ATENE: OGGI HA INIZIO IL FORUM

[26 giugno]

Una nutrita delegazione italiana è già ad Atene per partecipare al Forum "L'euro è il problema, l'uscita la soluzione". Qui sotto la versione definitiva del programma dei lavori. Ricordiamo che il Forum si svolge presso la Athens School of Fine Arts, zona Pireo, Via Ag. Ioannis Rentis 182 — Metro: Linea 1- Fermata: Kallithea.

Sfidando la stanchezza i compagni cercheranno di inviare ogni sera un resoconto sull'andamento del Forum che pubblicheremo subito.

Cogliamo, l'occasione per segnalarvi il sito internazionale ed il manifesto sulla cui base diversi movimenti popolari e di sinistra europei hanno promosso il Forum stesso, ed 

Program of the Forum

Friday 17.00 – 19.15 workshops

1. From economic to political crisis. The examples of Italy and Spain

Enea Boria, Movement ORA, Italy

Giannis Kibouropoulos, journalist, Greece

Manolo Moreneo, Frente Civico “Somos Mayoria”, Spain,

2. The conflict in Ukraine and the geopolitics of the European Union and NATO

Kostas Gousis, Solidarity campaign with the Antifascist Resistance in Ukraine, Greece

Mariia Muratova, Borotba, Ukraine

Petros Papakonstantinou, writer-journalist, Greece

3. The workers' and popular resistance against neoliberal policies in the EU

Giorgio Cremaschi, ex president of FIOM (Federazione Impiegati Operai Metallurgici), Italy

Benoit Martin, CGT Orange (Confédération Générale du Travail), France

Antonis Dalakogeorgos, general secretary of Piraeus Labor Center, president of Panhellenic Union of Merchant Navy Sailors, Greece

Christos Panagiotopoulos, Initiative for a Class independent Labor Movement, Greece

4. France: The impasse of the Left, the rise of the Far-Right and how to avoid it

Michèle Dessenne, M' PEP (Mouvement Politique d' Émancipation Populaire), France

Giorgos Mitralias, Contra-xreos initiative, Greece

Joël Perichaud, M’PEP (Mouvement Politique d' Émancipation Populaire), France

Friday 19.30 – 22.30 Plenary

Is the EU our common home? Lessons from the “Greek experiment” about crisis, debt, Eurozone and EU 

Sergio Cesaratto, economist, Italy

Inge Höger MP, Die Linke,Germany,

Stathis Kouvelakis, dr, King’s Kollege, member of Central Committee of SYRIZA, Greece

Giorgos Melissaropoulos, MARS (Frontal Left Alignment), Greece

Jacques Nikonoff, M’PEP (Mouvement Politique d' Émancipation Populaire), France

Saturday 10:30 a.m. - 13.30 plenary

EU and conflicts in Middle East. Roots and effects

Ali Fayyad, MP, Hezbollah, Lebanon

Apostolos Fotiadis, researcher on EU and immigrants, Greece

Moreno Pasquinelli, Campo Antiimperialista, Italy

Saturday 17.00 - 19.15 workshops

1. The growth of reactionary populism and neo-fascism in Europe.

Dimitris Patelis, MARS (Frontal Left Alignment) , Greece

Joel Perichaud, M'PEP (Mouvement Politique d' Émancipation Populaire), France

Giorgos Sapounas, member of Central Committee of SYRIZA, Greece

Victor Shapinov, Borotba, Ukraine

2. Mediterranean ALBA is an alternative to EU?

Sergio Cararo,ROSSA, Italy

Dimitris Kaltsonis, as. professor of theory of state and law, Panteion University, D. kordatos Society, Greece

Pedro Montes, economist, Asociación político cultural “Socialismo 21”, Spain

3. EU and left governance: the need for a strategy of ruptures

Dimitris Belantis, member of Central Committee of SYRIZA, Greece

Kostas Markou, member of Central Coordination Committee of ANTARSYA, Greece,

Jacques Nikonoff, M’PEP (Mouvement Politique d' Émancipation Populaire), France

Panagiotis Sotiris, MARS (Frontal Left Alignment) , Greece

4. Germany: the Euro as an instrument of a new imperialist policy of the ruling class

Said Gafurov, Journalist (the experience of 1998 Default in Russia)

Wilhelm Langthaler,Committee “EuroExit”, Austria

Kostas Papoulis, Sxedio B (Plan B), Greece

Thomas Zmrzly, Initiative .e.V. Duisburg, Germany

Saturday 19.30 – 22.30 Plenary

1. The Eurozone is the problem - exit is the solution. Policies and alliances for the Left

Stefano Fassina, MP, Democratic Party, Italy

Dimitris Mitropoulos, MARS (Frontal Left Alignment) , Greece

Manolo Moreneo, Frente Civico “Somos Mayoria” , Spain

Antonis Ntavanelos, member of Political Secretariat of SYRIZA, Greece

Angelos Xagios, member of Panhellenic Coordination Committee of ANTARSYA, Greece

Sunday 10.30 pm 14.30

General Assembly. How the anti-EU Forum will continue

18.00 Anti-EU demonstration

The main language in the Forum will be the Greek. 

Every speaker will speak in his language and will be interpreted in Greek.

• Friday and Saturday night at 10.30 will be held in the area of the forum rock, hip-hop and Greek traditional concerts.