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De la reunió el passat cap de setmana d'ONGs, sindicats i altres
moviments socials a París per preparar estratègies conjuntes a nivell
europeu contra la crisis ...<br>
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Iolanda<br>
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<p align="left"><b><font face="Calibri-Bold" size="3"><font
face="Calibri-Bold" size="3">We won`t pay for your crises – it is time
for change!</font></font></b></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><font face="Calibri"
size="3">More than 150 representatives of trade unions, farmers’
movements, global justice groups, environmental</font></font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><font face="Calibri"
size="3">groups, development groups, migrants’ groups, faith</font></font><font
face="Calibri" size="3"><font face="Calibri" size="3">‐</font></font><font
face="Calibri" size="3"><font face="Calibri" size="3">based groups,
women’s groups, the have</font></font><font face="Calibri" size="3"><font
face="Calibri" size="3">‐</font></font><font face="Calibri" size="3"><font
face="Calibri" size="3">not</font></font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><font face="Calibri"
size="3">movements, student and youth groups, and anti</font></font><font
face="Calibri" size="3"><font face="Calibri" size="3">‐</font></font><font
face="Calibri" size="3"><font face="Calibri" size="3">poverty groups
from all over Europe gathered on the 10</font></font><font
face="Calibri" size="1"><font face="Calibri" size="1">th</font></font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><font face="Calibri"
size="3">and 11</font></font><font face="Calibri" size="1"><font
face="Calibri" size="1">th </font></font><font face="Calibri" size="3"><font
face="Calibri" size="3">of January 2009 in Paris to analyse
collectively the current crises, to develop joint strategies and to</font></font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><font face="Calibri"
size="3">discuss joint demands and alternatives in response to these
crises.</font></font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><font face="Calibri"
size="3">As the financial and the economic crises intensify, millions
of women and men are losing their jobs, houses</font></font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><font face="Calibri"
size="3">and livelihoods. Tens of millions more are forecast to join
the 1.4 billion people already living in extreme</font></font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><font face="Calibri"
size="3">poverty. The crises worsen the social, ecological, cultural
and political situation of the majority of people on</font></font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><font face="Calibri"
size="3">our planet.</font></font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><font face="Calibri"
size="3">Despite the evident and foreseeable failure of the current
economic model, world leaders are responding by</font></font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><font face="Calibri"
size="3">trying to preserve the system that is responsible for the
crises. Governments have been quick to bail out</font></font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><font face="Calibri"
size="3">bankers, corporate share holders and their financial backers
with hundreds of billions in public money. To</font></font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><font face="Calibri"
size="3">solve the problem, they put into place bankers and heads of
corporations: the same actors that created the</font></font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><font face="Calibri"
size="3">crises. The workers, the jobless, the poor – all those
affected have received no help in their daily struggle to</font></font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><font face="Calibri"
size="3">make ends meet, and to cap it all, they are now supposed to
pay the bill.</font></font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><font face="Calibri"
size="3">Governments´ proposals to deal with the unfolding economic
crisis do not address the other dimensions of</font></font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><font face="Calibri"
size="3">the crisis we face today – global justice, food, climate and
energy – and with it the need to transform the</font></font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><font face="Calibri"
size="3">economic system towards one that allows us to satisfy the
basic needs of all people, to implement all human</font></font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><font face="Calibri"
size="3">rights and to restore and preserve the ecological basis of
life on our planet.</font></font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><font face="Calibri"
size="3">It is time for </font></font><i><font face="Calibri-Italic"
size="3"><font face="Calibri-Italic" size="3">change</font></font></i><font
face="Calibri-Italic" size="3"><font face="Calibri-Italic" size="3"><font
face="Calibri" size="3"><font face="Calibri" size="3">!</font></font></font></font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Calibri-Italic" size="3"><font
face="Calibri-Italic" size="3"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><font
face="Calibri" size="3">We can build a system that works for people
and the environment, a system to serve the needs of the many,</font></font></font></font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Calibri-Italic" size="3"><font
face="Calibri-Italic" size="3"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><font
face="Calibri" size="3">a system based on the principles of public
benefit, global equity, justice, environmental sustainability and</font></font></font></font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Calibri-Italic" size="3"><font
face="Calibri-Italic" size="3"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><font
face="Calibri" size="3">democratic control.</font></font></font></font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Calibri-Italic" size="3"><font
face="Calibri-Italic" size="3"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><font
face="Calibri" size="3">As a first step, immediate measures must be
implemented to address the social impacts on people, whilst</font></font></font></font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Calibri-Italic" size="3"><font
face="Calibri-Italic" size="3"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><font
face="Calibri" size="3">supporting the ecological conversion of the
economy.</font></font></font></font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Calibri-Italic" size="3"><font
face="Calibri-Italic" size="3"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><font
face="Calibri" size="3">We call upon all social movements in Europe to
engage in a process of change. To start with, we call upon</font></font></font></font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Calibri-Italic" size="3"><font
face="Calibri-Italic" size="3"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><font
face="Calibri" size="3">movements</font></font></font></font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Calibri-Italic" size="3"><font
face="Calibri-Italic" size="3"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><font
face="Calibri" size="3">‐ </font></font><font face="Calibri" size="3"><font
face="Calibri" size="3">to engage in the mass mobilisation for the
central demonstration in London on the 28</font></font><font
face="Calibri" size="1"><font face="Calibri" size="1">th </font></font><font
face="Calibri" size="3"><font face="Calibri" size="3">of March</font></font></font></font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Calibri-Italic" size="3"><font
face="Calibri-Italic" size="3"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><font
face="Calibri" size="3">2009 ahead of the G20 meeting, or to take to
the streets in their own countries that same day to</font></font></font></font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Calibri-Italic" size="3"><font
face="Calibri-Italic" size="3"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><font
face="Calibri" size="3">make their voices heard. 20 governments cannot
decide on the future of the global financial system</font></font></font></font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Calibri-Italic" size="3"><font
face="Calibri-Italic" size="3"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><font
face="Calibri" size="3">and economy.</font></font></font></font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Calibri-Italic" size="3"><font
face="Calibri-Italic" size="3"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><font
face="Calibri" size="3">‐ </font></font><font face="Calibri" size="3"><font
face="Calibri" size="3">to undertake a day of action in the week of
the G20 meeting, preferably on the 1</font></font><font face="Calibri"
size="1"><font face="Calibri" size="1">st </font></font><font
face="Calibri" size="3"><font face="Calibri" size="3">of April
(Financial</font></font></font></font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Calibri-Italic" size="3"><font
face="Calibri-Italic" size="3"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><font
face="Calibri" size="3">Fools' Day) all across the world, exposing
unaccountable financial power and promoting democratic</font></font></font></font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Calibri-Italic" size="3"><font
face="Calibri-Italic" size="3"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><font
face="Calibri" size="3">control of finance.</font></font></font></font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Calibri-Italic" size="3"><font
face="Calibri-Italic" size="3"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><font
face="Calibri" size="3">This meeting is a further step in a long</font></font><font
face="Calibri" size="3"><font face="Calibri" size="3">‐</font></font><font
face="Calibri" size="3"><font face="Calibri" size="3">term process of
building spaces for European networks to meet.</font></font></font></font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Calibri-Italic" size="3"><font
face="Calibri-Italic" size="3"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><font
face="Calibri" size="3">Recognising and drawing on previous and future
mobilisations of social movements and civil society</font></font></font></font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Calibri-Italic" size="3"><font
face="Calibri-Italic" size="3"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><font
face="Calibri" size="3">organizations in Europe and all over the
world, it builds </font></font><font face="Calibri" size="3"><font
face="Calibri" size="3">on ongoing efforts developed at the European</font></font></font></font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Calibri-Italic" size="3"><font
face="Calibri-Italic" size="3"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><font
face="Calibri" size="3">Social Forum and elsewhere, aimed at realising
a democratic and socially and environmentally sustainable</font></font></font></font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Calibri-Italic" size="3"><font
face="Calibri-Italic" size="3"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><font
face="Calibri" size="3">Europe. We commit to intensify cooperation and
communication among our networks and organisations with</font></font></font></font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Calibri-Italic" size="3"><font
face="Calibri-Italic" size="3"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><font
face="Calibri" size="3">the aim of building capacity for sustained
mobilisation and the development of joint alternatives. We are</font></font></font></font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Calibri-Italic" size="3"><font
face="Calibri-Italic" size="3"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><font
face="Calibri" size="3">committed to supporting and encouraging all
people to have their voices heard in reshaping their societies.</font></font></font></font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Calibri-Italic" size="3"><font
face="Calibri-Italic" size="3"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><font
face="Calibri" size="3">We will meet again on the 18</font></font><font
face="Calibri" size="1"><font face="Calibri" size="1">th </font></font><font
face="Calibri" size="3"><font face="Calibri" size="3">and 19</font></font><font
face="Calibri" size="1"><font face="Calibri" size="1">th </font></font><font
face="Calibri" size="3"><font face="Calibri" size="3">of April 2009 in
Frankfurt am Main, Germany, in order to develop the</font></font></font></font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Calibri-Italic" size="3"><font
face="Calibri-Italic" size="3"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><font
face="Calibri" size="3">next steps of mobilisation and strategies
towards change. We call upon all social movements and social</font></font></font></font></p>
<p><font face="Calibri-Italic" size="3"><font face="Calibri-Italic"
size="3"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><font face="Calibri" size="3">organisations
to join this process.</font></font></font></font></p>
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