[fse-esf] Fwd: EUROPEANS AGAINST THE CUTS ? Please cascade.

[John Street]

Dear All,

I have been asked to forward this - for more 
information please contact coalitionofresistance at mail.com

thanks / best wishes

John



>Call for a European Conference against Austerity
>
>  A new movement has risen in Europe.
>
>   In Greece in May a series of general strikes 
> shook the government. In France millions took 
> to the streets to oppose the increase in 
> pension age. There have been general strikes in 
> Spain, Italy and Portugal and a new student 
> movement has taken to the streets against the 
> dismantling of universal education in Britain. 
> Ireland has seen its biggest trade union march 
> for a generation and there have been large 
> protests in Germany, Romania, Iceland and elsewhere.
>
>The peoples of Europe face a common enemy. The 
>international financial system is demanding that 
>national governments make savage spending cuts. 
>All the social gains of the post war period are threatened.
>
>2011 will be a vital year – we must work to 
>ensure that this new movement grows in strength 
>and begins to challenge the power of the 
>financial markets. The situation is urgent. The 
>economic crisis continues to deepen and 
>ricochets from country to country threatening to 
>plunge Europe into permanent slump.
>
>In Britain we have established a Coalition of 
>Resistance to fight the austerity measures – in 
>November we held our founding conference which 
>drew together more than 1200 activists and trade 
>union militants. We were inspired by the events 
>in Greece and now the new movement here has 
>found support from Italian and Greek students.
>
>This is already an international movement – but 
>we need to establish co-ordination and learn 
>from each others’ experiences. We therefore call 
>for a European Conference against Austerity to 
>take place in 2011 in London or elsewhere.  It 
>should invite delegations and representatives 
>from all the political and social movements of Europe.
>
>Andrew Burgin and Chris Nineham on behalf of the Coalition of Resistance
>
>
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