Last day to contribute with themes for Dakar
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rita@...
on Sep 10, 2010 07:29 PM
Please pay atencion to axe 5, on communication issues
and knowledge, culture
The International Council of the World Social Forum and the African
Social Forum and the Senegalese Organizing Committee launch a public
consultation until September 10th to finalize the thematic axes of the
centralized edition of the WSF, to be held in Dakar, Senegal, on
February 06-11 2011. This methodological proposal was defined after
Mumbai (Maharashtra, India), five years ago. Its main goals are to
give a structure to the physical space of the WSF, in relation to the
distribution of the self-organized activities, and contribute to
facilitate the communication between organizations, networks and
movements, groups and campaigns participating in the WSF process,
reaching greater convergence and articulation between them.
This consultation moment was therefore prepared after the three
structuring strategic axes of the 2011 event:
1)To strengthen the offensive capacity against neoliberal capitalism
and its instruments;
2)To deepen struggles and resistances against capitalism, imperialism
and oppression;
3)To propose democratic and people?s alternatives
The Dakar Social Forum proposes 11 thematic axes taking into account
the current international context and the context of the movements?
organized struggles and of themes related to Africa. The organizers
proposes:
1.For a human society founded on common principles and values of
dignity, diversity, justice, equality between all human beings,
regardless of genders, cultures, age, disabilities, religious beliefs,
health status, and for the elimination of all forms of oppression and
discrimination based on racism, xenophobia, caste system, sexual
orientation and others.
2.For environmental justice, for universal and sustainable access of
humanity to the common goods, for the preservation of the planet as
source of life, especially land, water, forests, renewable energy
sources and biodiversity, guaranteeing the rights of indigenous,
traditional, native, autochthonous and original peoples, their
territories, resources, languages, cultures, identities and knowledge.
3.For the applicability and effectivity of all human rights ?
economic, social, cultural, environmental, civil and political rights
? particularly the rights to land, food sovereignty, food, social
protection, health, education, housing, employment, decent work,
communication, cultural and political expression.
4.For the freedom of movement and establishment of all, especially
migrants and asylum-seekers, trafficked people, refugees, indigenous,
original, native, autochthonous and original peoples, minorities,
people under occupation and people in situations of war and conflict,
and for the respect of their civil, political, economic, social,
cultural and environmental rights.
5.For the inalienable right of people to the cultural patrimony of
humanity, for the democratization of knowledges, cultures,
communication and technologies, valuing the common goods, for
visibilizing subjugated knowledges, towards the ending of hegemonic
knowledge and of the privatization of knowledge and technologies,
fundamentally changing the system of intellectual property rights.
6.For a world freed from the values and structures of capitalism, of
patriarchal oppression, of all forms of domination from financial
powers, transnational corporations and unequal systems of trade,
colonial and debt domination.
7.For the construction of a social, solidary and emancipatory economy,
with sustainable patterns of production and consumption and with a
system of fair trade, putting at the heart of its priorities the
fundamental needs of peoples and the respect for nature, ensuring
systems of global redistribution with global taxes and without tax
havens.
8.For the construction and expansion of democratic, political,
economic structures and institutions, at a local, national and
international level, with the participation of the people in
decision-making and in the control of public affairs and of resources,
respecting people?s diversity and dignity.
9.For the construction of a global order based on peace, justice and
human security, the rule of law, ethics, sovereignty and
self-determination of peoples, condemning economic sanctions and in
favor of international rules for the arms trade.
10.For the valuing of the histories and the struggles of Africa and
the diaspora and their contribution to humanity, recognizing the
violence of colonialism.
11.For collective reflection on our movements, the World Social Forum
process itself and our perspectives for the future
The registration and the agglutination of self-determination
activities will start after this consultation. See if your
organization?s struggles are contemplated above and send contributions
up until September 10th to: consultation@...
http://www.ciranda.net/ecrire/?exec=articles&id_article=4562