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** Capitalism = periodical crisis, short cycles and long waves. | ** Capitalism = periodical crisis, short cycles and long waves. | ||
** 1930, great depression, 1946-1974-5 golden years, 1980-neoliberalisme. | ** 1930, great depression, 1946-1974-5 golden years, 1980-neoliberalisme. | ||
** Characteristics of neoliberalisme: | ** Characteristics of neoliberalisme: Liberalization, privatization, globalization, changes in international division of labour, financialisation, role of debt. Serious setbacks for word working class. | ||
Liberalization, privatization, globalization, changes in international division of labour, financialisation, role of debt. Serious setbacks for word working class. | ** 2007, subprime crisis, financial crisis, economic crisis, sovereign debt crisis, crisis of the euro system. | ||
2007, subprime crisis, financial crisis, economic crisis, sovereign debt crisis, crisis of the euro system. | |||
** Background: environment crisis, global warming. | ** Background: environment crisis, global warming. | ||
Revision as of 13:41, 24 August 2011
1. The crisis in Europe
- Limitations, of the report
- Based on limited experiences, focused at the EU and not on broader Europe.
- Lack of a European policy of the FI.
- Summary of the character of the crisis
- Capitalism = periodical crisis, short cycles and long waves.
- 1930, great depression, 1946-1974-5 golden years, 1980-neoliberalisme.
- Characteristics of neoliberalisme: Liberalization, privatization, globalization, changes in international division of labour, financialisation, role of debt. Serious setbacks for word working class.
- 2007, subprime crisis, financial crisis, economic crisis, sovereign debt crisis, crisis of the euro system.
- Background: environment crisis, global warming.
- The European context.
- EU as an economic project.
- Passing by democracy.
- The forming of the euro zone, and his consequences.
- Concurrence in the field of labour wages etc. and the environment.
- Growing differences between North and South (and East and West).
- The European ‘solution’
- Let the people pay, let the system function again.
- Putting aside democracy.
- Heavy austerity programs, dept pump for indebted countries.
- Debate in Europe:
- Euro bonds, economic government, strict norms, etc.
- Is a debate on how to make working class pay for the crisis.
- Consequences:
- Economically: no solution.
- Democratically: unacceptable.
- Environmental: disastrously.
- Rise of xenophobic anti European right, division of the working class.
- Consequences:
- Alternative
- Anti capitalist solution.
- Understanding the character of the crisis and de relationship with environmental crisis.
- Changing the exciting balance of forces.
- Building movements against austerity plans etc.
- Programmatically: Internationalist answers, another Europe (world) is possible.
- Alternative
2. The struggles in Europe: Balance and Perspectives
- Statement by Anti-capitalist Left conference Adopted in London on 12th June 2011
- "The “Movement of the Squares” and the perspectives it creates" Athens, June 2011, Nikos Symeonides (OKDE Spartakos)