Chiapaneco Meeting, against neoliberialism
09/10/2002
October 9-12, 2002
Chiapaneco Meeting, opposed to neoliberialism
Autor(a): indymedia chiapas Fecha: 7:56am Sa'bado 05 Octobre 2002
Chiapaneco Meeting, opposed to neoliberialism
Strengthen Resistance and looking for Alternatives
October 9-12, 2002 Casa de la Cultura, El Carmen
San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas
THE CALL
It has been two years since the 2nd meeting South-North (today Convergence of Movements of the Towns of the Americas COMPA -) took place in October 2000 in San Felipe Ecatepec, municipality of San Cristo'bal de las Casas, Chiapas, many organizations of importance have been participating in several meetings and international forums on diverse topics. Some organizations attended some, and others went to all. Between these spaces, there was the Meeting of State Organizations in San Felipe Ecatepec. Then, in November of the same year, the 2nd meeting for the Democracy and Life in San Cristobal took place. In 2001 the regional meeting of COMPA took place in Oaxaca and initiated others whose process continues until this year and will follow until the following one, the meetings "For the Defense of Maize"; the three forums against PPP (Tapachula, Xela, and Managua); the First Mesoamerica Forum for the life 'Regional Front Against the Dams', in the Pete'n; the two weeks "For the Biological diversity and Culture" in San Cristobal and Xela; and the National Meeting for Peace in San Cristobal de las Casas. These are not all the spaces and forums that have been carried out, but are many. In these moments of interchange, important reflection, and information much has been carried out, it has given the opportunity to us to connect the processes towards Central America where bonds have been strengthened with those organizations. Today, thanks to these events the subjects like genetic engineering and pesticides, the Puebla-Panama Plan or the Free Trade Agreement, as well as the dams, nourishing sovereignty, Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), amongst many others, they have incorporated these social agendas generating or strengthen awareness, resistance, and specific actions in the communities. However, we left to the side since 2000 the common meeting space between the Chiapaneca Organizations. For that reason, two years after the meeting in San Felipe Ecatepec and for making concrete a common Plan of Action on concepts that affect all organizations and communities; and because we think that a plural space is necessary, ample, democratic, multi sectorial, where all women and men have, organization, to globalize the alternatives, the resistance and the hopes in which another world is possible,
The first Chiapaneco Meeting, opposed to neoliberialism
Strengthen Resistance and looking for Alternatives
With the following Objectives:
I) To work out a Plan of Action common in base to the following 11 concepts:
1, Nourishing Sovereignty, Campesina Production, Just Commerce
2, Land, Conduct, Migration;
3, Maize;
4, Pesticides and Genetic Engineering;
5, Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), PPP and Free Commerce
6. Dams, Civil Resistance To the fees of light, Privatization of Energy and Water;
7, Human rights, Indigenous and Autonomy;
8, Biodiversity, Natural Protected Areas , Biopiraty and Traditional Medicine;
9, Maquiladoras
10, Militarization and Paramilitarization ; and
11. Cafe'.
II) To recover spaces to construct democracy and peace.
III) To agree upon the participation in the social agenda of the meetings and future mobilizations.
IV)To carry out a demonstration in the city of San Cristobal de las Casas on October 12th, a protest against Plan-Puebla-Panama, according to the agreement from the 3rd meeting against the PPP in Managua, Nicaragua, to add us to the manifestations that will be that same day in the whole region from Puebla to Panama.
CRITERIA FOR THE PARTICIPATION
1) The independent organizations in Chiapas are summoned (civil, campesina, urban, ecume'nicas, magisterial, indigenous, and of solidarity). The national and international observers' participation will be welcome like tales.
2)The participation is not a personal view, but a representation of the organization or the community, since the objective is to assume the commitment to impel the Plan of Action that is from the meeting, operating it, coordinating themselves and to evaluate it in the time in which the participants of meeting determine it. For that reason, the participants will have to arrive with the mandate of their organization to coordinate themselves the best way with the purpose of coming to an agreement. By this we ask for that the delegates send or arrive with a letter from endorsement from their organization and/or community.
3) By logistical limitations, the meeting will have a maximum capacity of 600 people and a maximum of 4 delegates per organization, network, front, coalition or community. We ask for equal participation and representation between men and women.
4) We ask that all men and women pay $ 10 pesos per person at the moment of registration for the rental of equipment, chairs, and needed logistics. Each organization will pay for their delegates, such as food and housing during the meeting.
5) Only the first 450 people registered from the base organizations will be offered without cost housing and food during the meeting, although they are not beyond paying the $10 pesos per person no to cover the transportation of arriving and returning from his/her place of origin.
6) The registrations will be carried out by Red de Defensores Comunitarios por los Derechos Humanos in the city of San Cristobal, the telephone and fax (967) 83569, email is reddedefensores@sancristobal.com.mx; or directly in their offices located at Eli'as Calle no. 11, Colonia Revolucio'n Mexicana, San Cristo'bal de las Casas, at the latest Friday October 4th, 2002, sending the names of the participants and the letter of endorsement form the organization. Once enrolled is complete the delegates will be sent or develivered the Agenda of the meeting and its methodology.
7) All and the participants will have to register in the facilities of El Carmen in San Cristobal on October 9th at 4pm. Returning to their place of origin on October 12th after the march that will take place in the morning.
What to bring:
1, Personal Hygiene Products
2, blankets, posters or any other objects with slogans on the 11 concepts, for the march on October 12th (or you can bring the materials to construct the posters during the meeting, like markers, paints, etc.)
3. Proposals, ideas or suggestions from the organization or community for the concepts that will help shape the action plan;
4. Bring the document "Sistematizacio'n de Propuestas and Alternativas" or other forums on the 11 concepts that annex to this calling for his/her previous discussion and analysis
ANOTHER CHIAPAS IS POSSIBLE!
Convocan: Consejo de Organizaciones de Me'dicos y Parteras Indi'genas Tradicionales de Chiapas (COMPITCH); Desarrollo Econo'mico y Social de los Mexicanos Indi'genas (DESMI); Red de Defensores Comunitarios por los Derechos Humanos; Centro de Investigaciones Econo'micas y Poli'ticas de Accio'n Comunitaria (CIEPAC), Convergencia de Movimientos de los Pueblos de Las Ame'ricas (COMPA); Global Exchange Chiapas; Red e Intercambio y Comercio Alternativo (RICAA); Alianza Ci'vica Chiapas; Centro de Ana'lisis Poli'tico e Investigaciones Sociales y Econo'micas (CAPISE); Comisio'n para la Unidad y la Reconciliacio'n Comunitaria (CORECO).
