Towards a European network against state and capitalism ---- We, antiauthoritarian and
anticapitalist groups and grassroots unions, that took part in the mobilization to the
European action day against capitalism (M31), gathered in Thessaloniki at the congress for
direct democracy on the 6th of September 2012 to discuss the possibilities of our
cooperation and common actions in the future. We ? that means comrades from A.K.
(Antiauthoritarian Movement, Greece), the CNT (Spain), ?UmsGanze, FAU, Interventionary
Left (BRD) and activists from England, Austria and Bulgaria. We all agree that in this
time of capitalist crisis, the rise of nationalism and ongoing austerity measures it is
necessary to organize beyond national borders and against state and capital.
The capitalist system today cannot offer any positive perspective anymore, but leads to an
increase of social division and authoritarian constraints in the name competitive
capability and national interest. Therefor we cannot rely on reformist institutions ? like
parties and reformist unions. If we are interested in a good life for everybody, we have
to (self) organize and take our lives in our hands. As State and Capital in Europe are
organized on a supranational level, an emancipatory resistance should do so as well. Our
common mobilization to the European action day M31 was a first step in this direction.
Nevertheless, we see that the different realities in Europe also lead to the necessity of
different strategies. Therefor we discussed how we can build up a communication
infrastructure that allows us to intensify the exchange of experiences so that we can
learn from each other. Another important point was the question, how we can support each
other in the different social struggles. Although the social conditions and the state of
the crisis in different countries are different it is clear to us, that there are enough
possibilities for mutual assistance. Last but not least we all agree that we will meet
again before the end of this year, maybe in Spain. The promise that there is an exit
strategy to the authoritarian state of emergency as well as from capitalist normality is
something that we ourselves have to make true. Therefor we invite everybody to fight with us.
Bron : a-infos-en@ainfos.ca
