[DEBATE] : (Fwd) Seoul conference on global justice mvt strategies, 23 May

[Patrick Bond]

(These really great Gyeongsang University comrades strive hard to offer 
the conference in English. Though I won't be there - Molefi will - I'll 
see if we can get them to upload coverage by skype.)


2008 International Conference Program
Institute for Social Sciences
Gyeongsang National University

Ideas and Strategies in the Alterglobalization Movements

9:30AM - 5:40PM
Friday, May 23, 2008
5th floor Conference Room
Korean Federation of Public Service and Transportation Workers Unions
Seoul, Korea

Registration: 9:30am-9:50am

Opening Remark: 9:50am-10:00am
Sang-Hwan Jang (Gyeongsang National University)

■ Session 1: Ideas, Organizations and Strategies of Alterglobalization
Movements 10:00am - 12:10pm

Presider: Seungho Kim (Cyber Labor University in Memory of Jun Tae-il)

10:00am-11:00am Seongjin Jeong (Gyeongsang National University),
Eui-Dong Kim (Gyeongsang National University), Chang-Keun Kim
(Gyeongsang National University), and Sibok Chang (Gyeongsang National
University)
“Ideas of Alterglobalization Movements”
Discussant: Nam-Young Chung (Kyungwon University), No-wan Kwack
(University of Seoul)

11:00am-12:10pm Jin-Sang Jeong (Gyeongsang National University),
Sang-Hwan Jang (Gyeongsang National University), Young-Soo Kim
(Gyeongsang National University), Jeong-Ju Kim (Gyeongsang National
University), and Seung-Hyeob Lee (Korea Labor Education Institute)
“Organizations and Strategies of Alterglobalization Movements”
Discussant: Byungkee Jung (Seoul National University), Il-bung Choi
(Alltogether)

■ Lunch Break: 12:10pm-13:10pm

■ Session 2: Alterglobalization Movements: International Experiences
1:10pm-5:40pm

Presider: Soohaeng Kim (SungKongHoe University and Academy for Social
Science)

1:10pm-2:00pm George Katsiaficas (Wentworth Institute of Technology, USA)
“1968 and Alterglobalization Movements”
Discussant: Young-Su Won (SungKongHoe University)

2:00pm-2:50pm Dae-oup Chang (Centre of Asia Studies of University of
Hong Kong, China).
“Social Movement Unionism and Struggles at Value-Fronts”
Discussant: Moo-Hyeon Joo (Korea Employment Information Service)

2:50pm-3:40pm Richard Westra (Pukyoung National University)
“A Primer on the Commodity, Capital and Globalization with regards to
De-commodification in Alter-globalization Movement Strategizing”
Discussant: Hee-Yeon Cho (SungKongHoe University)

■ Coffee Break: 3:40pm-4:00pm

4:00pm-4:50pm Patrick Bond and Molefi Ndlovu (University of
KwaZulu-Natal Centre for Civil Society, South Africa)
“Ideology and Strategies in the Fight against Multinational Corporate
Water Privatization: The Case of Johannesburg.”
Discussant: Young-Soo Kim (Gyeongsang National University)

4:50pm-5:40pm David McNally (York University, Canada)
“Another World is Possible: Movements against Global Commodification”
Discussant: Il-bung Choi (Alltogether)

■ Conference Ends 5:40pm