{"id":527,"date":"2025-06-16T22:11:40","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T20:11:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thehaguepeace.org\/tegentopcoalitie\/?page_id=527"},"modified":"2025-06-20T23:54:21","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T21:54:21","slug":"programma","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thehaguepeace.org\/tegentopcoalitie\/programma\/","title":{"rendered":"PROGRAMMA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hieronder vind je het volledige programma van de conferentie, inclusief tijden, sessies, sprekers en zalen. Klik op een tijdsblok om de bijbehorende sessies en bio\u2019s te bekijken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details\"><summary><span class=\"tijdstip\">10:00 \u2013 11:00<\/span><span class=\"titel is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\">Opening and Keynotes<\/span><\/summary>\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Main hall<\/summary>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Opening and Keynotes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>One hour plenary opening session with three keynote speakers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jeremy Corbyn<\/strong><br><em>A steadfast champion of socialist values and defender of workers&#8217; rights.<\/em>As leader of the Labour Party (2015\u20132020), he rallied millions against austerity and war, demanding an economy that worked for all\u2014not just the wealthy. Unwavering advocate for the cause of Palestinian liberation, his decades-long fight for workers&#8217; rights, peace, and anti-imperialism made him both a beacon of hope and a thorn to the establishment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Peter Mertens<\/strong><br><em>General Secretary of the Workers&#8217; Party of Belgium (PVDA &#8211; PTB) \u2013 Marxist thinker \u2013&nbsp; Steadfast peace advocate.<\/em>In his recent book Mutiny and various articles, he challenges military escalations and NATO\u2019s expansion, arguing for diplomacy over intervention. Under his leadership, the PVDA\/PTB evolved from a small organization into a vibrant, authentically left mass party, proving that a political agenda for social transformation \u2014centered on workers\u2019 rights, anti-war politics and internationalism\u2014 can resonate in modern Europe today.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Varsha Gandikota-Nellutla <\/strong><br><em>A strategic thinker and bridge-builder rooted in the Global South.<\/em>As the Coordinator of the Progressive International, she works at the intersection of policy, justice, and multilateralism\u2014ensuring progressive voices shape the future of international relations. She leads The Hague Group, a coalition of eight Global South countries working to advance ICC cases, document war crimes, and dismantle impunity in the case of ongoing Israeli&#8217;s genocide in Palestine.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details\"><summary><span class=\"tijdstip\">11:00 \u2013 12:15<\/span><span class=\"titel is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\">Sessions in all rooms<\/span><\/summary>\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Main hall<\/summary>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Protect the welfare state from the war state!<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Language: Dutch&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Piet Rietman<br><\/strong><em>Candidate to the National Board of the FNV&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At a time when the Netherlands increasingly embraces militarization, he resists the diversion of public funds to defense and weapons. For Rietman, this is a fundamental choice: social security and wellbeing for the working class over profits for the arms industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Martine Heithuyzen&nbsp;<\/strong><br><em>Executive Board Member of BIJ1 &amp; Trade Union Organiser (FNV)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>General board member of BIJ1, union organizer, and political content creator under the name @martydoesnotplay. On TikTok and Instagram, she creates content about how to unite\u2014both in the workplace and on the streets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Peter Mertens<\/strong><br><em>General Secretary of the Workers\u2019 Party of Belgium (PvdA\/PTB)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A sharp Marxist thinker, he dissects military escalations and NATO expansion in his recent book Mutiny and numerous articles, making a powerful case for diplomacy over intervention. Through his new podcast Kantelpunt (NL\/FR), he brings these analyses to a broad audience. He calls for a radical program for social transformation: workers&#8217; power over profit logic, disarmament instead of war rhetoric, international solidarity as our compass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ludo De Brabander<\/strong><br><em>Spokesperson for Vrede vzw<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Flander&#8217;s tenacious organizer of the international peace movement for over three decades, he doesn&#8217;t just critique war \u2013 he builds the campaigns to stop it. A strategist who turns analysis into action, mobilizing unions, students and communities into unlikely yet powerful alliances.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Moderator<\/strong>: Clint Verdonschot (Revolutionary Socialist Party)<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Catwalk<\/summary>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The debate in Dutch politics on war and peace<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Language: Dutch&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About the panel<\/strong><br>Met vertegenwoordigers van drie linkse organisaties bespreken we de NAVO, waar het voor staat en waar het heen gaat en vooral wat linkse partijen in Nederland daar met een brede vredesbeweging aan gaan doen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Stevie Nolten (BIJ1)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bastiaan Meijer (SP)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Maite van Lith (RSP)&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Moderator: Ren\u00e9 Danen<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Room 1<\/summary>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Internationalist Solidarity: Dismantling Militarism, Building Global Movements&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Language: English (with NL translation)&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Danny&nbsp; de Jong<\/strong><br><em>Geen Ruimte voor Defensie, Anti-Militarist, Internationalist<\/em>A committed campaigner in Leeuwarden for Palestine and Geen Ruimte voor Defensie (No Space for Defense), Danny Jong bridges local activism with global solidarity. Member of the Revolutionary Socialist party (RSP), his work confronts Dutch complicity in war and occupation\u2014from arms exports to Israeli apartheid\u2014while building working-class resistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Carrie Xin Hou<\/strong><br><em>INTAL (Belgium) Coordinator \u2022 Internationalist Organizer \u2022 Anti-Imperialist Strategist<\/em>&nbsp;A dynamic force in Europe\u2019s solidarity movements, Carrie Hou spearheads campaigns with INTAL (International Action for Liberation), bridging Belgian and global struggles against war, sanctions, and neocolonialism. Her work connects local activism to internationalist horizons\u2014from NATO protests to Latin American solidarity and resisting New Cold War escalation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Katerina Anastasiou<\/strong><br><em>Transform! Europe, Anti-Militarist Strategist, Transnational Organizer<\/em>As facilitator of transform! europe\u2019s Migration &amp; Global Strategy Working Group, Katerina Anastasiou crafts radical frameworks to confront fortress Europe. Her work exposes how militarization, austerity, and border regimes serve the same capitalist logic and fuel global conflict. She is a key organiser of the Stop ReArm European campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Imani Na Umoja<\/strong><br><em>Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC) \u2022 Revolutionary Organizer \u2022 Pan-African Strategist<\/em>Imani Na Umoja bridges party politics and pan-African resistance\u2014from Guinea-Bissau\u2019s anti-IMF protests to Sahelian solidarity networks. A disciple of Cabral\u2019s praxis, they expose neocolonialism\u2019s new faces while training cadres in political education. Their work proves liberation demands both institutional heft and militant street power, weaving a 21st-century revolutionary front across West Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Moderator: Iv\u00e1n Orosa (Revolutionary Socialist Party)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Room 2<\/summary>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Nuclear arms in the Netherlands and Europe<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Language: English (with NL translation)&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About the panel&nbsp;<\/strong><br>In light of the Cold War in Europe, the likelihood of nuclear disarmament seemed small.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yet nuclear disarmament is an important precondition for relaxation. What are the chances of this if European leaders fantasize about their own nuclear umbrella; the U.S. expands its nuclear weapons policy in Europe and Russia has also placed tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>a. Tensions in the transatlantic world are making plans for a European nuclear bomb more attractive in certain circles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>b &nbsp;Britain is now placing tactical nuclear weapons at the U.S. Lakenheath base. This gives GB, like the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Italy and Turkey, a position sharing U.S. nuclear weapons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>c. Germany will have a trio of new US medium-range (non-nuclear) missiles installed in 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tom Sauer<\/strong> <br><em>University of Antwerp, Belgium<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dirk Hoogenkamp<\/strong><br><em>Doctors for Peace in the Netherlands<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sophie Bolt <\/strong><br><em>Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament UK<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Moderator: Marianne Begemann (secretary of NVMP-Doctors for Peace)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Room 3<\/summary>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The War on Migrants&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Language: English&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About the panel<\/strong><br>From local politicians scapegoating migrants as a &#8220;threat&#8221; to the EU\u2019s militarized borders, the West has declared a silent war on some of the world\u2019s most vulnerable and resilient people. Those fleeing war, poverty, or climate disasters are met not with compassion, but with walls, warships, and weapons: a system designed to exclude, exploit, and expel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This panel will expose the forces driving this brutal reality: the EU\u2019s border regime, the role of NATO, the profiteering arms industry, and Frontex\u2019s expanding power. But we will also highlight resistance. In the second half, we\u2019ll amplify counter-narratives from solidarity movements and hear firsthand testimonies from those on the frontlines of this struggle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Abdulaal Hussein<\/strong><br><em>Yalla for Sudan<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Abdulaal Hussein (25) is a Sudanese-Dutch actor and activist. Founder of Yalla for Sudan, a movement to end the war in his homeland, he uses storytelling as a tool for change. In 2024, he risked prosecution in Latvia for rescuing his sister and four migrants abandoned by smugglers, a direct act of resistance against Europe\u2019s border regime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mark Akkerman <\/strong><br><em>Stop Wapenhandel<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mark Akkerman is a researcher at Stop Wapenhandel (Dutch Campaign Against Arms Trade) and is actively involved in TNI&#8217;s research on border militarisation. They has also written and campaigned on topics as arms exports to the Middle East, the private military and security sector, greenwashing arms trade and the militarisation of climate change responses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Josephine Solanki <\/strong><br><em>TNI &amp; Abolish Frontex<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Josephine Solanki is a project officer with TNI&#8217;s War and Pacification programme. She holds an MA degree with distinction in Development Studies from the International Institute of Social Studies and a BA degree in Philosophy and Economics.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Maisa Doorman<\/strong><br><em>MIGREAT<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maisa is a migrant justice organizer with MiGreat, fighting to dismantle Europe\u2019s violent border regime and the Netherlands\u2019 racist deportation machine. Through direct action, advocacy, and frontline solidarity, they challenge the systems that criminalize migration while building alternatives rooted in collective liberation. Their work exposes how borders serve capitalism and white supremacy\u2014and how we can tear them down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Moderator: Diyar Jassim&nbsp;<\/strong><br>Diyar is an Iraqi-Dutch peace activist and social worker at the medical shelter for undocumented migrants of ASKV Refugee Support.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details\"><summary><span class=\"tijdstip\">12:15 \u2013 13:15<\/span><span class=\"titel is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\">Lunch break<\/span><\/summary>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details\"><summary><span class=\"tijdstip\">13:15 \u2013 14:30<\/span><span class=\"titel is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\">Sessions in all rooms<\/span><\/summary>\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Main hall<\/summary>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The genocide in Palestine<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Language: English (with NL translation)&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Medhat <\/strong>is an organizer and activist originally from Gaza, Palestine. Based in the Netherlands, he is an active member of Utrecht4Palestine (U4P), where he plays a role in mobilising local and national solidarity actions. Medhat also contributes to the coordination of national demonstrations across the country through the Palestinian Community in the Netherlands (PGNL), working to raise awareness and demand justice for the Palestinian people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Lydia de Leeuw<\/strong> is a criminologist specialised in international criminal law. She lived in Nablus and Gaza, where she worked with Palestinian human rights organisations. In 2015, she joined SOMO, where she investigates the role of multinationals in Israel\u2019s international law violations against the Palestinians. She is also the chair of Stichting Kifaia, which supports healthcare workers in Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Yuval Gal <\/strong>is an ex-Israeli activist, writer, and political organizer with BIJ1 and the Jewish anti-Zionist collective Erev Rav. Born and raised in Israel, his experiences in the IDF and disillusionment during the Second Intifada led him to reject Zionism. Now based in the Netherlands, he works at the intersection of Jewish identity, anti-racism, and Palestinian solidarity, focusing on migrant justice and opposition to Dutch complicity in Israeli apartheid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Moderator<\/strong>: Naomi Tyralla (Revolutionary Socialist Party &amp; ROOD)<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Catwalk<\/summary>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Imperialist war and global resistance against NATO<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Language: English<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ghassane Koumiya<\/strong><br><em>Zetkin Forum \u2022 Anti-Imperialist Theorist \u2022 Popular Educator<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A leading intellectual of the Zetkin Forum and the Tricontinental Institute for Social Research, Ghassane Koumiya crafts frameworks for Global South reviving Am\u00edlcar Cabral\u2019s tradition of revolutionary critical thought\u2014where theory fuels liberation praxis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Carrie Xin Hou<\/strong><br><em>INTAL (Belgium) Coordinator \u2022 Internationalist Organizer \u2022 Anti-Imperialist Strategist<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A dynamic force in Europe\u2019s solidarity movements, Carrie Hou spearheads campaigns with INTAL (International Action for Liberation), bridging Belgian and global struggles against war, sanctions, and neocolonialism. Her work connects local activism to internationalist horizons\u2014from NATO protests to Latin American solidarity and resisting New Cold War escalation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Austin Cole<br><\/strong><em>Black Alliance for Peace (BAP) \u2022 Anti-War Strategist and organizer\u2022 Transnational Solidarity Builder<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A driving force in the Black Alliance for Peace (BAP), Austin Cole coordinates the groundbreaking Zone of Peace in Our Americas campaign\u2014mobilizing communities to resist U.S. militarization from Haiti to Honduras. His work exposes how Pentagon policies abroad fuel violence in Black and Brown neighborhoods at home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Gabriel Aguirre<br><\/strong><em>World BEYOND War \u2022 Global Peace Organizer \u2022 Anti-War Educator<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A key organizer of World BEYOND War\u2019s international campaigns, Gabriel Aguirre mobilizes movements to dismantle economic warfare, organizing campaigns for the closure of military bases, and the lifting of sanctions on countries that suffer their consequences. \u2014especially the crushing unilateral sanctions targeting Venezuela, Cuba, Syria and beyond. His work exposes how these &#8220;silent bombs&#8221; devastate ordinary people while fueling global instability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Moderator: Maite van Lith (Revolutionary Socialist Party &amp; ROOD)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Room 1<\/summary>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What future does Ukraine have?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Language: English (with NL translation)&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About the panel<\/strong><br>The current situation of the war in Ukraine will be analysed by the war since 2022 (and before) That war is the result of socio-political developments in Ukraine, Russia and Europe since 1991.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What are to most beneficial circumstances for solidarity with the people of Ukraine, the peace and\/or socialist movements in Ukraine and&nbsp; Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why the EU doesn\u2019t initiate negotiations?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Does Ukraine want an end to the war through negotiations? Yes or no?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; If Ukraine does not want an end now, under these curcumstances, what does it want?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Is there one voice in Ukraine that determines the will or are there different forces that determine Ukraine&#8217;s voice depending on circumstances?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Can Ukraine win the war?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>5. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; What is winning in this context?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>6. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Can we support the people of Ukraine? How?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Volodymyr Ischenko<\/strong><br><em>Exiled scholar from Ukraine, living in Germany<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Volodymir Ishchenko is a Ukrainian sociologist and writer of Towards the Abyss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ludo de Brabander&nbsp;<\/strong><br><em>Vrede vzw, Gent<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ludo de Brabander is a Belgian writer and peace activist for Vrede vzw, Oorlogskoorts (War fever &#8211; in cooperation with Christoph Callewaert).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jolle Demmers<\/strong><br><em>Utrecht University<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jolle Demmers is a professor in Conflict Studies in Utrecht and writer of \u2018Het oorlogscomplex Oekraine: een relationele benadering\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Moderator: Guido van Leemput&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guido van Leemput is peace activist in the Netherlands and writer of De gelaagde oorlog in Oekra\u00efne en de botsing van grootmachten (Ukraine&#8217;s layered war and the clash of superpowers)&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Room 2<\/summary>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Conscription in the Netherlands and Europe<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Language: English&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In an interactive way and in small table-groups we will explore issues around (returning) conscription in the Netherlands and in Europe and brainstorm at the same time about concrete actions which we could undertake to tackle it. Conscription in this workshop will be also framed in a broader field of the militarization of European society.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Room 3<\/summary>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Resistance against the militarization of the EU<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Language: English&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About the panel<\/strong><br>The EU is militarising, a process that we see in Brussels and also in&nbsp;national capitals. In this workshop we will speak about what are the&nbsp;profiting powers behind this process and how can we as citizens resist? We will have a panel sharing their knowledge and insights, after the&nbsp;panel we have some time for questions and discussion. With Laetitia Sedou, Brussels project officer European Network Against Arms Trade (ENAAT) &#8211; How and why is the EU militarising? What is the relation with NATO?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Djuna Farjon<\/strong> <br><em>Trade Differently network. &#8211; Raw material and mineral competition, conflict and the global south.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Fabian van der Knaap<\/strong><br><em>PINK! PvdD youth branche &#8211; Dutch politics and why they are so eager to militarise, PvdD as most recent example.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Rainer Braun<\/strong><br><em>International Peace Bureau &#8211; how can we organise and stop EU militarisation.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Moderator: Wendela de Vries<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details\"><summary><span class=\"tijdstip\">14:30\u201314:45<\/span><span class=\"titel is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\">Coffee break<\/span><\/summary>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details\"><summary><span class=\"tijdstip\">14:45 \u2013 16:00<\/span><span class=\"titel is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\">Sessions in all rooms<\/span><\/summary>\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Main hall<\/summary>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Will there be a new cold war in Europe?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Language: English (with NL translation)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About the session<\/strong><br>The current political situation in Europe started by Russia&#8217;s refusal to accept NATO membership from Ukraine. Ukraine wants to end the hot phase of the war but with concrete security guarantees from the West? Where does that end up?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>a. &nbsp; &nbsp; What recent news events do you connect this panel to?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>a. &nbsp; &nbsp; In what historical context do you place it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is (not only) about the next phase of the war in Ukraine. Will it be ended or will it drag on into a Cold War. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Are we heading for permanent war, cold war or a peace agreement? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Is there a chance for a comprehensive peace agreement in which future Ukraine is secured; nuclear weapons are banned from Europe; militarization is reduced?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What should citizens in the Netherlands, Europe do to prevent permanent war, or Cold War?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tom Sauer<\/strong> <br>Teaches at university of Antwerp, International Relations; International Security;&nbsp; Diplomacy and Negotiations; Arms Control and Proliferation,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uantwerpen.be\/nl\/personeel\/tom-sauer\/mijn-website\/\"> https:\/\/www.uantwerpen.be\/nl\/personeel\/tom-sauer\/mijn-website\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Marga Ferr\u00e9<\/strong> <br>Is President of transform! europe and Co-President of The Foundation for Critical Studies Spain. She is a former member of the city council of Madrid.&nbsp; \u2018NATO and the Construction of the Enemy\u2019, see<a href=\"https:\/\/transform-network.net\/blog\/analysis\/nato-and-the-construction-of-the-enemy\/\"> https:\/\/transform-network.net\/blog\/analysis\/nato-and-the-construction-of-the-enemy\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Pietro Tosi<\/strong><br>Pietro Tosi is S\u00e9cretaire Permanent Commerce in trade union CNE adn member of the Italian Potere Popolo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Moderator: Guido van Leemput<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Catwalk<\/summary>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Justice and Peace in the Middle East&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Language: Dutch&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About this panel<\/strong><br>The Middle East stands on the brink. As Israel resumes its genocide in Gaza with Western backing, regional tensions escalate dangerously. Yemen and Lebanon are being pulled into the conflict, while the standoff between Israel, the U.S., and Iran threatens to explode into full-scale war. With nuclear negotiations stalled and proxy wars raging, the risk of catastrophic regional war has never been higher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This panel exposes NATO&#8217;s role in enabling this crisis and examines how global movements can challenge imperialist interventions and build genuine peace in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Nikita Shahbazi <br><\/strong><em>Iraanse, journalist en mensenrechtenactivist<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nikita Shahbazi is an Iranian journalist, human rights consultant, and migrant justice activist. Born into a progressive, socially engaged family, she has reported extensively on Israel&#8217;s occupation of Palestine, Middle East geopolitics, and Iran&#8217;s nuclear negotiations. Through her work with foundation IMOVE, she has supported mental health resilience in Palestinian refugee camps in Beirut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Yolande Jansen&nbsp;<\/strong><br><em>University of Amsterdam<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>University Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Amsterdam and Endowed Professor of Humanism in Relation to Religion and Secularity for the Socrates Foundation at Vrije Universiteit.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Alward Mousa<br><\/strong><em>ROOD<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alward is a speaker for ROOD (the youth wing of the Revolutionary Socialist Party in the Netherlands), born in Damascus, Syria. As a child from a minority family, he experienced significant violence there, including direct attacks by NATO countries and violence from groups supported by NATO. He has been living in the Netherlands since 2019 but fled to the United Arab Emirates in 2013. Since 2024, he has been a member of ROOD and actively involved in the movement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Moderator: Mouaraya Said&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Room 1<\/summary>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong>Why the climate struggle and the anti-war struggle go hand in hand<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Language: Dutch<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a conversation between an arms trade researcher, a climate justice activist, and an anti-imperialist activist we will discuss the necessity and the problems of the intertwinement of the climate struggle and the anti-militarist struggle.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Wendela de Vries <\/strong><br><em>Stop Wapenhandel<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Victor van der Wurff <\/strong><br><em>Geef Tegengas<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Moderator: Ronja (Geef Tegengas)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Room 2<\/summary>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\u2018Feminism as an alternative to war horny patriarchy&#8217;<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Language: English (with translation)<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Heide Meinzolt<br><\/strong><em>(GWUAN\/WILPF)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Kayleigh Hofstede<\/strong><br><em>Theology and Religion science, Student council AKKU &#8211; Utrecht<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Natasha Skoraia<\/strong><br><em>Grass root women\u2019s movement: (Belarus, Platform World women and Worldwomenconference)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Parisa Poyande<\/strong><br><em>Activist in form freedom political prisoners in Iran<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Somaia Ramish<\/strong><br><em>Afghanistan, human\/women rights activist, writer. Was a representative of the people in the Provincial Council in Afghanistan. Following the fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban in 2021, she was forced to flee the country and has been living in the Netherlands since then.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Chandreyi Guharay<\/strong> <br><em>A granddaughter of the Sandinista Revolution, queer activist, gender justice and killjoy feminist by political choice.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Moderator: Alejandra<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Room 3<\/summary>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Global NATO; from Coalition to Domination<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Language: English<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About this session<\/strong><br>Global NATO refers to the expansion of NATO&#8217;s influence, presence and activities outside the North Atlantic region. In the workshop the development of US global policy during the second Trump presidency and the role of NATO herein will be discussed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Reiner Braun<\/strong> <br><em>is a German journalist, historian and peace activist. He is involved in the International Peace Bureau (IPB), where he was president from 2013 to 2019.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Joseph Gerson<\/strong> <br><em>is a peace and disarmament activist from the US. He is president of the Campaign for Peace, Disarmament and Common Security. 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