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

[Deirdre Williams]

Hi Parminder,
Just to let you know that I received the first sending of your message here
(GMT-4 time stamped 17.18) via the IGC list yesterday.
Thank you
Deirdre
On 25 Mar 2015 01:04, "parminder" <parminder at itforchange.net> wrote:

>  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:
>
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> 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
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>     *From: *FSM Tunis 2015 <contact at fsm2015.org>
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> *Subject: [infos2] WSF*
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> *Date: *March 24, 2015 at 11:32:08 AM GMT+5:30
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> *To: *activites at fsm2015.org, info3 at fsm2015.org, infos at fsm2015.org,
> infos2 at fsm2015.org
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> 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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> *www.fsm2015.org <http://www.fsm2015.org>*
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> *www.wsf2015.org <http://www.wsf2015.org>*
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> *contact at fsm2015.org <contact at fsm2015.org>*
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> *www.facebook.com/fsm2015 <http://www.facebook.com/fsm2015>*
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