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    <font face="Verdana">Re-sending bec this email did not go through...
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On Wednesday 25 March 2015 02:47 AM,
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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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              .. parminder <br>
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                          lang="EN-CA">FSM Tunis 2015 <<a
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                          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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                <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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