Society and freedom

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is an international organization founded in 1945 to contribute to peace and security by promoting international collaboration through education, science, and culture.

In an unilateral action, the United States of America has decided to stop contributing funds to UNESCO as a reprisal for accepting Palestine as a member state:

Victoria Nuland, a State Department spokeswoman, said that American contributions to Unesco, including $60 million scheduled for this month, would not be paid.

UNESCO has declared that:

It is well-known that funding from our largest contributor, the United States, may be jeopardized. I believe it is the responsibility of all of us to make sure that UNESCO does not suffer unduly as a result.

In a world with 7,000,000,000 people, UNESCO develops key programmes to promote literacy, education, science, and technology. Eventually, I believe the USA will start contributing again to UNESCO, but in the mean time I think we have to collaborate, not only with words but also with funds so that the work of this organization can continue. Please, it will take just a minute of your time to make a donation today »»

Multi-lingual video that explains why the Chilean students are demonstrating:

"The job of the incumbent is not the same as your job, the job of
the policy maker. Their job is to make profit for them. Your job is the
public good".

Talk with subtitles in Spanish // Charla con subtítulos en castellano »

We are ordinary people. We are like you: people, who get up every morning to study, work or find a job, people who have family and friends. People, who work hard every day to provide a better future for those around us.

Some of us consider ourselves progressive, others conservative. Some of us are believers, some not. Some of us have clearly defined ideologies, others are apolitical, but we are all concerned and angry about the political, economic, and social outlook which we see around us: corruption among politicians, businessmen, bankers, leaving us helpless, without a voice.

This situation has become normal, a daily suffering, without hope. But if we join forces, we can change it. It’s time to change things, time to build a better society together. Therefore, we strongly argue that:

• The priorities of any advanced society must be equality, progress, solidarity, freedom of culture, sustainability and development, welfare and people’s happiness.
• These are inalienable truths that we should abide by in our society: the right to housing, employment, culture, health, education, political participation, free personal development, and consumer rights for a healthy and happy life.
• The current status of our government and economic system does not take care of these rights, and in many ways is an obstacle to human progress.