Sunday 27 April 2025, 4pm Britain, 11am US Eastern, 8am US Pacific
Seventy years ago, the Bandung Conference brought together 29 Asian and African countries to discuss the common challenges facing the Third World. The conference was a milestone in the global struggle against colonialism and imperialism, and laid the foundations for the Non-Aligned Movement. This webinar will address the legacy of Bandung, and its relevance to the contemporary world. It will seek to find answers to questions such as:
- Are the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence, adopted at Bandung, still relevant today?
- How can the Bandung spirit help us to build a global united front against imperialism?
- What international organisations and movements are carrying forward the Bandung spirit?
- Are the US and its allies still trying to divide the Global South, as they did during the Cold War?
- How does China’s rise affect humanity’s trajectory towards multipolarity, sovereignty and socialism?
Confirmed speakers
- Ben Norton (Founder and editor, Geopolitical Economy Report)
- Mushahid Hussain (Pakistani senator, Chairman of the China-Pakistan Institute)
- Tings Chak (Asia Coordinator, Tricontinental Institute)
- Professor Isaac Saney (Cuba and Black studies specialist, Dalhousie University)
- Dr Jenny Clegg (Author, China’s Global Strategy: Towards a Multipolar World)
- Moderator: Professor Radhika Desai (Convenor, International Manifesto Group)
Organisers
This webinar is organised jointly by the International Manifesto Group and Friends of Socialist China.
