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Where are the voices that
were proclaimed so much?
The voices of the marginalized, of the forgotten, of the young whose future is
darkened even more by a handful of currencies, of the academic, scientific,
artistic communities ... that should be at the forefront of the great popular
mobilization that today is imperative and urgent? Only
women, fortunately, seem to have understood that now, in the face of
potentially irreversible processes, the time has come for "We, the
peoples," as so lucidly and prematurely expressed in the United Nations
Charter...
They will be, as predicted by Nelson Mandela, the
"cornerstone" of the new era. It is
necessary to act without delay if we want these new times become a reality. Facing the
global challenges that
threaten humanity as a whole -nuclear, extreme poverty, climate change- we cannot
postpone our reaction... because tomorrow may be too late.
I never tire of repeating that it
is ethically inadmissible that
more than 4 billion dollars are invested in arms and military expenditures every
day, while thousands of people die, most of them girls and boys from one to five
years old. However,
it is a shame! that not only the investments in defense have not decreased but, at the request
of President Trump, they have increased ... And in Spain the government has hurried
to announce, without having any protest immediately after, that will increase
it 80%!
On the other hand, the proposals to carry out the SDGs
(Sustainable Development Goals) and the Agreements on Climate Change that
would allow the great transition from an economy of speculation, productive
delocalization and war, to a knowledge-based economy for a global, human and
sustainable development, have slowed down.
And silence.
The
unusual President Trump has announced with great fanfare that he will not put
into practice the measures that would prevent a further deterioration of the
habitability of the Earth, so wisely promoted and endorsed by his predecessor.
And silence.
In cyberspace, where there must be millions of "whatsApp" and "twitters" to warn the Republican President of the United States that if he continues to seriously affect the future of humanity, we will stop buying American products...
And silence.
Trump further marginalizes the United Nations and reinforces
the nonsense and inefficient plutocratic groups (G7, G8, G20) invented by
Reagan and Thatcher’s neoliberalism...
And silence.
When it is more urgent a new concept of security,
and work of and lifestyle... When it is essential to invent a different future
and remind us every day that the future is still in the to-do list (perhaps already for a short time)...
we look on the other
side, the governors appear discouraged and obedient, the media, almost
all the voice of their master,
are
taken care in distracting the peoples....
And silence.
Here
is what I wrote in Berlin on October 22, 2011. Today is much timelier:
"I pretended I did not know ... and now I bear the responsibility in my conscience,
sleepless night and day.
It is an
unavoidable
duty
contemplating
the whole world.
There are no excuses.
We can
no longer
claim
that we did not know.
Hurry up
because we never
know
if we could take
the next step.
The inscrutable
mystery
of existence
does not allow
delays.
Take
advantage of
every moment.
Do not waste
a moment.
Yes, wait
but do not wait calmly. "
Let us
not wait for one more
moment: let us raise our voice in order
that great popular outcries allow
us to look in the eyes of future generations and say: "We have done our
duty."
