat,. Currently Central Committee Member of Islamic Party - PAS

Elizabeth Wong Human Rihts Activist and PKR Selangor State Assemblywomen for Bukit Lanjan)

Farish Noor ( Writer, Researcher & Academician)

Hassan Karim - President Malaysian Peoples Party (PRM).

Jeyakumar (Dr.Kumar ) – Central Commiteee Member PSM and member of Parliament for Sungai Siput

Kohila Y - Network of the Oppressed people-(JERIT) and Coordinator of the Coalition against Malaysia-US FTA

Lee Ban Chen - columnist in Malaysiakini, Chinese educanist movement and former trade unionist and political activist

Martin Khor – economist and Director of the Third World Network

Muhammad Sabu – Vice Chairperson of Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS)

Nasir Hashim – Chairperson Parti Sosialis Malaysia and State Assemblyman for Kota Damansara.

Mohd Nizam Mahshar- Coordinator, Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) Friends of The Earth Malaysia

Noraini Othman -Professor at the National University Of Malaysia and Director of the Institute for Malaysian and International Studies (IKMAS)

Rajamoorthy – lawyer, editors of Third World Resurgence (Third World network)

Rohana Ariffin (Women activist and retired associate professor of Universiti Sains Malaysia Penang)

Said Zahari - Veteran journalist, poet and writer, longest detained political prisoner in Singapore.
Saraswathy. M – Grassroots activist and Deputy Chairperson of PSM

Sivarajan - PSM National Treasurer and Councillor for Shah Alam

Syed Shahir – President Malaysian Trade Union Congress (MTUC and Executive Secretary of the National Union of Transport Equipment and Allied Industries Workers (NUTEAIW).
International Speakers:

Farooq Tariq General Secretary, Labour Party Pakistan,

Giles Ji Ungpakorn - Founding member of Workers' Democracy Thailand and the , "Peoples Coalition Party" in Thailand. Lectures in Marxism and South-east Asian Politics at the Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University

Jonathan Neale, Socialist Workers Party (SWP-UK) Secretary of Campaign against Climate Change, author of Stop Global Warming: Change The World

Khalid – Secretary of the Socialist Movement Pakistan

Lisa McDonald - National coordinator of the Australia-Venezuela Solidarity Network) and Assistant National Secretary of Democratic Socialist Perspective, Australia

Long Hair Leong Kwok Hung , April 5th. Movement and Assemblyman in Hong Kong.

Manuel Guzman -Venezuela Ambassador

Sonny Melencio -Socialist Party of Labour

Terry Townsend, editor Links, online international journal for socialist renewal and member of DSP National Executive

Ved Jung Singh (Ved Jungh Bajhangee Singh), Executive member of Communist Party of Nepal (CPN-Maoist), Central Bureau of International affairs, prominent Socialist economist and specialist of foreign policy of Nepal

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

HOT TOPICS! LATIN AMERICA STRUGGLES!

Watch the history of struggles of the countries just BELOW the world's biggest capitalist country US but definitely HIGH UP in humanity and equality!

HOT TOPICS! CAPITALISM IN CRISIS – FOOD & FUEL CRISIS!

Don't miss out these crisis topics to be discussed during Socialism 2008 and get socialist alternative views in these issues. Below is short Youtube video on Global Food Crisis.

How to Register? REGISTER NOW!!!

Please fill up this form – post or email to socialismmalaysia08@gmail.com
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REGISTRATION FORM @ PAYMENT to be send to:

Payable : PSM CENTRE
Bank – EON Bank, Brickfields Branch
Account Number : 0061-10-003237-7

To be send to :

Secretariat - SOCIALISM 2008-MALAYSIA
22A- Jalan Vivekanda,
Brickfields, 50470 Kuala Lumpur
Tel : 603-22747791
Fax: 603-87374772
Email: mailto:psmhq@tm.net.my
Website : http://parti-sosialis.org/


Comradely,

S.Arutchelvan
Secretary general

Among the topics and Programs lined up for Socialism 2008!

SOCIALISM IN THE 21ST. CENTURY

CAPITALISM IN CRISIS – FOOD & FUEL CRISIS




CLIMATE CHANGE – HOW TO WEATHER IT ?



















REVOLUTION AND COUNTER REVOLUTION IN LATIN AMERICA




















SOUTH EAST ASIA – PEOPLE POWER AND BETRAYALS

LEFT IN COALITION POLITICS

PSM – 10 YEARS AND BEYOND
























ISLAM AND SOCIALISM


BUILDING THE CLASS FORCES

NEPAL – UNDER MAOIST














Thursday, July 24, 2008

Socialism 2008

Socialism 2008 is an annual international gathering of socialists from different currents to discuss and debate issues which concerns the left, socialists and social movement in the world today. It was initiated by Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) in 2005 and since then it has been rotated among Socialist Party in South East Asia. In 2006, Workers Democracy from Thailand organized the event while last year it was held in Philippines, organized by Laban Ng Masa with the theme – “Renewing Socialism in the 21st. century”.

This year, PSM is proud to organize this event again as it is held in conjunction with the 10 year anniversary since the party applied for registration. “Socialism 2008 - Malaysia” would continue with last years theme “Socialism in the 21st Century”

“Socialism 2008 - Malaysia” will be held between 7-9 November 2008, at New Era College, Kajang. We invite participants locally and Internationally to participate in the event. The official language used would be English and Bahasa Malaysia. While translations would be done in Mandarin and Tamil based on needs and request.

We have invited participants from Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Hong Kong, India, Nepal, Korea, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Australia, United Kingdom, Sweden, Belgium and Venezuela. Besides that, most of the other participants would be from Malaysia.

Come and join us in the debates and discussions. It would be a gathering of interesting people. Bringing together socialist from different currents, different eras, progressive, unionist, grassroots activist, students, anarchist and everyone out there who believe in talking, thinking and making this a better world.