LETTER

Don’t get it wrong, even if the news does

 

The leaders of the G7 – USA, Germany, Japan, France, United Kingdom, Italy and Canada – will meet in Taormina, Sicily, Italy, May 26 - 27th. Newspapers and media analysts will probably try to convince us the leaders won’t get along well on major issues during this summit.

But don’t get it wrong! They will all agree, as thick as thieves, we can be sure, on things that really matter:
- leaving the destiny of our world in the hands of rich people, banks and big corporations;
- despoiling poor countries with a sophisticated set of economic, political and military measures to subdue them, stop their march towards democracy and justice, and which reduce their populations to poverty and obedience;
- maintaining democracy in its embryonic state in rich countries and doing everything to stop it in the poorest countries, by corporate control of information and entertainment in the rich ones, by force and intimidation in the poorest ones;
- and, at all costs, preventing the sharing of powers which could lead to real democracy, and thus to equality and justice.

I already hear someone asking: "But what can we do?" We can start at the beginning! We can start talking with our friends and colleagues about things that matter: justice, fairness, democracy, and equality. Questioning our world is certainly the first step -- and a huge one -- towards a better world.

Bruno Marquis
Gatineau