System change, not climate change!
A just transition towards a good life for all
European Social Forum, Istanbul, 4 July 2010
The newspapers may speak of financial and economic crises, but when we look around ourselves, we don’t see derivates and financial markets – what we see is the destruction of communities, of our social and [...]

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The global financial crisis is spilling over into our lives, threatening jobs, savings, pensions and public services everywhere! Today’s crisis isn’t just another economic downturn – it’s a systemic crisis bursting across the globe: a crisis of unregulated financial markets driven by neoliberal ideology that have sold out long-term investment, jobs, wages, the environment and [...]

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“Forum Social Europe – European Network of Trade Unionists” (FSE) met in Brussels on 9-10 June to discuss the political and social consequences of the economic crisis in Europe and the need for trade unions and other social forces to respond.

The meeting heard reports from a number of countries, among them Greece, Spain, Bulgaria, [...]

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After having been saved by the States, here come the banks and financial markets attacking these same States. They have not got over their unbalanced behaviour before the crisis that had led to it. The States have saved the banks without giving themselves the means of controlling them, they have restored the power of the [...]

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Covernote of the “European Food declaration”
We are a broad range of organisations -see list in “who are we”- – who are concerned with the future of food and agriculture in Europe. As in other regions in the world, the number of people and organizations that are working towards a fairer, more inclusive and sustainable [...]

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Today, the European Union stands at a crossroads.
One of the EU’s overarching objectives is to generate economic prosperity. This has been pursuedby promoting productivity and consumption, which was expected to increase social cohesion,stimulate employment, reduce poverty and advance environmental protection.
But economic growth and competitiveness became objectives in themselves, rather than means toan end. Social and [...]

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“Democratic transformation of European finance, a full employment regime, and ecological restructoring - Alternatives to finance-driven capitalism”

In the second half of 2008 the EU has faced the biggest financial [...]

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CALLS FOR ACTION
AGREED UPON THE PARTICIPANTS OF THE ASSEMBLY OF SOCIAL MOVEMENTS

European Social Forum 17-21 September 2008, Malmö, Sweden

2009: To Change Europe

On the European level, we are witnessing a liberal and anti-social front on all domains: economic financial crisis, price increases, food borne illness crisis, privatization and disassembly of public services, movements against work reform, [...]

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Document on the flexisecurity, prepared by some Italian people (Guglielmi, Bronzini, after a discussion in which Berlinguer, Russo et alii took part). The document is a contribution to the preparation of the activities in  Malmoe.  We ask everyone  who is interested in the issue to send contributions, amendements, proposals in order to cooperate in the implementation [...]

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In Budapest on 16th of June 2008 a political movement called Social Charter 2008 was founded by 37 individuals and 8 civil Society Organisations*. The founding document says:
„After two decades of the systemic change the society, the economy and the culture in Hungary are in more and more worse conditions. The Hungarian society [...]

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