Opening of the World Antifascist Parliamentary Forum in Caracas on Monday, November 4, 2024. Photo: Radio Miraflores.
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro expressed his satisfaction with the start of the World Antifascist Parliamentary Forum, welcoming representatives from over 70 countries participating in the event taking place between November 4 and 5 in Caracas.
This Monday, November 4, through his Instagram account, the Venezuelan president also urged people to “raise the flags of love” and the future, describing the forum as “the epicenter of the fight against fascism and colonialism.”
The Forum
The event, which takes place at the Parque Bolívar Convention Center located in La Carlota, Caracas, aims to delve into the causes of the resurgence of fascism in the 21st century and analyze the different ways people resist domination.
Some of the topics to be addressed at the event are parliamentary democracy for peace; the relationship between imperialism, fascism, and Zionism; blockades and coercive measures imposed on several countries; defense of human rights; legislation against fascism, neofascism and similar expressions; social media, new technologies, and cognitive warfare against peoples; among others.
The conference will analyze forms of aggression by imperialism that manifest themselves through neocolonialism and the extermination of entire populations.
Schedule
According to information from the state channel VTV, the conference’s meeting of parliamentarians from the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-People’s Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP) is expected to take place on Monday at 2:00 p.m. At 5:00 p.m., the antifascist forum will be held with speakers from Russia, South Africa, and Venezuela.
Subsequently, there will be meetings on antifascist parliamentarianism in the streets with university students, students from the Bolivarian Military Academy, the working class, and the People’s Power.
On Tuesday, there will be presentations by representatives from Cuba, Lebanon, Western Europe, Africa, and Venezuela. At 2 p.m. that day, a plenary session will be held where a document with proposals and action plans for the fight against fascism and similar forms is expected to emerge.
Translation: Orinoco Tribune
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