The unstoppable tide of cyberspace has begun!, by Federico Mayor Zaragoza
Thursday, March 3, 2011
02/01/1911 
Those who continue speculating in the throes of "globalization," the Davos ... are, in general, not the new reality: people begin to express themselves through modern technology communication. The timing of the resignation and silence has ended.
not have known how to listen: I have been repeating for years, with many others, that distance participation through telephone mobile and internet was a historical event, greatly extending the ability to "democratic" citizenship tight until then, at best, to vote at the polls. But, he added, a genuine democracy is not only to be counted in the election but to count, to be taken into account permanently. Voice of the People! "We the peoples ...!" As lucidly proclaims the United Nations Charter.
United Nations have certainly neglected to international humanitarian agency a refuge institutional convenience, giving power to groups composed of the richest countries (G6, G7, G8 ... G20). Since they replaced midway through the 80's, the values \u200b\u200b(social justice, equity, solidarity ...) by the market and "democracy" that the United Nations stood by the plutocracy, it was clear that the widening imbalances, which deslocalizaría production, which overflow with tax havens rather than disappear once the traffic at the supranational level (drugs, weapons, people ...) would not be punishment, that is not regulate financial flows ...
And above all, quick action taken by the major representatives of the current situation, particularly the "large domain" (energy, military, economic, media): when the wall collapsed Berlin and with it, by the magic of Mikhail Gorbachev the Soviet empire, warned that if trends quickly straightened up, same thing would happen in a few years, with the rule "Western." "It has sunk a system based on equality, freedom forgot. Now, if you do not change radically, it will sink a system based on freedom, equality has been forgotten. And justice. "
The exploited, frustrated, poor and impoverished, the downtrodden can now be heard and "see." Until recently the area was local and the causes of the protests were also "local." They are now global causes and intolerable harassment of markets for political action has become widespread.
How easy it now ensure that they have caused this situation to accuse the leaders of the countries affected by the "surge"!. You better be taking immediate corrective decisions, because the mobilization of citizens, as irrepressible high water, hopefully not
silenced
We believe that our voice was highway irrelevant, annoying but modest ... instead of realizing that it was a gradual process of mobilization at all levels. remember when, many years ago, called us "buenones" who, from positions of global responsibility, preconizábamos the rapid reform of the United Nations that could become reality, the role of citizenship to the United Nations system represents and promotes, inspired by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
not look away now. Prevention is better than cure. Accelerate change. Will occur anyway. Think of the overwhelming tide ...
Article published in the magnificent
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of Federico Mayor Zaragoza
Foundation for a Culture of Peace
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