Dear Liza,
I donīt think he mentioned civil society, but left parties. "Nobody is
taking up the subject, none of the governments, neither on the left or the
right."
But, if he mentioned the civil society, the problem is really bigger.
Even considering it, his statement was a big mistake, because the Regional
Conference in Rio was very positive, with a "leftist" agenda approved by the
latin american leaders and this reflected in an aggressive participation at
WSIS also, headed by thr brazilian representatives.
But...why he declared it I really donīt know, and I also donīt know what the
chileans thought about it.
Cheers,
Adilson
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From: "Aliza Dichter" <[log in to unmask]>
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Cc: "Midia Etnica" <[log in to unmask]>; "Karen Higgs"
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Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 12:26 PM
Subject: [CRIS Info] IPS - Media Democracy Must Sprout From the Grassroots
(lo siento que es solo en ingles)
I don't know why he would make this statement with no mention of CRIS,
APC, AMARC and their many participating groups in Latin America-- or
any of the hundreds of community media and media democracy activists.
The reporter makes no effort to reference them either...
Perhaps I am wrong here but it seems too often that important leaders
and thinkers of progressive/left activism issue important "calls" for
activism, saying that it's urgent and people need to take action but
rarely mention the important organizing and activism and
movement-building that is already happening on the ground.
"Nobody in Latin America is discussing the democratisation of the
media," Italian-Argentine journalist said Roberto Savio, the founder of
the Inter Press Service (IPS) international news agency, durng the
three-day seminar on Democracy in the Media: From the MacBride Report to
the Summit on the Information Society".
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