Great October Socialist Revolution Conference Program

 

Communist Party of Canada                                  November 18-19, 2017

CONFERENCE ON THE CENTENARY OF THE GREAT OCTOBER SOCIALIST REVOLUTION

Saturday November 18

  1. The Process of Revolution  

Chair: Domenic Bellissimo

Panelists:        Ro zh – Central Organizer of the Young Communist League

Kimball Cariou – member of the Central Executive Committee, CPC, and Editor of People’s Voice

Jim Sacouman – Co-chair of the Central Education Commission, CPC, and Professor Emeritus of Sociology, Acadia University

 

  1. Creating and Defending the Socialist State: the Revolution’s Early Years

Chair: Naomi Rankin

Panelists:       Sam Hammond – Central Committee Member, and former Labour Secretary and Leader of the BC Committee, CPC

Jeanne McGuire – Educator and past President of the Canadian Congress of Women

Miguel Figueroa – Acting President of the Canadian Peace Congress, and former leader of the CPC

Sunday November 19

  1. Class and Democratic Development

Chair: TBA

Panelists:       Jane Bouey – Activist in the Women’s and LGBT movements in Vancouver, former Public School Trustee, member of the Central Executive Committee, CPC

Adrien Welsh – Leader of the Young Communist League of Canada

Pierre Fontaine – Leader of the Parti communiste du Quebec, and member of the Central Executive Committee, CPC

George Gidora – Leader of the BC Committee, CPC, and Trade Union activist

  1. Two Alternative Histories – Socialism vs. Capitalism

Chair: Marianne Breton Fontaine

Panelists:        Hanne Gidora – Member of the Central Education Commission, CPC

                           Dave McKee – Leader of the Ontario Committee, CPC

                          Liz Rowley – Leader of the Communist Party of Canada

 

Please note:

Sessions are 2.5 hours long including a discussion period, with a 30 minute break between sessions

Start times reflect changing time zones across the country, as follows:

BC – 10 am

AB and SK – 11 am

MB – 12 noon

ON and QC – 1 pm

NS and NB – 2 pm

NL – 2:30 pm

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