Declaration of the Coordinating Committee of the World Poetry Movement
Illustration: Ana Stjelja / AI-assisted To the peoples of the world: What we observe in current history is not a simple crossroads; it is the manifestation of the appetite for war, of the empire’s boundless ambition against the sovereignty and resources of peoples, founded on a will for mass annihilation. In the face of the daily genocide against the Palestinian people, the expansionist war against Iran, the aggression and plunder against Venezuela, the threat against Cuba and the peoples of Latin America, the repression against migrants, and against the fascism that lays an ambush for culture in the world in order to destroy the identity and the dream of peoples, the World Poetry Movement calls on humanity to resist with love and imagination, with the creative word and with life. Resistance is not an option; it is the only dignified human response to the enemies of life. We will resist from all the territories of culture, raising our voice ...
