{"id":211685,"date":"2022-05-16T12:00:37","date_gmt":"2022-05-16T11:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=211685"},"modified":"2022-05-16T08:50:38","modified_gmt":"2022-05-16T07:50:38","slug":"progressive-international-the-athens-declaration-on-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2022\/05\/progressive-international-the-athens-declaration-on-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Progressive International: The Athens Declaration on Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_211686\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/progressive-international-crop-athens-declaration-13052022.png\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-211686\" class=\"wp-image-211686\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/progressive-international-crop-athens-declaration-13052022.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/progressive-international-crop-athens-declaration-13052022.png 820w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/progressive-international-crop-athens-declaration-13052022-300x159.png 300w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/progressive-international-crop-athens-declaration-13052022-768x407.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-211686\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of Progressive International reading the Athens Declaration, from left: Eze Temelkuran (Turkey), Yanis Varoufakis (Greece), Jeremy Corbyn (UK). (Image by Pressenza)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Today, 13 May 2022, three members of the Progressive International, Yanis Varoufakis, Jeremy Corbyn and Ece Temelkuran, called a press conference to make public the Athens Declaration on the Russian invasion and the war in Ukraine. Here is the text:<\/p>\n<p>The War on Ukraine calls for support for victims of war and a New Non-Aligned Movement<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We stand with the people of Ukraine, as we stand with every people suffering invasion, displacement and occupation.<\/li>\n<li>We demand an immediate ceasefire, the withdrawal of Russian forces and a comprehensive Peace Treaty guaranteed by the European Union, the United States and Russia in the context of the United Nations.<\/li>\n<li>We urge respect for International Law and all refugees, who must have their rights protected and offered a place of safety regardless of ethnicity, religion etc.<\/li>\n<li>We oppose the division of the world in competing blocs that invest in rampant militarism, hyper-modern weapons of mass destruction and a New Cold War.<\/li>\n<li>We believe that lasting peace can be achieved only by replacing all military blocs with an inclusive international security framework that de-escalates tensions, expands freedoms, fights poverty, limits exploitation, pursues social and environmental justice and terminates the domination of one country by another.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>With these thoughts in mind, we call upon democrats across the world to join forces in a New Non-Aligned Movement. In this context, we view non-aligned, democratic and sovereign nations working together as the route to lasting peace and a world that can avert climate catastrophe and bequeath to the next generation a decent chance at creating the conditions for globally shared prosperity.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Jeremy Corbyn, Ece Temelkuran &amp; Yanis Varoufakis, on behalf of<\/em><br \/>\n<em>The PROGRESSIVE INTERNATIONAL, DiEM25, MeRA25<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Watch the full press conference here:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=f7xeVlhg8dg<\/p>\n<p>_______________________________________<\/p>\n<p><em>This post is also available in: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pressenza.com\/es\/2022\/05\/progressive-international-the-athens-declaration\/\" >Spanish<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pressenza.com\/fr\/2022\/05\/internationale-progressiste-declaration-dathenes\/\" >French<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pressenza.com\/it\/2022\/05\/internazionale-progressista-dichiarazione-di-atene\/\" >Italian<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pressenza.com\/de\/2022\/05\/yanis-varoufakis-jeremy-corbyn-und-ece-temelkuran-praesentieren-die-athener-deklaration\/\" >German<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pressenza.com\/el\/2022\/05\/proodeftiki-diethnis-i-diakirixi-tis-athinas\/\" >Greek<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pressenza.com\/2022\/05\/progressive-international-the-athens-declaration\/\" >Go to Original &#8211; pressenza.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, 13 May 2022, three members of the Progressive International, Yanis Varoufakis, Jeremy Corbyn and Ece Temelkuran, called a press conference to make public the Athens Declaration on the Russian invasion and the war in Ukraine. 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