The list below is the result of searching for events on the moring of Friday 15th Oct. But do your own search and see!



Item No.210

Title: Ecological Fiscal Reform
Type Small Workshop
Theme Environmental Crisis, against Neo-Liberalism and for Sustainable Societies
Date of Event
Friday 9am-12pm
Location
Bloomsbury Venue
Birkbeck 541
Brief description
we want to gather several organizations in Europe interested in the ecological fiscal reform. Shifting taxes, increasing taxes on pollution, decreasing other taxes.
Organisation
www.noe21.org a small association aimed at promoting environmental tax reform
Languages
English English Estonian Website
www.noe21.org

Item No.
266 Title
Global governance project Type
Small Workshop Theme
n/a
Speakers
n/a Date of Event
Friday 9am-12pm Format
n/a
Location
Bloomsbury Venue
Birkbeck 509
Brief description
n/a
Organisation
CRIS
Languages
English Website
n/a

Item No.
535 Title
Community Organising - building broad based Peoples Organisations across Europe for the twenty first century Type
Large Workshop Theme
Against Racism, Discrimination and the Far Right: For Equality and Diversity
Speakers
Noden Kirk (Birmingham); Gundher Jonke (Berlin); Catherine Howarth (London); Neil Jameson (London) Date of Event
Friday 9am-12pm Format
debate and practical exercise
Location
Bloomsbury Venue
Congress House 1
Brief description
This seminar is co-sponsored by UNISON; The Roman Catholic Diocese of Brentwood; University of London Students Union (ULU); T&G Union; Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) and The Citizen Organising Foundation. It will be in three parts a debate and presentation from three cities in Europe on how to build a broad based community organisation which is strong and disciplined enough to fight big campaigns; a case study on the Living Wage campaign; a practical exercise.
Organisation
LONDON, BIRMINGHAM and BERLIN CITIZENS
Languages
English Website
www.londoncitizens.org.uk

Item No.
741 Title
Black organisations in the UK: Using free software as a cost-effective alternative to proprietary products Type
Small Workshop Theme
Against Racism, Discrimination and the Far Right: For Equality and Diversity
Speakers
n/a Date of Event
Friday 9am-12pm Format
Debate, testimonies and strategising
Location
Bloomsbury Venue
Birkbeck 30
Brief description
This seminar will focus on the use of free software as a cost-effective alternative to proprietary products. Black organisations are at the forefront of pioneering the use of free software, e.g. Linux, to promote human rights and generate action and change. Free software enables community groups to use information technology without incurring high costs.
Organisation
ABANTU International and the 1990 Trust
Languages
English Website
www.abantu.org; www.blink.org.uk

Item No.
987 Title
Economic Democracy Type
Small Workshop Theme
Democracy and Fundamental Rights
Speakers
n/a Date of Event
Friday 9am-12pm Format
education/information
Location
Bloomsbury Venue
Birkbeck 406
Brief description
While the media makes much of the right to vote, which is important, we hear very little about the need for economic justice, which is need for everyone to have an adequate living standard. How would economic democracy work?
Organisation
New Renaissance
Languages
English Website
www.ru.org

Item No.
1073 Title
Support for public services and the fight against privatisation: the postal services case Type
Seminar Theme
Social Justice and Solidarity: Against Privatisation (Deregulation), for Workers, Social and Women´s Rights
Speakers
Dave Ward (CWU); Laura La Placa (Cobas PT CUB); Nicolas Galepides (SUD-PTT); Philip Bowyer (UNI)
Date of Event
Friday 9am-12pm Format
economic and historical analysis, eyewitness reports, debate, strategy, practical organisation.
Location
Bloomsbury Venue
NATFHE
Brief description
Postal services liberalisation has seldom brought progress in European countries. Communities, users and employees have all suffered from this form of public service privatisation and deregulation. A European-scale mobilisation is necessary to protect social cohesion and the public interest. We propose to build effective activity mainly based on trade union policy co-ordination.
Organisation
SUT PTT (France); CWU (UK)
Languages
English Website
 http://www.sudptt.fr

Item No.
1083 Title
“Patrimoine social européen” : liquidation ou reconquête ? Type
Seminar Theme
Social Justice and Solidarity: Against Privatisation (Deregulation), for Workers, Social and Women´s Rights
Speakers
Gérard Fonteneau (ETUC advisor); Raoul-Marc Jennar (OXFAM Solidarity); Ulisses Garrido (CGTP-IN); Horst Schmitthinner (IG Metall); Daniel Van Daele (FGTB); J-Carlos Jimenez (CC.OO.); Chairperson: Felipe Van Keirsbilck CSC / CNE Date of Event
Friday 9am-12pm Format
séminaire d'information & débat
Location
Alexandra Palace Venue
Soweto
Brief description
L’objectif est de montrer le caractère central des luttes politiques autour du patrimoine social européen, et en particulier autour du financement de la Sécurité Sociale. A la suite de ce séminaire est proposé un workshop "stratégies de campagne"

Organisation
ACV / LBC (Landelijk Bedienden Centrale, membre du syndicat ACV-CSC, Belgium); CSC / CNE (Centrale Nationale des Employés, membre du syndicat ACV-CSC, Belgium); CGTP-IN (Centrale Générale des Travailleurs du Portugal); CC.OO. (Comisiones Obreras, Spain); FGTB (Fédération Générale des Travailleurs de Belgique, Belgium); TUC (UK); Auser / CGIL (Italy); IG Metall (Germany)
Languages
English Website
www.cne-gnc.be

Item No.
1086 Title
Against privatization for a democratic management of commons Type
Seminar Theme
Environmental Crisis, against Neo-Liberalism and for Sustainable Societies
Speakers
Dave Hall (Public Services International Research Unit); Roman Haveleck (Friends of the Earth Slovakia); and others; Chair: Allesandro Pellazari (Attac Switzerland)
Date of Event
Friday 9am-12pm Format
n/a
Location
Alexandra Palace Venue
Durban
Brief description
n/a
Organisation
FSE (Italy); Campaign for the Reform of the World Bank; Corporate Europe Observatory; WEED; World Development Movement; Transnational Institute; Public Services International; European Public Services Union (EPSU)

Languages
English Website
n/a

Item No.
1251 Title
Stop and Search and Asbos - The Politics of Youth Exclusion Type
Large Workshop Theme
Democracy and Fundamental Rights
Speakers
n/a Date of Event
Friday 9am-12pm Format
education/information
Location
Bloomsbury Venue
Birkbeck 36
Brief description
To challenge the recent rise in stop and search and the increasing use of Azbo's as a method of social control in a society where neo-liberalism is making rule by consensus ever more difficult.
Organisation
Socialist Worker Student Society
Languages
English Website
n/a

Item No.
1266 Title
Universities and the Arms Trade Type
Small Workshop Theme
Corporate Globalisation and Global Justice
Speakers
n/a Date of Event
Friday 9am-12pm Format
n/a
Location
Bloomsbury Venue
Birkbeck 538
Brief description
Universities in the UK are increasingly turning to private rather than public funding. Many universities, such as Dundee and Edinburgh, have invested pension and other funds in shares in arms dealing companies that export to repressive regimes, including GKN and BAE. Increasingly colleges revolve around commercial values rather than being centres of learning. This session will discuss how students can change the nature of their institutions and move away from a culture of neo-liberalism, militarism and corporate power.
Organisation
Student CND and CAAT
Languages
English Website
n/a

Item No.
1363 Title
Tax me if you can Type
Small Workshop Theme
Corporate Globalisation and Global Justice
Speakers
n/a Date of Event
Friday 9am-12pm Format
debate, information, strategy
Location
Bloomsbury Venue
Birkbeck 539
Brief description
Every day, through abusive tax practices and off-shore banking, tens of
millions of dollars disappear into the pockets of the big corporations and corrupt political elites, depriving both the developing countries and our own governments of much-needed revenue for public services. Millions of untaxed dollars, too, are made daily by financial
speculators who take advantage of currency trading in ways that have no
relation to the real trade of goods and services, leaving currency crises in
their wake. This poses huge problems for the welfare of human beings
world-wide. What needs to be done to remedy these major flaws to the world's financial markets?



Organisation
ATTAC UK
Languages
English Website
www.attac.org.uk

Item No.
1410 Title
The ecological debt: from European overconsumption to local social and ecological conflicts in the impoverished countries. Type
Seminar Theme
Environmental Crisis, against Neo-Liberalism and for Sustainable Societies
Speakers
Leida Rijnhout; Teresa Martínez; Tara O'Leary; Jaroslava Colajacomo (CRMB); Vinod Raina (All India Peoples Science Network) Date of Event
Friday 9am-12pm Format
information, testimonies
Location
Alexandra Palace Venue
Prague
Brief description
The European ecological debt is the debt acquired by the European countries and some European actors (the European Transnational Corporations, the European Export Credit Agencies, the European Investment Bank, etc.), towards the impoverished countries and their poor
population.

It is produced as a consequence of European over consumption patterns,the environmental and social liabilities of European activities outside of Europe, and the European collaboration in the unfair global trade system. The carbon debts, toxicity debts, pollution debts, biopiracy debt, the violation of human, civil and ecological rights, the global violence against populations, environment and local cultures, are some of the responsibilities that have not been yet considered. But we should take into account all these ecological debts if a better world is to be achieved.

In this seminar we want to show how local social and environmental conflicts in the impoverished countries are in many occasions directly driven by European consumption patterns and the mechanisms created to fulfill this consumption. Oil wars, copper wars, gold wars, eucaliptus wars in poor Southern countries are in many cases just the final consequence of an continuous increase of the European ecological debt that should be stopped and paid back. Communities around the world are demanding reparations and compensations that should be paid in both monetary and non-monetary terms.

Defining the actors that increase the Ecological Debt, explain who they are to the general public so that European citizens can act as responsible consumers, define the limits of European actors when acting in the impoverished countries but also when consuming in European countries, explore the compensation mechanisms for the damage already done, and show the European Ecological Debt as an experience not to be repeated by other countries or geographical areas with emergent economies,are necessary steps to address the roots of many conflicts in Southern Countries in a Global Society.
Organisation
ENRED (European Network for the recognition of the Ecological Debt); Observatori del deute en la Globalització-ODG (Catalunya, Spain); A Sud (Italy); Campagna per la riforma della Banca Mondiale (Italy); Friends of the Earth International - JADES (Environmental Justice, Ecological Debt and Sustainability); VODO
Languages
English Website
www.enredeurope.org

Item No.
1662 Title
EU-Latin America in the eye of the storm: People’s Action and linking alternatives Type
Seminar Theme
n/a
Speakers
Claudia Torelli (REDES, Uruguay); Gonzalo Berron (Hemispheric Social Alliance, Brazil); Gerard Karlhaussen (IFCA, Belgium); Olivier Hodeman (Corporate Europe Observatory, Netherlands); Alfonso Moro (RMALC/FAL, France); Fabien Cohen (FAL, France); Antonio Villalba (FAT/RMALC, Mexico); Edgar Paez (SINALTRAINAL, Colombia). Moderators: Maria Atilano (RMALC, Mexico); Brid Brennan (TNI, Netherlands) Date of Event
Friday 9am-12pm Format
n/a
Location
Alexandra Palace Venue
n/a
Brief description
This seminar will focus on how the European Union´s corporate agenda is exported - seeking a WTOplus regime in its Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) in Latin America, highlighting the European TNCs which have been the major beneficiaries is such sectors as Finance, Water and Energy and outline common strategies for joint campaigns around the EU-LA accords.
Organisation
HSA (Hemispheric Social Alliance); RMALC (México); REDES (Uruguay); Rebrip (Brazil); CIFCA- Copenhagen Initiative on Central America and Mexico (Bélgica); Transform (Italia); Corporate Europe Observatory - CEO (Países Bajos); FDCL - Research & Documentation Center Chile (Alemania); Austrian Social Forum; FAL (Francia); Transnational Institute (Países Bajos)

Languages
English English Spanish (ES-ES) Website
www.tni.org

Item No.
1808 Title
Migration as social movement Type
Seminar Theme
Against Racism, Discrimination and the Far Right: For Equality and Diversity
Speakers
Sandro Mezzadra (Tavolo dei migranti, Bologna, Italia); Manuela Bojadzijev (Kanak Attak, Frankfurt, Germany); Nico Sgluglio (Indymedia Estrecha, Malaga, Spain); Isabel Saint-Saens (Act Up, Paris, France)
Date of Event
Friday 9am-12pm Format
Debate
Location
Alexandra Palace Venue
Gleneagles
Brief description
The seminar is a merger from earlier seminars nr: 675, 727 and 793.
it will include contributions about the new borders of EU and the struggles against, about the right for legalisation and about migrants labor.
Organisation
no one is illegal and noborder network (Germany); kanak attak (Germany); Tavolo dei migranti (Italy); Act up (Paris, France); Network for social support to immigrants and refugees (Greece); Indymedia Estrecha (Spain); and with the support of more initiatives, which met in a preparation meeting of migration related groups from 10th to 12th of september in London
Languages
English Website
www.noborder.org and  http://thistuesday

Item No.
1825 Title
GM-Free Europe Type
Seminar Theme
Environmental Crisis, against Neo-Liberalism and for Sustainable Societies
Speakers
Claire Deveraux (chair); Lim Li Ching (The Third World Network); Victor Campos (Nicaragua); Helena Paul (UK); Adrian Bebb; Yiannis Tolios; Babis Moulgelas; Abdullah Aysu; Robert Fidrish; Jacques Leford (Confederation Paysanne) Date of Event
Friday 9am-12pm Format
speakers, discussion and debate
Location
Alexandra Palace Venue
Woomera
Brief description
The current state of play regarding GM crops and foods around Europe and the world. Including contributions from European and international grassroots campaigners with time for discussion and debate. There will also be an introduction to three workshops on the GM WTO dispute, GM Free Zones and GM animal feed.
Organisation
GeneWatch (UK); Friends of the Earth (England, Wales and Northern Ireland); Friends of the Earth (Europe); Greek Net against GMO's
(The Institute of Science In Society); Greenpeace; GM-Free (Cymru); Five Year Freeze; Save our World


Languages
English Website
www.genewatch.org

Item No.
1847 Title
Pour une justice fiscale européenne Type
Seminar Theme
Social Justice and Solidarity: Against Privatisation (Deregulation), for Workers, Social and Women´s Rights
Speakers
Serge Colin (SNUI); Francis Sacre (UNSP, Belgium); Christian Steenhoudt (UFE); others
Date of Event
Friday 9am-12pm Format
debate
Location
Alexandra Palace Venue
Cairo
Brief description
Où en est la fiscalité en Europe ? (harmonisation pratiquement absente, concurrence fiscale vivace)
Une autre fiscalité européenne est possible (enjeux, pistes de reflexion)
Organisation
Syndicat national unifié des impôts (SNUI)
Languages
English Website
www.snui.fr

Item No.
1858 Title
Society & Power in Brazil today Type
Large Workshop Theme
Democracy and Fundamental Rights
Speakers
Luciana Genro
Joao Machado Date of Event
Friday 9am-12pm Format
Debate, information
Location
Bloomsbury Venue
Congress House 3
Brief description
Great hopes were placed on Lula and the PT (Workers Party) when it was elected to government. Millions voted for the PT so that land and wealth could be redistributed. Yet the PT government has adopted pension reforms and other neo-liberal measures. Oppositionists, such as senators Helena Heloisa and Luciana Genro loyal to the programme the PT was elected on, have been expelled.
Organisation
Socialist Resistance & critique Communiste
Languages
English Website
www.socialistresistance.net

Item No.
1862 Title
Women, Resistance and Globalisation Type
Large Workshop Theme
Social Justice and Solidarity: Against Privatisation (Deregulation), for Workers, Social and Women´s Rights
Speakers
Meena Menon - India
Christine Delphy - France
Lindsey German - UK Date of Event
Friday 9am-12pm Format
debate
Location
Bloomsbury Venue
Birkbeck 35
Brief description
Debate about the effects of globalisation on women and the ways in which women have led and taken part in resistance gainst globalisation throughout the world.
Organisation
Globalise Resistance
Languages
English Website
www.resist.org.uk

Item No.
1874 Title
Global Week of Action, 10-16 April 2005 Type
Seminar Theme
Corporate Globalisation and Global Justice
Speakers
Gonzalo Berron (Hemispheric Social Alliance, Brazil); Asbjorn Wahl (Campaign for the Welfare State, Norway); Andrea Baranes (CRBM, Italy); Bev Duckworth (WDM, UK) Date of Event
Friday 9am-12pm Format
n/a
Location
Alexandra Palace Venue
Mumbai
Brief description
Building the European campaign towards the Global Week of Action, 10-16 April 2005. (www.april2005.org). Panellists from social movements, unions and NGOs from across Europe. The message of the Week is NO to the rich and powerful imposing unjust trade agreements, indiscriminate liberalisation and privatisation on the poor. YES to everyone's right to food, a livelihood, water, health and education.

The participatory seminar will look at - where the idea came from, - the aims of the Week and what we could achieve
- what is being planned already in Europe and elsewhere - how we could work more closely together - how to get more groups involved - Next steps
Organisation
Christian Aid, UK and Ireland; Action Aid International; Oxfam International; TJM (UK); CAFOD, UK; World Development Movement, UK; FOCSIV, Italy; Tradewatch, Italy; Misereor, Germany; MS, Denmark; Ibis, Denmark; Bread for All, Switzerland; Development Fun
Languages
English Website
n/a

Item No.
1923 Title
The exemplarity of palestinian question: social movements building strategies Type
Seminar Theme
War and Peace
Speakers
Mustafa Barghouti (Medical Relief, Palestine); Michel Warshawsky (AIC, Jerusalem); Josu Egireun (Basque Country); Nahla Chahal (CPPP, France); Alessandra Mecozzi, Raji Sourani (Human Rights Center, Gaza); Matan Kaminer (Refusnik) Date of Event
Friday 9am-12pm Format
debate and strategy
Location
Alexandra Palace Venue
Cancun
Brief description
The discussion wants to focus answers from european, israeli and palestinian civil societies and social movemnts to the need for a joint strategy, pointing out the role of new actors within the different societies (refusniks in israel, palestinians activists for non violent resistence, civilian missions, european social movements). This seminar is a follow up of Betlehem and Bilbao seminars
Organisation
Action for Peace (Italy); Stop the War Coalition (UK); JFJFP (Ejjp); CCPPP (France)

Languages
English Website
n/a

Item No.
1926 Title
From the Azores meeting to the troops return. Type
Small Workshop Theme
War and Peace
Speakers
n/a Date of Event
Friday 9am-12pm Format
testimonies + debat
Location
Bloomsbury Venue
NATFHE Argyle
Brief description
El punto de vista de los movimientos sociales desde que Aznar acepta participar en la invasión de Irak (reunión de las Azores) pasando por la oposición en la calle, el atentado 11 marzo, las mentiras del gobierno, el giro a la izquierda en las elecciones generales y la primera decisión del nuevo gobierno: el retorno de las tropas españolas.
Organisation
Plataforma Aturem la Guerra - Barcelona

Languages
English Website
n/a

Item No.
1927 Title
Is Europe an Alternative to US Empire Type
Seminar Theme
War and Peace
Speakers
Samir Amin; Alex Callinicos; Panos Garganas; Michael O'Brien (Ireland); Lars Steinau (France) Date of Event
Friday 9am-12pm Format
Debate
Location
Alexandra Palace Venue
Jenin
Brief description
Will the building of a European superpower provide a balance to US Empire.
Organisation
Agir Contre la Guerre (France); Globalise Resistance (UK); Irish Anti-War Movement (Ireland); Stop the War Greece (Greece)
Languages
English Website
n/a

Item No.
1930 Title
Future and perspectives for the ESF - WSF Type
Seminar Theme
Democracy and Fundamental Rights
Speakers
Raffaella Bolini (coord. italienne pour fse); Chris Nineham (Globalise Resistence, UK); Greek Social Forum; Bernard Cassen (Attac France); Coordinator Christine Bucholz, Initiative for German Social Forum Date of Event
Friday 9am-12pm Format
n/a
Location
Alexandra Palace Venue
Florence
Brief description
analise de l'experience des 3 forum sociaux europeens (Florence, paris londres) et de la preparation du prochain (Athenes): problemes et resultats, liens avec les mouvements sociaux, relation avec le Forum social mondial. Strategies et pratiques.
Organisation
Italian coordination for ESF; Greek Social Forum; Attac France; Globalise Resistence; and others

Languages
English Website
n/a

Item No.
1975 Title
Muslim Contribution to Civilisation Type
Large Workshop Theme
Against Racism, Discrimination and the Far Right: For Equality and Diversity
Speakers
Professor Salim Al Hasni

Date of Event
Friday 9am-12pm Format
n/a
Location
Bloomsbury Venue
Birkbeck 34
Brief description
Time and again Muslims have been under attack or criticised whether by far right politicians or religious leaders questioning the Muslim contribution to world civilisation. It's vital the West understand who Muslims are, their roots and contribution to the world, in order to promote community cohesion
Organisation
Muslim Association of Britain


Languages
English Website
www.mabonline.net

Item No.
1992 Title
Women and Authority Type
Small Workshop Theme
Democracy and Fundamental Rights
Speakers
Roser Palol Date of Event
Friday 9am-12pm Format
debate
Location
Bloomsbury Venue
Birkbeck 633
Brief description
About the concepts of authority and power and how women are dealing with these issues in the current neoliberal system.
Organisation
XMG (Xarxa de Mobilització Global)
Languages
English Website
n/a

Item No.
2071 Title
Free Media: creating media alternatives beyond state control and corporate hegemony Type
Seminar Theme
Democracy and Fundamental Rights
Speakers
Eva Thun (Civic Radio, Budapest); Ana Filip (Burundi Studio, Bratislava); Sihem Bensedrine (Kalima, Tunisia/France); Daoud Kuttab (AmmanNet, Jordan); Jason Nardi (CRIS-Italy); Gigo Sulli (CARTA, Rome); Steve Buckley (AMARC, UK); Taylan Bilgic (Evrensel, Istanbul); Francesco Diasio (Chair, AMISnet, Rome)

Date of Event
Friday 9am-12pm Format
n/a
Location
Alexandra Palace Venue
Seoul
Brief description
Testimonies from Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. Debate on strategies for opening the media and countering corporate dominance. Building alternative media networks.

Organisation
World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC), Agenzia Multimediale Informazione Sociale (AMISnet), CARTA, Evrensel and others
Languages
English English French Hungarian Turkish Website
n/a

Item No.
226 Title
Biens, services communs et AGCS Type
Small Workshop Theme
n/a
Speakers
n/a Date of Event
Friday 9am-12pm Format
n/a
Location
Bloomsbury Venue
Birkbeck 403
Brief description
n/a
Organisation
Organisation mondiale du commerce (OMC) et Accord général commerce et services (AGCS) / Services publics
Languages
English Website
n/a

Item No.
388 Title
For a citizenship of residence Type
Seminar Theme
Democracy and Fundamental Rights
Speakers
Moderator: Said Bouziri (LDH/Collectif du Million pour une citoyennete europeenne de residence);Fillipo Miraglia (ARCI);Paul Oriol (Les Alternatifs/Collectif du Million pour une citoyennete europeenne de residence); Carlo Cartocci (PRC); Manuel Delgado Cabeza (APDHA); Nicola Vallinoto (Movimento federisalista europeo); Victor Saez (Asociacion de Chilenos en Espana);Dimitris Christopoulos (Greek League for human rights); Jose Falcao (SOS Racismo Portugal); Pierre Gineste (La letre de la citoyennete/Collectif du Million pour une citoyennete europeenne de residence) Date of Event
Friday 9am-12pm Format
Medium: Presentation, debate, exchange of personal experience(s)
Location
Alexandra Palace Venue
Guantanamo
Brief description
The Constitutional Treaty currently envisions a reservation of all benefits
of European citizenship only to those persons holding nationality in one of
the European member-states. How to extend this citizenship to all European
residents? By collecting one million signatures? Exactly what is the status
of the “Petition for a Million”? Which proposals to take forward? And on
what time-line ?
La citoyenneté européenne, dont le droit de vote aux élections municipales et européennes, est actuellement réservée aux seuls nationaux des Etats membres de l'Union. Ceci exclut 15 millions de résidents, ressortissants des Etats tiers qui ne peuvent donc participer aux décisions qui les concernent. Il est nécessaire de construire une nouvelle citoyenneté européenne plus démocratique qui garantirait à toute personne résidant sur le territoire de l’Union les droits de citoyen européen.
Mais la citoyenneté ne se limite pas au droit de vote : elle implique certes une participation au moment de la décision mais aussi lors de l’élaboration des décisions, du contrôle de leur exécution et de leur évaluation. Donner la citoyenneté européenne à tous les résidents c’est donc permettre à tous l ’exercice de cette citoyenneté, c’est aussi reconnaître pour tous les même droits, sans distinction de nationalité, c’est donner une réponse aux caractères universel, indivisibles et effectifs des droits. La citoyenneté européenne ne peut donc se limiter à un droit politique qui serait le droit de vote, il n’est que le premier pas vers une citoyenneté participative qui intéresse tous les résidents quelle que soit leur nationalité.

Organisation
Arci (Italia); FIDH-AE; FSE-It (Forum per la democrazia costituzionale europe, Italia); Collectif du Million pour une citoyenneté européenne de résidence including; Acduc; Association des citoyens originaires de Turquie (ACORT); Adéquations; ADES; Amal; AntiLEN.com; ASECA - Lettre de la citoyenneté; Asile pour R. Martchev; Asphalte (atelier d'écriture et d'édition - association loi 1901); Assemblée Citoyenne; ASSIC; ASTTu; Association CABIRIA; Association la Clède; Association des travailleurs maghrébins de France (ATMF); Association des tunisiens en France (ATF); Association égalité Toulouse mirail; Association populaire d'entraide; Association tous ensemble pour les tziganes; Association Yeba Assozorus; Awal production; CADAC (Coordination des associations pour le droit à l'avortement et à la contraception); CCER; Cedetim; Centre régional du livre et de la lecture de la région Centre; Cercle Frantz Fanon; CIIP Grenoble; Citoyennes des deux rives; Collectif arabe; Collectif pour le droit de vote (Oise); Collectif émigrés - français en Yvelines (CEFY); Collectif Gauches.net; CNDF (Collectif national droits des femmes); Confédération paysanne; Congrès mondial Amazigh; Coup de soleil en Rhône-Alpes; Décidons Notre Ville; Droit Pour Tous; ECAM; ENAR France; Etudes-actions; EuroAst; Euromarches/marches européennes; Europe Sans Frontières; Facem Repères; FAFRAD; Fédération CGT de l'Education; la recherche et la culture; Fédération des associations africaines de France; Fédération des associations de soutien aux travailleurs immigrés (FASTI); Fédération des conseils de parents d’élèves (FCPE); Fédération initiatives des femmes africaines de France et d’Europe (IFAFE); Fédération nationale Léo-Lagrange; Fédération des Tunisiens pour une citoyenneté des deux rives (FTCR); Femmes de la Terre; Forum des réseAux citoyens de Saint-Etienne; Fresnes-Alternatives; Fumigène magazine; GISEE/Du solo au Réseau; Groupe d’information et de soutien aux immigrés (GISTI); Groupe du 6 novembre; Groupe municipal Avec Vous; Groupe Non-Violent Louis Lecoin; Infodocsolidaire; Initiatives pour un autre monde (IPAM); Jeunesse communiste 95; La Vie Nouvelle (Nice); Le Mouton Fiévreux; Les Alternatifs; Les Verts; Ligue communiste révolutionnaire (LCR); Ligue des droits de l'Homme (LDH); Lozère; ManteslavilleAgauche; Mission chrétienne de promotion sociale internationale/ Social promotion christian mission international (SPCM International); MJC Vieux Port; Mosaïque; Mouvement contre le racisme et pour l’amitié entre les peuples (MRAP); Mouvement des jeunes socialistes; Mouvement pour l’égalité et contre le racisme; Name Diffusion; Parti communiste français; Pénélopes; Peuple et culture; Rencontre africaine pour la défense des droits de l’Homme (RADDHO); Réseau féministe "Ruptures"; Réseau international démocratiser radicalement la démocratie; Service national de la pastorale des migrants (SNPM) SGEN CFDT; SNJ La Tribune; SOS Racisme 35; Souriez vous êtes filmés; Sud éducation (haute normandie); Syndicat CGT des personnels des foyers ruraux; Syndicatcgtmsa36; Syndicat Foste Anne; Union des étudiants étrangers de Strasbourg (UDEES); Union nationale des étudiants de France (UNEF); URAVIF; Union des Tunisiens pour l'action citoyenne; Vivre à Chanac; World Azerbaijanis congress
Languages
English Website
n/a

Item No.
2101 Title
Youth crime - the myths and reality Type
Small Workshop Theme
Social Justice and Solidarity: Against Privatisation (Deregulation), for Workers, Social and Women´s Rights
Speakers Date of Event
Friday 9am-12pm Format
practical organising, strategy,
Location
Bloomsbury Venue
Birkbeck 405
Brief description
n/a
Organisation
tbc


Languages
English Website
n/a

Item No.
2104 Title
Women's Assembly Type
Seminar Theme
Democracy and Fundamental Rights
Speakers
n/a Date of Event
Friday 9am-12pm Format
n/a
Location
Alexandra Palace Venue
Paris
Brief description
n/a
Organisation
ESF
Languages
English Website
n/a

Item No.
2120 Title
Living in Fear: Civil Liberties and the 'War on Terror'. Type
Seminar Theme
Democracy and Fundamental Rights
Speakers
Gareth Peirce (Britain); Liz Fekete (Institute of Race Relations, Britain); Anna Politkovska (journalist and author, Russia); Tony Bunyan (State Watch); Dr Siddiqui (Muslim Parliament, Britain); Marxelo Otamandi (Basque journalist); Speaker from Turkey; Panayolis Yulis (Greek Social Forum); Dan Van Raemdonck (Chair, President of the FIDH- AE) Date of Event
Friday 9am-12pm Format
n/a
Location
Alexandra Palace Venue
Cochabamba
Brief description
Community representatives, lawyers and civil liberties and human rights NGO's will examine current abuses of the legal system across Europe. The seminar will then examine how to work across national boundaries to create rational solutions to global challenges.
Organisation
Liberty (Britain); European Association for the Protection of Human Rights (Belgium); Campaign Against the Criminalisation of Communities (Britain); Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers (Britain); Irish Council for Civil Liberties; Scottish Human Rights Council; League des Droits de L'Homme (France); Agreed Ireland Forum (Britain); National Union of Journalists (Britain); European Federation of Journalists; Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom (Britain); British Overseas NGOs for Development; Institute of Race Relations (Britain); IBON (Philippines); Statewatch (Britain); CLIP (Germany); Salt magazine (Denmark); Greek Social Forum; Bar Human Rights Committee (Britain); Kon-Kurd, confederation of Kurdish associations in Europe; Azadi (Germany); Federation Internationale des Ligues des Droits de l'Homme

Languages
English Website
n/a

Item No.
2134 Title
For a democratic and social Europe Type
Plenary Theme
Democracy and Fundamental Rights
Speakers
n/a Date of Event
Friday 9am-12pm Format
n/a
Location
Alexandra Palace Venue
n/a
Brief description
Marie-Helena Andre, secretary general CES (ETUC); Annike Coupe, vice secretary Union syndicale G10 solidaires (France); Franco Russo (Italy); Anne Van Laer, Secretary CSC-ACV (Belgian Social Forum); Mary Senior (Assistant general secretary Scottish TUC). Facilitators: Peter Gustavsson (Commercial Workers Union, Sweden); Richard Stone (Jewish Council for Racial Justice)

Organisation
ESF
Languages
English Website
n/a

Item No.
2139 Title
Globalisation Type
Plenary Theme
Social Justice and Solidarity: Against Privatisation (Deregulation), for Workers, Social and Women´s Rights
Speakers
Alicia Castro (Secretary General Argentinian association of Airline Workers); Gianni Rinaldini (General Secretary FIOM, Italy); Peter Damo (Romania Social Forum); Hashuryia Mulish Hussein (President of the Electricity and Energy Workers' Union in Basra); Barry Camfield (T&GWU Assistant General Secretary, UK). Facilitators: Eric Decarro (Forum social lémanique), Louise Richards (War on Want UK)
Date of Event
Friday 9am-12pm Format
n/a
Location
Alexandra Palace Venue
n/a
Brief description
n/a
Organisation
ESF
Languages
English Website
n/a

Item No.
1603 Title
Organising for migrant workers rights - bringing trade unions and community organisations together Type
Seminar Theme
Social Justice and Solidarity: Against Privatisation (Deregulation), for Workers, Social and Women´s Rights
Speakers
Mary Cunneen (International Director, Anti-Slavery International) [en]; Billy Hayes (Communication Workers Union) [en]; Tauhid Pasha (JCWI, the rights of migrant workers under Europe's 'managed migration' schemes) [en]; Paul Kenny (London Regional Secretary GMB) [en]; Fulvio Famoni (CGIL-Italy) [it]; Speaker from the Sans-papiers (France) [fr]; Camelita Baines (International Cooperation on undocumented migrants) [en]; Date of Event
Friday 9am-12pm Format
Debate, mobilising to campaign.
Location
Alexandra Palace Venue
Chiapas
Brief description
Migration is a growing phenomenon but migrants are often stigmatised and exploited. Complex 'managed migration' schemes don't adequately protect migrants' rights and lead directly to irregular migration. Protecting migrant workers' and their families' rights, and promoting regular migration, will help prevent exploitation and the undermining of labour standards for all.
Organisation
Anti-Slavery International (on behalf of the European campaign ‘Hands up for Freedom’, NGOs from the UK, Italy, Portugal and Spain); add others from merger R13
Languages
English Website
 http://www.antislavery.org

Item No.
2160 Title
Oil addiction - energy politics, corporate power and global climate change Type
Plenary Theme
Environmental Crisis, against Neo-Liberalism and for Sustainable Societies
Speakers
Oronto Douglas, (Environmental Rights Action, Nigeria); Maurizio Gubbiotti, (Legambiente, Italy); Aretti Agrafoitou, Campaign Genoa 2001 Greece); Patricia McKenna (Environmental campaigner, Ireland); Liana Stupples, (Policy and research director, Friends of the Earth, England). Facilitators: Daniel Mittler, (Greenpeace International); Jo Hamilton, (Rising Tide, UK)
Date of Event
Friday 9am-12pm Format
n/a
Location
Alexandra Palace Venue
n/a
Brief description
n/a
Organisation
ESF
Languages
English Website
n/a


Item No.
317 Title
What research policies are appropriate in another Europe? Type
Small Workshop Theme
n/a
Speakers
n/a Date of Event
Friday 1-3pm Format
n/a
Location
Bloomsbury Venue
Birkbeck 541
Brief description
More and more scientific research is depending upon decisions at an European level. Citizens, including scientists, must intervene in the process of decision making. How? What are the key issues? What about the sustainable development following from the fulfilment of the scientific policy?

Organisation
INES - International Network of Engineers and Scientists for global responsibility FMTS, SNESUP, Laser transform! (on behalf of the network "Toward citizen's assemblies for research in Europe")
Languages
English Website
n/a

Item No.
582 Title
Global campaign for the currency transaction tax: problems and prospects Type
Large Workshop Theme
Democracy and Fundamental Rights
Speakers
n/a Date of Event
Friday 1-3pm Format
Debate & strategy
Location
n/a Venue
Birkbeck 36
Brief description
Are the European campaign and the global campaign, based on the Draft Treaty on Global CTT, different and competitive or complementary? Given the current developments, what is the best way to realize the CTT? What are the prospects of materializing the global vision? In particular, what are the next steps the global movement for the CTT should take in order to ensure the effective implementation of the CTT in the next few years?
Organisation
NIGD, Network Institute for Global Democratization; ATTAC Finland; ATTAC Ireland; ATTAC Denmark
Languages
English Website
www.nigd.org; www.attac.kaapeli.fi

Item No.
636 Title
30 Stunden sind genug Type
Small Workshop Theme
Social Justice and Solidarity: Against Privatisation (Deregulation), for Workers, Social and Women´s Rights
Speakers
n/a Date of Event
Friday 1-3pm Format
Strategie
Location
Bloomsbury Venue
Birkbeck 403
Brief description
Nur mit drastischen Arbeitszeitverkürzungen können Arbeitsplätze gesichert werden. Gemeinsame europäische Strategien werden erarbeitet
Organisation
IG Metall, CGIL-FIOM,CGT, TUC
Languages
English Website
n/a

Item No.
719 Title
Campaigning against nuclear weapons in Europe: Bombspotting and Citizens inspections of WMD Type
Small Workshop Theme
War and Peace
Speakers
n/a Date of Event
Friday 1-3pm Format
strategy, practical
Location
Bloomsbury Venue
NATFHE Argyle
Brief description
Nuclear weapons can also be found in Europe and they are as illegal as elsewhere. With Bombspotting XL, a simultaneous inspection on 16 April 2005 of NATO, SHAPE and the Belgian nuclear storage base, citizens try to stop war crimes. We look for partners to make this an European action
Organisation
Forum voor Vredesactie, Bomspotting (Belgium), War Resisters International (UK - international), DFG-VK, GAAA (Germany), FMK (Norway), ARK (Croatia), Mirovna Akcija (Macedonia)
Languages
English Website
www.bomspotting.be

Item No.
895 Title
EU state Constitution Type
Small Workshop Theme
Democracy and Fundamental Rights
Speakers
n/a Date of Event
Friday 1-3pm Format
Speaker led debate
Location
Bloomsbury Venue
Birkbeck 538
Brief description
A three part discussion led by speakers on the implications for democracy, civil rights and militarisation of the EU state Constitution. This Constitution is to be signed in November 2004 and is subject to referendums in several countries. Part II of the Constitution is the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights.
Organisation
Campaign against Euro-federalism (Britain), Peoples Movement against European Union (Denmark), Nil to EU (Norway) and others
Languages
English Website
n/a

Item No.
917 Title
Literacy for empowerment Type
Small Workshop Theme
Democracy and Fundamental Rights
Speakers
David Archer, International Education Director for Action Aid
Dr Peter Lavender, Director, NIACE (National Institute of Adult Continuing
Education)
Dr Jan Eldred, Senior Development Officer, NIACE
Date of Event
Friday 1-3pm Format
education discourse
Location
Bloomsbury Venue
Birkbeck 509
Brief description
We are proposing to work with Action Aid to present ideas and encourage dialogue about adult literacy as a vehicle for empowerment and transformation rather than for conformity and control. In the face of neo-liberalism, increasing political cynicysm and marginalisation of many communities, we want to explore how literacy for emancipation and community development could be encouraged in England and across Europe.
Organisation
National Institute for Adult Continuing Education
Languages
English Website
www.niace.org.uk

Item No.
940 Title
Limits on the right to strike and how to fight them Type
Small Workshop Theme
Democracy and Fundamental Rights
Speakers
n/a Date of Event
Friday 1-3pm Format
pratical organising
Location
Bloomsbury Venue
NATFHE Brunswick
Brief description
Dibattito sulle condizioni di sciopero nei vari paesi europei. Possibilità di costituire un'associazione europea per difesa diritto di sciopero e sostegno dei lavoratori che scioperano.
Organisation
Associazione Luciano Schielmann a sostegno del diritto di sciopero
Languages
English Website
www.cub.it

Item No.
944 Title
Sun, Sea, Sand and Sweatshops: Labour Conditions in the Tourism Industry Type
Large Workshop Theme
Corporate Globalisation and Global Justice
Speakers
n/a Date of Event
Friday 1-3pm Format
Expert presentations, panel discussion, debate and questions
Location
Bloomsbury Venue
Congress House 1
Brief description
Workers in tourism suffer exploitative conditions, very low pay and lack of security. Southern workers and European campaigners will speak about the hidden abuses that sustain the profits of the tour operators and impoverish whole communities. The seminar will discuss strategies to force industry to take up its responsibilities.
Organisation
KARAVAAN (Belgium);RAM (Italia);TOURISM CONCERN (UK);TSSA (UK)
Languages
English Website
www.tourismconcern.org.uk

Item No.
1063 Title
The Movement for another world: Nature, Contradictions, Future Type
Small Workshop Theme
Corporate Globalisation and Global Justice
Speakers
Tomash Krause (Hu); Cristophe Augiton (Fr); Liudmila Bulavka (Ru); Andrei Kolganov (Ru); Michail Voeikov (Ru); Boris Kagarlitsky (Ru). Moderator: Alexandr Buzgalin (Ru)
Date of Event
Friday 1-3pm Format
debates, education/information
Location
Bloomsbury Venue
Birkbeck 633
Brief description
Seminar will be devoted to the analysis of the nature, principles, contradictions, positive program and future of our alterglobalist movement as new for of opposition to the neoliberalism in the 21 century. We think, that self-reflection of our movement is VERY important now, in the period of growing successes and contradictions in our movement. Well-known theoreticians and leaders of alterglobalist movement will take part in this seminar.
Organisation
Alternatives (Russia); Ukrainian Social Forum (Ukraine)
Languages
English Website
www.Alternativy.ru

Item No.
1231 Title
Rights and Respect for Homeworkers Type
Small Workshop Theme
Social Justice and Solidarity: Against Privatisation (Deregulation), for Workers, Social and Women´s Rights
Speakers
n/a Date of Event
Friday 1-3pm Format
With testimonies from homeworkers, and practical input on campaigning for global labour rights.
Location
Bloomsbury Venue
Birkbeck 539
Brief description
Over 1 million homeworkers in the UK are involved in the production and packing of goods for supermarkets, boosting the profits of the retailers while workers are denied employment rights. NGH is campaigning with Oxfam and the TUC for employment rights for homeworkers and to challenge the global supply models.
Organisation
National Group on Homeworkers
Languages
English Website
n/a

Item No.
1601 Title
Refugee Women - Rights and Wrongs Type
Seminar Theme
Against Racism, Discrimination and the Far Right: For Equality and Diversity
Speakers
Poonam Joshi (Amnesty International, UK); Dr. Siobhan Mullally (Faculty of Law, National University of Ireland); Ayse Bircan (Refugee Women's Association) Date of Event
Friday 1-3pm Format
An interactive, participatory seminar to debate the key issues and discuss strategy
Location
Alexandra Palace Venue
Durban
Brief description
Women face additional obstacles when claiming asylum. Ideas of political or religious opinion which are recognised as grounds for asylum claims for men are not recognised for women. There is a scarcity of country information which adequately addresses the human rights violations faced by women and which would support their asylum claims. This seminar will bring together refugee women and those working in the refugee women sector from across the UK and Europe to assess the impact on women of current European asylum and immigration policies, and to make suggestions for recommendations for future concerted action.

Organisation
Refugee Women's Association (RWA); Asylum Aid (Refugee Women's Resource Prooject); British Red Cross (Women in Crisis Project); IMECE Turkish Speaking Women's Group; Iranian Community Centre
Languages
English Website
www.refugeewomen.org

Item No.
1663 Title
Trading Places – Migration, Representation, Collaboration and Activism in Contemporary art Type
Small Workshop Theme
n/a
Speakers
n/a Date of Event
Friday 1-3pm Format
n/a
Location
Bloomsbury Venue
Birkbeck 631
Brief description
Join curatorial team B+B for a workshop investigating art as a space to broadcast and communicate experiences of migration. Does art have the power to shift public perceptions of migration? Do artists have the right to ‘give voice’?

Organisation
B+B
Languages
English Website
www.welcomebb.org.uk

Item No.
1843 Title
The Lessons of Ireland Type
Seminar Theme
Democracy and Fundamental Rights
Speakers
Gerry Adams MP (Ireland); Dr Mary Hickman (facilitator) Date of Event
Friday 1-3pm Format
strategy
Location
Alexandra Palace Venue
Mumbai
Brief description
To address the lessons of the colonial relationship between Britain and Ireland in an international context; an opportunity to hear in depth how the strategy and struggle for peace, unity and achieving an Ireland of equals, including through international alliances, has developed, by one of its leading figures (Gerry Adams invited).
Organisation
The Wolfe Tone Society; The Agreed Ireland Forum; Connolly Association, the Irish Democrat
Languages
English Website
n/a

Item No.
1849 Title
The left in the union movement across europe Type
Seminar Theme
Social Justice and Solidarity: Against Privatisation (Deregulation), for Workers, Social and Women´s Rights
Speakers
Annick Coupe (G10 Solidaires, France); Tasos Anastasiadis (rank & file Greek paper Financial Crimes); Fred Leplat (Unison United Left, UK); Piero Bernocchi (Confédération Cobas, Italy); Jane Loftus (national executive member of the CWU, UK (personal capacity); Markus Dahms (Berlin Trade Union Left, Germany) Date of Event
Friday 1-3pm Format
Debate, information, practical organising
Location
Alexandra Palace Venue
Guantanamo
Brief description
In every European country, there are left currents in the trade-union
movement, all facing different experiences. What sort of union democracy do
they fight for? What are the union and social struggles taking place today?
What strategies do we need to resist the neo-liberal offensive in Europe?

Dans tous les pays européens, il existe des courants de gauche dans le
syndicalisme. A partir de différentes expériences, où en est le combat pour
la démocratie dans le mouvement syndical ? Quelles luttes sociales et
quelles stratégies pour résister à l'offensive néolibérale en Europe ?

Organisation
G10 Solidaires; Genoa 2001; Post Worker; STA; United Left; Others
Languages
English Website
n/a

Item No.
1871 Title
Socialism - a viable alternative to capitalism Type
Large Workshop Theme
Social Justice and Solidarity: Against Privatisation (Deregulation), for Workers, Social and Women´s Rights
Speakers
n/a Date of Event
Friday 1-3pm Format
Discussion
Location
Bloomsbury Venue
Congress House 2
Brief description
The experience of bureaucratic 'communist' regimes undermined support for socialism. However 14 years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, capitalist politicians face mass protests against their policies and their system. Can socialism offer a democratic, sustainable alternative? Can democratic workers' control replace the dictatorship of the global corporations?
Organisation
International Socialist Resistance (ISR)
&
the socialist

England & Wales (both)

Languages
English Website
www.anticapitalism.org.uk

Item No.
1917 Title
Privatisation for Aid Money: the third world's deadly compromise Type
Seminar Theme
Corporate Globalisation and Global Justice
Speakers
Berenece Celeyta (SINTRAEMCALI, Colombian); George Monbiot (writer, UK); Mark Serwotka (PCS, UK); Louise Richard (War on want, UK); Wendy Caird (PSI); Girish Sant (Prayas, India) Date of Event
Friday 1-3pm Format
Inspirational speakers and questions
Location
Alexandra Palace Venue
Porto Alegre
Brief description
Hear from George Monbiot, Mark Serwotka (PCS); Wendy Caird (PSI), Berenice Celeyta (Sintraemcali), and Girish Sant (Prayas) on how governments are being forced to make a deadly compromise: miss out on desperately needed aid money or hand over control of essential public services to private companies. Privatisation for Aid; its destroying democracies and failing the poor!
Organisation
SINTRAEMCALI (Sindicato de Trabajadores de Empresas Municipales De Cali); PCS (Public and Commercial Services Union); War on want; Prayas
Languages
English Website
www.waronwant.org

Item No.
1932 Title
Students united to defeat racism Type
Large Workshop Theme
Against Racism, Discrimination and the Far Right: For Equality and Diversity
Speakers
n/a Date of Event
Friday 1-3pm Format
education/information and practical organising
Location
Bloomsbury Venue
Congress House 3
Brief description
Looking at how students and young people are affected by the rise in racism (i.e. racist 'stop and search', growth of fascism on campus, the ban on Hijab, detention of asylum seeker children) and the steps we can take to challenge racism.

It will be led by and for young people/students, and will also focus on practical strategies and campaigns that young people/students can get involved in to defeat racism
Organisation
Student Assembly Against Racism; NUS Black Students Campaign; National Black Students Alliance; Student Action for Refugees;
Federation of Student Islamic Societies

Languages
English Website
n/a

Item No.
1966 Title
Introduction to the co-op movement Type
Small Workshop Theme
Social Justice and Solidarity: Against Privatisation (Deregulation), for Workers, Social and Women´s Rights
Speakers
Members and staff of the Young Co-op Network Date of Event
Friday 1-3pm Format
Education/information
Location
Bloomsbury Venue
Birkbeck 405
Brief description
Co-what?!? Is the co-op just a shop? Combating common myths about the co-op and showing how it is relevant to young people and not an outdated ideal.

Informative and interactive workshop on the co-operative movement, its values, principles and practices and how young people can get involved.

Organisation
Young Co-op Network
Languages
English Website
www.youngco-opnetwork.coop

Item No.
1968 Title
IRAQ: Faultline in British Politics Type
Large Workshop Theme
War and Peace
Speakers
Caroline Lucas (Green Party); John Rees (Stop the War); Tony Benn; Anas Altikriti (Muslim Association of Britain); Paul Mackney (NATFHE); Rose Gentle. Chair: Andrew Burgin. Date of Event
Friday 1-3pm Format
debate
Location
Bloomsbury Venue
Friends Meeting House
Brief description
n/a
Organisation
Stop the War Coalition
Languages
English Website
www.stopwar.org.uk

Item No.
1985 Title
UN = US? Type
Seminar Theme
War and Peace
Speakers
Perry Anderson and Peter Gowan (New Left Review, UK); Bernard Cassen (Le Monde Diplomatique, France); Lucio Magri and Luciana Castellina (La Rivista, Italy); Phyllis Bennis (Institute for Policy Studies, US) Date of Event
Friday 1-3pm Format
Debate
Location
Alexandra Palace Venue
Cancun
Brief description
To what extent can the UN be seen as an instrument of US power, and what are the prospects for its reform?
Organisation
New Left Review
Languages
English Website
 http://www.newleftreview.org

Item No.
1839 Title
The Right to Health and the Commercialisation of Health Care Type
Seminar Theme
Social Justice and Solidarity: Against Privatisation (Deregulation), for Workers, Social and Women´s Rights
Speakers
Attila Vajnai - Chair (Hungarian Movement for Democratic Society); Jude Bueno Mesquita (UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health); Nicola Delussu (Cobas Sanita); Phil Green (Unison National Officer); John Lister (Health Emergency); Miguel Miras (Attac Catalunya); Jane Lethbridge (Public Services International Research Unit); Jose Utrera (WEMOS); Christina Fischer (Buko Pharma); Andy/Pam (People's Health Movement); Pat Morton (Global Health Watch); Robin Scott Date of Event
Friday 1-3pm Format
n/a
Location
Alexandra Palace Venue
Chiapas
Brief description
n/a
Organisation
People's Health Movement (global); Medact (UK); Health Emergency (UK); Hungarian Campaign against the privatisation of Hospitals (Hungary); European Network for the Right to Health
Languages
English Website
n/a

Item No.
1845 Title
A Trans-Atlantic GMO Trade War: US attempts to use the WTO against European citizens Type
Seminar Theme
Environmental Crisis, against Neo-Liberalism and for Sustainable Societies
Speakers
Alexandra Wandel (Friends of the Earth Europe, Germany); Alice Palmer (Foundation for International Law and Development , UK); Peter Rossman (International Union of Food); Meena Raman (Third World Network); Dr Sue Mayer -Chair (Executive Director of GeneWatch, UK)
Date of Event
Friday 1-3pm Format
speakers followed by debate
Location
Alexandra Palace Venue
n/a
Brief description
To provide and update details of the US, Canadian and Argentinean WTO challenge on the EUs precautionary stance on GMOs as an unfair barrier to trade. There will be a chance for questions and discussions.
Organisation
Friends of the Earth Europe (on behalf of the Bite Back); Hands off our Food campaign and The Five Year Freeze campaign (on behalf of the International Public Interest Amicus Coalition)
Languages
English Website
www.fiveyearfreeze.org

Item No.
2000 Title
No to the militarization of Europe: Kick out US bases Type
Seminar Theme
War and Peace
Speakers
Sissy Vavou (Assembly of Chania, Greece); Stergios Lalidis (Activist at Litoharan base, Greece); David Heller (For Mother Earth, Belgium); Arielle Denis (Mouvement de la Paix, France); Rae Street (CND, UK); speaker from BastaGuerra; chair: Kate Hudson (CND, UK) Date of Event
Friday 1-3pm Format
education/information, practical and strategy
Location
Alexandra Palace Venue
Woomera
Brief description
This seminar will discuss teh current situation regarding military bases in Europe and the continent's growing militarisation. The seminar will also be paricipatory and action orientated, developing stratgeies for opposition to the bases.
Organisation
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (UK); BastaGuerra (Italy); Greek Social Forum (Greece); Mouvement de la Paix (France); For Mother Earth (Belgium)

Languages
English Website
www.cnduk.org

Item No.
2026 Title
Future of the Movement: Strategies and Perspectives Type
Seminar Theme
Democracy and Fundamental Rights
Speakers
Chris Nineham, UK; Alessandra Mecozzi, Italy; Christine Buchholz, Germany; Pierre Khalfa, France
Date of Event
Friday 1-3pm Format
Strategie of Movement
Location
Alexandra Palace Venue
Florence
Brief description
n/a
Organisation
Globalise Resistance (GB); Italian ESF-Coordination; Attac France; Genoa 2001 (Greece); Attac Suisse; Red Pepper; Cultural Risistance and others
Languages
English Website
n/a

Item No.
2050 Title
Water: Politics Power and Public Services Type
Seminar Theme
Environmental Crisis, against Neo-Liberalism and for Sustainable Societies
Speakers
Franklin Frederick (Brazil); Carla Montemayor (Philippines); Klaus Milewski (Germany); David Boys (UK); Pete Hardstaff (UK); Nuria Vidal;
Date of Event
Friday 1-3pm Format
presentation, discussion, strategy
Location
Bloomsbury Venue
NATFHE
Brief description
Discover the drivers behind water privatisation. Find out why civil society groups should be concerned by trends in the EC, EU and International Financial Institutions. We reveal how these organisations use financial 'assistance' as levers to impose water privitasation. Be inspired to take action by stories of global resistance.

Organisation
Attac Switzerland; Baby Milk Action; CRBM (Campaign for the Reform of the World Bank, Italy); Citizens Movements for the Water Circuit of Minas Gerais (Brazil); CEO (Corporate Europe Observatory); The Netherlands EPSU (European Public Services Union); PSI (Public Services International); Simpol-UK/ISPO (International Simultaneous Policy Organisation); TIN (Transnational Institute); The Netherlands WEED; Germany War on Want; UK WDM (World Development Movement UK)

Languages
English Website
www.wdm.org.uk

Item No.
2053 Title
Europe's responsibility in the Palestinian conflict Type
Seminar Theme
War and Peace
Speakers
Mandy Turner (Netherlands Palestine Committee - CAAT), Isabelle Avran (AFPS), Michel Tubiana (LDH/FIDH), Jonathan Sapira (Israeli Refuzniks), Pierre Galand (Association Belgo-palestinienne), Jamal Jumaa (PENGON), Jean-Paul Hébert (facilitator, LDH)
Date of Event
Friday 1-3pm Format
Debate
Location
Alexandra Palace Venue
Seoul
Brief description
En votant à l'ONU en faveur de l'avis de la Cour internationale de Justice
condamnant la construction du Mur, l'Union européenne a défendu une nouvelle
fois les droits des Palestiniens. Mais, jusqu'à aujourd'hui, elle n'a pas
mené une politique cohérente et conséquente visant à leur application
effective.

Elle continue à récuser toute pression politique et économique sur Israël,
bafouant les recommandations du Parlement européen lui-même. Pire, elle
conclut avec Israël de nouveaux accords scientifiques et techniques à
finalités militaires.

L'Europe, responsable de l'extermination des juifs et du partage de la terre
imposé aux Palestiniens, se doit, si elle ne veut pas être responsable d'une
nouvelle tragédie historique, d'engager une démarche active qui vise à
imposer une solution conforme au droit international. Elle doit donc se
donner les moyens, y compris en terme de sanctions économiques et/ou
politique, pour obliger Israël à respecter ses obligations, en particulier
celles qui découlent de l'avis de la Cour internationale de Justice.

Dans cette perspective, quelle intervention citoyenne construire avec nos
partenaires palestiniens et israéliens, et avec le mouvement international
contre la guerre ?

Organisation
LDH; FIDH; FIDH-AE; AFPS; NPC; Belgo-palestinienne
Languages
English Website
n/a

Item No.
2033 Title
Migrant Rights Type
Seminar Theme
Against Racism, Discrimination and the Far Right: For Equality and Diversity
Speakers
Will be confirmed Date of Event
Friday 1-3pm Format
Debate, education, information
Location
Alexandra Palace Venue
Cairo
Brief description
Each organisation will have only one speaker. They will concentrate on the issue of migration, situation of the migrants and politics of the govenments towards them.
Organisation
AGIF (FEDERATION OF IMMIGRANT WORKERS IN GERMANY)
IGIF (FEDERATION OF IMMIGRANT WORKERS IN SWITZERLAND)
ACTIT (ASSOCIATION OF IMMIGRANT WORKERS IN FRANCE)
Languages
English Website
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Item No.
1686 Title
Economic democracy and the struggle against lay-offs and shop closures Type
Small Workshop Theme
Social Justice and Solidarity: Against Privatisation (Deregulation), for Workers, Social and Women´s Rights
Speakers
n/a Date of Event
Friday 1-3pm Format
debate
Location
Bloomsbury Venue
Birkbeck 30
Brief description
We want to discuss the Belgian proposition of law Decroly against lay-offs and shop closures as a tool for the global struggle for jobs and economic democracy.
Organisation
Forum Social pour l'EMPLOI (B), ATTAC-Finistère (F) e.a.
Languages
English Website
 http://forum.vl.attac.be/viewforum.php?f=4

Item No.
2062 Title
Latin America and the Caribbean: Militarisation, Corporate Agendas and Type
Seminar Theme
Corporate Globalisation and Global Justice
Speakers
Gonzalo Berrón (Brazil); Rebeca Orosa (Cuba); Jahel Quiroga (Colombia); Yannick Etienne (Haiti); Barry Camfield (chair - UK)
Date of Event
Friday 1-3pm Format
n/a
Location
Alexandra Palace Venue
Cochabamba
Brief description
Successive United States Administrations, the countries of Europe, and the European Union itself have sought to impose their political and economic will through all kinds of interventions including economic blockades, direct and indirect military action to deny the peoples of the continent the right to determine their own futures. What hopes for resistance is there?
Organisation
Latin America Network (35 organisations across Europe); TGWU (UK); Grupo Sur (European coordination of NGOs working on Latin America and Centro de Estudios Europeos, Cuba); Cuba Solidarity Campaign (UK); netzwerk Cuba (Germany); Latin America Bureau (UK); Liberation (UK); National Union of Journalists (UK); Community and Youth Workers Union (UK); AUT (UK); NATFHE (UK); GMB (UK); RMT (UK); Indian Workers Association (UK); OSPAAAL (Spain); Justice for Colombia (UK); Iniciativa Cuba Socialista (Belgium); Norwegian-Cuban Friendship Association (Norway) and others
Languages
English Website
www.cuba-solidarity.org.uk

Item No.
2067 Title
Public Ownership of the Railways and domestic / international strategies for resisting rail privatisation Type
Seminar Theme
Social Justice and Solidarity: Against Privatisation (Deregulation), for Workers, Social and Women´s Rights
Speakers
Bob Crow (RMT); Graham Morris (ASLEF); Christian Joncret (CGT Cheminots); Mick Connolly (SERTUC); Sabine Trier (ETF); Christian Mahieux (SUD-Rail) Date of Event
Friday 1-3pm Format
Debate, Organising, Strategy
Location
Alexandra Palace Venue
Soweto
Brief description
UK Rail privatisation has been a disaster yet EC directives have already introduced competition for Freight Services and there are similar proposals for passenger operations. States are also proposing privatisation of their own railways. To discuss strategies and action to defeat privatisation of European railways and metro systems.
Organisation
RMT (UK) ASLEF (UK), ETF, CGT (FRANCE), SERTUC (UK)
Languages
English Website
www.rmt.org.uk

Item No.
2027 Title
Democracy and European institutions Type
Seminar Theme
Democracy and Fundamental Rights
Speakers
Nuray Sancar (Day-Mer, UK); Professor Chantal Mouffe (Westminster University, UK); Peoples Empowerment Alliance; Bernard Dréano (CCDF/CEDETIM); Gary Craig (Community Development Foundation); moderator: Pierre Barge (CCDF/LDH, France)
Date of Event
Friday 1-3pm Format
Debate
Location
Alexandra Palace Venue
Prague
Brief description
This seminar is about the democratic Europe we want. Therefore we shall tackle the question of the actual functioning of the European institutions and the proposals which could make them more democratic. Four questions shall be dealt with: firstly, the powers and the functioning of the European Parliament; secondly, the responsibilities of the Commission and of the Council of Ministers and that of a European executive power; thirdly, the judiciary appeals; and lastly the participatory democracy, in particular the intervention of civil society organisations in the decision-making process and in the follow-up of the European policies.

Organisation
Collectif pour la citoyenneté et les droits fondamentaux (CCDF); CGT; FSU; FIDH-AE; IPAM; LDH; Marches européennes; SUD PTT; CEDETIM; Forum social italien

Languages
English Website
n/a

Item No.
934 Title
The fight against neoliberalism in Argentina and Bolivia Type
Small Workshop Theme
Social Justice and Solidarity: Against Privatisation (Deregulation), for Workers, Social and Women´s Rights
Speakers
n/a Date of Event
Friday 1-3pm Format
Talk plus discussion
Location
Bloomsbury Venue
Birkbeck 153
Brief description
Argentina and Bolivia are emblematic of the applications of neoliberal policies and of the resistance to them. We will look at the history of the debt and examples from recent struggles against the consecuences of these policies.
Organisation
Argentina Solidarity Campaign and Bolivia Solidarity Campaign
Languages
English Website
n/a

Item No.
2128 Title
“Patrimoine social européen” : liquidation ou reconquête ? (europe sociale 2) Type
Seminar Theme
Social Justice and Solidarity: Against Privatisation (Deregulation), for Workers, Social and Women´s Rights
Speakers
n/a Date of Event
Friday 1-3pm Format
n/a
Location
Alexandra Palace Venue
n/a
Brief description
n/a
Organisation
ACV / LBC (Landelijk Bedienden Centrale, membre du syndicat ACV-CSC, Belgium); CSC / CNE (Centrale Nationale des Employés, membre du syndicat ACV-CSC, Belgium); CGTP-IN (Centrale Générale des Travailleurs du Portugal); CC.OO. (Comisiones Obreras, Spain); FGTB (Fédération Générale des Travailleurs de Belgique, Belgium); TUC (UK); Auser / CGIL (Italy); IG Metall (Germany)
Languages
English Website
n/a

Item No.
2132 Title
Overcoming wars in Europe Type
Plenary Theme
War and Peace
Speakers
Don Tonio Dell’Olio (Tavola della Pace, Pax Christi, Italy); Irfan Dundar (Kurdish human rights activist, Istanbul Social Forum); Eamon McCann (journalist, Ireland); Tobias Pflunger (IMI Tubingen, Germany); Tony Benn. Facilitators: Birgit Althaler (Swiss Social Forum); Alice Mahon MP (Committee for Peace in the Balkans)
Date of Event
Friday 1-3pm Format
n/a
Location
Bloomsbury Venue
Congress House
Brief description
n/a
Organisation
ESF
Languages
English Website
n/a

Item No.
2151 Title
The European economy and the world economy: the WTO and trade justice Type
Plenary Theme
Social Justice and Solidarity: Against Privatisation (Deregulation), for Workers, Social and Women´s Rights
Speakers
Yash Tandon (Southern and Eastern African Trade Information and Negotiations Institute, SEATINI); Guglielmo Epifani (General Secretary CGIL, Italy); Fikile Mbalula (President ANC youth/president IUSY); Clare Joy (Seattle to Brussels Network); Barbara Stocking (OXFAM, UK). Facilitators: Alexandra Wandel (Friends of the Earth Europe)
Date of Event
Friday 1-3pm Format
n/a
Location
Alexandra Palace Venue
n/a
Brief description
n/a
Organisation
ESF
Languages
English Website
n/a

Item No.
2156 Title
Alliances we need to unite against racism Type
Plenary Theme
Against Racism, Discrimination and the Far Right: For Equality and Diversity
Speakers
Brimah Conteh (Diaspora Afrique, France); Paola Beni (President ARCI Italy); Anuar Ekbtal (Immigrants Forum Greece); Marion Douglas (Alliance of people of African Descent in Europe – APADE); Lee Jasper (National Assembly Against Racism, UK). Facilitators: Jean Pierre Dubois (Vice-President, League for the Rights of Man, France); Asad Rehman, (Newham Monitoring Project, UK) Date of Event
Friday 1-3pm Format
n/a
Location
n/a Venue
n/a
Brief description
n/a
Organisation
ESF
Languages
English Website
n/a

Item No.
943 Title
Build locally, link globally. The role and the future of local social forums in Europe Type
Seminar Theme
Democracy and Fundamental Rights
Speakers
Kiriaki Klokiti [el]; Spiros Xarouda [el]; Others tbc Date of Event
Friday 1-3pm Format
debate, information, strategy
Location
Alexandra Palace Venue
Jenin
Brief description
The role of local social forum: succeful campaigns challenging municipalities and local issues, methodology of taking decision, the charter of principle of Porto Alegre and our practice, are we a space, a tool or a political entity in the movement of movements?, the future of LSF Local Socil Forum.

Organisation
European network of Local Social Forums - Manchester Social Forum; London Social Forum; Cardiff Social Forum; Turkish Social Forum; Kurdish Social Forum; Greek Social Forum; Thessaloniki Social Forum; Czech Repub Initiative for Social Forum; Austrian Social Forum; Paris Social Forum; StDenis Social Forum; Ivry Social Forum; Hungarian Social Forum; Goteborg Social Forum; German Social Forum; Danish Social Forum; Basque Social Forum; Madrid Social Forum; Forum for Belgium Social Forum; Global research Centre Barcellona; Foro del teatro Italia; Berlin Social Forum
Languages
English Website
n/a