[fse-esf] Conference in Hungary - invitation

Fri Sep 7 12:08:00 CEST 2007

Hi,
I can only underline what Achim wrote.
The Christdemocrats are the main party of German imperialism. As German
imperialism after its fascist adventure was a bit handicapped to act on
international level with military or state means, the foundations of the
political parties took over this role as good as they could. 
Maybe Simó wants to invite the NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY for his
next conference to keep the balance between German and American
imperialism?

matz

  "Rollhaeuser" <ro-achim at otenet.gr> schrieb: 
Simo Endre says that they will continue with the "open orientation of
social alliances for achieving concrete social goals with other forces
not of left". This is why they organize a conference with the Hungarian
Catholic Church Iustitia et Pax Committee. 

I can't judge the positions of the Hungarian Church. But speaker at this
conference is (between others) also the director of the foreign office
of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (-Foundation) in Hungary. And I can
judge this Foundation.

The Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung is the party's foundation of the German
Christian Democratic Union, the party of Helmut Kohl and Angela Merkel.
Its aim – as well as the aim of the other foundations of the German
political parties – is to develop the political opinions and propaganda
of the party (think tank) and to propagandize these opinions in Germany
and the world. You can read about the foundation at their website (in
English) http://www.kas.de/wf/en/.

The Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung is (with the Hans-Seidel-Foundation of the
CSU) the most right-wing foundation of the German parties. This think
tank tries to combine the policies of the neoliberal globalization with
the most reactionary ideas of family, Christianity and patriotism. It
might not be the fountain of German "neocons", but generally most of the
ideas and principles discussed in these circles are very close to the
ones of Bush and his friends.

Personally I think that it is not a very good idea to cooperate with
such men. They try to exploit the dissatisfaction and the anger of the
people suffering from the neoliberal globalization and to attract them
to policies, which in the best case are dead-end-streets. They often
criticize neo-liberalism from a far right point of view. This is what
the fascists in Germany did before 1933. (And we remember that the
German neo-fascists of the NPD demonstrated against the G8 and the
neoliberal globalization on June 2nd i.e. the same day we demonstrated
at Rostock.) 

We as ESF should criticize the globalization from progressive and not
from right and reactionary positions. I don't say that we should not
cooperate with other forces than left ones. But not every alliance is
allowed to oppose the opponent. Such alliances do not "help to find the
way out from the crisis" as Simo says. Quite on the contrary. This is
why I believe that at least alliances with such reactionary forces
should not have any acceptance within the European Social Forum or any
national Social Forum.

Achim, Network for Political and Social Rights Athens

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Simó Endre 
To: ESF ; esfeast at yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 6:36 PM
Subject: [fse-esf] Conference in Hungary - invitation

We continue with our open orientation of social alliances for achieving
concrete social goals with other forces not of left. As part, on 11
September we will organize a conference with the Hungarian Catholic
Church Iustitia et Pax Committee by the title â01EFor a more just and
fraternal Societyâ01D, making a common effort to show an other
social-ethical order in front of the existing neoliberal one, and help
to find the way out from the crisis. 
Her you can find our invitation in german and hungarian to the mentioned
conference.

Magyar Szociális Fórum                                       
Professzorok Batthyány Köre
Az igazságosabb és testvériesebb társadalomért
Für eine gerechtigere und brüderlichere Gesellschaft
a Magyar Szociális Fórum, a Konrad Adenauer Alapítvány és a Professzorok
Batthyány Köre 
konferenciája
Konferenz des Ungarischen Sozialforums (Magyar Szociális Fórum), 
der Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und des Batthyány Professorenkreises
Idõpont / Datum:
2007. 09.11. / 11. September 2007
Helyszín / Ort:
Központi Papnevelõ Intézet / Zentrales Priesterseminar
(1053 Budapest, V. ker, Papnövelde u. 5-7.)
Program / Programm
15.00    Regisztráció / Registrierung
15.30    Sajtótájékoztató / Pressekonferenz
16.10    Megnyitó / Eröffnung
            Dr. Náray-Szabó Gábor akadémikus, professzor, Professzorok
Batthyány Köre elnöke / Dr. Gábor-Náray-Szabó Mitglied der Ung. Akademie
der Wissenschaften , Professor,      Vorsitzende des Batthyány
Professorenkreises
16.15    Köszöntõ / Begrüßung
Hans Kaiser, volt miniszter, a KAS budapesti képviseletének vezetõje /
Hans Kaiser,       Minister a. D., Leiter des Auslandsbüros Ungarn der
Konrad Adenauer Stiftung
16.30    A társadalomszervezés elvei az Egyház társadalmi tanításában /
Grundsätze der             Gesellschaftsorganisierung in der Soziallehre
der Kirche
Dr. Dr. Goják János professzor, Pécsi Püspöki Hittudományi Fõiskola, 
MKPK Iustitia et Pax Bizottsága (IUPAX) fõtitkára / Dr. Dr. János Goják
Professor, Theologische Hochschule Pécs, Generalsekretär von IUPAX
17.00    Hatékony társadalomszervezés, nagyobb társadalmi igazságosság /
Wirksame   Gesellschaftsorganisierung, größere gesellschaftliche
Gerechtigkeit
Dr. Gazsó Ferenc professzor, Budapesti Corvinus Egyetem / Dr. Ferenc
Gazsó Professor, Corvinus Universität Budapest
Felkért hozzászólók / Angefragte Referenten zum Thema:
            Dr. Szabó Endre elnök, Nagycsaládosok Országos Egyesülete /
Dr. Endre Szabó,       Vorsitzende des Landesvereins für Großfamilien
            Prof. Dr. Ángyán József egyetemi tanár, Gödöllõi Szent
István Egyetem / 
            Prof. Dr. József Ángyán Universitätsprofessor, Szent István
Universität Gödöllõ
            Dr. Szalay István tanszékvezetõ fõiskolai tanár, Szegedi
Tudományegyetem / 
            Dr. István Szalay, Lehrstuhlleitender Professor, Universität
Szeged
18.00    Kávészünet / Kaffeepause
18.30    Vita / Diskussion
19.10    Zárszó / Schlusswort
            Dr. Simó Endre közgazdász, újságíró, Magyar Szociális Fórum
/ Dr. Endre Simó,        Diplomvolkswirt, Journalist, Ungarisches
Sozialforum 
Moderátor: Broczky Beáta hivatalvezetõ, MKPK Iustitia et Pax Bizottsága
/ Moderator: Beáta Broczky, Geschäftsführerin, IUPAX 
19.30    Fogadás / Empfang
Részvételi szándékát kérjük, jelezze! / 
u.A.w.g.
Tel.: +36 1 487 50 10
E-mail: schmidt.marta at adenauer.hu

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