>From: "Per Rasmussen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >----------------------- >Yours in solidarity >Per Rasmussen > >Familien Rasmussen >http://home0.inet.tele.dk/pera/ >Cuba SI! >http://w1.1559.telia.com/~u155900388/ >Viden er Magt! - Magten til folket! >http://w1.1559.telia.com/~u155900373/ > >-----Oprindelig meddelelse----- >Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]P� vegne af Arm The >Spirit >Sendt: 1. november 2000 16:44 >Til: Multiple recipients of list >Emne: FARC-EP: Bolivarian Movement For A New Colombia > >Broad... Clandestine... Bolivarian > > The Bolivarian Movement for the New Colombia is broad, >clandestine and bolivarian. It is our proposal to Colombians for >a political organization serving as a converging point for the >discontented who want to transform the country. > Its objective is a pluralistic and patriotic government of >national reconciliation and reconstruction with a new regime >based on tolerance and respect for the opinions of others, one >that guarantees social justice, national sovereignty, ethical >management of the public domain, the peaceful resolution of >conflicts and the real redistribution of income; in other words, >the New Colombia. > >"Broad": How and Why? > > Because it calls upon the discontented; the workers who >forge economic and social progress, victims of low wages, abuses >and exploitation; the eternally forgotten peasants whose blood >has soaked all the furrows and forests of the nation; the >unemployed and the workers of the so-called informal economy; the >new professionals and technicians who are entering an uncertain >job market; the women who are the example and inspiration for the >peoples in the struggle for harmony and equality; the >intellectuals, educators and artists whose creativity must become >the light for people's efforts; the journalists, victims of >"scoop" syndrome; patriotic soldiers tired of being their own >brothers' executioners; those displaced by military, paramilitary >and big landlord violence, who fill the urban slums or are >homeless; the inhabitants of the marginal neighbourhoods and >communities; all the victims of the UPAC system and other >official robbery; the priests sensitive to the cruel arrogance of >the powerful; the believers of all faiths, since freedom of >religion is the premise for respect for others; the aboriginal >people of all the communities because it is only a government of >the majorities that shall be guarantor of their cultures, their >historic lands and organization; the blacks for achievement of >full and equal rights; those who fight for respect for human >rights, defenders of the political prisoners and the families of >the disappeared; students and youth, evoking their tradition of >rebellion against injustice, their generosity toward the weak and >their creative irreverence: it is only with collective >imagination and audacity that the new paths toward the decent >homeland fit to live in and leave to future generations, shall be >opened. > Because in Colombia the majorities continue to be outraged >by the injustices, are decided to not remain indifferent and have >the will to fight. > >Why "Clandestine"? > > Because no other way is possible at the present time. In >order to keep itself in power, the establishment has recurred to >a war without rules. It has been so since the times of the >assassination attempts against Bolivar and the slaying of >Marshall Antonio Jose de Sucre, on through the thousands of >anonymous compatriots indiscriminately murdered, be it during >"the Violence", or the multiple massacres of these days, and the >magnicides of Jorge Eliecer Gaitan and Jaime Pardo Leal. Because, >in order to eliminate all manifestations of protest and >discontent, the doctrine of National Security was incorporated as >the conception of state. All those who would not submit to the >official policy of hunger and exclusion were declared to be >"internal enemies". The task of "removing the water from the >fish", meaning the murder of those civilians opposed to the >government, was intensified and the elimination of political >infractions was approved in order to condemn as terrorists those >who fight against the establishment. > Because the establishment preaches the defence of human >rights while it promotes the death penalty which the armed forces >have always practised without limits. It highlights "citizen >liberties" but forms paramilitary gangs. It tears its clothes, >posturing against crime while its organs of security disappear >those who oppose it. It upholds the "military legal >jurisdiction", the battering ram of impunity as it laments the >inefficiency of justice. It makes use of crime and violence as >tools to impose its law, bringing terror and intimidation to a >people fighting for democratic tolerance, justice and well-being. >Because we have not forgotten the Patriotic Union, a substantial >aspect of the process of dialogues that developed with the >government of Belisario Betancur. The state and the >representatives of the political regime and the establishment >once again crossed the line to criminality and by means of the >dirty war and paramilitary terror, aborted the birth of this >alternative. There have been more than 4,000 activists murdered >with incredible cruelty and cowardice, frustrating this new hope >and again confirming that in Colombia, the state is the >implacable enemy of the pursuit of political solutions. > >Why "Bolivarian"? > > Because the Movement recovers the essence of the thought, >life and work of the Liberator. It assimilates and makes its own >his latinamericanist line that calls upon our peoples, and not >the oligarchies, to join forces to build the great nation able to >meet the grand challenges of the future on equal footing with >contemporary powers. Because of his commitment to the >independence of our peoples in the face of the imperial powers. >Because of his immense forward vision and his understanding that >only the power arising from the people shall guarantee the future >for our nations. Because of his greatness and genius on the >fields of battle, his dedication to the cause of all and his >personal disinterest that led him to sacrifice health, comforts >and luxuries for the sake of the common good. Because the epic >synthesized in his life sums up all the traditions of our >ancestors and projects, vigorous, valid and luminous, into these >tempestuous times that must be overcome. Because the Bolivarian >plan has validity today as a revolutionary proposal. > The emancipation struggle lead by Bolivar not only came to >an inconclusive end; it was also betrayed by a ruling class that >without hesitation lowered the social banners which had inspired >that revolutionary effort. It betrayed and murdered the best sons >of America to open the way to power for a mean and egotistical >elite. > The bolivarian project was to transform the anti-colonial >struggle for independence into a revolutionary regime that would >undertake democratic changes on the road to the material and >social progress of the broad masses of the people. But the >adverse correlation of forces prevented the revolutionaries - at >whose head was Simon Bolivar - from taking power in order to put >it at the service of the people. At the bottom of the great >historic national frustration, the bolivarian project remains >incomplete. As Jose Marti said, "What Bolivar left unfinished, is >yet unfinished today, because Bolivar still has something to do >in America". > >(Source: Resistencia International #24 <http://www.farc-ep.org>) > >----------------------------------------------------------------- >Arm The Spirit is an autonomist/anti-imperialist information >collective based in Toronto, Canada. Our focus includes a wide >variety of material, including political prisoners, national >liberation struggles, armed communist resistance, anti-fascism, >the fight against patriarchy, and more. We regularly publish our >writings, research, and translation materials on our listserv >called ATS-L. For more information, contact: > >Arm The Spirit >P.O. Box 6326, Stn. 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