To the members of the Alter Summit,
Dear friends
Some important information about the Brussels actions of March 14th. We warmly welcome as many as possible of colleagues from your organisation to join Brussels and these actions. As you know, for the colleagues (one or two by organisation) taking part at the General Assembly on March 15th and 16th (morning), we are able to refund the travel and accomodation expenses, also if you arrive for Thursday 14th.
You have probably seen the invitation for the ETUC rally : http://www.etuc.org/a/10843 . We urge as many as possible of your colleagues and members to join this rally. As Alter Summit, we will be present there with some flyers, banners and probably a tent : please join and help.
Before the ETUC rally, there is also a march organised by the coalition „For a European Spring“ that includes many member organisations of the Alter Summit, such as ATTAC-groups, debt networks and many others.
‚For a European Spring‘ has done everything possible to make sure these plans did not clash with those of the ETUC.
At no point have they received bad vibrations from them. In fact, most of the groups if not all in this coalition, intend to join the ETUC rally.
At its latest meeting, the Alter Summit Coordinating Committee decided to check with ETUC if this action can be articulated in a fair way with the ETUC rally.
As the ETUC has so far not identified any conflicts, and since this march has been prepared to create synergy, we urge people to join it as well !
It will end close to the ETUC rally, shortly before it begins.
It will begin at a place in the centre of Brussels at 12 o’clock, noon.
The place will be announced next week on the website of the coalition: www.foraeuropeanspring.org
There will be speakers from different movements at the beginning of the demonstration. The main slogan is „Our democracy against their austerity!“
and other slogans on the debt, financial markets and democracy – not so different from calls made by the Alter Summit.
For further information, see the website of the coalition, or write to act@foraeuropeanspring.org.
For the Alter Summit coordination
In solidarity,
f. Felipe Van Keirsbilck
(ACV CSC Belgium)
+32 478 29 59 50
Coordination
Joint Social Conference