Direkt im Anschluss an das Europäische Sozialforum hat die Versammlung sozialer Bewegungen zwei Aufrufe zu massiven Mobilisierungen beschlossen. Über 5.000 Menschen aus ganz Europa nahmen an der Versammlung teil. 40 RednerInnen fassten die Ergebnisse des Forums zusammen.

Nach der Demonstration von 1 Million Menschen gegen den Krieg in Florenz ruft die Versammlung zu massivem Widerstand gegen den Krieg im Irak auf. "Eine Welle von Demonstrationen, Aktionen zivilen Ungehorsams und Konferenzen gegen den Krieg wird über Europa gehen!", fasste Sven Giegold, Mitglied des Koordinierungskreises von Attac Deutschland zusammen.

In verschiedenen Themenbereichen wurden europaweite Netzwerke gegründet, um die Arbeit der verschiedenen Bewegungen und Organisationen zu koordinieren und zu verstärken. Darunter Netzwerke gegen die GATS-Verhandlungen bei der WTO, gegen die Privatisierung und für die Wiederaneignung öffentlicher Dienstleistungen, gegen Steuerflucht und Steueroasen, prekäre Beschäftigung, für das Recht auf Gesundheit für alle und viele weitere.

"Die über 60.000 registrierten Delegierten des Europäischen Sozialforums und die von ihnen gegründeten Netzwerke sind die Grundlage einer wirklichen europäischen Demokratie.", so Giegold weiter.

Für Rückfragen in Florenz:
Astrid Kraus, mobil 0178-8772202
Hugo Braun, mobil 0171-5422515
Sven Giegold, mobil 0163-5957590

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Anti war call
Decided by the Assembly of Social Movements,
10th of November 2002, Florence

To all citizens of Europe Together we can stop this war!

We, the European Social Movements are fighting for social rights and social justice, for democracy and against all forms of oppression.

We stand for a world of diversity, freedom and mutual respect.

We believe this war, whether it has UN backing or not, will be a catastrophe for the people of Iraq - already suffering because of the embargo and Saddam Hussein regime - and for people across Middle East. It should be opposed by everyone who believes in democratic, political solutions to international conflicts because it will be a war with the potential to lead to global disaster.

There is massive opposition to war in every country of Europe. Hundreds of thousands have already mobilised for peace.

We call on the movements and citizens of Europe to start:
- organising massive opposition to an attack on Iraq in every country, starting now.
- if war starts to protest immediately and call national demonstrations the next Saturday.
- to start organising European anti-war demonstration in every capital on February 15.

Call of the European Social Movements
Decided by the Assembly of Social Movements,
10th of November 2002, Florence

We have come together from the social and citizens movements from all the regions of Europe, East and West, North and South.

We have come together through a long process: the demonstrations of Amsterdam, Seattle, Prague, Nice, Genoa, Brussels, Barcelona, the big mobilisations against neoliberalism as well as the general strikes for the defence of social rights and all the mobilisations against war, show the will to build another Europe. At the global level we recognise the Charter of Principles of WSF and the call of social movements of Porto Alegre.

We have gathered in Florence to express our opposition to a European order based on corporate power and neoliberalism. This market model leads to constant attacks on the conditions and rights of workers, social inequalities and oppression of women and ethnic minorities, and social exclusion of the unemployed and migrants. It leads to environmental degradation, privatisation and job insecurity. It drives powerful countries to try and dominate the economies of weaker countries, often to deny them real self-determination. Once more it is leading to war.

We have come together to strengthen and enlarge our alliances because the constitution of another Europe and another world is now urgent. We seek to create a world of equality, social rights and respect for diversity, a world in which education, fair jobs, healthcare and housing are rights for all, with the right to consume safe foods produced by farmers and peasants, a world without poverty, without sexism, without racism, and without homophobia. A world that puts people before profits. A world without war.

We have come together to discuss alternatives but we must continue to enlarge our networks and to plan the campaigns and struggles that together can make this different future possible. Great movements and struggles have begun across Europe: the European social movements are representing a new and concrete possibility to build up another Europe for another world. We commit ourselves to enlarge our networks for the next year in the following mobilisations and campaigns:

1. Against neoliberalism:...
2. Against war:...
3. Against racism:...
4. Against sexism and homophobia:...
5. For rights and "another Europe":...