Motion adopted at the 72nd Congress of the Anarchist Federation meeting in St-Imier 7, 8
and 9 June 2014 ---- Anarchist Federation, meeting in its 72nd Congress in St-Imier in
Switzerland signs and associated himself with the text published by Fenikso Nigra, Boletim
Oper?rio, Liga Sindical Oper?ria Camponesa, Dan?as das Id?ias, Caos em Fluxo, Barricada
libertaria. ---- We give our full support to the campaign by anarchists and populations
against brazil world cup soccer. ---- World Cup given to our country by Fifa an expense at
the time this letter was written, from 25.6 billion reais, equivalent to $ 11.5 billion.
Of this amount, over 83% came from public funds - tax money from the people themselves.
The minimum wage in Brazil is 724 reais per month ($ 325), tickets for the games can go up
to almost a thousand dollars. Brazilian worker pays for an event which can not itself
unable to attend. According to a recent survey, 75.8% of Brazilians are opposed to
investments made for this World Cup.
Our country still has 3.7 million children and adolescents out of school and an illiteracy
rate of 10%, according to Unesco. As if the deficiencies in education were not enough, the
government introduced school holidays during the World Cup. We live in a country where
more than 242,000 families have no electricity, let alone the public health is far from
being acceptable, while the idol of football, "phenomenon" Ronaldinho said publicly that
"with hospitals we do not do the World Cup."
Today, we live in an extremely difficult economic environment, we have one of the highest
in the world tax rates, but nearly 50% of our GDP is used to pay an absurd public debt,
while people die hunger, and nearly half the wealth we produce goes directly into the
pockets of a few bankers, not to mention that we are losing because of corruption and
mismanagement of public funds.
Overspending on the World Cup are just the tip of the iceberg; on behalf of the Cup, many
civil rights have been violated, which is not unusual in a country where we have a highly
militarized police force that has already been the subject of many critical international
institutions such as Amnesty International and the UN itself, which even made a
recommendation to dissolve PM (Brazilian military police).
Communities near the stadiums will undergo a conspicuous and ferocious police, including
the presence of the army, not to ensure the safety of the people, but to ensure the safety
of you, tourists, as is already the case Complexo da Mar?, which is already occupied by
the army, navy and military police, a total of over 2,500 men. The right to housing has
not escaped the eyes of the government and FIFA: thousands of families have been displaced
due to the event, including indigenous families Aldeia Maracan?, which despite their
resistance, were displaced violently.
This is not new to us either in the "democratic" regime in which we live, to see military
intervention in the construction of a plant in the heart of the Amazon (Belo Monte) for
prevent protests of indigenous peoples and local communities affected by the dam. In
addition, to build the stadiums in time for the World Cup, more than a dozen workers died
in construction sites. In addition to all these problems, child prostitution in the
country is still a reality that affects approximately 500,000 children according to the
National Forum for the Prevention and Elimination of Child Labour. This scenario is
potentially exacerbated by holding the Cup.
Many of us are outraged and taking to the streets to protest, but the government, well
supported by the media, trying to drown it all in criminalizing and repressing
demonstrations hard with his military unit. International NGOs and organizations have
denounced several violations of human rights.
The State and its partisan administrations do not respond and do not meet the needs of
people in health, education, housing, employment that we won through our unity and our
struggles. Get this letter as a request for support, share this information with as many
people as possible, help us to show the world a reality that the government, FIFA and
sponsors of the World Cup trying to hide at all costs.
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