• 2011movements-fsm discussion

  • Space outside the WSF? Let's work together!

    from VIA22 on Jan 18, 2013 06:30 PM
    *Translation of the 2 emails sent by Nori (Please reply to :
    nori100@...) :*
    
    Hello,
    
    I'm Nori I live in Montreal, Quebec and I am in Occupy Montreal.
    
    We are a small group (Marwen, Khaled and me) who are interested in
    encouraging activities and circle discussed outside the Forum, in order to
    be able to reach Tunisian social movements that won't necessarily be inside
    the the Forum.
    
    Occupy Montreal this summer did five neighbourhood occupations. I believe
    that the most beautiful things that came out this occupations,
    is that they provided an opportunity for participants to make their own
    projects and realize that they could have an impact on their environment,
    that their actions could influence the course of things.
    This occupations allowed the people in the neighbourhood to meet and build
    relationships.
    Of course this are impacts in a small scale if  this change are small
    scale, but I still get news of the work from this new groups who have
    formed in the summer.
    
    In Tunisia, if we make these activities outside the Forum, we believe that
    the appropriation by Tunisians of this project, so people can also realize
    that they can have an impact on their environment.
    This is why is so importing get in touch with Tunisians.
     Khaled who is Tunisian, knows several social movement that were created
    after the revolution.
    Marwen who is also Tunisian just made a 5 month internship in Tunisia on
    the FSM, and he realizes that the organizers of the WSF
    are not really in contact with people who have been very active in the
    uprising.
    
    With our group, we thought at the beginning, to a encourage a camp outside
    the Forum. The place that had been proposed to do so, was the Belvedere
    Park,
    but as time goes by and we do not know what will be the level of
    participation of Tunisians in this project,
    we begin to think of encouraging day occupations, suited to the interests
    of Tunisians.
    
    Khaled start contacting activist groups in Tunisia to inform them of the
    project and Marwen is arriving there in a few days.
    Therefore, Marwen will be able to meet the group that Khaled and him will
    contact.
    
    We would be very interested in working with others on this project. What do
    you think?
    
    Carminda said we could start discus about thin on the site? It would be
    interesting to make a group about this action to be made outside the
    Forum. Can you help me to start one? I do not know how to do it.
    
    sorry for my english I will do my best to communicate with you.
    
    
    Thanks
    
    Nori
    
    See you soon
    Nori
    
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