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Some comments on ESF
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per skrat |
17 oct 2004
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ESF, that just took place in London could certainly be described in a greater lenght but this acrticle is only going to point out some of the main issues we found fascinating |
a. Vertical organization
Agreements about the speakers that were supposed to attend ESF were not respected. For example: the infamous mayor of London Ken Livingston (Labour Party) was invited to speak in the Forum without a consensus. We will not try to list all such cases but it was more than clear that the big NGOs and political parties took over the organization of the Forum. Other people trying to get involved into the decision-making process were not taken into account and the consensus-based decisions were regularly ignored.
b. Corporatization of the organization
Many tasks, which could have been made by volunteers and in this way involve more people into the process, were contracted with private companies, as the internet web page. In the ESF venue you could find all kind of multinational products as for example Coca Cola, even when just before the forum a benefit party to support the trade unions from colombian (killed by parmilitars payed by Coca Cola) was organized and the trade union delegates from Coca Cola were delegates.
c. Mainstream political topics discussed
The official ESF didn’t seem to pay that much attention to the real alternatives and topics discussed at the forum more or less resembled issues discussed by the corporate media in a relatively similar way. Any opinions considerred radical were completely blocked from being in the final declaration of the ESF. There was also a case of an Iraqi trade union representative twho was suposed to talk at the discusion devoted to the ending of the occupation of Iraq. Since the trade union in question is a clear supporter of the US forces and the existing occupation, the speaker was met by a group of unsatisfied protesters that prevented him to spread his US propaganda.
d. Exclusion of people by the expensive cost
While the registration costs were not neglectable, cost of food and drinks in the ESF venues was more than regular and the tickets for ESF parties were certainly overpriced (£12). London is supposed to be one of the most expansive cities in the world but activist tourism seems to be bringing quite some money back to the great investor Ken Livingston.
e. Non participatory approach
The size of workshopos and debates was mostly too big for a proper interaction between the speakers and the public to take place. Even in case of a smaller discussion the idea of a lecture was strongly present, since contribution from the public was somewhat limited and on the other hand also obviously not in the interest of the Forum. |
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17 oct 2004
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Algunos comentarios sobre FSE
FSE, que acaba de pasar en Londres podria ciertamente ser descrito con mas extension pero este articulo va solo a apuntar algunos de los principales puntos que nosotros encontramos fascinantes.
a. organizacion Vertical
Acuerdo sobre los ponentes que supuestamente iban a atender al FSE no fueron respetados. Por ejemplo: el impopular alcalde de Londres, Ken Livingston (partido laborista) fue invitado a hablar en el Forum sin un consenso. Nosotros no intentaremos enumerar todos los casos pero fue era clarisimo que las grandes ONGs y partidos se apoderaron de la organizacion del Forum. La otra gente que intento involucrarse en el proceso de toma de decisiones no fue tenida en cuenta y las decisiones basadas en el conseso fueron ignoradas.
b. Corporatizacion de la organizacion
Muchas tareas, que podian haber sido hechas por voluntarios y de esta manera involucrar a mas gente en el proceso, fueron contratadas a companias privadas, como la pagina web d internet. En el espacio donde el FSE tuvo lugar podias encontrar todo tipo de productos de multinacionales como Coca Cola, incluso cuando justo antes del forum una fiesta de apoyo a los sindicalistas colombianos (asesinados por paramilitares pagados por Coca Cola) fue organizado y los delegados de sindicatos de Coca Cola estaban.
c. Los temas de discusion politicos convencionales
El FSE oficial no parecia prestar demasiada atenciaon a alternativas reales y los temas discutidos en el forum mas o menos parecian temas discutidos por los ma$media de una forma relativamente similar. Cualquier opinion consideradsa radical fue completamente bloqueada desde el principio en la declaracion final del FSE. Hubo tambien un caso de un sindicato iraqui quien supuestamente tenia que hablar en la discusion dedicada al final de la ocupacion de iraq. Como el sindicato en cuestion es un claro apoyo a las fuerzas de Usa y la ocupacion existente, el ponente se encontro con un grupo de gente insatisfecha q protestaba y q evito q difundiera la propaganda de usa.
d. Exclusion de la gente por lo caro del coste.
Mientras los costes de registrarse no eran negociables, coste de la comida y de la vebida en los puestos del FSE eran mas altos q los regulares y los tiquets para los participantes fueron altisimos (£12). Londres es supuestamente una de las ciudades mas caras en el mundo lpero dinero del turismo activista parece que esta trayendo batante dinero al gran inversor Ken Livingston.
e. Un acercamiento no participativo
El tamano de los talleres y debates era principalmente cxemasiado grande para la apropiado intercambio entre los ponentes y elpublico. Incluso en el caso de una discusion menor la idea de ponencias y discursos fuertemente presente, ya que la contribucion del publico estaba en cierta forma limitada y por el otro lado tambien obvia no era del interes del forum. |
