An international mobilisation for the rights of poor and deprived of our world.
In this century XXI, more than a billion people have no drinking water at home, a human being died of the effects of malnutrition every 4 seconds is 25,000 per day.
Half of our world’s inhabitants are farmers, 3/4 of them still only work by hand. Ensure these peasants requirements so they can live for their hard work is one of the major issues of sustainable development. Beyond in India which has 70% of farmers, is a global equitable wealth sharing, all earthlings harmonious cohabitation, liveable cities, environment-friendly agriculture, a localized economy challenge and, finally, that violence is not the only alternative to millions of poor, hungry, spoliés, moved and having nothing more to lose.
Non violent marches
Gandhi had mobilized the immense strength of non-violence for the independence of India, the Indian leader Rajagopal P.V. the channels today to promote social justice. In 1991, he created Ekta Parishad, movement that currently has more than one million supporters. This Union Federation 380 local organizations representing those without a voice of India in more than 11 000 villages and social leaders shape “to the Barefoot” to help the poor to take their destiny in hand. Rajagopal organizes padyatra, peaceful marches to defend the rights of the poor.
Goal is the peasants and the tribal can live decent their agricultural and traditional rather than be forced to emigrate to urban centres – activities thus blowing huge and unhealthy – slum population or then suicide, irrecoverably indebted by purchasing fertilisers, pesticides, and seeds which have not kept their promises prosperity GMOs. 150 000 farmers themselves are suicidés in India last decade.
With exemplary discipline, in October 2007, 25,000 people walked one month, browsing the 340 km from Gwalior to Dehli, to force the Government to recognize their rights to land, water and forest. Results of this great walking called Janadesh (verdict of the people) were many: the most significant are adopting a forestry law protecting indigenous populations, the creation of a national Committee for agrarian reform and the distribution of land to tens of thousands of farmers. This action has intensified training thousands of rural youth to nonviolent action and the emancipation of women. Much remains to be done to ensure that this legislation is implemented effectively by local authorities.
The next nonviolent March under Ekta Parishad of 2 October 2011 2 October 2012 will gather walkers 100,000. His name is Jansatyagraha, or action nonviolent people for justice.
An international mobilisation in 2012
The nonviolent March to October 2012 India appears to many as a historic opportunity, because it is related to vital problems throughout the world: access to natural resources, food sovereignty, out of the poorest in our societies, women’s role, but also participatory democracy, role of multinationals, model development compatible with the survival of humanity, international economic system.
Many organizations in Europe worked, some more than 20 years and work today to promote and support Ekta Parishad and violent procedures conducted by this movement: brothers of men, peoples unit, Ekta, land of the sky, solidarity, CETRI, FIAN, Volens-Mercy Home, MIR, etc.
In connection with these organizations, Gandhi International offers constitute an international network that violent concurrent and concerted actions (stairs, sit-in, human chains, hours of silence, sporting events, etc.) can be carried out on several continents in 2012 in connection with the Indian market, and particularly between October 2 (international day of non-violence) and October 17 (International Day against poverty).
Partnerships are underway with organizations and non-violents movements on various continents: Europe (Europe Ekta and hummingbirds, cited above, organizations etc.), in Latin America (Servicio Paz y Justicia-SERPAJ ), in Africa (nonviolent generation in Senegal, Sudanese Organization for Non-violence And Development-SONAD in Sudan, etc), Asia (South Asia Peace Alliance).
Beyond of the claims and local proposals to be presented in October 2012 actions international targets two actions were defined by 120 delegates from 20 countries present at the International Conference organized in Bhopal (India) from 29 January to 3 February 2010 by Gandhi International and Indian Movement on the theme “towards a nonviolent economy” Ekta Parishad .
These objectives are
-the right of access to natural resources (terre,_eau,_forêts,_semences,_minerais,_etc.) to a new type of development harmonious respectful of man and nature.
-the right to food sovereignty, priority trade rights.
All movements and associations concerned with justice and sustainable development around the world are invited to join this international mobilisation.
Contacts:
India:
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Asia :
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Europe:
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