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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 class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.InternetSocialForum.net">www.InternetSocialForum.net</a>) will be held the day
after - meeting information enclosed .. parminder <br>
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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
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lang="EN-CA">Subject: [infos2] WSF</span></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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href="mailto:activites@fsm2015.org">activites@fsm2015.org</a>,
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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"
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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 style="font-size:10.0pt"
lang="EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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