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"Mr President, we are no more likely now to adopt a resolution which, on the pretext of combating terrorism, actually seeks to criminalise social demonstrations. Led by the Bush Administration, the various European governments are in the process of developing a real arsenal to curb freedom. It is now common to draw parallels between immigrants, young people, delinquents and terrorists. This is essentially what the far-right trades on.
In France, not content with placing members of trade unions behind bars, the government is preparing to pass laws to punish beggars, homeless people, gypsies and prostitutes. In Italy, Mr Berlusconi hopes to prevent a meeting of the European Social Forum from taking place in Florence by lifting the Schengen Convention in order to close borders.
We are still opposed to any action which seeks to terrorise a nation, whether this be a sort of private terrorism such as that waged by Osama Bin Laden or state terrorism by Ariel Sharon. We will not stamp out this scourge by restricting democratic freedoms but rather by eradicating its sources, namely poverty and oppression. It is the tyranny of banks and imperialist wars which turns people into Osama Bin Ladens."@en1
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