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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">Greek prime minister's
letter to the World Social Forum, where the workshop on
'Organising an Internet Social Forum - A Call to Occupy
the Internet' (<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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href="http://www.InternetSocialForum.net">www.InternetSocialForum.net</a>)
will be held the day after - meeting information enclosed
.. parminder <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif""
lang="EN-CA">From: </span></b><span
style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif""
lang="EN-CA">FSM Tunis 2015 <<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:contact@fsm2015.org">contact@fsm2015.org</a>></span><span
lang="EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif""
lang="EN-CA">Subject: [infos2] WSF</span></b><span
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
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lang="EN-CA">Date: </span></b><span
style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif""
lang="EN-CA">March 24, 2015 at 11:32:08 AM
GMT+5:30</span><span lang="EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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lang="EN-CA">To: </span></b><span
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lang="EN-CA"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:activites@fsm2015.org">activites@fsm2015.org</a>,
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:info3@fsm2015.org">info3@fsm2015.org</a>,
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:infos@fsm2015.org">infos@fsm2015.org</a>,
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:infos2@fsm2015.org">infos2@fsm2015.org</a></span><span
lang="EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span lang="EN-CA">Dear friends and comrades,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-CA">Fourteen years ago, at the
beginning of the new millennium, the World Social
Forum came to the fore as the response of the people
to the globalization of the markets. It was
deliberately meant as versatile meeting of
movements, trade unions and associations from around
the world, looking for progressive solutions to
global problems: poverty, social inequality, lack of
democracy, racism, environmental destruction, and
absence of economic and social justice. By using
dialogue among equals, as well as horizontal
processes, it provided proof that social forces from
different parts of the world, which may be militant
against different problems, can still converge
around common goals and so formulate an alternative
vision and blueprint for the planet. With values
like these, condensed in such slogans as "people
before profits" and "another world is possible", the
World Social Forum was the space in which ideas and
modes of action were born and grew which would
eventually question the global neoliberal supremacy.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-CA">Our common responsibility to build
a different prospect for the world is much greater
these days, at a time that blind fanaticism,
violence and social regression appear as alternative
perspectives before the menacing force of the
markets. Such were the motives behind those who,
just the other day, spread death and fear in Tunis.
The movements ought to block decisively the way to
them by winning the hearts and minds of the poor and
the oppressed. Neither the combination of fanaticism
and intolerance, nor that of fascism and racism can
open any new way for the future. The world will move
ahead only thanks to democracy, respect for rights,
solidarity and common struggles.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-CA">Dear friends,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-CA">As you know, Greece has for some
time now been on a collision course with the tenets
of neo-liberalism. Faced with the disastrous policy
of austerity and extortion by the markets, our
people is determined to defend democracy, the
welfare state, public goods and the right to an
adequately paying job. We offer a fight for life,
dignity and social justice, all within a struggle to
orient the economy towards the needs of society,
instead of society towards the needs of the economy
and sheer financial profit.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-CA">Our horizons are not limited by
the boundaries of our own country. They extend
across all of Europe. We know that on our footsteps
other people are following too, determined to use
the power provided by democracy to make the world
more just and the future more bright. The front that
will clash with the current balance of power in
Europe is already being formed and it becomes
stronger every day.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-CA">We know that these developments
will be discussed this year during the proceedings
of the World Social Forum in Tunis. We know that a
key consideration is the all-round support to
Greece, but also to all the people fighting for a
historic change in Europe and throughout the world.
This is why Greece is sending today to those who
participate in this year's Forum, a greeting of
optimism, strength and determination. Using
solidarity as their weapon, the people will win!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-CA">Alexis Tsipras<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><strong><span lang="EN-CA">Forum Social Mondial
Tunis 2015</span></strong><span
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