Caracas, July 24, 2024.- Regarding the 2nd Meeting for a World Social Alternative: From Bolívar to Chávez, a panel on the Alternative for unalterable peace took place this Wednesday.
Socorro Gomes, from the Brazilian Center for Solidarity with the People and Struggle for Peace, emphasized the aspiration of peoples around the world to live in peace and stated that this is only possible when they are free and masters of their own destiny.
She highlighted that there are currently significant threats to peace, being imperialist intervention the greatest one, especially from the United States, “which, although in decline, is heavily armed and has over 800 military bases around the world,” putting life on the planet and the fate of free peoples at risk.
She also specified that “peace is not possible in an oppressed people,” while applauding the initiatives of organized peoples to strengthen peace, especially the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America – People’s Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP), as it is a “great instrument for the peace of the peoples seeking an alternative.”

Moreover, Elisa Salvador from the Angolan League of Friendship and Solidarity with the Peoples stated that “to have peace, we must have tranquility, and many of us in other countries, primarily in Africa, live in misery, we live with hunger, we live with wars; therefore, it is not possible to talk about peace.”
In this regard, she emphasized that to achieve peace, it is necessary “to have goodwill from our leaders, from our rulers, from institutions; only by uniting in this way, we could achieve it.”

David Denny, representative of the Caribbean Movement for Peace and Integration, began his participation by expressing his “solidarity with the Government and the people of Venezuela” regarding the upcoming electoral process. “For us, this is a very important day; Venezuela is a sister nation that has always stood by the poor peoples of the Caribbean region… we wish the best for July 28 and hope to see the victory of the people.”
He indicated that “we are in the midst of an ideological, economic, political, and military war. We must unite our forces to defend our region from U.S. imperialism,” urging to “work together, build unity in the region, and continue the struggle for reparations.”

The Peace Council from the United States was represented by Bahman Azad, who pointed out that “the balance of power on a global scale has begun to shift, and we are facing many dangers and brutal, criminal negative reactions against peoples and progressive forces… We are witnessing the crimes against humanity that the Zionist state of Israel is committing against Palestine.”
In this regard, he emphasized the power of the unity of peoples to achieve peace and specified that “imperialism is not just a matter of politics; it is a system.”

Finally, Carolus Wimmer from the International Solidarity Committee and the struggle for peace extended his solidarity to the leftist movements in the United States and those who “fight against that unjust, imperialist system.”
Wimmer stated that to build a future, it is necessary to review history and work towards self-determination, “for Bolívar, peace was not pacifism or tranquility; for Bolívar, peace was justice, independence, freedom.”
He also invited the peoples not to “lower their guard,” as that is what the enemy expects in order to attack.



