50,000 delegates at European Social Forum in Paris

international | anti-capitalism | news report Monday November 17, 2003 14:32 by rory hearne - globalise resistance globalise_resistance at yahoo dot com

Eyewitness report

The ESF took place in Paris last week and was a huge success and step forward for the social movement against neo-liberalism and war.

Over 50,000 registered at the forum, 200000 marched on the demo and over 2000 attended the final assembly.

The final assembly of the social movements has agreed that march 20th will be an international day of action against war (it called for immediate withdrawal of occupation troops, and justice for palestine and russia troops to withdraw from chechyna) and there has been an agreement to organise a common day of action in europe for social rights (pensions, against EU constitution, defend public services, workers rights) by the social movements especially with involvment of key trade unions. Also May 9th will be a day of protest and strike against the signing of the EU constitution (they say it will be in Rome.)
also sat 13th dec in dublin- launch of alliance for a europe of social rights-in a world without war-alliance involving everybody and group that wants to mobilise around eu presidency meetings and summits during our presidency and mobilise around march 20th and day of action for a social europe -proposed at ISF assembly in october and at ESF in Paris also-

Fuller report soon
eyewitness report back meeting at teachers club, 36 parnell sq, on wed 19th at 7.30pm -