Venezuela, International World Anti-Fascist Youth Congress kick off

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On the occasion of this congress, our correspondent Belen de los Santos interviews Inna Davtyan, media school representative. teleSUR

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00:00And in the framework of the International World Anti-Fascist Youth Congress, we make

00:04a contact with our correspondent Belén de los Santos, who is at this hour joined by

00:09INA Daftian Media School representative.

00:12Hi Bel, what details can you share with us at this hour?

00:15Hello Ale, exactly, we are here at the Francisco de Miranda Convention Center in Caracas as

00:23the Youth Congress, the Anti-Fascist Youth Congress is taking place here in Venezuela.

00:30And as you were saying, there's over 1,000 delegates that are joining Venezuela here

00:36now to discuss, debate relevant topics in the world struggle against fascism.

00:43That is what this Congress is all about, about bringing the youth in particular together

00:49to share their experiences.

00:51From over 70 countries we have delegates here in Caracas today and they are getting

00:55together at different work tables to discuss different topics, for example, such as women

01:01and gender, the environment and different strategies in their fight against fascism

01:07that they are all coinciding is a relevant topic here in the world and it has different

01:12particularities in each specific territory.

01:15So in that context we are joined now by INA Daftian, she is from Armenia, she is here

01:22and is also a media school representative, she is joining us in Tell Us Your English.

01:26Thank you INA and to start we would like to have your thoughts, your opinions about why

01:33is this Congress, this international congregation of youth regarding the struggle against fascism

01:40important?

01:41First of all thank you very much for the invitation, we are very honored to be here today because

01:47as we all know youth is a driving force of future progress in the country, so being here,

01:52being a part of this is really important for us.

01:56We love Venezuela, this is actually our delegates first time here, so we enjoy every second

02:02of it.

02:03Right, and you work in particular at a media school, you work with the understanding and

02:11also education to the general population, in particular to the youth regarding their

02:16use of media, social networks and that is really a key topic when we talk about the

02:22fight against fascism, we've seen different scenarios in political campaigns and also

02:29in other contexts regarding fake news, it's really a matter that we need to be discussing

02:35and thinking and educating our youth.

02:38Can you tell us about your experience?

02:41Well we always think that, I mean in the world everyone always thinks that propaganda is

02:48something about negativity because the connotation of the word is always negative, but we want

02:54the youth to understand that propaganda can be used for the benefit of the country as

02:59well, it can be a good ideology, it can be used for the benefit not just as a negative

03:05thing.

03:06So educating the youth, especially in this globalisation world today, when everyone is

03:12allowed to say whatever they want in the media, in social medias, when fake news, the flow

03:19of fake news is very fast and it's very big, and our generation nowadays is a consuming

03:24generation, especially when it comes to information, so we want the youth to understand that they

03:29need to differentiate and try to understand which news they need to believe and which

03:34news maybe not, or how to check if the news is right or if it's fake and how to differentiate

03:39what they see on the internet and not just to believe everything they read.

03:43Exactly, and we hear so much about the dangers of media nowadays, the fake news, the possibilities

03:52of spreading lies for example that have a lot of negative impact, do you think there's

03:57also hope or room to use these tools to come together to promote international struggle?

04:03We're here with delegates from all over the world, 70 countries, is the media and social

04:10network also a way to promote those anti-realistic struggles?

04:15I believe that as long as we have this kind of congresses or festivals or something, there

04:22is definitely a way, because after all we may be all different, we speak different languages,

04:29we listen to different kind of music, but we fight for one thing and we fight against

04:35one thing, so unity is always what brings us together.

04:40As well for Armenia, because Armenia has a very long history, we've faced many challenges

04:46alongside, including fighting against fascism alongside with other Soviet Union countries,

04:53so I believe if we conquer that thing once, we can definitely do it again only together.

05:00Excellent, thank you Ina for joining us and telling us your English, and that was Ina

05:05Dabtyan from Armenia, so we're continuing to have this talk with different delegates,

05:11and as you were saying and as our audience was seeing, here this congress is a room for

05:18and a place for holding all of these different discussions, media for example is one of the

05:24topics that we see in the different stands, there's a lot of talk about the television,

05:30the social networks and the way that the youth, as Ina was just saying, can use this with

05:36the correct awareness as a platform for unity, as a platform for struggle, and the idea that

05:44everyone is now coming together with such rich experiences from all over the world,

05:50experiences that maybe we would not know if not for the delegates, the young delegates

05:55that are coming here and sharing what you're doing, what challenges they are facing and

06:00also what alternatives they're thinking about and building, because this congress is also

06:05about drawing up a common agenda and drawing up a common pathway for the coming years,

06:12because of course we're analysing the challenges that the current world poses upon us,

06:18but it's the youth, those who are going to dream of our future and dream of a world that

06:25united with the experiences from all over the global south and the world will draw up

06:31a plan for the coming years, so that is it for now, right now, but we will continue to

06:37touch base with you and continue bringing different testimonies, perspectives here from

06:42the Youth Congress and the Anti-Fascist Congress in Venezuela. Back to you.

06:48Thank you, thank you, thank you El for all the information, we will keep in contact throughout

06:53the day, we were listening to our correspondent in Caracas Belén de los Santos, in the framework

06:58of the International World Anti-Fascist Youth Congress that will take place in the capital

07:03until November 25th.

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