(Act III on strikes in the frame of Blockupy discussions about perspectives in social struggles) On 18.3.15 we expect a big transnational mobilisation in Frankfurt against the official opening of the new tower of the European Central Bank, against one symbol of the capitalist policy of austerity, precarity and exploitation. On 18.3 we will denounce the power of the Troika and the blackmailing against Greece: we will make the ECB and the European Union accountable for their actions! We know … [Read more...]

The hour of the lord, writes the Apostle Paul, comes like a thief in the night. This line is taken from a letter to the Thessalonians, a community where today’s Saloniki in Greece is located. An incredible coincidence – as today we are also faced with a new era, one that has broken out rather suddenly with its origin in Greece. The challenges of this new era do not simply depend on one government’s ability to fulfil voters’ expectations, because the great changes that are approaching and which … [Read more...]

in less than two weeks, on March 18th, thousands of people from all over Europe and Germany will come to Frankfurt to join the transnational, European wide actions when the ECB will inaugurate its new headquarters. They will come to the city for a day of protest against the crisis regime of the Troika and EU, enforced primarily by the German government. We will take the streets and the squares of Frankfurt - in the early morning of the 18th around the ECB in Frankfurt’s East with actions of … [Read more...]

Blockupy goes Naxos Theater Willy Praml in Waldschmidtstr. 19 With NoTroika-Infopoint, Activists-Kitchen, Anti-Repression, Out-of-action-area Tuesday, March 17th 11am – NoTroika-Working-Breakfast: Activists from in and out of town are meeting for breakfast and work on the tasks of the day: building up, organizing, crafting, putting up posters… 17pm – Activists-Meeting: Information for the Activists from out of town, debate, engagements, assigning tasks 20pm - Activists-Kitchen: … [Read more...]

On Wednesday the 4th March, a delegation of the Blockupy International coordination was invited in the plenary of the European Left in the European Parliament. The main task was to present the transnational mobilization towards Frankfurt on the March 18th. The further goal of this meet-up and several working group meetings is to mobilize members of European Parliament to Frankfurt and to organize the practical coordination during the day. The presence of Members of the European Parliament in … [Read more...]

Call to 18 and 19 March in Frankfurt from Sciopero Sociale / Strike Meeting Italy By now the time of the technical government of the crisis, the time of austerity as a «mandatory choice», ended. Now more than ever it’s clear that the policies imposed by the Troika under the label of unavoidable necessities depend on the deliberate political choice to transform Europe in a space in which millions of men and women are doomed to precarity in working and living conditions, unemployment and … [Read more...]

Statement of adhesion - SEL ( Italy) The new BCE “Eurotower” building will be inaugurated in Frankurt on March 18th "Blockupy”, the European social and political coalition, has launched a mobilization for a large demonstration in Frankfurt that same day. While inside that huge contemporary pyramid, worth 1.3 billion euros, the opening gala will be performed in luxury, we will be outside, together with thousands of precarious workers, students, workers, citizens harshly affected and hurt … [Read more...]