Egypte : lancement d’un nouveau groupe politique, « Le chemin de la révolution ». Son objectif : se focaliser sur les premières demandes des révolutionnaires : pain, liberté, justice sociale.
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PRESS RELEASE
Tuesday September 24, thirty-two months after the 25 January revolution, a new front is launched:
Gabhet Tareeq al-Thawra “Thuwwar”
(the Road of the Revolution “Thuwwar”)
“Thuwwar” aims to refocus attention on the main aims of 25 January:
Bread (a viable, sustainable and non-corrupt economy)
Freedom (sovereignty and human rights)
Social Justice (the distribution of the wealth and resources of Egypt to the benefit of the majority of its people)
“Thuwwar” will be the home of every group and individual activist who believes in grass-roots reform as the road to achieving the life with dignity demanded by the people.
“Thuwwar” will be the home of the people who have remained consistently on the road of the revolution and never departed from it into distracting or harmful alliances and activities.
“Thuwwar” rejects the imposition of a binary choice, “a security state or a state of terror” and insists on a civil democracy based on equality and true participation.
“Thuwwar” adopts a revolutionary structure that mirrors the successful products of the revolution: a modular, horizontal, organic network.
“Thuwwar” members assume only agreement on its ultimate aims. It assumes diversity on priorities and tactics. It seeks to empower and energise its members not to control them.
“Thuwwar” will work towards its goals by all peaceable means including protests and strikes and campaigns and lobbying.
“Thuwwar” – while always directed at its ultimate aims – is a space for dissent, debate and argument. It is a space to develop a new revolutionary discourse.
“Thuwwar” believes this discourse can only be born through a true attention to and facilitation of the demands, solutions and visions of the people on the ground.
“Thuwwar” will work with the people towards describing and effecting reform: the redistribution of wealth to the benefit of the poor and those on a low income, and building a true democracy of popular participation.
Our aims are:
* The distribution of wealth as a means to social justice. This includes reforming budget priorities, increasing revenue by way of a fair escalatory tax system, improving and broadening the reach of public services, and reforming the wage system. There can be no stability in Egypt without these measures.
• Reformatting and rebuilding the institutions of the state on a democratic basis, deepening the democracy of the ballot-box to become a true participatory democracy that allows citizens to share in decision-making, and implement civilian watchdogs to monitor the institutions of state. At the heart of this the need to reform the judiciary, restructure the police system, purge and broaden the remit of local government, liberate the will to organize and free the media.
• To work towards equality by eradicating all forms of oppression and discrimination, to confront sectarian incitement and violence towards women, to mitigate the marginalization of communities on ethnic, religious, cultural, class or geographical bases.
• To set a clear process of transitional justice, to call to account everyone implicated in crimes against the people. To reform the security apparatus and the institutions of justice to prevent the re-emergence of repressive practices.
• To adopt a foreign policy based on the interests of the people, that protects Egypt’s sovereignty and breaks the bonds of economic dependency and political subservience. To stretch the hand of friendship and support to all revolutionary movements seeking democracy and freedom. The Front sees Egypt at the forefront of a global revolutionary wave that seeks to create a more free and fair world for everyone.
“Thuwwar” declares its commitment to these goals. It invites participation to promote them through protest and direct action, through research, through art and culture, and through political campaigns and lobbying.