Bernie Sanders Joins Tsipras Institute for Major Conference on Democracy and Justice

The Tsipras Institute is gearing up for its 2nd International Conference connected June 10, acceptable to instrumentality spot astatine the Athens Concert Hall (Megaron).

The event, dedicated to Democracy and Social Justice, volition diagnostic a distinguished lineup of planetary progressive leaders, with U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders headlining the keynote panel. The league aims to code pressing planetary challenges, including rising authoritarianism, inequality, and the impacts of integer translation connected antiauthoritarian systems.

Keynote Panel: Building a Transatlantic Movement

The 90-minute keynote panel, titled Building a Movement for Democracy and Social Justice Across the Atlantic, volition see Sanders (participating virtually) alongside salient figures specified as:

• Yolanda Díaz, Spain’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Labor and Social Economy
• François Ruffin, French National Assembly subordinate and co-founder of Nouveau Front Populaire
• Enrico Letta, erstwhile Italian Prime Minister
• Ines Schwerdtner, co-chair of Germany’s Die Linke
• Elly Schlein, Secretary of Italy’s Democratic Party (PD)

Moderated by Greek writer Dora Anagnostopoulou and actor-director Aimilios Chilakis, the treatment volition absorption connected fostering transatlantic progressive movements to antagonistic far-right surges and beforehand equitable policies.

Thematic Sessions

The league volition research 2 further themes:

1. The Progressive Response to the Crisis of Democracy

This sheet features renowned scholars and activists, including:

• Michael Sandel, Harvard governmental doctrine prof (online)
• Marshall Ganz, Harvard Kennedy School lecturer (via video message)
• Jeffrey Kopstein, University of California governmental subject professor
• Christina Koulouri, Rector of Panteion University
• Humberto Costa, President of Brazil’s Workers’ Party
• Venko Filipče, person of North Macedonia’s SDSM
• Nazlı Akyüz, Turkish municipal assembly member
• Garo Paylan, erstwhile Turkish MP advocating for number rights
• Leo Gerdén, representing Harvard Students for Freedom

Moderated by Haris Tzimitras of the Peace Research Institute Oslo, this league volition tackle the erosion of antiauthoritarian institutions amid planetary conflicts and authoritarian trends.

2. Democracy and Digital Transformation

Moderated by governmental sociologist Dora Kotsaka, this sheet includes:

• Emily Tavoulareas, Georgetown University researcher (online)
• Elisabeth Linou, Harvard nationalist argumentation prof (online)
• Christos Porios, laminitis of Athens-based Schema Labs
• Konstantinos Kakavoulis, co-founder of Homo Digitalis
• Kostas Gavroglou, erstwhile Greek Education Minister

They volition sermon however integer tools tin heighten transparency, national participation, and nationalist services portion safeguarding integer rights.

Prespes Peace Award

A item of the league volition beryllium the presumption of the 2025 Prespes Peace Award to the creators of the acclaimed documentary No Other Land: Palestinian filmmaker Basel Adra, Palestinian lensman and activistic Hamdan Ballal, Israeli writer Yuval Abraham, and Israeli manager Rachel Szor. Ballal and Abraham volition judge the grant successful person, recognizing their enactment successful promoting bid and understanding.

A Critical Moment

The league comes astatine a captious time, arsenic the Tsipras Institute notes the escalating wars successful Ukraine and Palestine, Donald Trump’s re-election, the militarization of European politics, and the increasing power of far-right movements. “In this context, we are committed to gathering a question for democracy, societal justice, and peace, rooted successful progressive policies to code inequalities and support emerging societal rights successful the integer age,” the Institute stated.

The lawsuit volition reason with a code by Alexis Tsipras, erstwhile Greek Prime Minister, reflecting connected the conference’s themes and the way guardant for planetary progressive movements.

Program Schedule (June 10, Athens Concert Hall)

• 15:00: Registration
• 15:45: Opening remarks by Evangelos Kalpadakis, Director of the Tsipras Institute
• 16:00: Panel 1 – The Progressive Response to the Crisis of Democracy
• 17:30: Panel 2 – Democracy and Digital Transformation
• 18:30: Prespes Peace Award Ceremony
• 18:45: Panel 3 – Building a Movement for Democracy and Social Justice Across the Atlantic
• 20:15: Closing remarks by Alexis Tsipras