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BRICS EVENTS 22 -27 MARCH |
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Friday 22 March: University of KwaZulu-Natal (Howard College)
12:30-2pm CCS Seminar on SA Oppressions and Resistances featuring Ashwin Desai and Kagiso Molope
8-10pm UKZN Time of the Writer festival panel (Sneddon Theatre at Howard College Campus), with a focus on critiques
of SA political economy and of our stunted transition, including Sampie Terreblanche and Andile Mngxitama
Saturday 23 March: Settlers Primary School, Merebank, South Durban
Brics-from-below free morning, with space for meetings; reality walking tour of hated Engen oil refinery at 11am
1-6pm: Teach-Out, Teach-In in South Durban at Merebank’s Settlers Primary, aiming to educate brics-from-below
Visitors about maldevelopment injustices in SA communities, and for visitors to educate SA about their struggles
6-10pm: dinner to nourish brics-from-below and link our counter-hegemonic culture to brics popular traditions
Sunday 24 March: Durban ‘Reality Tours’ and meeting spaces available
Brics-from-below Reality Tours (various sites with inexpensive transport) and meeting sites – see fliers, Diakonia 10am
Monday 25 March: Diakonia church centre, central Durban (9am-late)
Diakonia as venue for brics-from-below summit, Day 1 - specific eco-social-labour struggles within BRICS
People’s Dialogue panel sessions and other meetings
Tuesday 26 March: Diakonia church centre (9am-late)
Diakonia as venue for brics-from-below Summit, Day 2 – the role of BRICS in Africa and at global scale
A special series of talks will occur on the BRICS Development Bank arranged by Mais Democracia (Brazilian NGO)
Flights from Durban to the World Social Forum in Tunisia leave as late as 7pm, arriving in Tunis at 1pm
Evening event (including WSF video link) with public debate between brics-from-below and BRICS leaders
Wednesday 27 March: from Diakonia to Durban City Hall to the ICC
Diakonia as main morning site for brics-from-below meetings of visiting groups
Brics-from-below to visit International Convention Centre around lunchtime, convene at City Hall at noon
OUR BRICS CIVIL SOCIETY PARTNERS
Groundwork
Institute of Globalisation Studies
Friends of the Earth
Dialogo los Pueblos
South Durban Community Environmental Alliance (SDCEA)
China Labour Net
Alternative Information and Development Centre
Rural Womens Assembly
Focus on the Global South
Trust for Community Outreach and Education
Instituto Mais Democracia
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