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[parminder]

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' (www.InternetSocialForum.net) will be held the day after - 
meeting information enclosed .. parminder

    *From: *FSM Tunis 2015 <contact at fsm2015.org
    <mailto:contact at fsm2015.org>>

    *Subject: [infos2] WSF*

    *Date: *March 24, 2015 at 11:32:08 AM GMT+5:30

    *To: *activites at fsm2015.org <mailto:activites at fsm2015.org>,
    info3 at fsm2015.org <mailto:info3 at fsm2015.org>, infos at fsm2015.org
    <mailto:infos at fsm2015.org>, infos2 at fsm2015.org
    <mailto:infos2 at fsm2015.org>

Dear friends and comrades,

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.

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.

Dear friends,

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.

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.

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!

Alexis Tsipras

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*Forum Social Mondial Tunis 2015*

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