1st International Antifascist Conference

Christian Dunker
Psychoanalyst, Full Professor of Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology at the Psychology Institute of the University of São Paulo (USP). Dunker completed his Post-Doctorate at Manchester Metropolitan University. He is an analyst member of the School of Psychoanalysis of the Lacanian Field Forum and coordinator of the Laboratory of Social Theory, Philosophy and Psychoanalysis at USP.

Vladimir Pinheiro-Safatle
Full professor at the Faculty of Philosophy and Human Sciences at the University of São Paulo (USP), he has a PhD in Philosophy from the Université Paris VIII, France. Holds a Master and Bachelor degree in Philosophy from USP. He was a columnist for Folha de S. Paulo and El País Brasil. Author of several books, including "The Passion of the Negative: Lacan and Dialectic" and "Cynicism and the Failure of Criticism".

Breno Altman
Journalist, founder of the news website Opera Mundi, author of the book "Against Zionism – portrait of a colonial and racist doctrine". A Jew, Breno has been one of the most active voices in denouncing Israel's crimes against the Palestinian people and has suffered persecution for his position.

Éric Toussaint
Belgian political scientist and historian. A Doctor of Political Science at the University of Liège and at the University of Paris VIII, he is the spokesperson for CADTM International – Committee for the Abolition of Illegitimate Debts, active in more than 30 countries and 4 continents. Éric has been a member of the International Board of the World Social Forum since its creation in 2001.

Gilmar Mauro
Gilmar Geraldo Mauro joined the Workers Socialist Movement in 1985, being one of its founders and member of the National Coordination of the organization. He's the author of the book “The dialectic of socialist struggle: the MST and the new ways of building popular power in Latin America” and “Capitalism and political fight in Brazil: in the turn of the millennium” with Luiz Bernardo Pericás.

Renato Roseno
With a life story forged in social movements, Renato Roseno de Oliveira was the first state deputy elected by PSOL for the Legislative Assembly of Ceará, in 2014. He is currently serving his third term. A campaigner for causes related to human rights, children’s and adolescents’ rights, he is also a lawyer and is one of the founders of PSOL.

Camille Chalmers
Professor and renowned global socio-economist, specialized in the analysis of integration processes and formulation of alternative public policies. Representative of the Platform for the Alternative Development of Haiti (PAPDA), member of the CADTM-AYNA et CADTM international network and founding member of the Jubileu Sur/Americas network. He is part of the Alba Movements and the People's Assembly of the Caribbean.

Luana Alves
Youngest councilor in the history of São Paulo City, Luana Alves was elected at the age of 27, in 2020. Psychologist, she is an activist in antiracist movements, as well as in feminist and LGBT movements. Luana graduated from the University of São Paulo (USP) and was one of the few black students when she entered University. As a student, she was part of the struggle that established affirmative action, which began to change this reality. She is also a member of Rede Emancipa, a popular education social movement present in the outskirts of Brazil.

Alda Maria de Sousa
Alda is a professor at the Abel Salazar Institute of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Porto. She was a deputy for the Portuguese Left Bloc in 2004 and an MEP between 2012 and 2014. During that period, she was considered by environmentalists as one of the deputies who contributed most to climate defense in Europe.

Alejandro Bodart
Researcher in social sciences, teacher and social fighter. Founder of the Miranda International Center (CIM), he was a special advisor to the Hugo Chávez government. Professor-researcher member of PEII Venezuela. President of the Sociedad Venezolana de Educación Comparada (SVEC). Director of the Sociedad Iberoamericana de Educación Comparada (SIBEC). Member of the World Council of Comparative Education Societies, an advisory body to UNESCO. International Coordinator of Red Global/Glocal for the quality of education.

Tariq Ali
Pakistani journalist, historian, political activist, filmmaker and writer, author of several books, including Night of the Golden Butterfly. Ali was active against the military dictatorship in Pakistan while still a teenager and was one of the voices against the war in Vietnam. He currently contributes to newspapers such as The Guardian and is a member of the editorial committee of New Left Review.

Francisco Fortuño
Member of the Decmoracia Socialista of Puerto Rico, a socialist, ecological and feminist organization.

Sushovan Dhar
Sushovan Dhar is a political activist and trade unionist based in Kolkata, India. He is involved in the debt cancellation campaign and is the International Council member of the Committee for the Abolition of Third World Debt (CADTM); Core Committee member of South Asia Alliance for Poverty Eradication (SAAPE), Vice-President of Progressive Plantation Workers Union (PPWU).

Isaac Rudnik
Director of ISEPCi – Instituto de Investigación Social, Económica y Política Ciudadana. Rudnik was a political prisoner during the Argentine dictatorship and is the founder of Movimiento Libres del Sur. He served as an advisor to the Subsecretariat for Latin American Affairs of the Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Silvia Saravia
Teacher and popular educator, she is one of the leaders of Movimiento Libres Del Sur. Saravia was part of the Ministry of Social Development of the Nation in the government of Néstor Kirchner, developing public policies aimed at empowering women and community organizations. Throughout her career, she has worked mainly on health, youth and gender issues.

Celeste Fierro
National leader of the Movimento Socialista dos Trabalhadores (MST) in Argentina. Representative of Buenos Aires for the Frente de Izquierda y de los Trabajadores (FIT-U-Unidad).

Ualid Rabah
President of the Palestinian Arab Federation of Brazil, Fepal. He was active in the student and trade union movements. For 8 years he held the Arab chair on the National Council for Promotion of Racial Equality in Brazil.

Luis Bonilla-Molina
Researcher in social sciences, teacher and social fighter. Founder of the Miranda International Center (CIM), he was a special advisor to the Hugo Chávez government. Professor-researcher member of PEII Venezuela. President of the Sociedad Venezolana de Educación Comparada (SVEC). Director of the Sociedad Iberoamericana de Educación Comparada (SIBEC). Member of the World Council of Comparative Education Societies, an advisory body to UNESCO. International Coordinator of Red Global/Glocal for the quality of education.

Carles Riera
Carles Riera Albert is a congressman at the Congress of Catalonia, in Spain, representing CUP (Candidatura d'Unitat Popular), an anticapitalist party which defends the independence of Catalonia. He’s a sociologist and majored in Gestalt Therapy, and recently, as congressman, has a role as the Catalonia’s Congress 3rd Secretary.

Julio Fuentes
Secretary of International Relationships of argentine party UP (Election tool for Popular Unity). He’s president of the Latin-american and Caribbean State Workers Confederation (CLATE), which has 5 millions members in 19 countries.

Jorgelina Matusevicius
Leader of Marabunta, social and political organization in Argentina which organizes socialism’s and feminism's fight. She’s a health social worker and professor at Buenos Aires University, being a delegate at the Professors Association of the University.

Patricia Pol
An academic, alter-globalization in cooperation activist, particularly in relation to higher education and research. Member of the Association pour la Taxation des Transactions pour l'Action Citoyenne (Association for the Taxation of Financial Transactions for the Aid of Citizens), known for the acronym ATTAC. The organization fights against the financial markets’ dictatorships and for social, climate and tax justice.

Fernanda Gadea
Nurse, founder and member of Canary Islands Platform for the Rights of Migrants, an organization very active in defending Palestinian solidarity and in the struggle against NATO. Coordinator of ATTAC (Association for the Taxation of Financial Transactions for the Aid of Citizens) in Spain.

Julio Gambina
Economics professor of the National University of Rosario’s Law School, Argentina. Doctor in Social Science, president of the Foundation of Social and Political Investigations (FISYP) of Buenos Aires, member of the Council of ATTAC – Argentina and of the CADTM AYNA.

Alex Pellitteri
Militant of the organization Bread and Roses of DSA (Democratic Socialists of America), of the USA. Started to organize himself in the entity in 2017, after militating in Bernie Sanders campaign for President of the USA. Works at the Committee of Elected Socialists of the DSA in New York and in the youth regional organization, the Youth Democrats Socialists of America of New York, YDSA.

Sâmia Bomfim
A Congresswoman and member of PSOL, she is one of the party's youngest parliamentarians. In 2023, Sâmia was elected best Congressperson of the year at the Congresso em Foco award. Sâmia is active in the feminist struggle both on the streets and in Parliament, being the author of projects aimed at gender equality and women's rights. Sâmia, who holds a degree in Literature, began her activism in the student movement and worked as a Portuguese teacher and public servant before being elected councilor of São Paulo.

Jeferson Tenório
Writer, professor and researcher, doctor in Literary Theory by PUC-RS. Winner of Jabuti Award with the book O Avesso da Pele (The Inside Out of the skin), 2022. His first book, O Beijo na Parede (2013) was elected book of the year by the Associação Gaúcha de Escritores (The Writers Association of Rio Grande do Sul).

Paulo Abufom
Political Coordinator of Solidaridad Chile (Chilean Solidarity), translator, and master in Philosophy from the University of Chile. Editor of Posiciones and contributor to various news outlets, such as El Ciudadano, Jacobin, VientoSur, Contretemps, Democracy Now!, Amandla, among others.

Ahmed Mulay Ali Hamadi
Ambassador of Western Sahara, representative of the Polisario Front in Brazil, a graduate in International Relations from the Universidad Autónoma de México (UNAM), and a member of the Mexican Academy of International Law.

Brian Ashley
Editor of Amandla!, a magazine and website that aims to promote discussion and debate towards a new left-wing and anti-capitalist politics in South Africa and Southern Africa.

Thomas Portes
Member of França Insoumise (Unsubmissive France), elected deputy for Seine-Saint-Denis in 2022. During the great struggles against pension reform, he was a prominent presence both in the Assembly debates and in street demonstrations and picket strikes, thus honoring his past as a railway worker and union activist. Very committed to the fight against the far right, in 2021 he founded the National Observatory for the struggle against the far right.

Sebastien Brulez
Belgian journalist (politically engaged) and political scientist, focusing on social movements, popular education and Latin America. Member of the Gauche Anticapitalista (Anticapitalist Left) group in Belgium, IVth International.

Hector Puente Sierra
Member of the central committee of the Socialist Workers Party, who currently resides in Scotland. He is also a member of Stand Up to Racism, an organization active against racism, xenophobia and islamophobia.

Ramón Medina Velazco
President of the Partido Convergencia Popular Socialista, a Marxist political party in Paraguay founded in 2009, and a member of the Organización de Lucha por la Tierra (OLT), an organization focused on land struggle.

Jawad Moustakbal
Engineer and environmental activist. Jawad is active in the struggle for liberty for political prisoners in Morocco. He is a member of the national secretariat of ATTAC/CADTM Morocco, and a member of the shared secretariat of the international Committee for the Abolition of Illegitimate Debts.

Jade Sit Tsui
Professor at Lingnan University in Hong Kong. Member of the current rural reconstruction movement in China and one of founding members of Global University for Sustainability (Global U).

Beatriz Rajland
Lawyer, professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Buenos Aires and researcher at CLACSO. Vice-president of the Foundation for Social and Political Research, activist in defense of human rights, member of ATTAC Argentina and member of Corriente Política de Izquierda.

Arlene Clemesha
Historian, professor of the Arabic History at the Filosophy, Language and Science School in the São Paulo University, translator of Edward Said’s work to Portuguese, and director of the Arabic Studies Center in USP. Member of the Board of Directors of the Common Action Forum.

Jana Silverman
Unionist. PhD in Labour Economics from Unicamp, visiting professor at Universidade Federal do ABC and researcher at Penn State University’s Center for Global Workers' Rights. Coordinator for the Americas of the International Committee Democratic Socialists of America (DSA).

Penelope Duggan
Professor and feminist activist. Member of the New Anticapitalist Party (NPA) of France and of the IVth International’s bureau. Editor of the International magazine Viewpoint.

Jorge Escalante
Founder and leader of the Movimiento Nuevo Perú por el Buen Vivir (New Peru Movement for Good Living), he is politically responsible for the organization Súmate, internal current of Nuevo Perú. Sociologist from the University of Buenos Aires (UBA), internationalist, anti-imperialist and anti-capitalist.

Luc Mukendi
Professor at the Faculty of Economics at the University of Lubumbashi (Congo DRC) and member of CADTM International – Committee for the Abolition of Illegitimate Debts.

André Frappier
Trade unionist (Canadian Postal Workers Unions – STTP CUPW) and activist, a member of the Québec Solidaire Party since its foundation and member of the party leadership for 6 years. He is a part of the editorial committee of Press-toi à gauche, an anticapitalist publication from Québec, Canada. Columnist for the Canadian Dimension magazine and a member of the Administrative Board of the Alternatives organization.

Fábio Felix
Distrital congressman most-voted in the history of Federal District. Fábio is social worker, LGBTQIA+ activist and teacher, graduated from University of Brasília and a servant of the socio-educational system. He was the first gay distrital congressman. He’s president of the Human Rights Commission of the CLDF.

Laura Wadlin
Militant of the marxist organization Bread & Roses and member of the National Political Committee of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA). Syndicated, acts at the Portland Community College Faculty Federation and Academic Professionals.

Daniela Vargas
Political coordinator of Solidariedade from Chile, a feminist, communist and libertarian organization.

Darío González Posso
Agricultural Engineer, qualified in the industrial sector, specialist in urban and regional development management and planning. He has worked on peace issues in Latin America for over 40 years. Co-founder and Researcher of the Institute For Development and Peace Studies – INDEPAZ.

Antonio Elias Dutra
"Director of the Universindo Rodriguez Institute of Union Studies (INESUR) of the Confederation of State Employees Organizations (COFE) and director of the Latin American Society of Political Economy and Critical Thinking (SEPLA). "

Andressa Caldas
Lawyer with a master's degreee in Law from the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR), she also has a master's degree in Latin American Studies from the University of London. She is executive director of the Mercosul's Institute of Human Right's Public Policies and a member of the National Network of Popular Lawyers (RENAP).

Mayra Mendoza
Re-elected mayor of Quilmes, Argentina, by Frente de Todos. She was a national congresswoman and was part of the La Cámpora group since its creation, focusing on fighting the far right through new technologies. She participated in the founding of the Peronist Youth of the Buenos Aires Province and served as Women's Secretary in the Justicialist Party.

Gérard Delahaye
A member of the Copernic Foundation (France), he is a former deputy general secretary of the CGT union, which represents administrative, scientific and technical workers at the Police Prefecture (federal public institution responsible for policing Paris). The union participates in the association VISA (Anti-Fascist and Surveillance Union Initiatives). He is a member of the confederate collective of migrant workers and a member of the collective against the far right Cgt 75.

Javier Miranda
Lawyer, professor at the University of the Republic and the Latin American Center for Human Economy, former president of the political party Frente Amplio and former Minister of Human Rights of Uruguay. He was active in the Mothers and Families of Detained and Disappeared Uruguayans organization and was National Director of Human Rights at the Ministry of Education and Culture.

Eduardo Rubio
He was a federal congressman of the Unidad Popular party (Uruguai). As a leader of the Movimiento 26 de Marzo, he fought during the dictatorship and worked on the formation of the political party Frente Ampla abroad, participating in campaigns for the release of political prisoners.

Mario Santucho
Studied sociology at the University of Buenos Aires, was part of the Situaciones collective and currently is the editor of Crisis magazine. He is the author of the book "Bombo, el reaparecido", published in 2019.

Thiago Ávila
Is an internationalist activist, environmentalist, and social media communicator. He was in Palestine in 2019, in Egypt for the humanitarian efforts in 2023 to help Gaza, and is an active mobilizer for the end of the Palestinian genocide.

Pablo Goodbar
Leader of MULCS (Moviment for the Latin-American unity and social change), an active social and political movement in popular struggle in Argentina. Labor at the University of Buenos Aires. Member of Autoconvocatoria por la Suspensión del Pago e Investigación de la Deuda (Self-convening for the suspension of payment and debt audit) since its foundation in 2019.

Gonzalo Berrón
Argentinian associate fellow at the Transnational Institute and member of the Corporate Power team. PhD in Political Science from the University of São Paulo. Engaged in the fight against the corporate agenda and as part of trade union organizations and civil society networks in Latin America. He helped launch and organize the Global Campaign to Reclaim Peoples Sovereignty, Dismantle Corporate Power and Stop Impunity.

Maria Elena Saludas
Argentinian professor and researcher, specializing in communication and media. Member of ATTAC (Association for the Taxation of Financial Transactions for the Aid of Citizens). She is also part of the Committee for the Abolition of Third World Debt – Latin America and Caribbean (CADTM-AYNA) and is member of the Self-convening for the suspension of payment and debt audit. She’s member of the organization Corrente Política de Esquerda (CPI) in Argentina.

Henrique Carneiro
Historian and professor of Modern History at the University of São Paulo, conducts research in the areas of food history, drugs, and beverages. He is involved in the anti-prohibitionist movement and advocates for a new drug policy in the country, aiming to end the so-called War on Drugs.

Héctor Armando Valadez George
Member of the national coordination of the National Coordination of Users in Resistance (CONUR) Mexico and leader of the Socialist Movement of Popular Power (MSP).

José Luis Hernández Ayala
Leader of the Mexican organization Socialist Movement of Popular Power (MSP), founded through the merger of the National Organization of Popular Power (ONPP) and the Revolutionary Socialist Coordinator (CSR).

Claudio Raúl Lozano
He’s an Argentine economist and politician. He was director of the Bank of Argentine Nation He also acted as congressman, representing the party Unidade Popular (UP). Recently, has been president of UP and coordinator of Instituto de Pensamento e Políticas Públicas (IPYPP).

Pablo Sanseverino
Layer, sidicated and politician. National proxy and vice president for Ciudad Autonoma from Buenos Aires of Partido Instrumento Electoral por la Unidad Popular (UP). Historical leader of the Labors Association of the State of CABA and of the Justice Minister of the Nation.

Berdan Öztürk
A Kurdish lawyer, he's been a congressman in the National Assembly of Turkey by the Democratic Party of the People (HDP) since 2015. Since 2017, he's been co-president of the Democratic Society Congress (DKT), entity pro-kurdish which defends the implementation of the Democratic Confederalism on Turkish Constitution as a way to solve the conflict and oppression against Kurdish people in the country. His fight for Kurdish people brought him to being accused of terrorism and attempts of cassation of his political rights.

Sergio Garcia
Argentinian journalist, he is a director of the Periodismo de Izquierda portal. Leader of the Movimiento Socialista de los Trabajadores (MST) party and member of the national leadership of the Left and Workers' Front-Unity coalition (FIT-U).

Juliana Cardoso
Born in Sapopemba, a neighborhood on the outskirts of São Paulo, where she began militating. She carries out extensive work aimed at defending the rights of children, teenagers and youth, as well as health, housing and Human Rights. She was elected a Congresswoman for PT-SP in the 2022 elections, after four terms as councilor in the capital of São Paulo, working with the city's social and popular movements.

Tarcísio Motta
A Congressman from Rio de Janeiro, he began his career in political activism in the Youth Ministry. Majoring in History at the Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF), Tarcisio is a scholar of the history of the agrarian question in Brazil. He was a director of the Duque de Caxias Center of the State Union of Education Professionals (Sepe). He participated in the founding process of PSOL, to which he has been a member since 2005.

Ceylan Akça Cupolo
Pro-Kurdish deputy for the Green Left Party in the Turkish National Assembly. Activist in defense of the rights of the Kurdish population, she was involved in solidarity and denouncing the persecution of journalists who criticized the arrest of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan.

Miguel Urbán Crespo
He is currently a member of the European Parliament for the anti-capitalist left group – The Left. He writes in different media outlets such as Viento Sur Magazine, Público, ElDiario.es, 20Minutos, El Salto, La Jornada (México), CTXT, Jacobin… As an author, he has published "Old fascism and the new radical right" *Sylone, 2014); "Shoot the refugees: the builing of Fortress Europe" (Icària 2016). He is also the co-writter, with Gonzalo Donaire, of "Vox's emergency. Points to fight extreme Spanish law" (Sylone, 2019), and "Neoliberal and Authoritarian Trumpisms. Radiography of the radical right" (Verso, 2024).

1st International Antifascist Conference

Programme

May 17th (Friday)

May 18th (Saturday)

May 19th (Sunday)

Confirmed attendance