Life happens. It is happening all the time. Here in Greece people have started mobilizing themselves more and more since last May. To give you an idea of the situation here read on.... Had someone told me three months ago that the people would be taking to the streets and the squares for weeks on end I would NOT have believed them.
Yet it happened. We were used to talking about the situation privately, in our houses, at the workplace, amongst friends, but not with strangers, collectively and in a civilised manner.
The people reacted suddenly and instinctively. They swarmed the city squares to manifest their indignation. As simple as that. Their frustration and disappointment towards everything that surrounds them. Everything and everyone. Who governs, admonishes, 'informs', and rules over them. They didn't come here having a plan. They don't hold all the answers in advance. They just got here and shouted loud and clear "We don't want this anymore! We want our life to change!"
We burdened these people with added, onerous, weight when we expected from them to have all th esolutions ready. We accused them and we degraded them as being utopians and populists. It's how we've learned to react. One more of the ruling system's antibodies.
But the indignation made a pause somehow. It didn't stop. It 's mutating. It's looking for substance. Calmly, acknowledging the facts. Assesssing the situation: where am I, what have I got, what lies in front of me, where do I want to go. Five main key questions.
This transformation generates new thoughts, actions, groups. Secret wish of all is to stop this crazy, pointless, futureless ride. It's like we're lab-rats on a huge wheel. Running. The faster we run the faster the wheel turns. It generates power but all we do is run, faster and faster. All we get to see is the rails alternating under our feet. If we would just raise our heads for a moment we would see there's a meadow there, green and lush and full of light. To get there we need to stop thw wheel and get off. Many of us, together, coordinated. Resist. It's that simple.
All of us, no matter where we come from, ideologically, politically, religiously, we need to come together. To create a united people's front. To commit ourselves on five main responses. And as soon as we achieve our golas we shall self-dissolve and proceed to the next phase. But first and foremost we need to unite and stop this wheel. Together . Now.
1. OVERTHROW LOANS, MEMORANDUM AND SUBSEQUENT AGREEMENTS.
2. HOLD ALL GUILTY PARTIES ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR ACTIONS AGAINST THE COUNTRY, ITS CITIZENS AND ITS CONSTITUTION
3. DECLARE PUBLIC DEBTS AS ODIOUS -IN ACCORDANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL LAW AND PRECEDENCE AND STOP ALL PAYMENTS
4. EXIT THE EUROZONE AND RENEGOTIATE OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE EU
5. ENSURE POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY AND NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE - THROUGH CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGES - REAL SUBSTANTIAL DEMOCRACY FOR ALL CITIZENS
JULY 2011.
Yet it happened. We were used to talking about the situation privately, in our houses, at the workplace, amongst friends, but not with strangers, collectively and in a civilised manner.
The people reacted suddenly and instinctively. They swarmed the city squares to manifest their indignation. As simple as that. Their frustration and disappointment towards everything that surrounds them. Everything and everyone. Who governs, admonishes, 'informs', and rules over them. They didn't come here having a plan. They don't hold all the answers in advance. They just got here and shouted loud and clear "We don't want this anymore! We want our life to change!"
We burdened these people with added, onerous, weight when we expected from them to have all th esolutions ready. We accused them and we degraded them as being utopians and populists. It's how we've learned to react. One more of the ruling system's antibodies.
But the indignation made a pause somehow. It didn't stop. It 's mutating. It's looking for substance. Calmly, acknowledging the facts. Assesssing the situation: where am I, what have I got, what lies in front of me, where do I want to go. Five main key questions.
This transformation generates new thoughts, actions, groups. Secret wish of all is to stop this crazy, pointless, futureless ride. It's like we're lab-rats on a huge wheel. Running. The faster we run the faster the wheel turns. It generates power but all we do is run, faster and faster. All we get to see is the rails alternating under our feet. If we would just raise our heads for a moment we would see there's a meadow there, green and lush and full of light. To get there we need to stop thw wheel and get off. Many of us, together, coordinated. Resist. It's that simple.
All of us, no matter where we come from, ideologically, politically, religiously, we need to come together. To create a united people's front. To commit ourselves on five main responses. And as soon as we achieve our golas we shall self-dissolve and proceed to the next phase. But first and foremost we need to unite and stop this wheel. Together . Now.
1. OVERTHROW LOANS, MEMORANDUM AND SUBSEQUENT AGREEMENTS.
2. HOLD ALL GUILTY PARTIES ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR ACTIONS AGAINST THE COUNTRY, ITS CITIZENS AND ITS CONSTITUTION
3. DECLARE PUBLIC DEBTS AS ODIOUS -IN ACCORDANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL LAW AND PRECEDENCE AND STOP ALL PAYMENTS
4. EXIT THE EUROZONE AND RENEGOTIATE OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE EU
5. ENSURE POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY AND NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE - THROUGH CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGES - REAL SUBSTANTIAL DEMOCRACY FOR ALL CITIZENS
JULY 2011.
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