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Jump To Comment: 1 2 3 4 5For months we were told that the ISF couldn't oppose the bin charges because it didn't take positions. Now it appears that it has taken a position in opposition to the EU constitution! How does that work?
Joe,
indeed. A well raised point. BUT:
The ISF has NOT "taken a position in opposition to the EU constitution!"
I do belive, and thanks for bringing it up, that the top headline SHOULD read:
Irish Social Forum Press Conference: Irish Social Forum PARTICIPANTS critical of new EU Constitution
HOWEVER: - if you read the opening paragraph of the press release it explicitly says:
"Many in the Forum see the EU as promoting the same neo-liberal agenda as the World Economic Forum."
Meaning: It is not the ISF itself which believes in having a critical position on this proposed EU constitution. It is the people who are participating in the ISF who are critical of it.
The error was made becuase the ISF does not have an office with full-time staff (yet?!) and we are all volunteers and wee mistakes and typos get made in such an environment - please bare with us!
If any journalists ask, they will be told in no uncertain terms that the ISF does not hold positions on anything - that it is what it says it is: a Forum - i.e. a place. That the ISF is guided by the WSF Charter of Principles and that is explicitly aganist neoliberalism.
My quote expresses a series of factual information and in way reflects that the ISF has an opinion.
The ISF Communications Group are hosting this press conference tomorrow and it has also being discussed at the weekly ISF planning meetings. A group or groups whose members are speaking at and/or attending the ISF next weekend are more than welcome to organise their own press campaign highlighting their issue(s) and the fact that they are participating in the ISF and that they are critical of such and such.
Specifically on the bin tax issue:
you may have noticed that there is a Dublin City Anti Bin-tax Campaign person speaking at the press conference and there is also a Dublin Campaign Against the Bin Tax speaking at the Public Services related plenary on Saturday (Willy C. is organising a replacement speaker for Bríd Smith - who obviously cannot attend due to being jailed for opposing this regressive taxation (that last point was a personal opinion and in no way reflects that the ISF thinks this - because it doesn't think anything because it is only a place!)
Thank you for highlighting this issue, I do hope more people are not confused by the apparent lack of clarity in the headline of the press release and every effort will be made by the ISF Communications Group to be more explicit in its wording in future.
thanks again,
all the best Joe,
see you Saturday?,
- Barry Finnegan
- on behalf of the ISF Communicaitons Group.
Thanks for the clarification, given the day thats in it I'm sure I wasn't the only person grinding my teeth! I intend to be there, circumstances permitting.
I don't mean to be pedantic, but been critical of the new EU constitution does not mean neccessarily opposing it.
Many people would be critical of the EU - not all would fully oppose the EU 100% (though of course some would).
In fact it is quite possible to give critical support for something like the EU constitution. So for participants in the ISF to be critical of the new constituion is really a very broad and potentially diverse view to take.
hope the screening "globalisation and the media" acts as a nice warmer upper for the social forum. there will be a discussion after, it would be great if some of you could come along
bolton st 6.00 thursday