- 08 July 2022 - 12 July 2022
- Aveiro
High School José Estevão
Aveiro, Portugal
Summer University 2022 of the Party of the European Left and transform! europe
This year's Summer University will take place in Aveiro (Portugal), from 8 until 12 July 2022.
ach Summer University deals with specific topics and promotes the exchange of information and experiences in the various European countries. During workshops and seminars the participants discuss policies and initiatives for the construction of an alternative Europe.
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Programme
updated 6/July/2022
Friday, 8 July 2022
19:00—20:00 (CET): Arrivals and Opening
21:30—22:30 (CET): Cultural Activity: Catarina Valadas and Rui Oliveira (revolutionary and resistance songs) + welcome speeches
Saturday, 9 July 2022
9:15—9:30 (CET): Welcome speeches
Speakers:
- Conny Hildebrandt, Co-President of transform! europe
- Marisa Matias, MEP, Bloco de Esquerda, Portugal
9:30—11:00 (CET): Plenary: A new crisis - the economic impact of the global pandemic and war
Moderation:
- Alen Toplišek, co-coordinator of the EL Economic policies WG, Levica, Slovenia
Speakers:
- Marisa Matias, MEP, Bloco de Esquerda, Portugal
- Aida Sopi Niang, Deputy Mayor of Dakar, Senegal
11:00—11:15 (CET): Break
11:15—12:30 (CET): Seminar/Workshops
European youth facing (class) war: our struggle for solidarity between militarisation, non-violent strategies and climate crisis (EL Youth Network)
Seminar: The consequences of war on the Left: where do we go from here? (transform! europe)
Moderation:
- Katerina Anastasiou, transform! europe
- Axel Ruppert, Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung Brussels Office
Speaker:
- Angelina Giannopoulou, transform! europe
12:30—14:30 (CET): Lunch
14:30—16:00 (CET): Plenary: Uberisation and class struggle: the future of the labour movement
Speakers:
- Anu Koljonen, General Secretary of the Nordic Transport Workers´ Federation, NTF, Sweden
- José Soeiro, sociologist and politician, member of the Assembly of the Republic, Portugal
16:00—16:15 (CET): Break
16:15—17:30 (CET): Seminar/Workshops
Seminar on post-elections France
Speaker:
- Ian Brossart, PCF France
Moderation:
- Gala Kabbaj, transform! europe
Workshop: An unwavering commitment to peace
Speaker:
- Niamh Aine Ni Bhrain, TNI - Transnational Institute, Ireland
Moderation:
- Katerina Anastasiou, transform! europe
- Axel Ruppert, Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung Brussels Office
17:30—17:45 (CET): Break
17:45—19:00 (CET): Presentation of the EL Magazine "Quistioni" and transform! europe´s yearbook
Speakers:
- Luis Fazenda, Bloco de Esquerda
- Roberto Morea, transform! europe
Seminar: The social and ecological transformation in the coal regions of the EU
Moderation:
- Dagmar Švendová, transform! europe
- Roland Kulke, transform! europe
Speakers:
- Czeslaw Kulesza, Foundation “Forward” (Naprzód), Poland
- Ivan Strachoň, KSČM (Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia)
- Mathias Froeck
20:00 (CET): Dinner
21:30 (CET): Cultural Activity
Sunday, 10 July 2022
9:30—11:00 (CET): Plenary: Smash capitalism, save the planet: “Green Deals” and energy transition
Moderation:
- Didem Aydurmus, Co-Coordinator WG Environment
Speakers:
- Sean Sweeney, Coordinator of Trade Unions for Energy Democracy, TUED
- Attila Vajnai, President of the Worker´s Party of Hungary 2006
- Marisa Matias, MEP The Left, Bloco de Esquerda, Portugal
11:00—11:15 (CET): Break
11:15—12:30 (CET): Seminar/Workshops:
‘Art and Youth: How much youth is in Art?’
Hundred Shades of the EU: study on the euro-peripheries (transform! europe)
Moderation:
- Tatiana Moutinho, transform! europe
- Dagmar Švendová, transform! europe
Speakers:
- Veronika Sušová-Salminen, tranfsorm! europe
- Giuseppe Celi, Department of Economic at the University Foggia, Italy
- José Gusmão, MEP Bloco de Esquerda, Portugal
12:30—14:30 (CET): Lunch
14:30—16:00 (CET): Plenary: Towards unity of socialist, feminist and ecologist movements
Speakers:
- Attila Melegh, professor of University Corvinus, Hungary
- Klaus Dörre, author of Utopia of new socialism
- Gala Kabbaj, Espaces Marx, transform! europe, France
- Andrea Galvão, ecofeminist, Bloco de Esquerda, Portugal
16:00—16:30 (CET): Break
16:30—18:00 (CET): Plenary: The radical left´s response to militarism and war
Moderation:
- Claudia Haydt, Co-Coordinator EL Peace WG
Speaker:
- Stefano Amann, PRC, Italy
18:00—18:15 (CET): Break
18:15—19:45 (CET): Cultural Activity
20:00 (CET): Dinner
Monday, 11 July 2022
9:30—11:00 (CET): Plenary: Democracy around the world: challenging the far right
Moderation:
- Barbara Steiner, Director, transform! europe
Speaker:
- Janine Wissler, Co-Chair of DIE LINKE, Germany
- Fabian Figueiredo, Co-Coordinator EL Fighting the far right WG, Bloco de Esquerda, Portugal
11:00—11:15 (CET): Break
11:15—12:30 (CET): Seminar/Workshops:
Seminar on Senegal and Burkina Faso situation
Moderation:
- Félix Atchadé, Coordinator of the EL Africa WG, PCF, France
Speaker:
- Aida Sopi Niang, Deputy Mayor of Dakar, Senegal
An Alliance for freedom of Press: for a network of the left voices in Europe
Moderation:
- Roberto Morea, transform! europe
- Dagmar Švendová, transform! europe
12:30—14:30 (CET): Lunch
14:30—15:30 (CET): Conclusions: The way forward for the EL
Speakers:
- Heinz Bierbaum, President of the Party of the European Left
- Conny Hildebrandt, Co-President of transform! europe
16:00—21:30 (CET): Visit of the city of Aveiro or Costa Nova seaside
20:00 (CET): Dinner
22:00 (CET): Party
Tuesday, 12 July 2022
9:00—11:00 (CET): Departures by bus
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