Hey panya supporters, here are some news from the front !
There is a big wave of protests happening in Europe, it all started in Tunisia, spread along Africa, through egypt up to Morocco, Greece, Spain, Portugal and now Belgium.
There is a time when people need to go down in the streets and claim their right to be heard and claim their right to live free. The fire started in egypt, in January 2011, thousands of citizens gathered to create a people's assembly in cairo claiming more equal rights, freedom of speech, food security, being unhappy about neo-liberal decisions and the global economy that is reducing local development and is draining the money out of the hands of all for going to the hands of a few.
A month or less after, the egyptian president gave his resignation after a few attempts of extreme repression, but the power of the people (more than 7 millions) was heard.
Today in Europe, our democracy is pulling us down, away from food security, social recognition, freedom of speech and therefore well being, so far 'europe' is a failure and the globalization strategy of the system is ruining some of “our” countries like Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Spain is close by just behind as well as Italy, where unemployment is at the highest and the people's struggle for access to a decent life rising everyday. The revolutionary protest started in Spain in early May where quickly in Madrid and Barcelona several thousand people gathered organizing their symbolic action and the life of the camps with tents, kitchens, toilets, gardens, workshops, art exhibition and people's assemblies. When the governments aren't helping anymore, we have to do something!
The permaculture movement enters the game, in belgium, where for 4 camps have started in four different cities occupying public spaces showing an exemple of an autonomous take over, no matter the color, the religion, the political views, we depave and replant together, we compost and re-use our loans for more useful purposes, we teach people about edible plants, and give workshops about useful knowledge.
Check out links: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9j3GNd0-ZfY&feature=player_embedded
To be continued…
