Dear comrades,
Hereby personally endorse the statement by the global justice movement,
vowing to inform my local, national and international networks about it,
suggesting they also endorse it.
Abrazo fraternal
Azril Bacal,
Friends of the Earth-Uppsala/Sweden + other

On Sun, Mar 22, 2015 at 10:49 AM, Luiz Carlos Susin <lcsusin@...>
wrote:

>
> In the name of the World Forum on Theology and Liberation, I sign this
> statement: we, from several Countries and Continents, agree with it. Our
> moviments are bigger and larger.
>
> Tunis, 22th March 15.
>
>
> Luiz Carlos Susin - General secretary.
> World Forum on Theology and Liberation
> ________________________________________
> De: chouder78 [chouder78@...]
> Enviado: sábado, 21 de março de 2015 14:09
> Para: Dayan-Herzbrun Sonia;
> religion-emancipation-discussion@...
> Assunto: [Religion & Emancipation discussion]   Rép: Re: [Religion &
> Emancipation discussion] Fwd: [info3] WSF 2015:convergence assemblies
>
> I also agree totally.
> Thanks.
> Warmly,
> Ismahane Chouder
> Participation et Spiritualité Musulmanes
>
> Envoyé depuis mon smartphone
>
> Dayan-Herzbrun Sonia <soherzbrun@...> a écrit :
>
> Dear Audrey,
>
> I agree totally with this statement.
>
> Best,
>
> Sonia
>
> Sonia Dayan-Herzbrun
>
>
>
>
> Le Samedi 21 mars 2015 17h37, Audrey Bomse <audreybomse@...> a
> écrit :
>
>
> Dear all,
>
> Will the Convergence Assembly deal with the recent statement and the
> planned opening day march, which seem to indicate that the WSF organizers
> have been dragged into the 'war against (Islamic) terror' agenda? My
> organization, the National Lawyers Guild (US) is working on the statement
> below, for which we will be seeking endorsement
>
> Audrey
>
> We are writing to express our alarm at the position adopted by the
> Preparatory Commission in its comunique regarding the tragic events at
> Tunisia's Bardo national museum. In particular, its announcement that the
> opening World Social Forum march will come under the theme of "Peoples of
> the world united against terrorism". We are seriously concerned that the
> Preparatory Commission may be facilitating the usurpation of the World
> Social Forum by the "war on terror" agenda.
>
> Progressives around the globe view the World Social Forum as an
> alternative space in which they can critically reflect upon and challenge
> dominant narratives of state, capitalist and imperialist power that keep
> peoples from imagining and achieving "another world". The first principle
> of the original WSF charter is to bring together civil society
> organizations "that are opposed to neoliberalism and to domination of the
> world by capital and any form of imperialism". For the past 15 years, the
> discourses, policies and practices of the "war on terror" have played a key
> role in (re)producing the various hierarchies (of socio-economic status, of
> citizenship, of sovereignty, etc) that perpetuate capitalist and
> imperialist power. We believe the role of progressives should always be to
> express empathy and solidarity with innocent victims of crime, regardless
> of the perpetrator, whether states or non-state actors. We also believe
> there are times when "civil society" may find it in their strategic
> interests to work with governments to achieve certain aims. However, in a
> context in which clarity is lacking and where it is difficult to access
> accurate information, it is incumbent upon progressives to challenge
> official narratives and propose emancipatory alternatives.
>
> The global justice movement cannot allow itself to be used for a domestic
> and geopolitical agenda that seeks to manipulate the emotions of the public
> to justify a further militarization of Tunisian society (and the world) in
> a way that only benefits the security/military-industrial-complex. It also
> enables the entrenchment of racialized counter-terror practices that
> marginalize whole communities, criminalize dissent and, most importantly,
> divert attention away from the most pressing social, economic and political
> issues that were at the heart of the uprisings in Tunisia and elsewhere in
> the world.
>
> We believe the raison d'être of the WSF
>
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