The ideology of the left does
not fit into the Europe of
austerity, remarks "El País" on the front page (July 6, 2014). The austerity ruled by Mrs. Merk-el and the Merk-ados (markets) -who have had the audacity to appoint the governments of Greece, the cradle of democracy,
and Italy without any polls- has
not affected the wealthy. The number of millionaires in Europe and
Spain has continued increasing since the crisis began.
“Decreased health," said an editorial in the same newspaper on July 5. And diminished education. And reduced wages....
Particularly
relevant in this context is
the article of Francisco G. Basterra entitled "Chaos" also published
on July 5. Here are a few paragraphs: "We live
in an international chaos,
in the sense of confusion and disorder,
from Europe to Asia to the broader
Middle East" ... It grows
the feeling that we have lost control of the story and in the words of analyst Ian Bremmer, we are witnessing
the creative destruction of the
old geopolitical order ...
Beijing responds with its firm hegemony in the Asia-Pacific
theater and enhances regional nationalisms, wakes
Japanese militarism and creates
uncertainty for the allies
of Washington's defense of its commitment to
the Chinese
giant”...
There is no doubt that it is necessary a great leadership to re-found the United Nations and that Europe should quickly establish a political and economic union to lead the economical one, and put the "markets" and "Merkel" in their place.
A world that effectively achieves the supreme commitment of each generation: to think about the coming
generations and that can look after the priorities: food,
water, health, environment, education and peace. Due
to this, it is indispensable the transition from an economy of speculation, productive
delocalization and war to an economy based in knowledge,
of global and human sustainable development.
It is clear that there won’t be the commercial patterns that can guide
these radical changes, but the democratic principles so lucidly established
in the preamble of the Constitution
of UNESCO. It is obvious that there won’t be the plutocratic groups G6,
G7, G8 or G20,
but multilateralism that should come
to the fore quickly to redirect properly the present trends.
Today we have no excuse. All
we can, every day more so, to express ourselves. Strong outcries are urgent so be the citizen power and
not the “great domain” of military,
financial, energy and media which take the reins
of the common destiny.
We must put the record straight. We
must quickly remedy the current chaos. The future has yet to be written, yes. But, who if not all?
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