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wsfic icfuturecontribution docE en
last modified April 21, 2013 by facilitfsm
IC Meeting on future of IC / Francine Mestrum - read on 27th march ( photo below) - working group - http://openfsm.net/projects/wsfic_fsmci/wsfic-icfuture-home
I. Needs
- - Analytical separation IC/WSF event/WSF process
- - Objective: leads to strategy + structures
- - Self-assessment – different from ‘blaming’
- - Diversity and respect for diversity
- - Democracy/transparency/accountability
- - Common basis for divergent analysis (no ‘pensée unique’) – knowledge
- - Preparedness to listen to each other and understand each other
- - New political culture
- - Usefulness for movements and struggles - facilitation
II. Facts
a) At the political level:
- - Pol sit has changed since 2001: multiple crisis + geopolitcal shifts + greater awareness of need for alternatives: greater responsibility
- - New young political actors practising a new pol culture but working mostly at national levels – sustainability? Can they be integrated? Do they want to be integrated?
- - WE have to adapt – continue as before is no option however brilliant the idea/initiative of the founders was – no times new formulas
- - We live in a global world : struggles have to be articulated at different levels
- - There are power relations and there is power in the IC in spite of discourse on ‘horizontality’ and ‘new pol culture’
b) At the practical level
- - We have a charter of principles
- - Basis of work: volunteering – responsibilities? Compatibilities?
- - Financial problems
- - No secretariat
- - Again, in spite if ‘horizontality’ we have heavy structures
III. Questions for solutions
- - Chico’s proposal: dissolve IC and replace by movement of individuals
- Depending on answer to this first question, we could discuss:
- - Survival of IC: how? (and WSF)
- - Power relations and structures needed for demo/transp/accountab + need for commitments
- - Political and academic country analysis in countries where we meet : against pol tourism
- - Possibility for political debate: not for seeking ‘pensée unique’ but possible convergence / on the basis of written contributions? Possible political alliances?
- - Preparing a global assembly of social movements?
- - Mapping the struggles and attendance of IC meetings
- - Financial problem and secretariat? Contribution from members? Others?
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