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¡Octubre, mes de movilización global! / October, a month of international mobilisat ion!
martes, 11 de octubre de 2011
in english bellow
¡Octubre, mes de
movilización global!
Jornadas de
acciones a nivel global marcan el mes de octubre, cuando
movimientos sociales de todo el mundo van a las calles a protestar
contra un
sistema que se sustenta en la opresión de los pueblos, especialmente de
las
mujeres, y de la naturaleza.
Además, ese dÃa
está en medio de un conjunto de fechas clave para los
movimientos sociales de todo el mundo (de mujeres, sindicales,
campesinos,
indÃgenas, contra la deuda etc.), que van del 7 al 17 octubre, a saber:
7
octubre: DÃa de lucha por el Trabajo Decente
8-16
octubre: Semana de Acción contra la Deuda y las Instituciones
Financieras
Internacionales (IFIs)
15
octubre: DÃa de la Mujer Rural / Aniversario del asesinato de
Thomas Sankara,
sÃmbolo de la lucha anticolonialista en Ãfrica /Acciones
internacionales por
democracia real ya!
16
octubre: DÃa de lucha por la SoberanÃa Alimentaria
17
octubre: DÃa Internacional de Lucha por la Eliminación de la
Pobreza
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Con la jornada, la
invitación es para que las acciones que los diversos
movimientos ya realizan en conexión con sus propias realidades y
prioridades
locales puedan estar conectadas en un marco común, que vuelva más
concreta y
visible esa lucha antisistema que es internacional.
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Aprovechemos estas
fechas para organizarnos y sumarnos a acciones públicas
y combinar acción y debate! Sabemos que muchos grupos organizan o
participan de
actividades y manifestaciones al largo de octubre.
Declaración
de la Asamblea de los
Movimientos Sociales - FSM Dakar (Senegal) – 10th February 2011
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Nosotras y
nosotros, reunidos en la Asamblea de Movimientos Sociales, realizada en
Dakar durante
el Foro Social Mundial 2011, afirmamos el aporte fundamental de Ãfrica
y de sus
pueblos en la construcción de la civilización humana. Juntos, los
pueblos de
todos los continentes, libramos luchas donde nos oponemos con gran
energÃa a la
dominación del capital, que se oculta detrás de la promesa de progreso
económico del capitalismo y de la aparente estabilidad polÃtica. La
descolonización de los pueblos oprimidos es un gran reto para los
movimientos
sociales del mundo entero.
Afirmamos nuestro apoyo y
solidaridad activa a los pueblos de Túnez y Egipto y
del mundo árabe que se levantan hoy para reivindicar una real
democracia y
construir poder popular. Con sus luchas, muestran el camino a otro
mundo, libre
de la opresión y de la explotación.
Reafirmamos con fuerza nuestro apoyo a los pueblos de Costa de Marfil,
de
Ãfrica y de todo el mundo en su lucha por una democracia soberana y
participativa. Defendemos el derecho a la autodeterminación y el
derecho
colectivo de todos los pueblos del mundo.
En el proceso del FSM, la Asamblea de Movimientos Sociales es el
espacio donde nos
reunimos desde nuestra diversidad para juntos construir agendas y
luchas
comunes contra el capitalismo, el patriarcado, el racismo y todo tipo
de
discriminación.
Exigimos la soberanÃa de los pueblos en la definición de nuestro modo
de vida.
Exigimos polÃticas que protejan las producciones locales que
dignifiquen las
prácticas en el campo y conserven los valores ancestrales de la vida.
Denunciamos los tratados neoliberales de libre comercio y exigimos la
libre
circulación de seres humanos.
Seguimos movilizándonos por la cancelación incondicional de la deuda
pública de
todos los paÃses del Sur. Denunciamos igualmente, en los paÃses del
Norte, la
utilización de la deuda pública para imponer a los pueblos polÃticas
injustas y
antisociales.
*Luchamos por la paz y contra la guerra, el colonialismo, las
ocupaciones y
la militarización de nuestros territorios. Las potencias
imperialistas
utilizan las bases militares para fomentar conflictos, controlar y
saquear los
recursos naturales, y promover iniciativas antidemocráticas como
hicieron con
el golpe de Estado en Honduras y con la ocupación militar en Haiti.
Promueven
guerras y conflictos como hacen en Afganistán, Iraq, la República
Democrática
del Congo y en varios otros paises.
Cada una de estas luchas implica una batalla de ideas, en la que no
podremos
avanzar sin democratizar la comunicación. Afirmamos que es posible
construir
una integración de otro tipo, a partir del pueblo y para los pueblos y
con la
participación fundamental de los jóvenes, las mujeres, campesinos y
pueblos
originarios.
La asamblea de movimientos sociales convoca a fuerzas y actores
populares de
todos los paÃses a desarrollar dos acciones de movilización,
coordinadas a
nivel mundial, para contribuir a la emancipación y autodeterminación de
nuestros pueblos y para reforzar la lucha contra el capitalismo.
Convocamos igualmente a un dÃa de acción global contra el capitalismo
el 12
de octubre donde, de todas las maneras posibles, rechazaremos ese
sistema
que destruye todo a su paso.
Movimientos sociales de todo el mundo, avancemos hacia la unidad a
nivel
mundial para derrotar al sistema capitalista!!
Nosotras y nosotros venceremos!!!
October, a month of
international mobilisation!
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Global days of
action mark the month of October, when social movements
around the world take to the streets to protest against a system based
on the
oppression of peoples, and particularly of women and the environment.
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This
journey of struggle against capitalism, was agreed upon at the Social
Assembly
Movements during the 2011 World Social Forum held in Dakar, Senegal
(read the Assembly declaration below).
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The choice of
October 12th was a symbolic one. This is the date that
marks the arrival of Christopher Columbus in the Americas (in 1492) and
one of the
dates marking the beginning of the “Modern Ageâ€, of the rise of
capitalist
“civilizationâ€. In the Americas,
it is the day of indigenous resistance, in defense of the rights of
nature, on
which the cry of the excluded – across the continent – has been
celebrated
since the 1990s.
Besides that,
this day is right in the middle of a whole series of key
action dates for social movements around the world (for women, trade
unions,
farmers, indigenous peoples, against debt, etc.), running from October
7th to
17th, including:
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7th October: World Day for Decent Work
8th – 16th
October: Week of Action against Debt and
International
Financial Institutions (IFIs)
12th October: Day of action against capitalism / Global day
in defense of Mother Earth / Cry of the Excluded (Latin America)
15th October: International Day of Rural Women /
Anniversary of Thomas Sankara’s murder, symbol of the African
anticolonial
struggle / International actions for real democracy now!
16th October: World Food Sovereignty Day
17th October: International Day for the Eradication of
Poverty
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On this
journey, the different movements are invited to link their
existing actions, relating to their own situations and priorities in
national
level, to a common framework, in order to make this international
anti-establishment struggle more concrete and visible.
Let's take
advantage of these moments to organize and join in the
actions, combining debate and action! We know that many organizations
are
already planning to take part in or organizing activities and
demonstrations
within the month of October.
Declaration of the Social
Movements Assembly - WSF
2011, February 10th, Dakar (Senegal)
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As the
Social Movements Assembly of the World Social Forum of Dakar, 2011, we
are
gathered here to affirm the fundamental contribution of Africa
and its peoples in the construction of human civilisation. Together,
the
peoples of all the continents are struggling mightily to oppose the
domination
of capital, hidden behind illusory promises of economic progress and
political
stability. Complete decolonization for oppressed peoples remains for
us, the
social movements of the world, a challenge of the greatest importance.
We affirm our support for and our active solidarity with the people of
Tunisia, Egypt and the Arab world who have
risen up to demand a true democracy and build the people´s power. Their
struggles are lighting the path to another world, free from oppression
and
exploitation.
We strongly affirm our support for the Ivory Coast, African and world
peoples in their struggles for sovereign and participatory democracy.
We defend
the right to self-determination for all peoples and people’s collective
rights.
Through the WSF process, the Social Movements Assembly is the place
where we
come together through our diversity, in order to forge common struggles
and a
collective agenda to fight against capitalism, patriarchy, racism and
all forms
of discrimination.
We are celebrating the tenth anniversary of the Social Forum, which was
first
held in Porto Alegre
in 2001. Since that time, we have built a common history of work which
led to
some progress, particularly in Latin America, where we have been able
to
intervene in neoliberal alliances and to create several alternatives
for just
development that truly honor nature.
In these ten years, we have also witnessed the eruption of a systemic
crisis
that has expanded into a food crisis, an environmental crisis, and
financial
and economic crises, and has led to an increase in migrations and
forced
displacement, exploitation, debt levels and social inequities.
We denounce the part played by the main actors in the system (banks,
transnational companies, the mass media, international institutions, …)
who, in
their constant quest for maximum profits, continue with their
interventionist
politics of war, military occupation, so-called humanitarian missions,
new
military bases, plundering natural resources, exploitation of entire
peoples,
and ideological manipulation. We also denounce their attempts to co-opt
our
movements through their funding of social sectors that serve their
interests,
and we reject their methods of assistance which generate dependence.
Capitalism´s destructive force impacts every aspect of life itself, for
all the
peoples of the world. Yet each day we see new movements rise,
struggling to
reverse the ravages of colonialism and to achieve well-being and
dignity for
all. We declare that we, the people, will no longer bear the costs of
their
crisis and that, within capitalism, there is no escape from this
crisis. This
only reaffirms the need for us, as social movements, to come together
to forge
a common strategy to guide our struggles against capitalism.
*We fight against transnational corporations because they
support the
capitalist system, privatize life, public services and common goods
such as
water, air, land, seeds and mineral resources. Transnational
corporations
promote wars through their contracts with private corporations and
mercenaries
; their extractionist practices endanger life and nature, expropriating
our
land and developing genetically modified seeds and food, taking away
the
peoples’ right to food and destroying biodiversity.
We demand that all people should enjoy full soverignty in choosing
their way of
life. We demand the implementation of policies to protect local
production, to
give dignity to agricultural work and to protect the ancestral values
of life.
We denounce neoliberal free-trade treaties and demand freedom of
movement for
all the human beings.
We will continue to mobilize to ask for the unconditional abolition of
public
debt in all the countries in the South. We also denounce, in the
countries of
the North, the use of public debt to impose to unfair policies that
degrade the
social welfare state.
When the G8 and G20 hold their meetings, let us mobilize across the
world to
tell them, No ! We are not commodities! We will not be traded !
*We fight for climate justice and food sovereignty. Global
climate
change is a product of the capitalist system of production,
distribution and
consumption. Transnational corporations, international financial
institutions
and governments serving them do not want to reduce greenhouse gases. We
denounce ¨green capitalism ¨ and refuse false solutions to the climate
crisis
such as biofuels, genetically modified organisms and mechanisms of the
carbon
market like REDD, which ensnare impoverished peoples with false
promises of
progress while privatizing and commodifying the forests and territories
where
these peoples have been living for thousands of years.
We defend the food sovereignty and the agreement reached during the
Peoples’ Summit against Climate Change, held in Cochabamba, where true
alternatives to face
the climate crisis were built with the social movements and
organisations from
worldwide.
Let’s mobilize, all of us, especially on the African continent, during
the COP
17 in Durban in South Africa and in « Rio +20
» in 2012, to reassert the peoples’ and nature’s rights and block the
illegitimate Cancun Agreement.
We support sustainable peasant agriculture ; it is the true solution to
the
food and climate crises and includes access to land for all who work
on
it. Because of this, we call for a mass mobilisation to stop the
landgrab and
support local peasants struggles.
*We fight against violence against women, often conducted in
militarily
occupied territories, but also violence affecting women who are
criminalized
for taking part in social struggles. We fight against domestic and
sexual
violence perpetrated on women because they are considered objects or
goods, because the sovereignty of their bodies and minds is not
acknowledged.
We fight against the trade in women, girls and boys. We call on
everyone to
mobilize together, everywhere in the world, against violence against
women. We
defend sexual diversity, the right to gender self-determination and we
oppose
all homophobia and sexist violence.
*We fight for peace and against war, colonialism, occupations and
the
militarization of our lands.
The imperialist powers use military bases to trigger conflicts, control
and
plunder natural resources, and support anti-democratic initiatives, as
they did
with the coup in Honduras and
the military occupation of Haiti.
They promote wars and conflicts as in Afghanistan,
Iraq, the Democratic Republic of the Congo
and many others.
We must intensify the fight against repression and the criminalisation
of the
people’s struggles and strengthen the solidarity and initiatives
between
peoples, such as the Global Boycott Disinvestment and Sanctions
Movement
against Israel.
Our struggle also aims at NATO and to ban all nuclear weapons.
Each of these struggles implies a battle of ideas in which we cannot
progress
without democraticizing communication. We affirm that it is possible to
build
another kind of globalization, made from and by the people, and with
the
essential participation of the youth, the women, the peasants and
indigenous
peoples.
The Assembly of the Social Movements calls the forces and popular
actors
from all countries to develop two major mobilisations, coordinated on
the
international level, to participate in the emancipation and
selfdetermination
of the people and strengthen the struggle against capitalism.
Inspired by the struggles of the peoples of Tunisia and Egypt, we call
for March
20th to be made a day of international solidarity with the
uprisings of the
Arab and African people, whose every advance supports the struggles of
all
peoples: the resistance of the Palestinian and Saharian peoples;
European,
Asian and African mobilisations against debt and structural adjusment
plans ;
and all the processes of change underway in Latin America.
We also call for a Global Day of Action Against Capitalism on October
12th,
when we express in myriad ways our rejection of a system that is
destroying
everything in its path.
Social movements of the world, let us advance towards a global unity to
shatter
the capitalist system!
We shall prevail!
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JUBILEO SUR/AMERICAS
secretarÃa regional a/c PACS
PolÃticas Alternativas para el Cono Sur
