AKSC 1st Annual Conference 2018

“The struggle and liberation of one oppressed group are tightly coupled with the struggle and liberation of all oppressed groups. AKSC stands for such united struggle to liberate all the oppressed”

we cordially invite all the progressive people like you

to come and join hands together for

AKSC Annual Conference 2018

Saturday Sep 8, 2018 – 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM

“Odd Fellows Cupertino 70”

#20589 Homestead Road, Cupertino, CA 95014, USA

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Inauguration and Keynote address

Dr. Ruth Wilson

African-American Studies, College of Social Studies

San Jose State University, California

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Speeches, Presentations and Discussions with Special Guests

Padma Shri. Ms. Teesta Setalvad

Citizens for Justice and Peace

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Mr. Max Elbaum

Author of “Revolution In The Air: Sixties Radicals turn to Lenin, Mao and Che”

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Ms. Thenmozhi Soundararajan

Human Rights Activist

Executive Director of EQUALITY LABS

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Dr. Moses Seenarine

Activist and Founder of Climate Change 911

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Mr. Ka. Thillaikumaran

Tamil Language and Social Activist

Former President of Federation of Tamil Sangams of North America (FetNA)

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:: Registration ::

General: $30 (age 18 and above)

Student: $10 (age 18 and above)

Kids/Youth: FREE (age 17 and below)

The registration fee includes Welcome Kit, Lunch, Dinner, Snacks & Tea. Dinner and Socializing after 6pm.

( Kids between age 4 and 11 will be provided child care)

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Reserve seat for you and/or for your group

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Web URL: /conferences/aksc-1st-annual-conference-2018/

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:: For Queries ::

Email: akscsfba@gmail.com

Phone: 831-200-3282, 415-683-0525 and 408-307-8913

Invitation

AKSC Annual Conference 2018

Saturday, Sep 08, 2018 | 9.00 AM to 6.00 PM

“Odd Fellows Cupertino 70” 20589 Homestead Road, Cupertino, CA 95014, USA

Thank you for all your overwhelming support for AKSC activities and programs for the past two years. We hold an annual conference to debate and discuss and formulate the right strategy and tactics to advance our program in the coming years.

AKSC Annual Conference 2018 Registration Page

This conference is taking place against a very important backdrop. While the right-wing forces across the globe, and especially in the United States and in India, are growing bolder and stronger, there is also a strong resistance growing against them. In the USA anti-fascist and anti big corporate monopolies especially in banking & insurance and health care with the slogan of ‘free health care and free education to all’ are challenging the ideological bankruptcy within the Democratic Party. This has led to the rise of young progressive democratic socialists such as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (28), Summer Lee (30), and Sara Innamorato (32) and others who are supported and endorsed by Democratic Socialists of America. Democrats who defy corporate money organize themselves as Justice Democrats.

In India, seat sharing arrangements of secular and progressive parties in by-elections has defeated RSS/BJP in Kairana, Gorakhpur and Phulpur parliamentary seats and Noorpur assembly seat in Uttar Pradesh. RSS/BJP is NOT able to gain a single parliamentary seat in 27 by-elections held since 2014 across 15 states while it has lost 9 seats. The RSS/BJP’s vote share too has decreased.

History shows us that in the face of such defeats the right-wing will adopt more divisive tactics and adopt new strategies to divide the people. In India, this has manifested itself in the form of mob lynching. So far 109 mob lynchings have been reported between Jan 2014 and Jul 2018. Secular and progressive forces will have to exercise more solidarity to counter an aggressive right-wing.

United struggle against the right-wing on cultural, political, social and economic fronts is the only way to defeat them permanently. Let’s join together and mobilize the oppressed, regardless of caste, class, race, gender, religion, sexuality and nationality to wage a determined united struggle.

AKSC cordially invites you all to attend the conference to show and build solidarity. Please share widely with your friends and relatives.

Regards

AKSC Annual Conference Committee

Email: akscsfba@gmail.com

Call: 831-200-3282 , 415-683-0525 and 408-307-8913

Speaker and Session page: AKSC Annual Conference 2018

Conference Registration page: https://akscsfba.wixsite.com/aksc-conf-2018-reg

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References::

• https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/30/opinion/democratic-socialists-progressive-democratic-party-trump.html
• https://www.dsausa.org
• https://www.justicedemocrats.com/home
• http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/ByeElec2018/Results/02-Kairana(PC)-UttarPradesh.pdf
• http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/ByeElec2018/Results/64-Gorakhpur-UP.pdf
• http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/ByeElec2018/Results/51-Phulpur(PC)-UP.pdf
• http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/ByeElec2018/Results/24-Noorpur(AC)-UP.pdf
• https://thewire.in/politics/in-27-by-elections-across-15-states-since-2014-story-of-bjp-decline-writ-large
• https://www.siasat.com/news/india-new-lynchdom-1390067

Fund appeal

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Fund Appeal for AKSC Annual Conference 2018

Greetings!

Ambedkar King Study Circle (AKSC), California is organizing her 1st annual conference on Saturday, Sep 8th,2018 in Cupertino, California from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM against a very important backdrop. AKSC believes that “the struggle and liberation of one oppressed group are tightly coupled with struggle and liberation of all oppressed groups hence our programs and activities are towards building such united struggle“.

We are appealing to all like-minded people like you to donate generously to build a society with just and equity. We don’t accept any corporate funding or funding from any organizations who accept corporate funding.

Also, we would like to mention that a few of AKSC’s supporters and sympathizers came forward and have agreed to match the fund raised from general appeal hence your contribution will be doubled! They are individual donors again NOT corporate matching.

Please visit AKSC Past Programs and AKSC General Body Report to get know more about AKSC’s past and recent activities and interventions.

You may choose to donate to our conference using any one of method listed below:

PAYPAL: click https://www.paypal.me/aksc2018 (Chaitanya Diwadkar – AKSC Treasurer) to use Paypal

ZELLE: use Zelle app or your bank web portal to initiate online transfer/donation. Please send the donation to email id cdiwadkar@hotmail.com. Please mention “AKSC Annual Conference 2018” on the memo

CHEQUE: write a check in favor of Chaitanya Diwadkar (AKSC Treasurer) and mail to Chaitanya Diwadkar, 238 Wilde Ave, San Francisco, CA 94134. Please mention “AKSC Annual Conference 2018” on the memo

More detail about the conference:

• AKSC Conference 2018 Home
• Invitation
• Conference Speakers and Session
• Conference RSVP/Registration

Thank you for your contribution!

Sincerely

AKSC Annual Conference 2018 Committee

Email: akscsfba@gmail.com | Phone: 831-200-3282 , 415-683-0525 or 408-307-8913

Resolutions

The AKSC Conference 2018 have received overwhelmed support and participation from many like-minded friends and family. The Conference has successfully been concluded with the following two resolutions:

Click on each resolution below for more detail:

1. Conduct Bay Area Annual Conference with Fraternal and likeminded Organizations

2. Introducing Babasaheb Dr. Ambedkar to the Universities and the Colleges in the USA by instituting Dr. Ambedkar Chairs

Resolution 1: Bay Area Annual Conference with Fraternal and Likeminded Organizations

Bay Area Annual Conference with Fraternal and Likeminded Organizations

The world is witnessing NOT only a great rise of right-wing forces BUT also such forces are voted to the power. It’s a disillusion to think that NEVER an authoritarian and fascist party voted to power. It happened in Europe in the 1930s and it’s happening now across the world. The only way to stop them is to build a united front with various anti-fascist organizations and waging an ideological struggle against them. The RSS/BJP is such an organization whose ideology is rooted in hatred and divisive politics.

In order to challenge them ideologically, the fraternal organizations in the Bay Area will organize an annual conference to challenge Hindutva ideology to build a plural and diversified society based on social justice.

The AKSC will work with such fraternal and like-minded organizations to realize such annual conference.

Resolution 2: Introducing Ambedkar to the Universities and the Colleges in the USA by instituting Dr. Ambedkar chairs

Introducing Ambedkar to the Universities and the Colleges in the USA by instituting Dr. Ambedkar chairs.

The great leaders who have fought for the Social Justice in their respective countries are continuing to influence the people beyond their national boundaries. Just to mention a few of those leaders are Dr. Nelson Mandela, Periyar E.V Ramasamy, Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., et al.

Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar affectionately known as Babasaheb, an Indian revolutionary leader, was born on April 14th, 1891 entered into active public life in 1919 when he was 28 years old and reminded active in public life till his death in 1956. During these 37 years of his public life, he observed several roles as scholar, teacher, lawyer/attorney, parliamentarian, administrator, journalist, publicist, negotiator, agitator, and a leader. He relentlessly worked and sacrificed his entire life to build a society based on liberty, fraternity, and equality.

Babasaheb Dr. Ambedkar has written several books and widely commented and spoken on a range of issues such as social justice, economics, sociology, anthropology, religion, constitutionalism, public administration, nationalism, and et al. The government of Maharashtra, India which has began to compile his work in 1979 and by 1990 some his most important works available as books to the masses. So far 17 volumes of his works are available and yet to compile remaining huge collection of his works. Such compilations have made the tremendous influence on Dalit movements across India.

It’s insane for one to conclude that it’s very unfortunate that Dr. Ambedkar’s writings and works have been NOT introduced to the Indian academia but rather it’s a purposeful act of the Indian ruling class NOT to popularize Dr. Ambedkar to the Indian people. The situation got changed post 1990s when Dalit movements across India have become a force to be reckoned which started influencing the academia to engage with Dr. Ambedkar seriously. However, they are far from being realized completely.

Columbia University, New York, the USA, alma mater of Dr. Ambedkar has instituted a constitutional chair in 2010.

The oppressed across the national boundaries to learn from each other to wage a strong and determined struggle for social justice. In such backdrop, this conference resolute to take Dr. Ambedkar to the Universities and Colleges in the United States of America to engage the students and academia in his ideas to build a world based on liberty, equality, and fraternity. Also this conference resolute to reach the Indian government to sponsor for institute chairs for Dr. Ambedkar studies in the American universities.