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Call to action 26/01/08
“Que se vayan todos – let’s get rid of them all” (message written on the walls of Argentina)
ALERT, ALERT!!!
Megacorporations are taking over our world.
Make your choice between resistance or slavery.
It has come to our attention that the struggle between multinational
corporations and free people across the world is reaching a crucial
phase. Today we are witnessing an unprecedented growth of power of
transnational corporations. Following this evolution, the
destruction of the environment and the enslavement of people in the
capitalist system is taking place on a scale never seen before.
But
in in the silence of the night, the voices of the oppressed are growing
stronger and stronger as well. Soon the whispers in the shadows will
outnumber the laughter of the powerful who are denying billions of
living beings every right to live freely and in solidarity. The
rattling of the money in their pockets can’t last forever while more
and more people are making a fist. Our cries for justice will flood the
streets which will be ours again. For the time being, this is still a
dream. At the moment we live in the darkness of the night, but singing
our song of resistance the day will once return.
Our eyes are
open! We can’t and we won’t stand idly by while the world is being
transformed into the playground of megacorporations. We will do what we
can to expose the filthy war transnational capital is waging on people
all over the world. It is our duty, living in the heart of Babylon, to
strike at the beast from within. We call upon all the people who are
still free in their minds and their hearts, to join us in our attack on
the symbols of the corporate takeover.
The 26th of January will be the first time the World Social Forum will
take place in the form of decentralized actions all over the world. We
wish to embrace this opportunity for people from different backgrounds,
with different strategies, to get to know each other again on the field
of
social action. In Belgium, we are witnessing the rebirth of a diverse
and powerful movement, as people from different backgrounds call for a
radical gathering in Brussels. We will be there next to the Belgian
Social Forum. Not against them, nor really with them. Because our
struggle may be one struggle, but our road is a different one. We
reclaim the true spirit of the movement which emerged before in
Seattle, in Prague, in Genua and again last year in Heiligendamm. A
struggle fought in a diversity of tactics, which is sorely needed
against the multi-headed monster we face. We belong to a Movement of
movements. A movement that comes and goes by, but never truly
disappears. A movement that exists all over the world. From the
Zapatistas demanding self-determinition, to the Argentinian workers who
took control over their abandoned factories, to Indian farmers fighting
genetically manipulated crops, to indigenous people fighting for our
vulnerable ecosystem on which their way of living depends. We struggle
in solidarity with them and with many others. Not just to ask for
change, but to demand it. Not just to change this world a bit here and
a bit there, but to reshape it fundamentally and in a radical way!
That’s
why we would like to join in their effort by expressing our solidarity
in the worldwide struggle for global justice, using for this purpose
the hallmarks of People's Global Action as a guideline:
1.A very clear rejection of capitalism, imperialism and feudalism; all
trade agreements, institutions and governments that promote destructive
globalization.
2.We reject all forms and systems of domination and discrimination
including, but not limited to, patriarchy, racism and religious
fundamentalism of all creeds. We embrace the full dignity of all human
beings.
3.A confrontational attitude, since we do not think that lobbying can
have a major impact in such biased and undemocratic organisations, in
which transnational capital is the only real policy-maker.
4.A call to direct action and civil disobedience, support for social
movements' struggles, advocating forms of resistance which maximize
respect for life and oppressed peoples' rights, as well as the
construction of local alternatives to global capitalism.
5.An organisational philosophy based on decentralisation and autonomy.
We wish to invite all who endorse these principles to take part in the
gathering. We will meet with the rest of the movement at the back of
the stock market (Bourse), symbol of transnational exploitation, at
13h00.
Come prepared, stay flexible, stay alert.
Come as you are, dress up, be in disguise. (black is beautiful)
Come with your love, with your rage.
Come knowing that another world is not only possible, but necessary.
‘Cause it’s now or never...
Even if they cannot see us. We are everywhere!
See you on the barricades,
Some Dissent(ing)! People.
Voor recente updates in het Nederlands over de naderende protesten verwijzen we je graag naar de volgende websites: Indymedia Ondergronds Vlaanderen, Dissent Nederland, Indymedia Nederland
Of schrijf je in op onze emaillijst: dissentforall@lists.riseup.net
Voor vragen kan je terecht op volgend emailadres: stopg8@gmail.com
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