FILM AND FORUM: WEST PAPUA'S FOOD ESTATE: An assault on land and people

Name: FILM AND FORUM: WEST PAPUA'S FOOD ESTATE: An assault on land and people
Start: 2025-12-03T08:00:00+11:00
Location: 22 Mountain Street Ultimo, Ultimo, NSW, Australia, New South Wales 2007

Schedule

Wed, 03 Dec, 2025 at 08:00 am

UTC+11:00

Location

22 Mountain Street Ultimo, Ultimo, NSW, Australia, New South Wales 2007 | Pyrmont, NS

Wednesday December 3, 6pm meal, 6.30pm start
With Film 'Papua Food Estate, Papua Skies' and forum and discussion to follow.
At Resistance Centre, 22 Mountain St Ultimo and zoom: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82052171574
Organised by Green Left and The Gecko Project.
🚨SPEAKERS🚨
Belinda Lopez (moderator and speaker):
Belinda Lopez is a writer, anthropologist and documentary maker who has spent years researching and reporting on West Papua. Belinda is a fellow at Macquarie University and holds a PhD based on anthropological and historical research with West Papuan communities in Indonesia.
Sophie Chao:
Sophie Chao is a fellow and senior lecturer at Sydney University with an interest in capitalism, ecology, Indigeneity, health, and justice in the Pacific. Sophie has extensive experience writing about West Papuan lands and people. Specifically, she has researched the entanglement of colonialism and the expansion of Indonesia's food estate.
Veronica Koman:
Veronica Koman is a human rights activist and lawyer who has worked extensively to cover issues in West Papua. Veronica is considered one of the most prominent experts on West Papua. Veronica is now wanted by the Indonesian police on politicised charges, forcing her to live in exile since 2019. in 2019 she was awarded the Sir Ronald Wilson Human Rights Award in Australia.

🚨EVENT DESCRIPTION🚨
Since the 1960's West Papua has been brutally occupied by Indonesia. The US and Australia, uphold this occupation through strategic military support. Foreign journalists are barred from entering and reporting on the commonplace violence, extraction and displacement.
The Gecko Project, a non-profit newsroom has released a new short film - Papuan Skies - detailing the consequences of Indonesia's food estate project - which is a continuation of the brutal occupation, and its assault on land and people.
Under the so-called Merauke food estate project, agribusiness giants have secured 3 million hectares of land for clearing. This could directly affect more than 50,000 Indigenous people living in 40 villages around and within the project area.
Join us at Resistance Bookshop for a screening of the Gecko Project's short film followed by a panel discussion with researchers and activists.
Entry by donation, tasty affordable meal. Proceeds to Green Left and Free West Papua campaign
Contact 0403 517 266
Organised by Green Left and The Gecko Project. Endorsed by Jews Against Occupation '48, Families for Palestine.