The Radical Party call for an international Satyagraha for Tibet. Text of the document of the Radical party. "The Dalai Lama has said (International Herald Tribune, Thursday, September 15, 1994): 'If it is true my approach is becoming a factor for demoralization, sadness and discouragement for the people inside Tibet, then I cannot stay with that position, I cannot take that responsibility'. He added that he was being increasingly criticized by some Tibetans for being too soft in his approach to China (....). His search for an agreement with Beijing has brought no improvements inside Tibet, but he said he would not back violent protest against Beijing's control.

"We know and love this extremely tender man. This great, great man, whose spiritual and intellectual strength has been honored (quite rightly; it happens sometimes) with the Nobel Peace prize. With these words, he reminds us that even the Gospel, and Jesus Christ, the Son of Man, recognize and speak of moments of doubt and bewilderment.

The Radical Party has approached the Dalai Lama, with the idea of organizing the first great "World Satyagraha" before the end of 1996, for peace and freedom in Tibet, and the democratization of China. A Gandhian Satyagraha organized with the help of the media and state-of-the-art technologies, supported by U.N. initiatives in every country.

A large-scale hunger strike in the name of hope and dialogue, to be carried out worldwide - indefinitely in some places - by parliaments, by the poor and the powerful, wih a sufficiently important and strong objective chosen with great care. This objective should be compatible with China's constitutional principles, but also implement the principles laid down in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Resolutions of the United Nations. It should follow the direction that the Dalai Lama has taken for some time, which may show China how to change its history, starting with that of Tibet, by pursuing a peaceful and democratic form of development.

A project of this dimention would take over two years to organize properly, even with the much hoped for mobilization of the great religious and spiritual forces, as well as the popular and political forces througout the world. But simply to inform, to collaborate with all the nonviolent, Gandhian, peace-loving and Buddhist-inspired groups, there is a need for spiritual strength, human and financial resources, wisdom and dedicated action without precedent.

The great political philosopher Karl Popper, a master of liberal thought, was among the leading scholars of nonviolence. If we are given the means to continue with our struggle, it will be necessary to finally take into consideration the Western culture, including those aspects ignored by the people in power.

The Dalai Lama is waiting for us to present, as soon as possible, the project on which we are working and which we have promised to send him. It is in fact unthinkable to try organizing a Satyagraha without a real hope and a guarantee of its being realized.

The only real Satyagrahas that were successful in history were those undertaken by Mahatma Gandhi. We must now make it possible for them to be held internationally: first, in the name of the Tibetan cuase, and that of democracy and freedom in the world.

'The projects undertaken and, above all, the commitment made by the Radical Party in the name of many just causes, have my complete admiration and make me truly happy'".

(The Dalai Lama, Nobel Peace Laureate, at a press conference held at the Radical Party headquarters in Rome last June). (EuroTibet News N·2)