We do not know yet whether we will sign down the CGT's proposal of declaration: we have to discuss it collectively, among our 80 groups first, then at a federal level, and this needs some time. But whatever our final decision will be, it is clear for us that such a written deep agreement is not needed to cooperate between libertarian organisations.

While we regret that the organisation of the international libertarian days was not as clear as it should have been, and in particular that our sister federations from the International of Anarchist Federations have been invited only very lately, we nevertheless approve the idea of a well-coordinated libertarian movement, and the initiative for regular gatherings between its various components. This year have given us several opportunities to meet in international demonstrations, as we did in Nice last December; unitary libertarian blocks in such circumstances are for us of obvious significance, as is the necessity of showing as often as possible that pluralism of approaches within social anarchism do not entrave its dynamism, nor its in-depth coherence. Any opportunity to reinforce our mutual links is therefore welcome.

We greet again warmly the organisations attending these days, wish you a fruitful meeting, and hope we meet you soon, was it in another libertarian meeting, or in a social struggle.

March 29th, 2001,

French-speaking Anarchist Federation

First was on NGO and second was on Communalism. You did not respond the second one. Here we are fighting against communal Hindu state while tribals' tradition comes. Here even census data has no option to identify tribals as tribals. They have to show as Hindu or Muslim or Christian by religion. The educational schools and holiday are on mainstream religion not according to tribal traditions here. I know in Africa and Latin America tribals have fought against Christian state. You have any material and know that similar type of struggles is going on then please keep on sending it to us.

And About NGOs.

You people might be unaware about the NGOs activities in third world countries. Here we see them as an extension of state. State was earlier a welfare state posed itself as welfare to the people only to counter communist state and did many welfare work starting from health education etc

Then after Russia, state became development state for the development started investing on infrastructure, power etc. Here NGOs came to the picture. They started working on giving education health plantation watershed activities in rural and remote areas

In late 80s when privatisation began in India MNCs in large number came to picture. Then these corporate funds for developmental work reached to NGOs. You would see 1985 onwards most of the NGOs registered them selves in Home ministry of India to get foreign funds. The flow of foreign funds to these NGOs started after 1985 and picked up after 1992 after liberalisation.

Earlier foreign funds were reached to India but only to the churches. Now it is coming to all NGOs registered by the state.

Now the state has become corporate state which is self explanatory and very soon it would be military state to suppress all 'democratic voice' even.

These NGOs on the other hand are not realising people the reality. These groups are involved with Self-Help Goups and micro credit. Tribal education and formal education, watershed activities, promotion of community. Building peoples' organisation.

All these activities not only in prescription of state but designed by funding agencies. They are like OXFAM of UK, Action Aid of UK, HIVOS and NOVIV of Netherlands, Christian Aid, Church Aid etc.

Why they are harmful?

First, They are working on Micro credit which is a world bank topic. WB now has targeted to extract rural capital for financial growth. All govt. agencies are targeting self help groups ( SHGs) specifically women to mobilise funds and NGOs are playing vital role. These NGOs all most all are collecting funds from each family and depositing it in Rural Bank. Neither they are forming cooperative nor even doing any community based income generating work. only depositing money to increase bank turnover. rest you can imagine. for this they are saying people that for their poverty they are responsible. they should save money so that their standard would improve. those are already in poverty if they start saving they what would be the condition? next, is it true that they are responsible ?

second, they never recognise village community as a whole as the community. Here dictation of funding agencies work. These NGOs form committee of five/six people in side community village not according to village decision but according to agencies guidelines. each committee should be comprised of a women, a dalit, a tribal, a local politician (PRI member) etc. this composition is not by village. so they operate above the village decision. made chaos and confusion inside this needy community.

thirdly. they show the people if they enlist themselves as beneficiary in any programme of state or NGO then there will be no poverty. they spoiled the possibility of solving the problem with community effort or find for a solution collectively. They raised desire how to get support from outside thorough writing application and memorandum and also by requesting them. They adopt one of two villages for their programme and do the work for which they are getting funds and rest of the villages are thinking that if that NGO would reach to their village or any other NGO if comes then their problem would be solved. here they are spoiling the fighting spirit and making illusion before people.

fourthly, they are opposed to people' s movement. always they try to solve amicably with state. secondly `approach should be like memoranda, letters , personal visit or dharana- not any offensive action. that article on Kashipur movement would explain more.

All these things you can share with all your friends

Madrid friends can share it and we expect few lines about this on declaration so that more and more people would start discussion at least on this new topic.

we require certain information like who are exactly the corporations those are funding OXFAM. Action aid, NOVOV and HIVOS etc.

expecting all success to the meeting.

in solidarity

We also need to step up our co-operation to increase the visibility of anarchism as the alternative to capitalism. Our aim is not just to defend what little we enjoy today, or to merely force our rulers to concede a little more. These are good and necessary activities but they are not sufficient in themselves.

Our goal is to assist our class in overthrowing capitalism and building a society based on socialism, freedom and participatory democracy - to turn the anarchist vision into reality.

For this reason, we enthusiastically support any efforts that strengthen solidarity and cooperation within the international anarchist movement, and see the LibWeek2001 conference as an important step in this direction. Although we are unable to commit ourselves to formally endorsing the draft statement for the "Anarchism in the 21st Century" declaration at this point, we stand behind the effort, and wish you success in your deliberations. We look forward to further unity and alliances between anarchist organizations of all countries, and the future revolutionary upheavals that will put an end to the capitalist social order and open the path for libertarian communism.

We stand uncompromisingly for a new world. The future will be ours.

In solidarity,

Sabate Anarchist Collective -

International Secretariat for the Northeastern Federation of Anarcho-Communists (NEFAC)

NORTHEASTERN FEDERATION OF ANARCHO-COMMUNISTS (NEFAC)

Roundhouse Collective,

(English-speaking General Secretariat)

c/o Black Planet Books

1621 Fleet St.,

Baltimore, MD

21231 USA

Groupe Anarchiste Emile-Henry,

(Secrétariat General Francophone)

C.P. 55051, 138 St. Valliers O.

Quebec (QC),

GIK IJO,

Canada

Sabate Anarchist Collective,

(International Secretariat)

P.O. Box 230685,

Boston, MA,

02123 USA

La Union Sindical Italiana (USI) saluda a todas las compañeras y todos los compañeros que llegarán a Madrid y está feliz de adherir al llamamiento hecho por los promotores del mitin del 31 de Marzo y 1° de Abril.

Por causa de las dificultades y los empeños de la lucha sindical y social, no hay compañeros que tengan la posibilidad de llegar a Madrid, también si queríamos y queremos aportar un a contribución al debate y a los temas tratados en el "Anarquismo en el siglo XXI".

Antes de todo, nosotros estamos de acuerdo con la interpretación del fenómeno de la "globalización" y sobretodo con la interpretación de los efectos que esta produce.

Estamos de acuerdo en general con las hipótesis de solución que están en el documento. Nosotros queremos dar un impulso a todos los temas tratados y confiamos que los mismos sean discutidos por las compañeras y los compañeros.

No hay dudas que el fenómeno de la globalización implique, adentro del sindicalismo revolucionario y libertario, una nueva definición sea de los proyectos sea de los mecanismos de lucha. En primer lugar porque la globalización ha profundamente cambiado la función de la economía y del estado, y en segundo lugar porque ha hecho posible que estos dos últimos aspectos no sean otro mas que apéndices funcionales de la misma, dando en el mismo tiempo instrumentos y mecanismos decisiones en condición de aumentar, según las proporciones, las prestaciones y las "performances". Podemos decir que los mecanismos de explotación y de flexibilizaciòn de los "recursos humanos" están poralcanzar picos de perfección siempre mas impresionantes.

Al lado de eso, esta claro que los marcos del pensamiento neoliberal dispongan de todas las formas posibles que se puedan imaginar para eliminar y entorpecer cualquiera hipótesis de lucha social y de conflicto. El "ser humano" ya "global" y perfectamente en condiciones de responder a todas las prestaciones "sistemas", seria dejado libre de pasarla bien como el cree en el grande mercado de los "juegos". Desgraciadamente cabe en este mecanismo (mas ya es así) también los juegos colorados por "revolución", "anarquismo", "libertario" y otro mas. Nosotros estamos convencidos y lo creemos que la "partida" se juegue adentro de la producción material e inmaterial de la vida, sea a nivel individual que
colectivo. Se juegue adentro de la sociabilidad y de la solidaridad entre los seres humanos. Adentro de la auto-organizaciòn, de la autogestión y de la acción directa de todas las trabajadoras y todos los trabajadores. Adentro de un estudio siempre mas profundizado, de la análisis y de las interpretaciones de los hechos, desde el simple hasta el complejo en todas las posibles relaciones.

Colectivamente, Cuando los trabajadores autogestionan sus sindicatos, autorganizan federativamente las luchas y los
conflictos, toman conciencia de las acciones directas y propagan con naturaleza el sentido de las mistificaciones capitalistas y estatales, aquello es el momento que el entero sistema lamenta con fuerza las modalidades "estéticas" ultra-revolucionarias que al máximo asustan alguien pequeño burgués o alguien imbécil y están concretamente gastables para reprimir y sotometer.

Porque este es el problema: donde va la idea de autoridad de las así dichas instituciones, si los trabajadores fuesen en condiciones de concebir la/las producción/es de sus existencias, sea individualmente que colectivamente?

La Union Sindical Italiana se da cuenta que no puede ser suficiente una visión solamente "sindicalista" de la lucha global. Se da cuenta que los lugares de las luchas y de los conflictos no son solamente los lugares del trabajo. Nosotros creemos, y estamos realizando con no pocas dificultades esta propaganda por los hechos, que sea fundamental empezar en los
"lugares territoriales", construyendo a nivel de redes y federativo estructuras realmente autogestionadas (cooperativas sociales, asociaciones, grupos de afinidad). Una red de sujetos individuales y colectivos que contribuyen en el lugar territorial las cámaras de las trabajadoras y de los trabajadores, cámaras autogestionadas y autorganizadas, que se
relacionen y unifiquen la intervención sindicalista revolucionaria y libertaria con el de las solidaridades y del apoyo mutuo.

Pensamos que sea fundamental realizar esta fase de los proyectos, porque representara la base irrenunciable para preparar luchas en breve y en larga duración, y que sobretodo tendría el éxito de extender el sentido colectivo de autonomía y de autogestión de su vida, de cada vida, y concebir en el mismo tiempo la sustitución de las instituciones y del modelo social y económico presente.

Sobretodo porque el sentido de autogestión y de autogestionarse, como practica y "forma mentis" es decir, y lo será siempre mas en el porvenir, de buscar y de hallar nuevas y mas ricas hipótesis de liberación y transformación radical. Sin ninguna autoridad, sea lo que sea.

Somos convencidos además que sea fundamental la construcción de una red internacional entre organizaciones sindicalistas revolucionarias y libertarias y que sabe poner, meter en red las experiencias de sus países según las luchas y los estudios de estas. Que sabe medir los efectos "globales" de sus sistemas economico-sociales y por consiguiente todas las iniciativas, las luchas, los conflictos organizados contra el poder económico y estatal, comprendidas de las sinergias y modalidades relacionales que eso expresa.

Los mas queridos
Saludos libertarios


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