Fwd: [rc05] Fwd: 2013 - Second Newsletter
from
Azril Bacal
on Nov 15, 2014 09:08 AM
Hej vänner!
Härmed skickar jag underlag till info kvällen om Perú och Mexiko,
den 19/11 (Kl. 19.00 - 21.00).
Underlaget är en liten artikel som jag skrev om
"Destructive consequences of neoliberal extractivism..."som publicerades i
newsletter 2-2013
av Research Committee 05 (International Sociological Association)...med
bilder!
Rubrik till kvällens mötet: WHAT DO PERÚ AND MEXICO HAVE IN COMMON TODAY?
NEOLIBERAL EXTRACTIVISM, WIDESPREAD CORRUPTION AND VIOLENCE!!!!
BACKGROUND: MUCH OF THE VIOLENCE TAKING PLACE IN BOTH COUNTRIES,
WHOSE POLITICAL LANDSCAPE IS SEVERELY COMPLICATED BY THE NARCO MAFFIAS
(NARCO-GOVERNMENT) AND WIDESPREAD CORRUPTION, IS DUE TO THE DESTRUCTIVE
CONSEQUENCES OF NEOLIBERAL EXTRACTIVISM, WHICH ALSO ACCOUNTS FOR THE
ONGOING CRIMINALIZATION OF NON-VIOLENT PROTEST, GROSS VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN
RIGHTS , AS WELL AS THE "LEGAL" IMPUNITY GRANTED BY THE "AUTHORITIES" TO
PROTECT THE INTERESTS OF THE MINE OWNERS TO THE SHOOTING MILITARY AND
POLICE.
THIS IS THE BACKGROUND TO THE ONGOING PEOPLES' MOBILIZATION AND WIDESPREAD
PROTEST IN PERU AND MEXICO RIGHT NOW.
KEEP IN MIND THAT THE NEXT COP 20 (CLIMATE SUMMIT) MEETING WILL TAKE PLACE
IN LIMA, DURING THE FIRST DAYS OF DECEMBER 2014 - AND ALSO FIND YOUR WAY TO
PROTEST FOR THE RECENT POLICIY MURDER OF 43 STUDENTS IN IGUALA, MEXICO, BY
JOINING YOUR VOICE(S) TO THE ONGOING WORLD PROTEST IN THAT REGARD!
The lecturer is Azril Bacal, a peruvian agricultural engineer, sociologist,
engaged university professor and researcher in Perú, Mexico and Spain,
local poet and glocal peace activist, member of SAL-Uppsala, Friends of the
Earth- Uppsala and Förening AGNI i Uppsala.