[governance] Fwd: WSF : A letter to the Tunis Forum on its opening day from Alexis Tsipras

[parminder]

Re-sending bec this email did not go through... (Norbert, pl forward if 
it again does not appear on the lists, thanks), parminder

On Wednesday 25 March 2015 02:47 AM, parminder wrote:
>
> 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
>
> -- 
>
> *Forum Social Mondial Tunis 2015*
>
> *www.fsm2015.org <http://www.fsm2015.org>*
>
> *www.wsf2015.org <http://www.wsf2015.org>*
>
> *contact at fsm2015.org <mailto:contact at fsm2015.org>*
>
> *www.facebook.com/fsm2015 <http://www.facebook.com/fsm2015>*
>
> ______________________________
>
>
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