The International Seminar “Capitalism Crisis, Re-colonisation and
Grassroots Popular Alternatives” was held in the city of La Paz,
Bolivia, 1-3rd of July 2009.
During these three days all these organisations and movements were
sharing ideas, experiences and struggles inside their own countries
against capitalism.
Discussing capitalism crisis and its relationship with new plans of Latin America recolonisation through Mega projects such us The Plan Colombia, Puebla, Panama and the most recently IIRSA which attempt to destroy a vast area of the ecological planet reserves, like the Amazons and many indigenous communities, as well incrementing the plunder, humiliation and exploitation of Latin American people.
In our continent the Capitalist elite is attempting with these new plans to give new energy to the decadent capitalism and give continuity to the exploitation of poor people, taking workers rights and assimilating the indigenous communities.
The International Seminar will be very significant for the poor people and indigenous communities of the Latin American continent, where many grassroots organisations gather together to discuss and planned new action of struggles and coordination, this seminar also strength the links between social, popular grassroots movements in struggles with the international solidarity.
The Latin American Solidarity Network (LASNET) from Australia assisting to the international seminar take a huge responsibility to promote, and coordinate the solidarity and support with all the organisations attending to the seminar, at the same time many of this organisations confirmed their participation during the third Latin American And Asia Pacific solidarity gathering which will be held in Melbourne Australia 25-26 October 2009, we hope that many social and political organisations from Asia Pacific will attend the gathering with the objective of strength our struggles and ideas against capitalism.
The last declaration-resolution of this International Seminar included a resolution opposing the military coup in Honduras and calling for a restoration of Zelaya's government and the respect of the popular civil and human rights of the people in Honduras in resistance to the illegal authorities. Other issue mention in the resolution is our support and solidarity with peasant people of Valle de Cimittara against the Colombian government repression over their communities. The resolution will be published soon as is translated in our web.
For LASNET this Seminar marked a new beginning in our commitments with Grassroots political and social movements in struggle in Latin America, and strength our idea of building bridges of solidarity with Australia and Asia Pacific struggles.
Hope we can still count on you in these new challenges of solidarity with poor people and indigenous communities in Latin America.
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