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Axis for Peace: The founding of an international movement

against world domination

 

 

 

 

http://www.voltairenet.org/article131557.html

 

 

Meeting of anti-establishment world leaders

Axis for Peace: The founding of an international movement against

world domination

 

 

VoltaireNet.org

 

 

Axis for Peace conference, November 17th, 2005 plenary session

From left to right : Andreas von Bülow (former German secretary of

State and minister), Salim Al-Hoss (former Prime minister of Lebanon),

Thierry Meyssan (president of Voltaire Network), John D. Anthony

(president of the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations), Enrique

Román Hernández (vice-president of the Cuban Institute for friendship

between the peoples) and Subhi Toma (former political prisonner in

Iraq, member of the direction of the National Arab Congress).

 

November 24, 2005

 

Leaders who oppose world domination by the Coalition met in Brussels

on November 17 – 18, 2005. They were invited by Voltaire Network to

attend the first Axis for Peace International Conference. Political

leaders, diplomats, military officers and opinion makers spoke out

based on their own experiences and facts, and not based on the issues

represented by the Bush administration in the media. From this method

and this freedom of speech, a new and original discourse has come up.

The Axis for Peace 2005 conference is presented as the founding of a

movement to redefine international relations and whose challenge is

compared to that of Bandung in 1955.

 

The Axis for Peace 2005 international conference, the first one of its

kind, was held in Brussels between November 17 – 18, 2005. One hundred

and fifty personalities from 37 countries responded to the invitation

announced by Voltaire Network in order to elaborate an effective

speech to defend peace.

 

Like a " rebellious Davos " , Axis for Peace is similar to Davos meetings

because of the audience, which is made of political leaders,

diplomats, military officers and opinion leaders. It is also similar

to the World Social Forum because of the rebellious speech against the

world order that has been established. For two days, the participants

met under the chairmanship of Thierry Meyssan in panel and plenary

sessions to assess the forms of interference and oppression in the

world. They tried to distinguish the techniques used and think of

common strategies to combat them.

 

On November 18, they signed a Final Declaration to denounce the

coalition headed by the United States and the danger it poses to world

peace. " A military coalition has plunged into a violent exploitation

of energy resources and raw materials, participants stated. Encouraged

by neoconservatives, it has increased its depredation and resumed all

forms of interference, from the change of regimes to colonial

expansionism. It is always violating the principles of international

law drafted by the conferences of The Hague and stated in the San

Francisco Charter "

 

" When the sovereignty of a state is violated, we are in the face of a

terrorist act "

 

In the opening speech, former Lebanese Prime Minister Salim Al-Hoss

recalled that peace could not be achieved by means of injustice and

oppression. " Colonized countries see how their populations become

hostages " . Then we cannot speak of peace " In order to clarify a debate

undermined by the neoconservative rhetoric, Salim Al-Hoss stated: " Any

person who takes up arms to defend the freedom of his people is

considered a " terrorist " . In turn, we must clearly state that when the

sovereignty of a State is violated, it is then a terrorist act " .

 

By refusing to label as " terrorists " the people and groups who resist

the U.S. superpower, the former Ecuadorian army chief of staff,

General René Vargas Pazzos, also stated: " If it is said that they are

" terrorists " , we have to say that all wars are " terrorism " . Organizer

of the conference to support the Iraqi resistance, the Iraqi Subhi

Toma paid a vibrant tribute to his people that is currently resisting

the oppression. When the conference was over, the peoples' right to

self-determination was reaffirmed. The Final Declaration of the

Conference Axis for Peace solemnly urged the members of the UN

Security Council " to see that the sovereignty of states be respected,

based upon international law and indispensable condition for the

development of a true democracy " .

 

The Coalition " creates and manipulates terrorist groups "

 

International Islamic terrorism was the topic of a round table

discussion in which participants agreed on its fictitious nature and

how it was being used as propaganda by the Coalition. Former German

Minister Andreas von Bülow detailed the staging of the September 11

attacks in 2001. He explained how they took place in the very United

States in order to legitimize the current military operations. U.S.

journalist Webster Tarpley indicated that " it is impossible to

understand the current U.S. policy if the real scope of September 11

is underestimated. The attacks perpetrated at that moment were a coup

d'état. The war on terror is based on a myth and has become a

compulsory state religion since such developments took place. The only

way to fight against neoconservatives is by destroying this myth. " The

former deputy attorney general of Pennsylvania, Philip Berg, explained

that a great number of citizens in the United States did not believe

in the official story of the September 11 attacks in 2001. Berg

represents the families of the victims who " did not accept hush money "

and denounced the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the White House for their

responsibilities in the terrorist actions.

 

The implication of the Anglo-Saxon secret services in the creation and

use of Islamic terrorism was presented by the former agent David

Shayler. " I resigned from the British secret services when the MI6

decided to finance Osama bin Laden's associates " , he said in an

outstanding speech. " I tried to warn them but it was me who went to

prison " , regretted Shayler, who explained that " this terrorism is

coordinated by the MI6 and CIA " . The Final Declaration signed by the

participants denounced how the Coalition is handling Islamic

terrorism: " In order to justify its conquests, it creates and

manipulates terrorist groups, fabricates excuses and propaganda about

the theory of the world Islamic plot, and fosters a clash of

civilizations " . The Coalition " hides its ambitions intoxicating the

media and deceiving international institutions " , they stressed.

 

" The media is involved in intimidation "

 

The lectures tackled the issue of the various forms of interference,

not only military but also political as well as cultural. General

Leonid Ivashov, former chief of staff of the Russian armies, denounced

the corruption of the political elite: " Everywhere, government and

opinion leaders are bought. As to the media, it is involved in the

intimidation of personalities who might emerge. Russia is also facing

corruption within its institutions and we will do our best to isolate

those who are corrupted out of our government " The media intimidation

was the object of several debates. Across the globe, intellectuals,

journalists or artists are ordered not to address certain issues,

especially the Israeli policy, because they might be labeled as

" anti-Semitists " and be excluded. The French comedian Dieudonné Mbala

Mbala expressed his concern about the expansion of racism: " Today

there is a generalized racism, a racist discourse that goes beyond

what the extreme right wing would dare to go some years ago. The

colonialism affecting the Palestinian people has ended up in the

Zionist media as a racist discourse with no complex in today's

communitarianist treatment. " The chief-editor of Brecha, the major

weekly newspaper of the Uruguayan left wing, Yvonne Trías, expressed

her indignation about the accusations of anti-Semitism against

intellectuals who oppose Israeli policy. " They put me on the black

list of people who are considered as " anti-Semitists " by a Jewish

intellectual " , she regretted. " My newspaper has been accused of

anti-Semitism because it has criticized the Israeli policy. It has

been the object of a major humiliating campaign. We have been treated

as " anti-Semites " and even as " negationists " . When the campaign

started, we received pressures from everywhere. There was an avalanche

of e-mails. There were readers who said they would cancel their

subscription. Left wing people came to suggest that we should give up

our criticisms " . The meeting of personalities from the different

continents allowed to see that the methods of media intimidation

prevail in different parts of the world.

 

" There is still time to unite for peace "

 

During the round table on Syria, participants compared the accusations

made against this country regarding the assassination of Rafik Hariri

to the " evidences " of the Iraqi weapons of mass destruction presented

by Colin Powell to the UN Security Council. In the Final Declaration,

participants denounced that " France, which had opposed the invasion on

Iraq, had backed the threats against new preys " and welcomed Russia's

mediation which defends the implementation of the nuclear

non-proliferation treaty and presumption of innocence in international

relations " .

 

" On our part, they continued, we commit to mobilize public opinion,

based upon the example of what Latin Americans are already doing, to

derail the propaganda and hatred, and to reject the global project of

domination and exploitation " .

 

When the conference Axis for Peace was over, the representatives from

the United States and Syria spontaneously decided to arrange a common

meeting. " How to prevent a war between our two countries? " , they

asked. During this working meeting that lasted until late in the

evening, participants analyzed how this issue is perceived in their

respective countries, from the political leader's point of view as

well as that of the public opinion. The personalities from the United

States and Syria worked together to find the means to bridge the gap

between their countries.

 

" There is still time to unite for Peace " endorsed the Final

Declaration of Axis for Peace signed some hours ago.

 

 

 

Links:

 

The official site of Axis for Peace:

http://www.axisforpeace.net

 

The final declaration:

http://www.axisforpeace.net/article681.html

 

Photos of the conference with high resolution:

http://www.axisforpeace.net/rubrique13.html

 

Follow-up on the conference in Voltaire Network site:

http://www.voltairenet.org/rubrique30009.html