RAGA Declarations

Here are the declarations from our RAGA 2012 meeting:

Declaration of Red and Green Alternative

(Kızıl ve Yeşil Alternatif Sonuç Bildirgesi)

Solidarity with Cajamarca, Peru

(Peru, Cajamarca ile Dayanışma)

Humanitarian Intervention or Imperialist War?

(İnsani Müdahale mi, Emperyalist Savaş mı?)

KIZIL VE YEŞİL ALTERNATİF SONUÇ BİLDİRGESİ

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Kızıl ve Yeşil Alternatif Sonuç Bildirgesi

8 Temmuz 2012

Yoksulluk ve ekoloji için hemen şimdi eyleme geçmek gerekiyor.

İstanbul'da 5-8 Temmuz 2012'de yapılan Kızıl ve Yeşil Alternatif (The Red and Green Alternative – RAGA) buluşmasına Yeşil ve Sol (Türkiye), Les Alternatifs (Fransa), the Alliance for Green Socialism (İngiltere), Los Alternativos (İspanya), Os Alternativos Autogestionarios /RAGA (Brezilya) ve başka birçok sosyalist ve ekolojist örgüt katıldı. Bu buluşmada günümüz dünyasının kızıl ve yeşil meseleleri tartışıldı ve anti-kapitalist ve ekolojist ağımızla bir kızıl/yeşil kurtuluş projesi inşa etmeyi amaçladı.

Rio+20 adıyla anılan ve geçtiğimiz ayda Rio'da yapılan BM konferansı, güya, Rio de Janeiro'da 1992'de yapılmış olan ve hükümetlerin yoksulluğun ortadan kaldırılması ve çevrenin korunması için bir dizi eylem taahütünde bulunduğu asıl toplantıdan bugüne kadarki ilerlemeyi gözden geçirecekti.

Elbette hükümetler hiçbir şey yapmadılar. Rio konferansından beri yoksulluk ve eşitsizlikler devasa ölçülerde arttı ve çevresel tahribat daha da kötüleşti. Kıtlıklar bir milyar insanı etkiliyor. Savaşlar ve çatışmalar sürüyor. Irkçılık ve önyargılar baki. Biyoçeşitlilik azalıyor. Gittikçe daha çok insanın suya erişimi zayıflıyor. Artan miktarlarda toprak çölleşiyor. Denizler asitleniyor. Hala fosil yakıtlara dayalı ekonomilerimizle, küresel ısınma aynen sürüyor. Rio+20'nin “sonuç bildirisi” ise hiçbir şey bildirmiyor. Bildiri zaten önceden kaleme alınmıştı ve konferansta üzerine tartışılmadı bile.

Hükümetler, taahütleri için hareket geçmek yerine, bu sorunların hiçbiriyle ilgili hiçbir şey yapmamak için finansal krizi bahane ettiler. Özellike de küresel ısınma ve diğer ciddi ekoloji sorunlarını görmezden gelmeyi tercih ettiler. Bizleri hayatta tutan doğayı korumayı “durumları el vermiyor.”

Hükümetler, halen çözülmemiş ekonomik kriz adına son birkaç yıldır, Asya'da, Latin Amerika'da ve bugün Avrupa'da, toplumsal hareketlerimizin onlarca yıllık mücadeleleri sonucu kazandıklarını yok ediyorlar. Bizler, tüm dünyada, kapitalist borçları ödemeyeceğini söyleyenleri destekliyoruz.

Her yerde, milliyetçi yönelimler çirkin yüzünü gösteriyor: yoksul göçmenlere karşı, göçmenlere karşı, komşu ülkelere karşı ülkeye kalın duvarlar çekiyor. Kar için, petrol için ve dinlerarası savaşlar kızışıyor. Bizler tüm bunları insanlığın uluslararası doğasına inancımıza aykırı buluyoruz ve reddediyoruz.

Latin Amerika, Kuzey Amerika, Afrika, Avrupa ve Asya'da işçiler, devasa ve heyecan dolu toplumsal hareketlerde, radikal sendikal eylemlerle ve fabrika işgalleriyle, adaletsiz toplumsal ve ekonomik sisteme karşı savaşıyorlar. Tüm bu eylemleri destekliyoruz. Dört bir yanda yeni karşı saldırı tarzları ve deneysel uygulamalar ortaya çıkıyor (işgaller, öfkeliler, yerel para birimi vb.). Bunlar, yeni direniş alanları oluşturuyorlar ve uğruna mücadele ettiğimiz gelecek toplumu için yeni yaklaşımlar ortaya koyuyorlar.

RAGA buluşmasındaki tartışmalar, Avrupa'dan Şili'ye, Türkiye'deki doğa koruma mücadelesinden Brezilya köylü mücadelelerine uzandı.

Bumetne ek olarak, acil sorunlarla ilgili iki bildiri daha bulabilirsiniz.

RAGA ulusal sınırların ötesinde, ekolojik ve sosyalist meselelerle ilgili kampanyalar yürütmeyi hedefliyor. Ülkeleri ve mücadeleleri birbirine bağlayan bir uluslararası ağ inşa edeceğiz.

Ayrıca “özyönetim” kavramını, Küresel Güney'den gelen katkıları ve “buen vivir” ve “amandla” gibi mücadeleleri, dönüştürme araçları ve geleceğin modelleri olarak tartışmayı ve keşfetmeyi hedefliyoruz. Bu, özelllikle enerjide ve mübadelede alternatifler inşa etme meselesidir.

Mevcut küreselleşmiş kapitalist sistem sadece daha fazla ve daha çabuk kar etme arzusuyla çalışıyor: daha da fazla üretim ve daha da fazla getiri. Bu kanser bedenimizi yani gezegeni imha ediyor. Zenginler fakirlerden çalıyor. İçinde yaşadığımız ekosistemler yok ediliyor.

Tüketicilik, kar ve büyüme yerine dayanışma ve yaşama saygı üzerine kurulu ekolojik ve sosyalist bir toplum inşa edelim.

Kapitalist sisteme son vermek zorundayız.

8 Temmuz 2012

Kızıl ve Yeşil Alternatif

DECLARATION OF RED AND GREEN ALTERNATIVE

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DECLARATION OF RED AND GREEN ALTERNATIVE (RAGA) 8 JULY 2012

We need action on poverty and environment now

The Red And Green Alternative (RAGA) congress in Istanbul, Turkey from 5 to 8 July 2012 involved socialist and ecological organizations including Yesil ve Sol (Turkey), Les Alternatifs (France), the Alliance for Green Socialism (Britain), Los Alternativos (Spain), Os Alternativos Autogestionarios / RAGA (Brasil) and others. This meeting explored red and green issues in the world today and sought to build a red/green project of emancipation, through our anti-capitalist and ecologist network.

The UN conference called “Rio + 20” met in Rio last month, supposedly reviewing progress on the original UN conference on sustainable development in Rio de Janeiro in 1992 at which governments promised a wide range of action to eradicate poverty and preserve our environment.

Of course, governments have done nothing. Since the first Rio conference, poverty and inequality have hugely increased and damage to the environment has got worse. Famine affects one billion people. Wars and conflicts continue. Racism and prejudice remain. Bio-diversity decreases. More people have poor access to water. Increasing areas of land become desert. The seas become more acid. Global warming is unchecked, with our economies still dependent on fossil fuels. The so-called “final declaration” of the Rio+20 conference says nothing. It was drafted in advance and not even discussed by the conference.

Instead of action on their promises, governments have used the financial crisis as an excuse to do nothing about any of these issues. In particular, they have chosen to ignore global warming and the other serious environmental problems. They “cannot afford” to preserve the environment which keeps us alive.

It is in the name of the unsolved economic crisis that in a few years, from continent to continent, in Asia, Latin America, and today in Europe, governments are destroying what our social movements have won in many decades of struggle. Across the world, we support those who say they will not pay for the capitalist debts.

Everywhere, the nationalist tendency shows its ugly face: putting stronger borders against poor migrants, against immigrants, against neighbouring countries. The wars for profit, for oil, and against other religions are growing. We oppose these as contrary to our belief in the international nature of humanity.

Across Latin America, North America, Africa, Europe & Asia, workers are fighting against the unfair social and economic system in huge and enthusiastic social movements, radical trade union action, and occupying or taking over their own factories. We support these actions. Everywhere, there is a new kind of fight-back or experimental practice (occupations, indignados, local money, etc) that opens spaces of resistance and perspectives for the future society for which we are struggling.

Discussion at the RAGA conference ranged from Europe to Chile, from the fight to preserve the environment in Turkey to peasant struggles in Brazil.

Attached to this document are two statements on immediate problems.

RAGA intends to campaign, across international borders, on a range of ecological and socialist issues. We will build an international network linking countries and struggles.

We intend also to discuss and explore the concepts of “autogestion” or cooperative self management and other contributions coming from the global south and struggles like “buen vivir” and “amandla”, as tools in transformation and models for the future. It is a question of constructing alternatives, in particular concerning energy and the means of exchange.

The current globalised capitalist economic system is driven only by the desire to make bigger profits more quickly: ever bigger production and ever bigger returns. This cancer is destroying our common body, our planet. The rich steal from the poor. The ecosystem within which we live is being destroyed.

Let us build an ecological and socialist society, not based on consumerism, profit and growth but on solidarity and respect for life.

We must put an end to this capitalist system.

 8 July 2012

Red And Green Alternative (RAGA)

Peru, Cajamarca ile Dayanışma

Kızıl-Yeşil Alternatif: Peru, Cajamarca ile Dayanışma Açıklaması

İstanbul, 7 Temmuz 2012

İstanbul'daki Kızıl-Yeşil Alternatifler Buluşması'nda (5-8 Temmuz 2012) bulunan siyasal ve toplumsal örgütler olarak; Celendin, Cajamarca halkının, bölgede yapılması planlanan Conga maden projesine karşı barışçıl eylemlerin baskılanmasını kınıyoruz. Şiddetli baskı, beş kişinin ölümüne ve onlarca insanın yaralanmasına yol açtı. Birçok insan göz altına alındı.

Bu çılgınlık, Peru Başkanı Ollanta Humala tarafından 3 Temmuz'da emredildi. Gerçekleşen olayların ardından hükümet bölgeye askerleri yollamaya karar verdi. Bu ölümler, üzerinden iki ay bile geçmemiş olan Espinar, Cusco olaylarının ardından geldi. Orada da yerel halkın meşru protesto eylemler eşit derecede şiddetli olarak baskılanmıştı.

Peru'daki bu vahşet; Latin Amerika'da yayılmakta olan doğal kaynakları sömürücü, otoriter saldırıların bağlamına dahildir. Paraguay'da gerçekleşen son darbe de bu tehlikeli durumun bir başka örneğidir.

Conga projesine karşı Cajamarca'da ve Peru'nun dört bir yanında mücadele eden hareketlerle ve örgütlerle, ve öldürülen protestocuların aileleriyle dayanışma içerisindeyiz. Latin Amerika'da doğal kaynakların sömürüsüne karşı direnen halk direnişleriyle dayanışarak; tüm baskı politikalarının hemen sonlandırılmasını talep ediyoruz.

Bu baskıdan sorumlu olan askeri ve siyasal yetkililer mahkeme önüne çıkarılmalıdır. Ayrıca, göz altına alınanların serbest bırakılmasını ve askerlerin Cajamarca'yı terk etmesini talep ediyoruz.

Peru'da baskıya son!

Büyük maden şirketlerine karşı, yerel halkın mücadelesiyle dayanışmaya!

Doğal kaynaklara sömürgeci saldırıya hayır!

Mücadeleyi küreselleştirelim, umudu küreselleştirelim!

Solidarity with Cajamarca, Peru

RAGA STATEMENT OF SOLIDARITY WITH CAJAMARCA, PERU.

Istanbul, 7 July 2012

The political and social organisations present at the first Red And Green Alternative gathering at Istanbul (5 - 8 July 2012) condemn the repression of the peaceful demonstration of the inhabitants of Celendin, Cajamarca against the Conga mining project in that region. The violent repression led to five people being killed and dozens wounded. Scores of people were taken into custody.

This outrage was ordered by the Peruvian President Ollanta Humala on 3 July. Following these events the government decided to militarise the region. These casualties come after similar killings and persecutions less than two months ago at Espinar, Cusco, where the legitimate prote4sts of the local population have been just as severely repressed.

This dramatic situation in Peru, which we denounce, is part of a general context of an extractivist, authoritarian offensive spreading in Latin America. The recent coup in Paraguay is another example of this alarming situation.

We express our solidarity with the victims’ families and the movements and organisations fighting against the Conga Project in Cajamarca and all over Peru. We are in solidarity with the popular resistance movements in Latin America against extractivism and we demand the immediate end of such a repressive policy.

The military and political chiefs who are responsible for this repression should be put on trial. We also demand that the detainees should be set free and that the militarization of Cajamarca be ended.

Stop repression in Peru!

Solidarity with the fight of local communities and peoples against the big mining firms!

No to the extractivist offensive!

Make the struggle global, make hope global!

İnsani Müdahale mi, Emperyalist Savaş mı?

Kızıl-Yeşil Alternatif: İnsani Müdahale mi, Emperyalist Savaş mı?

İstanbul, 8 Temmuz 2012

Halkların bombalanmasını “insani” bir eylem olarak nitelemek, rezil bir ikiyüzlülüktür.

Özellikle, NATO'nun Suriye'deki gerilimi yükseltme stratejisinden rahatsızız.

Bu müdahalelerin ana amacı, kaynakların (petrol, su vb) ve yeni marketlerin ele geçirilmesidir.

Kimyasal, biyolojik ve nükleer silahlar, insanlığı tehdit ediyorlar. Bunların uluslararası gözetim altında yok edilmeleri gerekmektedir.

Hükümetler, iç barışı sağlamak için, halkların kimliklerine, taleplerine ve özyönetimine saygı duymalıdır. Etnik veya ulusal farklılıklar, devlet baskısına bahane oluşturmamalıdır.

Diktatörlükler ve totaliter rejimler, demokrasiye ve dengeye izin vermezler. Ancak biz, diktatörleri savunmak ve askeri müdahale arasında tercih yapmayı kabul etmiyoruz.

Barış dayanışma ister, silah değil.

Humanitarian Intervention or Imperialist War

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RAGA DECLARATION: HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION OR IMPRIALIST WAR

Istanbul 8 July 2012

It is a shameful hypocrisy to call bombing people a “humanitarian” act.

In particular we are alarmed at NATO’s strategy of escalation of tensions with Syria.

The purpose of these interventions is mainly the appropriation of resources (oil, water, etc) and of new markets.

Chemical, biological and nuclear weapons are a threat to humankind. They must be destroyed under international supervision.

Governments must respect peoples’ identities, demands and self government to achieve internal peace. Ethnic or national difference should not be a reason for repression by the state.

Dictatorships and totalitarian regimes do not allow democracy and stability. However, we do not accept a choice between supporting dictators or military intervention.

Peace requires solidarity not weapons.

L'Alternative Rouge et Verte 2012

Outcomes of Workshops

Here are the outcomes of some of the workshops:

- Social Banking

- Alternative Energy Supply

- Coup d'Etat

- Shale Gas / Schiste Gas

- Political Situation in Turkey

- The Struggle of Laz Language

- Privatizations and Cuts

- Anti-Nuclear Struggle

- Compost for the City

- Useless Projects

- Hydroelectric Power Plants in Brazil and north of Turkey

- Struggles and Attacks in the 21st Century

Report: Struggles and Attacks in the 21st Century

The outcome of Struggles and Attacks in the 21st Century - Ekoloji Kollektifi, part1

Is the problem capitalism or industrialism?
Industrialism in “socialist” was still based on the capitalist model. It is capitalism that inevitable destroys the environment.

What solutions are proposed within capitalism and why are these not viable
a) A market in “permits to pollute”: ineffective and treats climate as a commodity
b) A green “new deal”: still depends on growth
c) Techno-fixes like carbon capture & storage or African solar farms: too big and often imperialist
Capitalism will not allow ecological solutions because og its need for growth and its short term pursuit of profit.

Are there viable alternative solutions
A complete model of the solution, a green socialist society, is not possible. Principles include:
sustainability, , no delibeate obsolescence, lowing down, common ownership, no profit motive, localism, direct democracy, self government. Solutions cannot be mediated by money.

Report: Hydroelectric Power Plants in Brazil and north of Turkey

The outcome of Hydroelectric Power Plants in Brazil and north of Turkey

(Recolonization and Popular Struggle Against Merchandisation of Natural Common Goods in Our America - COMPA)

[Portuguese a baixa]

In this discussion it was possible to discuss different dam projects in Brazil and Turkey with different objectives, but with many features in common. The expansion project of the Brazilian government energy generates an incalculable environmental and social impact in the Amazon region, and there are indications that this energy expansion will not be restricted to Brazil, as other Latin countries as Bolivia, Peru and others also need to generate more power.

Through this exchange of experiences was shown a partnership between resistance groups in Turkey who are fighting against the installation of dams on one of its major rivers, as well as in Brazil is building an integrated group around the resistance against the installation of the largest dams of history of the Amazon. This effort to link the fight in defense of the four Amazonian rivers, which must undergo this process, and the two Turkish rivers is very important to amplify the strength of this campaign.

Nesta discussão foi possível discutir diferentes projetos de barragens no Brasil e na Turquia com diferentes objetivos, mas com muitas características em comum. O projeto de expansão energética do governo brasileiro gera um impacto ambiental e social incalculável na região amazônica, e há indicações de que esta expansão energética não ficará restrita ao Brasil, pois outros países latinos como Bolívia, Peru entre outros também precisam gerar mais energia.

Através desta troca de experiências foi sinalizada uma parceria entre grupos de resistência na Turquia que lutam contra a instalação de barragens em um dos seus principais rios, assim como no Brasil está se formando um grupo integrado em torno da resistência contra a instalação das maiores barragens da história da Amazônia. Este esforço de ligar a luta em defesa dos quatro rios amazônicos, que devem sofrer este processo, e os dois rios turcos é de suma importância para amplificar a força desta campanha.

Report: Useless Projects

The outcome of Useless Projects (Struggle Against the Notre Dame des Landes Airport) - Les Alternatifs

The establishment a new airport at NDDL means the destruction of 2000 ha of agricultural land and the dismantling of farms and their households. It is a useless project without economic results which denies democracy. Against it almost 40 organizations (trade unions, parties, inhabitants of the area, users' associations.. and the alternatifs) joined forces in order to provide legal and psychological support. How do the Alternatifs see their role in this coordination? They have enlarged the local struggle (music festival, mass pic-nic..) making it to a national and political concern, so that the usual disparaging comments “They are only a few inhabitants, a few greens” could be avoided.

1.The struggle went through different organizations and fought for unity in a big meeting at NDDL.

2.The Alternatifs gave a national and international resonance by inviting famous personalities.

3.We asked the coordinate at the presidential elections to commit themselves to an abolition of this project

4.1000 elected representatives set up a venture to raise money for a new independent survey which led to the same results as ours.

5.It took a hunger strike lasting 28 days involving representations, inhabitants and peasants to obtain the suspension of land evictions as François Hollande was made to promise such a step.

6.And now we this project to other useless projects through a European Forum which is taking place from the of July at NDDL itself.

Report: Compost for the City

The outcome of Compost for the City - Consumers' Rights Association, Mersin

We are from Consumers Rights Association's in Mersin. We're looking for solutions to make organic surface of the cities into the compost. In 2005,we started the project for compost and our movement centers are our schools and women. For separates organic items for compost, we have communicated NGOs, organizations, associations, foundations, some places which supply food only. We gave them seminars have to separate organic surface for compost. Also, we applied some examples in schools. Now, we've signature campaign municipalities to support and take responsibility. We continued this project along with universities. ETO( Organic Agree-Cultural Organizations) and ECOTAR ( Control and Certificate of Ecological Agree-Cultural Organizations). During the workshop, we have listened and learned experiences about compost from foreigner participator which are very important infos we believe. For example, in the santral separation compost building. If the oxygen level pass the %50, there might be an explosion.

Report: Anti-nuclear Struggle

The outcome of Anti-Nuclear Struggles - SOS Istanbul, Yeşil ve Sol, RAGA Spain

There is an anti-nuclear struggle in Spain against a construction project of a nuclear waste deployment. In local terms, it will destroy the recently emerging ecological agriculture in the region and accelerate the ongoing emigration from the region. Although the nuclear lobby is running a big campaign involving the media and the government, the nationwide campaign has a strong tradition and considers the project as an opportunity to highlight the shift of power to bigger enterprises as well as underlining the ecological destruction of nuclear power in general.

On the other hand, the Anti-nuclear Platform in Turkey had a 20-year struggle against the first nuclear power plant project in the country. The projects were suspended 10 years ago, but were reintroduced by the current government, who shows a determined attitude towards the two projects, one on the north and one on the south. The main argument of the anti-nuclear movement is that the projects are located in earthquake locations.

Report: Privatizations and Cuts

The outcome of

The Struggles Against the Privatizations and Cuts in Public Services in the Area of Villarrobledo - RAGA Spain, Les Alternatifs

and

Privatization of Water - Les Alternatifs

La Mancha is rural without historical political struggle until recently. 2011's public service cuts in health and education mobilized people not previously politically engaged, ie school children's parents.

The biggest of 7 street demonstrations involved 4000 people from Villarobledo. Workers from different organizations headed the movement in turn so it remained “democratically horizontal”. This approach engendered no new organizing body although other meetings resulted in some being co-opted into trade unions so they left the movement.

Others remained in the movement. In conclusion, although their claims were not heard, many people reached a higher level of consciousness and will remain in the movement. They will hopefully find new ways through direct action of challenging bureaucracy.

Report: The Struggle of Laz Language

The outcome of The Struggle of Laz Language - Laz Derneği

The Laz language is among southern Caucasian languages, written with a Latin-originated alphabet of 35 letters. The struggle of the Laz language came into public agenda with the emergence of the music band Zuğaşi Berepe in 1993. Also in 1993, one of the major steps in this struggle is the publication of Ogni magazine. The main axis of the struggle is with the foundation of the Laz Culture Association in 2008.

Report: Political Situation in Turkey

The outcome of Political Situation in Turkey - Özgürlük ve Dayanışma Partisi (Freedom and Solidarity Party)

When the nature of AKP's government is analyzed, it would be seen that it is a continuation of the military intervention in 1980. It applied the neoliberal policies with its social-ideological hegemony. Meanwhile, it had done away all power relations and established the 2.Republic regime. The citizens of this new republic are designed to be submissive, religious and hateful. The regime highlights limitless market mechanisms and cooperation with the US in the Middle East. Its reflections to Turkish people are human rights violations, poverty, and ecological degradation. Also the active cooperation policies in the Middle East threaten the peace opportunities.

Report: Shale gas / Schiste gas

The outcome of Shale Gas - Les Alternatifs, Alliance for Green Socialism

The world is running out of oil & gas. Capitalism has a huge investment in oil/gas infrastructure and use, so tries sources that are more difficult and more expensive, such as schiste gas. Traditional oil and gas is in large continuous fields, easy to drill into.  Schiste gas distributed in millions of tiny separate pockets. It is extracted by drilling down, then along horizontally, breaking up the rock formations, pumping in water & chemicals, and pumping out the gas.

Bad effects include:
- poisoning the ground and the water supply with chemicals (they will not disclose what chemicals they use)
- releasing methane, a very powerful greenhouse gas causing global warming
- changing the geological structure, causing earthquakes
- impact of thousands of surface well-heads

An underlying problem is that, if it were successful, schiste gas would lock us in to using fossil fuels, generating greenhouse gases, for a long time.

In France there is a powerful (but unevenly distributed) mobilisation against schiste gas, strongest in the south east (a demonstration of 20,000 in a village), based on citizens and local collectives, and acknowledged by political parties. Fifty municipalities have declared against schiste gas.Over 60 exploration licences have been granted. A law of July 2011 prohibits fracking – but the government has revoked nonky only three licences so far..

There is schiste gas, and interest in extracting it, in much of the rest of Europe, from Sweden to Hungary to Spain. Most governments favour schist gas at least in principle. Poland has large amounts and would like less dependence on Russia. Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria would like more energy independence.

In Bulgaria exploration started in 2009 but has now been halted by protests. In Romania exploration has been stopped. Germany has paused exploration for further study by a commission. In Britain, exploration has been paused for further study of the seismic impact, after earthquakes caused by fracking.

In the USA there are over a million production wells.

Since the international water alternative summit in March 2012, a European network against fracking has been set up, with another meeting in, Sep 2012. The people’s summit in rio in June 2012 issued a resolution signed by dozens of people with the support of a score of organisations.

In France, a defensive struggle – the fight against schiste gas – poses the question of transition to different forms of energy. The defensive fight moves into a constructive phase..

Report: Coup d'Etat

Outcome of Coup d'Etat - Platform of 12 September & COMPA

The representer of the platform of 12 September, İlke Acar told about the process of cart and its evolution. Also background of military coup and the importance of court were mentioned by her.

The parliamentary Coup D'etat which occurred in Paraguay on the 22nd of June is essentially declined to comfort the power of the oligarchy and (yo) empower the Agra-business corporations. After the several attempts in Ecuador and Bolivia, and particularly three years after the coup d'etat in Honduras, it forecasts a new cycle of destabilization toward changing oriented processes in Latin America in order to protect leading classes interests and gain control over natural resources.

TURKEY

A law suit has been brought against the military officers who made the military coup in 12 Sep 1980. It is backed by actions including demonstrations, vigils and legal support. Much support from the families of those killed. The question is who should try them: AKP court v revolutionary court

LATIN AMERICA

The USA traditionally controlled Latin America by military coups (eg ‘64 Brazil, ‘73 Chile)

characterised by neo-liberalism and state violence. From the ‘90s there were more democratic governments and left governments. In ’08 in Honduras there was a military/constitutional coup. In ’12 in Paraguay there was a constitutional coup against a popular president with little congressional support. The USA seeks control of a major water resource across Paraguay, Brazil & Argentina.

Report: Alternative Energy Supply

The outcome of Social Banking and Alternative Energy Supply - Les Alternatifs

This cooperative has 10000 members. As in France in 2004 energy supply was declared as free, renewable energy could be sold through the public network. Local organizations look for new producers. The benefits of the year are invested in new projects for clean energy but the state brakes: at the beginning of “the free market” you could not abandon the new supplier which you had chosen. Now you may and the state prefers to give money to individuals who buy a technical pump than to finance projects for clean energy.

Report: Social Banking

The output of Social Banking and Alternative Energy Supply - Les Alternatifs

The first question was: how can a bank be social? Or alternative?

On this French Bank there are 26 000 members who have a capital of 24 Million Euros. In theory, each member has a voice and can decide on the bank's development. In each region there are members who choose which projects they encourage. This bank is not involved in financial projects worldwide, it has an ethical purpose: to build a bridge between savers and borrowers who carry sustainable meeting cultural, social, and ecological criteria and local development. Members have to pay a beginning share and they can use La Nef as a normal bank with a current account but members are asked to share the interests with the borrowers, so that borrowers have percentage interests to pay, they just pay the capital back. The savers have a tax relief.

The Program

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(version05, July 4th)


Here are some of the debates and workshops:


- The struggles against the privatizations and cuts in the public services in the area of Villarrobledo (La Mancha, Spain) [Espanol]

- The movement of "Indignants" [Espanol]

- Acting direct - creative and sensible

- Struggles and Attacks in the 21st Century [Türkçe]

- Struggle Against the Notre Dame des Landes Airport

- Consum'actions Facing Crisis

- Shale Gas

- Privatization of Water

- Autogestion / Self-government

- Recolonization and Popular Struggles Against Merchandisation of Natural Common Goods in Our America   [Castellano , Français ]

- New Forms of Dissent in Eastern Europe

- Social Banking and Alternative Energy Supply

- Unemployment Compensation

- The European March of the Unemployed


and the assemblies (in draft):

- Red and Green: Pseudo-contradiction, Background or Superficial Convergence and the Democratic Mediation

- What Kind of Red and Green Network

- Network Project and Common Initiatives

Las luchas contra las privatizaciones y los recortes en los servicios públicos en el área de Villarrobledo (La Mancha, estado español): cómo se ha construido un movimiento de base para la lucha en un área rural.

Grupo que promueve la sesión: Núcleo de Los Alternativos – Alternativa Roja y Verde en La Mancha (Estado español)

Descripción de la sesión:

En los últimos meses se han extendido las movilizaciones contra las privatizaciones y los recortes por todo el Estado español. Con la excusa de la crisis, los diversos gobiernos (central, regional,...) han desarrollado una ofensiva sin precedentes contra todos los derechos de los trabajadores y los ciudadanos.

En ese contexto, en el área de Villarrobledo (un área rural con muy escasa tradición de movilizaciones en los pasados años) se ha desarrollado un potente movimiento de luchas, horizontal y basado en asambleas. Un movimiento en el que hemos confluido compañeros de muy diversos sectores y planteamientos previos. Pero que ha sido capaz de aglutinar a miles de personas que han roto con la apatía tradicional y se han echado a las calles en muchas manifestaciones

Tipo de sesión: Testimonio

Duración de la sesión: 1 hora (incluyendo exposición de la experiencia y debate)

The struggles against the privatizations and cuts in the public services in the area of Villarrobledo (La Mancha, Spain): how is constructed a based-movement of struggles in a rural area.

The host organization: Group of The Alternatives – Red and Green Alternative in La Mancha (Spanish State)

The description/explanation of the session

 

In the last months the mobilizations against the privatizations and the cuts have spread over the whole spanish State. With the excuse of the crisis, the diverse governments (central, regional...) have developed an offensive without precedents against all the rights of the workpeople and the citizens.

In this context, in the area of Villarrobledo (a rural area with very limited tradition of mobilizations in the last years) has developed a powerful movement of struggles, horizontal and based on assemblies. A movement in which we have come together companions of very diverse sectors and stances previous. But that has been capable of agglutinating thousands of persons who have broken with the traditional apathy and have thrown themselves to the streets in many demonstrations.

The type of the session: Testimony

The anticipated duration of the session: 1 hour (including exposition of the experience and debate)

Note: The session is in Spanish and will be translated.

El movimiento de los Indignados

Organización que promueve la sesión: Núcleo de Los Alternativos – Alternativva Roja y Verde en el estado español

 

Descripción de la sesión 

Análisis sobre el movimiento indignado. ¿Qué ha aportado este movimiento al proceso de lucha contra la crisis? ¿Cuáles son sus fortalezas y sus limitaciones hasta el momento? ¿Qué implicaciones tiene el lema “No nos representan”?

Tipo de sesión: Breve exposición y Debate

Duración de la sesión: 15-20 minutos de exposición. Después el debate