Zely Ariane national speaking tour March - April 2010

Zely Ariane will be making a national speaking tour of Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra Brisbane and Perth organised by Direct Action and supported by Indonesia Australia Solidarity from MArch 23 to May 3rd.

Zely Ariane is National Spokesperson for the Committee of the Politics of the Poor – Peoples Democratic Party (KRPM-PRD), a pro-socialist political party formation in Indonesia continuing the radical tradition of democratic activism pioneered by the PRD during the 1990s. She has been active fore more than ten years as an active writer, commentator, and as organizer in the labour and women’s movement.

The KPRM-PRD has been on the Indonesian Left groups consistently part of united left protest mobilizations, especially those occurring on May Days, against the imposition of austerity measures against ordinary people, and against clampdowns on wages for Indonesia’s impoverished workers. Most recently, the KPRM-PRD was active in a range of coalitions formed in different cities around Indonesia to protest the austerity policies of the current government of Indonesia under President Yudhoyono on the anniversary of the 100^th day of his second term.

Zely is also Vice Secretary and head of the Women’s Department Workers Struggle Solidarity Union (GSPB) based in Jakarta as well as a member of the national leadership council of the Women’s Liberation National Network (JNPM).

Zely is also active in solidarity with the Bolivarian revolution in Venezuela, and has visited Venezuela twice.