We are in a moment of structural crisis in the capitalist mode of production, a change in historical period that goes far beyond the election of Donald Trump. Even if Trump’s election dramatically changes the situation and introduces new uncertainties.
Un nouveau Forum, dans un pays d’Asie, et dans un pays gouverné par des partis progressistes, c’est déjà plusieurs raisons d’espérer De plus, la réponse et l’enthousiasme des mouvements qui se dirigent vers Katmandou renforcent cet espoir.
The United Nations (UN) was created at a unique moment, following the end of the Second World War. Inspired by the experience of the League of Nations (LON), it was built upon that institution’s limitations and failures.
GTN (Great Tansition Network), launched by Paul Raskin, insisted in 2003 that the world needed global change initiated by a global citizen movement. In 2023, GTN launched a study to experiment the unity of movements and their role as actors in history.
Far-right ideas and alliances between the rights and far-right are on the up in every society and throughout the world. Against equality, they have promoted identitarianism, nationalism and securitarianism.
We are experiencing a turning point in the long history of migration. The history of migration merges with the history of mankind; it is part of the long, shaping history of the human race.
In 2023, France has entered a new period of social and political crisis. The crisis has highlighted the social, ecological and democratic contradictions. The mobilizations are significant.
I greatly appreciate Paul Raskin’s decision to organize a debate on the issue of world population in connection with the environmental issue.
We have entered a period of fundamental rupture, a period of transition marked by strong contradictions. The various social, ecological, geopolitical, political and ideological institutions are entering into crisis and these crises are combining.
The Bandung Conference, in April 1955, was a historical moment of decolonization. When the heads of state of the first independent countries of Africa and Asia decided to meet, at the invitation of Indonesian President Sukarno, they did not imagine how emblematic this meeting would become for decolonization.
I am very happy and honored to share in her presence the presentation of Alpa Shah’s book. Thank you to the Quilombo bookstore for having organized this evening and thank you to Naïké Desquesnes, the editor, for having published the translation of this book and for the relevant and brilliant introduction she wrote.
We are living in a time of great uncertainty and strong contradictions. It is a period of change and rupture. It is marked by the conjunction of two major crises. A financial, economic and social crisis, and an ecological and healthcare crisis.
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