In the Colombian capital, Bogota, the conference "Challenging Capitalism - Towards Building a Democratic Society" is taking place this weekend.

The conference is organised by the Academy of Democratic Modernity, the Kurdistan Solidarity Committee in Bogotá, the Jineolojî Centre, the Women Weaving the Future Network, the Congreso de los Pueblos in Colombia, MODEP, the National Indigenous Organisation of Colombia (ONIC) and the Proceso de Comunidades Negras. The participating organisations are mainly from North and South America, Europe and the Middle East.

More than 30 organisations from Cuba, Costa Rica, Argentina, Palestine, Brazil, Spain, Chile, the USA, Colombia, Venezuela, Paraguay, Mexico, Salvador, Panama, Peru and Canada meet at the three-day conference. 

The program for the third day is as follows: 

Revolutions and Internationalism in the 21st Century (Part 1)

Fouad Baker, Palestina – DFDL – Conflicts caused by capitalism and the nation-state.

Women Weaving Future Network, Kurdistan – Women’s Internationalism in the Middle East and Women’s Internationalism in the World, Measurement and Principles.

Diana Díaz, Mexico – ICOR América – For an internationalism of active cooperation

Helmer Quiñonez, Colombia – PCN – Anti-Capitalism and Panafricanism

10:15 a 12:15

Panel 3. Revolutions and Internationalism in the 21st Century (Part 2)

Mateo Q., Argentina – Darío Santillán Popular Front –

Robert Longa, Venezuela – Comuna El Panal – Thinking Communal democracy globally

Democratic Modernity Academy, Kurdistan – The theory of democratic modernity as a guide to building a new internationalism.

14:00 a 16:00

Contributions of the working groups for dialogue

Conclusions