Warm up for Blockupy Zeil – Benetton blockupied in Italy!

Kategorie: Uncategorized | 24. May 2013

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Following the recent events in Bangladesh, where 1,127 people died in the collapse of a textile factory, the main store of the multinational company Benetton has been blocked in many cities in the Northeast of Italy. In Venice, Vicenza, Padua, Trieste and Trento outlets of the multinational were closed. Banners above windows where clothes are usually on display, photos and signs showed the true face of Benetton. The crisis actor was marked colorfully. For more information: Global Project

Block business! Mark exploitation! Demonstrate solidarity!

Blockupy is part of a European wide network of various social movement activists, altermondialists, migrants, jobless, precarious and industry workers, party members and unionists and many more from many different European countries from Italy, Spain, Greece, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, France, Germany and other countries. Together we want to connect our struggles and powers beyond nation-state lines. Together we want to create a common European movement, united in diversity, which can break the rule of austerity and will start to build democracy and solidarity from below. Blockupy and the actions in Frankfurt are only one step along this way. As a transnational movement we oppose explicitly each and every attempt for racist, nationalist or antisemitic divisions as well as conspiracy theories to interpret the world. The German Blockupy alliance is supported by activists from various emancipatory groups and organizations; among others, the interventionist Left, Attac, Occupy Frankfurt, trade unions, youth and student organizations, the forum of the unemployed in Germay (Erwerbslosenforum), the party DIE LINKE, the network peace cooperative (Netzwerk Friedenskooperative) and the alliance umsGanze...