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Let’s all join together in the women and student
protests of next 8 and 15 March -because equality concerns everybody
without exception.
Women and young people will raise their voices, both
in the street and in the cyberspace, to support the essential and urgent changes
that must take place before we reach a point of no return.
At last, we’ll become “We, the peoples”, as we are
referred to at the beginning of the Charter of the United Nations! In 1945 it
was too soon because mankind still lived under the absolute male power and the
vast majority of individuals were born, lived and died within a few square
kilometres. They were fearful, obedient, submissive, silent human beings.
Today -thanks to a great extent to the digital
technology- there are many human beings who can freely express themselves, who
are aware of what is happening and, above all, women -who were marginalized for
centuries- are about to play within a few years the essential role they deserve
to play on an equal footing.
Humanity is facing for the first time in history
potentially irreversible processes and this is why specially vigorous and tough
measures must be taken to prevent the quality of our intergenerational
legacy from deteriorating -something that would represent a historic
mistake.
Unfortunately many individuals remain impassive
spectators instead of being involved, committed actors. Mass media -many of
which speak with the “master’s voice”- are, according to a brilliant expression
from Soledad Gallego, very powerful weapons of “mass distraction”.
Scientific, academic, artistic and literary
communities -in short, Intellectuals- should be aware of the seriousness of the
current situation and trends, and should take the lead of popular reaction. But
the bureaucratic-cybernetic maze that goes along with the neoliberal drift and
the governance of its plutocratic groups (G7, G8, G20) has prevented up to now
-there have been recently some upturns that can be of interest in that respect-
the implementation of specific measures that were the cause in 2015 for great
hope for those really aware of the nature of global threats posed by a world
placed in the hands of irresponsible leaders. In fact, the Resolution of 21
October 2015 from UN General Assembly, where the 2030 Agenda is established
together with 17 Sustainable Development Goals, is entitled
“Transforming our World”. And Paris Agreements on Climate Change were signed immediately afterwards in the
firm belief that, if we bear in mind our descendants, we will understand how
urgent it is to take action without delay.
The nomination of United States President Donald
Trump, unexpected in so many respects, should have had an immediate response
when he said he would not fulfil the commitments made by his predecessor. The
European Union, a strictly monetary organization, didn’t have the ability nor
the strength it should have shown at that time. On the contrary, following the
instructions of the USA magnate, the G7 decided unanimously to increase funds
devoted to defence (4,000 million dollars were already invested in military
expenses and armament while thousands of people were dying every day from
hunger and extreme poverty, most of them boys and girls ranging from one to
five years old).
A new concept of security is urgently needed that will
take into consideration not only the territories, but also food, health,
education, environmental care... of people living within those territories.
“Two thirds of mankind have mobile communication”, as
advertised in the International Mobile Congress that has just been hold in
Barcelona. How wonderful! This can be the end of the governance of plutocratic
groups and the beginning of a reinforced democratic multilateralism, with
United Nations on par with the competencies it should assume immediately at a global
scale.
Let’s join our voices to the voice of
women and young people who in the next days will take the first steps to allow
us to enter a new era in the best way possible.
On March 1st 2016 I wrote the following: “Your voice,
/ women around the world, / is the mighty force / that will move / what has until
now been immovable. / A silent and unheard / voice / since the dawn / of time.
/ Today light is shed / on the roads / we’ll walk / together, / joining our
voices / joining our hands / at the dawn / of a new era”.
Yes: let’s join our hands and voices!
