Regional socialist conference kicks off this weekend

Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM), in collaboration with other left-wing parties from Southeast Asia and Australia, will be hosting its biennial International conference virtually over the next two weekends - Nov 27-28 and Dec 4-5, 2021.

Socialism 2021: Overcoming the Multiple Crises of Capitalism is set to feature nine panel sessions, four keynote speeches and more than 32 activists and theoreticians discussing current global and regional problems that impact the majority of people.

“This conference acts as an important platform to analyse international politics, imperialism, capitalism, worker struggles, climate change, gender issues and much more from a socialist perspective,” PSM secretary-general A Sivarajan told Malaysiakini.

First initiated in 2005, this year's Socialism Conference is jointly organised by PSM with Socialist Workers Thailand, Partido Lakas ng Masa (PLM) Philippines, Socialist Alliance Australia, Partai Rakyat Pekerja (PRP) Indonesia and Kesatuan Perjuangan Rakyat (KPR) Indonesia...