As Euro crisis threatens more austerity and privatisation, activists will gather this weekend to plan the resistance
Saturday 1 October, 10am - 5pm
Camden Centre, Bidborough Street
London WC1H 9AU
www.europeagainstausterity.org
Every day, news is dominated by the deepening economic crisis. We stand on the edge of a crisis of the system more profound than that of 2008. Faced with this, the ruling elites are paralysed. Their only plan is to push for even more austerity.
Trade-unionists and campaigners from across Europe and Britain will be at the Europe Against Austerity conference this Saturday to plan a united resistance of our public services, and to declare that we oppose all cuts and that we should not pay for this crisis.
OLME, the Greek federation of secondary education state school teachers, is just the latest organization to send representatives to the conference. The Greek government, along with the EU and IMF, are planning a 20% cut in pensions and the sacking of 100,000 public sector workers.
Resistance is continuing in Greece, Spain and Italy. In Britain, the planned strike of over 3million public sector workers on the 30th November will be our chance to start to push back the attacks. We are not “all in it together”, and we should not pay for this crisis. Come to the conference this Saturday.
Secure your place at the conference
Register now for the conference to hear what’s going on Europe and to plan together the fightback. Register online at _ http://www.europeagainstausterity.org/register-2/.
Request for Accommodation
With dozens of visitors, we need offers of “homestay”. If you have a bed, or even floor space, let us know now. Email details Guy at office resist.org.uk.
Urgent Financial Appeal
We need £10,000 to cover the costs of the conference this Saturday, and to start producing placards and leaflets for the one-day strike on the 30th November. Make a cheque to Coalition of Resistance and post it to c/o Housmans Bookshop, 5 Caledonian Road
London N1 9DX.
Speakers include:
Jeremy Corbyn MP; Pierre Laurent, President, European Left Party; Sevim Dagdelen MP, DieLinke, Germany; Bob Crow, General Secretary, RMT; Billy Hayes, General Secretary, CWU; Olivier Besancenot, NPA, France; Lindsey German, Stop the War Coalition. The full list can be seen at
http://www.europeagainstausterity.org
Workshops
Check out the full list of workshops at our website:
http://www.europeagainstausterity.org/agenda/
Translation
There will be simultaneous translation throughout the day to and from English, German, French and Spanish. You will need to leave an ID (passport or driving licence) to borrow the headsets. This is included in the conference registration fee.
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Coalition of Resistance, c/o Housman’s Bookshop, 5 Caledonian Road
London, London N1 9DX