Joint appeal for the European elections

Published on Tuesday, 06 May 2014 11:12

From Fabio Amato, Luca Casarini, Raffaella Bollini, Tommasso Fattori – candidates for the European Parliament with ANOTHER EUROPE WITH TSIPRAS (Italy) – Harris Golemis, Natassa Theodorakopoulou, Giannis Bournous – candidates for the European Parliament with SYRIZA (Greece).

We, signatories of this appeal, have been friends and comrades since the late ‘90s. We have the same views on social transformation in our countries and the reconstruction of Europe with the common struggle of Left parties, labor unions and social movements. We've participated in marches throughout Europe, the movement against globalization, the World and European Forum, Florence 10+10, and the Alter Summit. As candidates in the upcoming election for the European Parliament, we call upon all progressive people in Europe to vote for the lists in Greece, Italy and all the European countries that support Alexis Tsipras’ candidacy for President of the European Commission.

Fabio Amato is responsible for International Relations of the Communist Refoundation Party, member of its National Political Committee, and moderator of the election campaign of the ELP. He was one of the leading figures of the euromarches in Italy, took part in the Genoa Social Forum, and today is active in the antiwar movement and the movement of solidarity to Palestine, the Kurdish people and Latin America.

Luca Casarini comes from Italy’s Social Centres and has fought for the Commons and the environment. He was one of the leaders in the Disobbedienti movement and the anti-globalization movement, and takes part in the movement for the closure of immigration detention centers in Italy and the struggle against importation of GM products into Europe.

Raffaella Bollini is a member of the National Board, International Relations moderator and in charge of the “Commons” in the ARCI organization. She’s active in the anti-racist movement and in the peace movement. She is a member of the International Board of the World Social Forum, the Executive Committee of Euromed Network for Human Rights, and the Alter Summit Organizing Committee.

Tommaso Fattori is a founding member of the Italian Forum of Water Movements and one of the promoters of the successful referendum against the privatization of water in 2011. He participates in the organizing Committee of the World Alternative Water Forum, in the Climate Forum, and Alter Summit. He is the director of Transform! Italia and is active in the European Network of Political foundations.

Originally published: http://left.gr/news/koini-ekklisi-gia-tis-eyroekloges