Voice to the Voiceless Solidarity Declaration
We, a diverse group of people brought together by the spirit of resistance, recognize that the time has come for bold cooperative action to throw off the chains of our current broken and out-dated political and economic institutions. We, the 99%, hold that all life on earth is inter-connected and endowed with certain natural rights which cannot be granted or permitted by any coercive institution.
Because we are deeply concerned with the violations of these rights perpetrated by the United States Government, both here and abroad, and fear for the future of our planet and our children, we declare our moral and spiritual outrage regarding the failures of our current oppressive political and economic systems. Rising to the challenges posed by tyranny, we stand in solidarity with one another and all people who strive not only to survive, but to lead lives of dignity, integrity and freedom.
We, along with others who are part of the global resistance movement, envision a new society for our nation and our world, one in which compassion, wisdom, equality and love of life guide us, rather than materialism, militarism, greed and prejudice, which will lead inevitably to the destruction of all life on earth. Our government has proven it is incapable of fairly representing us or addressing our grievances, and so we are compelled to rise up together, using direct democracy, non-violence, and the forging of collective will to guide us towards the creation of a new and more cooperative society.
In contrast to the exploitative political agendas of those currently in power, we declare that we are together committed to the following principles of unity and intentions:
GLOBAL PEACE, DISARMAMENT, AND NON-COLONIALISM; Immediately dismantle the military-industrial complex, and weapons of mass destruction; end wars of aggression and foreign bases/occupations. Stop the hypocritical and counter-productive“War on Terror”. Prosecute our own governmental/corporatist terrorists and war criminals.End all participation and support of current Middle Eastern, Ukrainian, Asian and African wars and destabilization, including the attack on Gaza.
HUMAN RIGHTS FOR ALL PEOPLE, including quality education and healthcare (as well as alternatives), housing/land & safe food, water and environments. An immediate foreclosure moratorium to investigate and prosecute bank crimes. Respect for the rights of the indigenous to their lands and culture.
A FAIR ECONOMIC SYSTEM. End income disparity and poverty. Disallow the hoarding of scarce resources. Separate wealth and state.
A REDEFINITION OF HOW PRODUCTIVE & REPRODUCTIVE LABOR IS VALUED. Fairness for workers and for women, whose traditional work is not paid.
RESPECT & PROTECTION FOR THE NATURAL WORLD--Protect animals' rights, as well as the earth’s natural climate and water systems. Sustainable, natural development.
SUSTAINABLE, NATURAL AGRICULTURE; Affordable organic food; End the factory-farming of animals. and end to the dangerous genetic manipulation of our food sources.
SAFE AND NATURAL RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ENERGY CONSERVATION. Dismantling nuclear power plants.
TRUE DEMOCRACY; A United States government truly representative of the people, open to Third-Party voices. An end to corporate control. A government which is open, egalitarian/horizontal, and transparent.
RESTORATION OF OUR CIVIL LIBERTIES; including the rights of freedom of speech and the press; an end to the police state, including police brutality, the "War on Drugs" which has led to mass incarcerations, National Security Agency spying and the prison-industrial complex; respect for the rights of the institutionalized and the imprisoned. End the death penalty.
We pledge to support one another and/or participate in direct actions, creative protests, non-violent resistance, boycotts, strikes, teach-ins, people's assemblies, and in any other ways which we together feel called for the purpose of enacting the collective will of oppressed people everywhere. Another world is possible.
This is a living document that can be edited in the future by a direct democratic process of the people.