Lula Day, Act for Democracy, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. July 20, 2017. Flickr/PT. Some rights reserved.
In light of the many events and processes throughout the world that are endangering social cohesion and global progress, political leaders, activists and intellectuals gathered together for a two-part international seminar series, “A Progressive Call to Sustain Democracy and the Multipolar Order.”
The series addressed threats to democracy and the rise of populism and isolationism, and was held in both São Paulo, Brazil and Madrid, Spain in September of 2018. As a result, ten participants have issued this joint statement containing their reflections and conclusions. Among the signatories are included: Noam Chomsky, Professor Emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); Celso Amorim, former Brazilian Minister of Defense and Foreign Affairs; and the Spanish jurist Baltasar Garzón
