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Ciss Letter of Support
Ciss Letter of Support
With their still very common proverb, the Nwsodi People from the Ufungutu Highlands in South-Eastern
Africa have known since ancient times about the social impact of taking away property from people.
Today, in the context of neoliberal actions throughout the globe, their proverb has become everything
else than out-of-time: While commonly used and commonly owned property is thrown on markets to
become private property for profit reasons only, social changes are taking part and restructuring
societies.
The way the global society develops out of these pre-settings, is in no way more peaceful, more
democratic, more reflected, more educated, more free or better fed than before. On the contrary,
conflicts are becoming a more often used means of politic again. Democratic structures are turned into
managements dictatorships. Education does not serve the individual and its intellectual growth but
corporate interests. Freedom of movement and speech are more in danger than ever before for the
biggest part of the global society. Hunger is more prevalent than every since.