China at 75 – Changes Unseen in a Century Tickets, Sun, Sep 29, 2024 at 10:00 AM

Lots of inspiring, smart, impassioned, skilled speakers. Great variety of views and insights. Even where speakers were saying what I knew, I appreciated their clear and succinct formulations and the wide style of skilled oratory.

Here are some time stamps. Bold ones I particularly enjoyed hearing, learned something new, or was seeing for the first time.

1:03;00 Zhang Weiwei
1:44:00 Ken Hammond–P2P
1:51:00 Juhyun Lee–Nodutol: Korea’s role in war against China
2:02:00 Chen Weihua–China Daily
2:10:00 Creighton Ward–Qiao collective
2:20:20 Julie Tang–P2P
2:28:00 Sharon Black–La Lucha/WWP: US Capitalist/Imperialist drive to war
2:36:30 Dee Knight–DSA
2:45:30 Radhika Desai–IMG: China in the Geopolitical Economy of the Capitalist World: “Western Marxism has lost any connection to Marx”.
2:52:00 Mick Kelly–The Decline of US Imperialism: “Oppose US war with China. Stand with China”.
3:02:30 Mike Wong–VFP
4:10:00 Gerald Horne
4:37:00 Charles Xu–Qiao Collective: China-Palestine solidarity: Lessons of China’s People’s war for Palestinian Resistance
4:42:30 Larry Holmes–WWP: The Defense of China: “China wants the world to develop in Peace; US imperialism is willing to go to any lengths”.
5:30:00 KJ Noh (read* by Alex Quinn):
5:43:00 Omowale Clay: Zimbabwe looks East “Africa cannot develop without Socialism & Socialism cannot develop without Africa. We started out with a profound appreciation for China.”