About “the future of progressive forces in a world in crisis” spoke to Harvard Kennedy School, the former prime minister, Alexis Tsipras As part of the ‘Diplomatic Dialogues’ seminars coordinated by the teacher Daniel ζiblatt and co -organized with the Center for European Studiesthe Institute of Politics and Center for Public Leadership.
In this context, Mr Tsipras referred to the causes due to the removal of the popular strata from the progressive forces. First, in their gradual shift to the right in the ’90s As a result, there is no real difference between center -left and center -right parties. And second, by the global financial crisis of 2008 And then, in the general sense of insecurity that caused repeated judgments that led to a profoundly challenge to the potential of western states, not only to make their citizens’ lives betterbut even to protect their lives and their acquis.
In his speech, Alexis Tsipras suggested three axes of action for the progressive forces in order to re -approach the popular strata and to face the rise of the far -right.
‘Progressive Economic Patriotism’
First, the priority of social justice and the treatment of inequalities. Both through the conflict with oligarchic economic interests that have an increasing role in political power, and by proposing a “progressive economic patriotism that will sustain the national potential of each country in human resources and natural resources, along with the development of new technologies”.
A program that will focus not only on the social-redeeming role of the state but also on the development-conventional. As Alexis Tsipras pointed out at a time when the far right and others anti -systemic Forces are trying to weaken every state and parliamentary institution with leveling and simplistic arguments, the Left must fight to upgrade the institutional functions of the state. ” He invoked the Litta plan, according to which “we must guarantee the freedom of the stay of the citizens where they reside, and especially in the region, in terms of dignity”.
Secondly, he called on the progressive forces to take possession of the concept of human security, in a time of multidisciplinary and destabilization, “proposing the importance of state resilience, scientific documentation and of effective policies To address challenges such as promoting global and regional peace, climate crisis, pandemics and the management of refugee and migratory flows. “
The former prime minister underlined as his common denominator First axis of support for social justice and the second, the safeguarding of human security, the aggressive taxation of great wealth.
The third axis, according to Mr Tsipras, is the need to build a third movement for democracy and justice on both sides of the Atlantic, after the movement against neoliberal globalization and war in Iraq 30 years ago and the Wall Street movement and alert, 15 years ago.