Lenin’s Legacy 100 years on
Online conference organized by
International Socialist Center Christian Rakovsky
and
RedMed web network
21 January 2024
(07:00 EST / 09:00 Sao Paulo / 13:00 CET / 14:00 Athens / 15:00 Moscow, St. Petersburg, Istanbul / 23:00 Melbourne)
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/@GercekGazetesiVideo
Introductory session (40 minutes)
(Opening speeches on behalf of the Organizers)
Savas Mikhail-Matsas (Rakovsky) “Lenin for the Future”
Sungur Savran (RedMed), “Lenin’s Legacy Denied”
Guest speakers (30 minutes)
Osvaldo Coggiola (Brazil-Argentina), “From Lenin to Leninism”
Tamás Kráusz (Eszmélet – Hungary)
Documentary film by Viktor Tkachev, Chto Takoe Vozhdizm? (What is Leaderism?)
Lenin as leader of the Soviet Union (90 minutes)
Iosif Grigorovich Abramson (Russian Party of Communists-RPK)
Daria Mitina (United Communist Party-OKP)
Mikhail B. Konashev (Association ‘Soviet Union’-ASU)
Tatiana Filimonova (Russian National Library Plekhanov House) “‘Shaping’ of Socialism and the Proletarian Party”
David Epstein
Yuri Shakhin
Documentary film by Viktor Tkachev, Pamiat (Memory)
The view from Latin America (60 minutes)
Luiz Bernardo Murtinho Pericás (Brazil), “Caio Prado Júnior, Lenin and the Soviet Union”
Flo Menezes (Brazil), “Internationalism in Art”
Arlene Clemesha (Brazil), “Lenin and the Muslim Peoples of the East”
Edgardo Loguercio (Brazil), “Lenin’s Other Testament”
Frank Garcia Hernandez, (Comunistas – Cuba)
Jose Capitán, (Opción Obrera – Venezuela), “Lenin and the Genoa conference and Treaty of Rapallo”
Members and friends of the Rakovsky Centre (80 minutes)
Alex Mitchell-Judith White (Australia)
Dimitris Mizaras (MTL – Finland)
- Bégéneix (ROR – France)
Latief Parker (South Africa)
Gian Franco Camboni (Sardegna Rossa – Italy)
Toni Marcó (Red Roja – Catalonia)
Levent Dölek (DIP – Turkey)
Ernesto Agelis/Mitrofanis Patsouras (EEK – Greece)
Azad Said (Azerbaijan)
Ali Rakhminov (Uzbekistan)
Discussion (30 minutes)
(End of Lenin Conference)
Special Session on Palestine (60 minutes)
Campagne unitaire pour la libération de Georges Abdallah
Abdallah Abdallah (Arab Red Aid – Lebanon)
Jeremy Lester (Scotland – Italy), “Memories for the Future: Life in Palestine Today and Children’s Dreams for the Future”
Savas Mikhail-Matsas (EEK – Greece)
Burak Saygan (DIP – Turkey)
Kutlu Dâne (Friends of Palestine – Turkey)
