This year’s Ecosocialism conference will for the first time be held in Magan-djin/Brisbane, once again drawing ecosocialists and activists from across the world.
Ecosocialism 2026: Resistance, Decolonisation, Liberation will take place September 11–13 at the Albion Peace Centre, Windsor, providing an opportunity to share experiences with local and international activists engaged in resisting capitalism’s depravity and building mass movements for system change.
Among the international speakers announced are:
Sabrina Fernandes, Brazilian ecosocialist and political economist. Fernandes is member of the Global Ecosocialist Network and has published books and articles on ecosocialism, internationalism, leftist organising, and Latin America and Global South politics.
Ian Angus, Climate & Capitalism editor and long-time activist in socialist and environmental movements in Canada. Angus is the author of Facing the Anthropocene, The War Against the Commons and Metabolic Rifts: Capitalism’s Assault on the Earth System.
Helen Yaffe, a professor of Latin American Political Economy at University of Glasgow, and author of We Are Cuba! How a Revolutionary People Have Survived in a Post-Soviet World.
Several activists from the Asian region will also participate, including:
Ayesha Ahmad, a Pakistani socialist-feminist activist and researcher, educator and labour rights practitioner with the Haqooq-e-Khalq Party (People’s Rights Party).
N Sai Balaji, a member of the Central Headquarters of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation and former President of the All India Students Association (AISA);
Khyl Ramos, the Deputy Project Manager at Transform Asia Gender and Labor Institute, Inc. and Youth Coordinator for Partido Lakas ng Masa (PLM - Party of the Labouring Masses) in the Philippines.
Rocky, an abolitionist activist and organiser in Singapore.
Yong Feng, a Singapore Climate Rally activist who completed a Master in political ecology, environmental justice and degrowth in Barcelona.
Local keynote speakers will include Remah Naji, an activist with Justice for Palestine Magan-djin, who has played a leading role in organising against Israel's genocide against the people of Gaza. She is a member of the Australia Palestine Advocacy Network board and a committed unionist and social justice campaigner.
Organisers will announce more international guests, as well as more speakers from across Australia, in the coming days.
[For more details and to book tickets visit ecosocialism.org.au.]