Ανταποκρινόμενοι, όπως δηλώνουν, στο κάλεσμα των Μίκη Θεοδωράκη και Μανόλη Γλέζου για τη δημιουργία ενός Ευρωπαϊκού Μετώπου υπεράσπισης του ελληνικού λαού έναντι των απαιτήσεων της Τρόικα, 33 Βρετανοί βουλευτές, συνδικαλιστικοί ηγέτες και ακτιβιστές δηλώνουν ότι θα οργανώσουν κίνημα αλληλεγγύης και συλλογής υλικής βοήθειας για την Ελλάδα. Κατηγορούν την Τρόικα ότι οδηγεί τη χώρα στην φτώχεια και τη μαζική ανεργία και επισημαίνουν ότι τα μέτρα που λαμβάνονται εξυπηρετούν τα συμφέροντα των πλουσίων.
Την επιστολή υπογράφουν μεταξύ άλλων και η μοναδική Πράσινη βουλευτής στη Βρετανία Caroline Lucas καθώς και το ιστορικό στέλεχος του Εργατικού Κόμματος Tony Benn ο οποίος ηγείται της πρωτοβουλίας.
Ολόκληρο το κείμενο εδώ:
http://www.guardian....n-people-greece
Solidarity campaign to support the people of Greece
The people of Greece face an unprecedented
economic and political crisis (Violence
grips Athens, 13 February). They are being driven to poverty and mass
unemployment by the demands of the so-called Troika. Hospitals in Greece are
running out of medicines, nearly half of all young people are unemployed,
workers in some sectors have not been paid for months, the living conditions of
pensioners are being severely attacked, and many people are forced to resort to
soup kitchens or scavenge from rubbish dumps.
Now the Troika demands a cut of 23% to the minimum
wage, the sacking of tens of thousands of public sector workers and further cuts
to pensions which have already lost nearly 50% of their value. International
capital is asset stripping an entire country and ripping apart its social
fabric. Greece is at the cutting edge of the austerity measures that are being
introduced across Europe. All the evidence
shows that while these measures may protect the interests of the rich, they just
make matters worse for the majority of the population. What happens in Greece
today we will see in Portugal tomorrow and in Ireland the day after. In
Britain, the coalition government is pursuing similar measures which will see
workers' earnings reduced, see them working longer for a smaller pension, and
the NHS dismantled, along with other public services.
Mikis Theodorakis, famous Greek composer of Zorba's Dance, and Manolis
Glezos, veteran resistance fighter against the Nazi occupation, have issued a
call for a European Front to defend the people of Greece and all those facing
austerity. We have decided to support this call and work with trade unions,
campaigns and parties across Europe to establish a European Solidarity Campaign
to defend the people of Greece. We will organise solidarity and raise practical
support for the people of Greece; they cannot be made to pay for a crisis for
which they are not responsible. Tony Benn
Len McCluskey General secretary, Unite
Mark Serwotka General secretary, PCS
Bob Crow General secretary, RMT
Billy Hayes General secretary, CWU
Michelle Stanistreet General secretary, NUJ
Manuel Cortes General secretary, TSSA
Matt Wrack General secretary, FBU
Christine Blower General secretary, NUT
Jeremy Corbyn MP
Caroline Lucas MP
John McDonnell MP
Andrew Burgin Secretary, Coalition of Resistance
Romayne Phoenix Chair, Coalition of Resistance
Imran Khan Co-chair, People's Charter
John Hendy Co-chair, People's Charter
Frank Cooper President, National Pensioners Convention
Tariq Ali
Owen Jones
Lee Jasper Black Activists Rising Against Cuts
Paul Mackney Vice-chair, Coalition of Resistance
James Meadway Senior economist, New Economics Foundation
Kate Hudson
Lindsey German
Rachel Newton Convenor, People's Charter
Sean Rilla Razka President-elect, ULU
Pete Murry Green party trade union group
Peter Allen Convenor, Green Left
Patrick Sikorski RMT
Chris Bambery
Clare Solomon Co-editor Springtime: The New Student Rebellions
Cherry Sewell Coalition of Resistance
Cat Boyd Chair, Coalition of Resistance Glasgow
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