We the Peoples of Europe

Susan George

April 2008

A more neo-liberal, anti-democratic document than the EU Constitution, rejected by the French and the Dutch may be hard to imagine, but the new reform treaty tries hard. Susan George explains what is at stake for all peoples of Europe, what must we reject and how will such a document affect our lives?

Is the EU Constitution dead in the water? Although it may have disappeared from the headlines, right-wing European leaders have not given up on pushing through a binding EU text providing total freedom for goods, services and capital but few advantages for Europeans. A more neo-liberal, anti-democratic document than the one rejected by the French and the Dutch may be hard to imagine, but the new reform treaty tries hard. What do they have in store for us? What should European people be fighting for?
Leading writer and alter-globalisation activist Susan George explains what is at stake for all peoples of Europe. What must we reject and how will such a document affect our lives? Who will it really empower – corporations or ordinary Europeans? What kind of future do we want to build together as Europeans? Written with clarity and authority and authority, this book will help you make up your mind.

Introduction
Timeline

The war on society
Accumulating wealth
Hatred of democracy
Birth of a monster
Break the power of the state
The true pro-Europeans vs. the elites
They voted yes, or surviving on a diet of humble pie
Complexity and disinformation
The "Yes" camp on the right
The "Yes" camp on the "left"
A few leading Socialist lights
The Socialist Europ-MPs
The European Trade Union Confederation
The French Socialist Party brass
Another prominent - and snubbed - Socialist
The common good: towards and alternative Europe
Plan B and the new Treaty
What must we do?
New directions, major reorientations
The main principles
Some specifics
A successful alternative Europe project: teh major challenges
Europe as a geopolitical power
The proposals of the Economic Defense Council
Power and weakness: Robert Kagan's analysis
Our real needs
The other fields of power
The environmental challenge
The facts
The excellence of apes
Civilisations are mortal
Social insecurity
The seven pillars of security
The security index

Conclusion

Publisher:

Pluto Press/TNI

ISBN:

978 0 7453 2633 7

You can buy a copy here:

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Susan George

TNI fellow, President of the Board of TNI and honorary president of ATTAC-France [Association for Taxation of Financial Transaction to Aid Citizens]

Susan George is one of TNI's most renowned fellows for her long-term and ground-breaking analysis of global issues. Author of fourteen widely translated books, she describes her work in a cogent way that has come to define TNI: "The job of the responsible social scientist is first to uncover these forces [of wealth, power and control], to write about them clearly, without jargon... and finally..to take an advocacy position in favour of the disadvantaged, the underdogs, the victims of injustice."