International Online Conference: A People’s Peace, not an Imperial Peace

How can peace be achieved that realises self-determination, democratic rights and socio-ecological change?

In coordination with the Ukrainian government, the Swiss government will organise an international peace conference on the Bürgenstock near Lucerne on 15/16 June.

We believe that this peace conference is an important occasion to raise awareness for the struggle of self-defence of the Ukrainian people against Russian occupation out of the workers’ perspective. That is why we want to counter the ambitions of the official peace conference with an internationalist perspective based on solidarity and oriented towards a radical social and ecological transformation in all over Europe. We stand together for Ukrainian self-determination and in favour of the democratic overthrow of the Putin regime.

The Bewegung für den Sozialismus /Mouvement pour le Socialisme (BFS/MPS) and solidaritéS – anticapitalist, feminist and ecosocialist organisation, both in Switzerland, the democratic socialist NGO Sotsialnyi Rukh in Ukraine, the Russian Posle Media Collective and emanzipation – Zeitschrift für ökosozialistische Strategie (DE, AT, CH) agreed to launch a joint declaration (various language versions, german version here) to intervene in the international debates on peace perspectives.

Presentation of the joint declaration and discussion on common perspectives with:

• Denis Pilash, Political scientist, University of Kyiv, Co-editor of journal Сommons, Sotsialnyi Rukh
• Hanna Perekhoda, Historian, Lausanne, solidariéS and Sotsialnyi Rukh
• Vlad Siiutkin, Public Sociology Laboratory, ex-Russian Socialist Movement
• Joao Woyzeck, Bewegung für den Sozialismus (BFS/MPS Switzerland)
• Christian Zeller, Prof. Economic Geography, emanzipation – Zeitschrift für ökosozialistische Strategie

WHEN: Saturday, 15 June, 6-8pm (CET)
WHERE: Online via Zoom, Registration is required for participation:
https://tinyurl.com/39xsr5f6
After registering, you will receive a confirmation e-mail with information about your participation in the meeting.