11:00h

Opening of the conference by the presenters Gina Pietsch and Dr. Seltsam

11:10h

Nnimmo Bassey, Nigeria

Poet, environmentalist and laureate of the Right Livelihood Award

Foodstuff, natural resources and cheap labour– how exploitation and environmental pollution pay off for international capital

12.10 Uhr

Jörg Kronauer, Germany

Journalist and social scientist

German imperialism from 1871 up to 2017, old and new contradictions between imperial main powers. And why fighting against the causes of flight means: To fight imperialism

12:40h

Concert to commemorate the Uruguayan singer-songwriter Daniel Viglietti

13:00h

Clotilde Ohouochi, Côte d'Ivoire

Former social affairs minister

The imperialist interference in Africa based on the example of Côte d'Ivoire, particularly on French imperialism

13:40h

Presentation of new edition of Lenin's book »State and Revolution«

14.00 Uhr

Enrique Ubieta, Cuba

Journalist and philosopher

Cuban missions in Africa – now and then. Changed framework conditions for a development independent of imperialist politics

14.40 Uhr

Manifestation »Solidarity with Venezuela!«

Vice Minister for International Affairs of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela	International Secretary of the Communist Party of Venezuela	Marxist intellectual

 15:10h

Presentation of stage play »Rosa – In spite of all that«

15:30h

Mumia Abu-Jamal, USA

Political prisoner, journalist and civil rights activist

Black resistance in the new century

16:00h

Ding Xiaoqin, People's Republic of China

Professor at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics

The different ways of commitment in Africa – People's Republic of China vs. imperial main powers

16:40h

Ibrahim Mahama, Ghana

Susann Witt-Stahl in an interview mit the artist and documenta 14 participant

17:10h

Achille Mbembe, Cameroon

Political theorist and philosopher

The situation in Africa and worldwide: Are humans actually equal? The Africanisation of the world

17:40h

Adel Amer, Israel

Interview with the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Israel

18:05h

Faten El-Dabbas

Presentation of the German-Palestinian Spoken Word artist and author

18:20h

Panel discussion

The haves – the have-nots.
North – south.
Who, whom?

Social issues and the misery of refugees: Does the Left withdraw from international solidarity?

The neo-colonial wars of the Western bloc threaten all those, who rebel against the prevailing world order. Military campaigns left millions of dead behind since 1990 and made tens of millions of people to refugees. The intensified immigration to Western Europe and North America in the past years are an immediate consequence of imperialistic state terror. The immigrants join communities, where fierce competition among workers and the breakdown of solidarity have become the strongest weapons within the class struggle from top. They enter countries with ruling systems, where a militarised foreign policy and authoritarian forms of government are two sides of the same coin. Demands of racist and neo-fascist organisations taking up the inscreasing discontent among the weaker members of society in a demagogic way grow in popularity - similar to the first half of the 20th century. Donald Trump won the presidential elections with a potpourri of chauvinist and neo-fascist slogans. In the Federal Republic of Germany a political reserve for the dominant class establishes: the AFD party, the so-called alternative for Germany (AfD), which is open to fascism. During the Bundestag campaign mainstream media flattered this party and their extremely right wing topics.
What about the Left? Internationalist and solidary positions are at stake. Often enough it is not the pressing social question that determines their debates. Will the fight against the Western wars, main reasons for refugee movements, turn to a minor matter? These questions among others will be the issues of the panel discussion at the XXIIIrd International Rosa Luxemburg Conference.

The following persons will take part in the panel discussion:

Member of the Bundestag for The Green Party	Member of the Bundestag for the Left Party	Secretary for international relations to German Communist Party (DKP)	Councillor of the official representation of employees in Vienna for KOMintern