At Firenze 10+10 young activists gathered to forge a common response to the unprecedented crisis we are facing.Inspired by the Arab Spring, the new Indignados and Occupy movements have developed a new set of tactics that question not only the current status quo but also traditional forms of activism.
At Firenze 10+10 we gave room to some of the "new voices" of Europe, young activists that not only question the current system but also some of the traditional forms of activism.
With thousands of participants, Firenze 10+10 brought together a broad range of social movements, social organizations, trade unions and activists from more than 25 European countries. Everyone having their own reasons to participate, they also all share the urgency to build a pan-European response to the crisis; one that puts democracy above austerity.
A sus casi 80 años, Susan George es todavía hoy una de las voces más reputadas del movimiento alterglobalización del que es pionera. La filósofa y analista política franco-estadounidense participa en los debates sobre la crisis europea y las políticas de austeridad del Foro Social Europeo Firenze10+10. Desde allí critica que los organismos europeos ignoren la lucha por conseguir otra Europa.... ဆက်လက်ဖတ်ရှုပါ
More than 4 thousand participants, 300 networks and organisations from 28 countries from all over Europe and beyond, met at Fortezza da Basso in Florence from November 8th to 11th, to debate and strategize together for another Europe. Over 100 meetings took place and many new networks and campaigns were launched. A call for common action and a proposed roadmap emerged from the convergence... ဆက်လက်ဖတ်ရှုပါ
Democracy in Europe Sphere
The EU’s response to the financial crisis and the escalating eurocrisis has led to sweeping austerity measures and privatization of public services. Corporate lobby groups see their longstanding demands implemented overnight at the expense of social rights, environmental regulation and public services. The EU’s emphasis on free markets and deregulation in the last two decades was a crucial factor in causing the current crisis. These flawed policies were heavily influenced by corporate lobbying, reflecting how big business had captured the policy-making processes in Brussels and in member states. Following the crisis, the power of the financial lobbies - and their easy access to decision-makers - has ensured that only limited regulation has been introduced. This workshop will focus on the question how to organize strong citizens counter-power, to roll back corporate capture of decision-making and build a different Europe: a Europe that strengthens democracy on all levels and refuses to be run by big business.
Speakers: Gildas (AITEC), Olivier Hoedeman (CEO), Hilary Wainwright (TNI/RedPepper) among others.
Moderator: Brid Brennan (TNI)
Languages: English and French.
Organizers: CEO, AITEC (France), TNI, ALTER-EU (Europe-wide network) and others.
The EU in Crisis Network aims to challenge the EU's authoritarian neoliberal response to the crisis and take forward alternatives; to inform the broad public of the implications of the solutions being promoted by the EU institutions - within Europe and in the global South and to lay the groundwork for pan-European resistance
Austerity, Debt, Finance and Economic governance Sphere
Across Europe onerous austerity programmes are imposed. Public expenditure is cut severely, public services are either privatized or reduced, wages are attacked on a scale not seen in decades. Behind the attacks are not only national governments, the EU institutions play a pivotal role. The attacks are met with strong resistance, particularly in Greece, Spain and Portugal. Do we need European coordination of the struggle to be effective? And if so, what kind of coordination would that be?
Among the issues: The strike on the 14th of November, European actions in 2013 including during the EU Spring Summit in late March.
Speakers: Raquel Freire (12th of March Movement, Portugal), Stefano Maruca (FIOM-CGIL), Kenneth Haar (CEO), Sonia Mitralia (CADTM-Greece), Pierre Khalfa (Fondation Copernic) and Fayna Brenes (Colectivo La Casa - Red Baladre, active in 15M and in the struggle against evictions)
Moderator: Brid Brennan (TNI)
Languages: Italian, English, French, Spanish and Greek.
Organizers: Altersummit, Fondation Copernic, TNI, CEO, CADTM and Ecologistas en Acción.
Over the past two years we've seen major reforms adopted that give ample powers to the EU institutions to impose austerity measures and attack social rights. Since the beginning of the eurocrisis we've seen the adoption of the fiscal compact, the European Semester (on member state budgets), the Europlus Pact, the six-pack, the European Stability Mechanism, all of which point in the same direction: Democracy is rolled back, and the EU is undergoing profound changes to suit the agenda of economic elites, and bureaucratic power is enhanced both in the Commission and in the European Central Bank.
How should social movements respond to this agenda? And what should be our reaction to the next steps on their agenda - the fiscal union and the banking union?
Speakers: Tom Kucharz (Ecologistas en Acción) , Erik Wesselius (Corporate Europe Observatory, CEO), Thomas Coutrot/Frèdèric Lemaire (ATTAC France), Alexis Passadakis (ATTAC-Germany).
Moderator: Susan George (Transnational Institute, TNI & ATTAC France)
Languages: Italian, English, French, and Spanish.
Organizers: CEO, TNI, Ecologistas en Acción, Action fromIreland, Observatory for Debt and Globalization (ODG).
The EU in Crisis Network aims to challenge the EU's authoritarian neoliberal response to the crisis and take forward alternatives; to inform the broad public of the implications of the solutions being promoted by the EU institutions - within Europe and in the global South and to lay the groundwork for pan-European resistance
