Gilbert Achcar is a French-Lebanese political scientist and sociologist. He has been Professor of Development Studies and International Relations at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) at the University of London since 2007.
Sessions
19.
10:00
105 min
E073 Solidarity with the resistance to the dictatorship in Syria
Who are the Syrian democrats, their organisations, their demands and their modes of action? How can we support their self-organisation, and enable a rights-based political solution?
Civil liberties, democracy
S301
18.
10:00
105 min
A105 How can social movements respond to the new geopolitical situation?
Today’s world is totally different from the world we knew twenty years ago. China is becoming a global power, the US try to contain this expansion, and Europe face the challenge of the Russian...
Capitalism, health and social crisis
W309