On July 8, the II International Forum on Socialist Ecological Politics that the II World Congress of the International Socialist League voted to organize took place. A numerous turn out of militants and activists from all latitudes developed the most heated debates of the socio-environmental movement, which we publish here in full.
The event featured 5 panels. The first, Militarization of the environment and the struggle for hegemony: War in Ukraine, nuclear threat and World War 3, had Yegor Zamisky and Oleg Vernyk (Ukraine), Anneke Demanuele (Australia) and Alejandro Bodart (Argentina) as speakers. Simultaneously, the panel on Plunder, Depredation, and Climate Migration: Africa, South Asia, and the Middle East was carried out, with Khoder Anwar from Lebanon, Awais Qarni from Pakistan and Okaka Rodgers from Kenya.
The following session continued with Oil dependency, the lithium illusion and false transitions panel, with Guillermo Folguera (Argentina) and Camilo Parada (Chile). And panel 4, Towards the COP 30 in Brazil: Latin American progressivism, greenwashing and extractivist consensus, with reports and closing remarks by Mauricio Matos (Brazil), Joaquín Araneda (Chile) and Jessi Gentile (Argentina) was held simultaneously.
The forum ended and conclusions were drawn at the final panel: Before it’s too late: debates on the post-capitalist transition to socialism, with Professor Fernando Benjumea (Colombia) and Mariano Rosa (Argentina). The event was had simultaneous interpretation into English, Arabic and Portuguese. Below, we share the full videos of all five panels: