Declaration of the 99th Congress of the World Anational Association (SAT) – 2026

The 99th Congress of the World Anational Association (SAT) held in León (Spain) from July 19-26, 2026:

1. notes with trepidation the proliferation of military conflict in several parts of the world;

2. draws attention to the very long-term consequences of wars, which are reason to keep warfare from once again becoming an instrument of normal policy, as governments of many countries are bringing about; the rise in expenditure for warfare being one factor for cutbacks in welfare expense and in aid to the most impoverished and the working class;

3. notes that international law must be respected in order to maintain a stable peace in the world;

4. regards the blockade of life-sustaining goods carried out by the United States against the Cuban people as genocidal action;

5. demands an end to the genocide in Palestine and that the human and civil rights of all involved be respected, in hope of a new era for Palestinians with an independent and secular democratic government;

6. appeals for active antiracist action in the face of increasing use of racism to divide the working class prior to an open attack on the interests of the majority;

7. calls for action everywhere to apply intelligent measures in defense of territories and of life, in order to fend off attacks from the insatiable and destructive imperialist antisocial order that prevails in the world;

8. salutes the drawing together of the Sahel peoples in the Alliance of Sahel States (AES, Alliance des États du Sahel: Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso) against imperialism and neocolonialism;

9. invites people of good will, Esperantists and non-Esperantists in the whole world, to continue reflecting upon possible paths to overcome capitalism in the hope of arriving in a secure, happy and healthy reality;

10. supports the activities of the pro-democratic so-called Gen Z movements (i.e. of those of the cohort born after 1995) in several countries throughout the world, considering that involvement of youth in the democratisation of politics is meaningful in order to achieve its long-term improvement, even more in countries where the majority of the population is of youthful age;

11. condemns the privatisation of public sectors, which is detrimental to climate and the living conditions of all of society;

12. notes on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of the Spanish Civil War that arguments from that time (strengthening private property, the traditional family and the Church) reappear as new fascist-leaning and fascistoid movements are created, especially in Europe and the Americas; fascism always means oppression, deprivation of freedom and violation of the interests of the masses, including those who once voted in favour of that system;

13. notes that the Spanish judiciary has hardly solved cases of infant kidnap, and calls upon the legal system to adopt measures that would at the very least quickly alleviate the pain suffered by the victims;

14. calls upon societies of the world to defend themselves against politically purposed revisionism, i.e. the modification of historic memory to suit the whim of the ruling party (USA, Russia, France, Germany, Spain etc.);

15. reminds of the use of Esperanto on the Spanish Republican side for purposes of propaganda against the Francoist side, an experience that is unfortunately becoming relevant in the present day;

16. stands against authoritarian laws and mass surveillance, such as are often demanded under the pretext of combatting terrorism and child pornography, and which are unfortunately being supported by parties of the left as well, for example the PSOE (Partido Socialista Obrero Español) that has backed the EU regulation on smartphone surveillance;

17. notes with worry and condemnation the influence of religion in politics, which leads to backsliding on women’s, LGBT and general human rights;

18. condemns the existence and expansion of ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) in the US, as well as similarly purposed operations in several other countries;

19. calls for active resistance in reaction to increasingly severe and inhuman legal measures taken in the EU against migrants, for example in the Migration and Asylum Pact, measures which aggravate an already grave situation;

20. categorically rejects the equation of extreme right and left attitudes and movements, accompanied even by the claim that the new fascists of the present are leftists, as is asserted by parties, politicians and media in many countries in order to advance authoritarian politics (for example in the US, Germany and France);

21. welcomes the publication by SAT of the original Esperanto work La valizeto 5.18 authored by Marcelo Redulez, and based upon real world events (in particular in Portugal and Korea), and which depicts in concrete terms the efficacy of worldwide solidarity through Esperanto;

22. acclaims the victory of the South Korean people’s Revolution of Light and the ongoing democratic movement, which forced the despicable president Yun Seok-yeol to resign after having attempted to foment a civil war and state of siege by military force, going so far as to plot the killing of politicians from opposition parties;

23. draws attention to climate change, which is constantly denied or ignored by many governments and enterprises and is more and more frequently the cause of floods and fire disasters that are destructive of nature, means of sustainance and communities; emphasizes the need for a well-paid year-around firefighting service and for restructuring of natural areas in order to alternate spaces with and without trees;

24. firmly denounces all current decisions by European and national bodies, which are eliminating rules pertaining to protection of the environment and biodiversity;

25. recommends that SAT maintain the profile of an organisation of left-wing Esperantists by making a visible effort to utilise Esperanto, among other things:

• for the emancipation of the world’s working class along with all other dominated and oppressed social groups,
• for progressive reduction of social inequality within countries and worldwide,
• for resolute action, coordinated across the world, to counteract the ecological destruction of the planet, especially in reaction to the climate crisis,
• for progress toward a world in which capitalism disappears and human exploitation is impossible;
• against authoritarian and even fascist tendencies in many countries,
• against imperialism, nationalism, racism, xenophobia, antisemitism, nativism and abusive treatment of migrants,
• against sexism, LGBTQ discrimination, ableism and speciesism.