15 OTTOBRE 2005 : A DAY OF MOBILIZATION FOR EUROPE ITALY NATIONAL RALLY IN ROME Piazza della Repubblica h. 15:00

IN DEFENCE OF SOCIAL RIGHTS AND THE RIGHTS OF LABOUR, OF COMMON GOODS AND PUBLIC SERVICES, AGAINST THE BOLKESTEIN DIRECTIVE AND AGAINST THE WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION AGREEMENTS

Water, air, energy, territory, environment are all natural common goods necessary for the survival of human beings and for life itself upon the Earth. They cannot become goods for profit at the service of the multinational corporations.

Housing, education, health, social security, transportation, training, knowledge and culture are social common goods, of which public services represent a guarantee of universality. They cannot be privatized and managed in the logic of profit.

Thirty years of single liberalistic thought has transformed common goods and public services into economic goods and universal rights into merchandise to be bought. They look towards a horizon where each individual is alone and thrown into the labour market in direct competition against all the others. They want everything public to disappear along with social, labour and citizens’ rights.

Today more than ever, labour rights, common goods and public services are under attack:

a) at a global level, across World Trade Organization negotiations, that are pushing towards the complete liberalization of services (Gats) and toward total deregulation of labour (Nama), consolidating the dominance of rich countries over the South of the world. Under these aspects the next appointments around the middle of October in Geneva and the middle of December in Honk Kong will be decisive;

b) At the European level, across the draft Bolkestein directive aiming at the privatization of all service activities, deregulation and total labour insecurity through the Country of Origin Principle, bringing to zero the decision making powers of local governments. The European Parliament vote is foreseen at the end of October;

c) At a national and local level, through the advancement of the privatization process and the deterioration of public services, deprived of financial resources and personnel, while military and war expenditures constantly increase.

It is time to change. It’s time to say it’s enough with this continuous subtraction of social and citizens’ rights. It’s time to say enough to labour and life insecurity.

This is the reason why we adhere to the European day of mobilization promoted by the movement and union networks of the ESF. We right away invite the promotion of initiatives for the awareness and for mobilization all over the territory. We have made an appointment with everyone for a great NATIONAL RALLY on Saturday, October 15 in Rome.

In defence of common goods and public services, of social rights and labour rights. For the withdrawal of the Bolkestein directive. For the withdrawal of the World Trade Organization agreements. To put an end to privatizations policies and drastically reduce military expenditure. For a new concept of public participation, for relaunching of the public role and democratic participation of the citizens.

In the morning on the 15th (h. 9:00 - 13:00), in the Julius Caesar room in the Town hall of Rome, a national reunion of Local Governments who are against the Bolkestein and Gats will take place, promoted by the Finance and Cultural Councillors of the Roman Region, by the Presidency of the Council of the Roman Providence and by the Suburban Policy Councillor for local development and employment of the Roman Municipality. Upon the closing of the meeting the representatives of Local Governments will join the demonstration.

Promoting: Campagna Nazionale “Stop Bolkestein! Stop Gats” - Arci - Attac Italia - Abruzzo Social Forum - Beati costruttori di pace - Carta - CNS Ecologia Politica - Confederazione Cobas - Coordinamento dei collettivi universitari Roma - Crbm - Filcem Cgil - Fiom Cgil - Flc Cgil - Forum Ambientalista - Forum per la democrazia costituzionale europea - Forum sociale del ponente genovese - Fp Cgil - Giovani comunisti/e - Giuristi Democratici Roma - Il Manifesto - Legambiente - Liberazione - Lunaria - Marcia mondiale delle donne - Pdci - Prc - Punto Rosso Forum Mondiale delle Alternative - Giampiero Rasimelli (portavoce Forum Terzo Settore) - Rete dei Forum e dei movimenti toscani - Rete Lilliput - Rete 28 aprile della Cgil -Rete Verso il Forum Italiano dei Movimenti per l’Acqua - Rivista Erre - S.in Cobas - Sult - Unione degli studenti - Unione degli Universitari - Verdi

Collective joins Aprile per la sinistra, Area antagonista campana, Ass. “A Sud”, Ass. Italia-Nicaragua, Bastaguerra, Brescia Social Forum, Centro diritti del Lavoro “P. Alò” Sinistra Europea, Cesp (Centro studi per la scuola pubblica), Collettivo operatori sociali Napoli, Comitato fiorentino Fermiamo la guerra, Comitato Italiano per il Contratto Mondiale dell’Acqua, Comitato Territoriale Savonese per il Contratto Mondiale dell’Acqua, Coord. Regionale Acqua pubblica Lazio, Csoa Officina 99, Failms centro sud, Fisac Cgil Provincia Latina, Giuristi Democratici Modena, Gruppo consiliare PRC comune di Firenze, Il Battito del mondo, Laboratorio occupato Ska, Lavoro Società Cgil Lombardia, Mountain Widerness Italia, Pmli, Rete Nuovo Municipio, Precarie e precari Napoli May Day, Progetto Comunista Prc, Social Forum Ponente Savonese, Sud Pontino Social Forum, La scuola siamo noi coordinamento scuole di Parma, Gruppo consiliare Prc di Vicchio (FI),

Individual joins Vittorio Agnoletto (europarlamentare Gue), Michele Capuano (segreteria assessorato Tutela consumatori Regione Lazio), Silvio Gambino (università della Calabria), Sandro Giannetti (PRC Tivoli), Antonello Falomi (senatore «Il cantiere»), Riccardo Fortuna (capogruppo Pdci provincia di Viterbo), Luca Maniero (master università Bocconi), Francesco Martone (senatore indipendente Prc), Antonio Mazzeo (redazione di Terrelibere.org), Luciano Muhlbauer (consigliere regionale Prc Lombardia), Roberto Musacchio (europarlamentare Gue), Anna Nocentini (consigliera comunale Firenze), Franco Ottaviano (presidente Casa delle Culture Roma), Marco Rizzo (Capogruppo Pdci Parlamento europeo), Ines Venturi (presidente Ass. Internazionale di Amicizia e Solidarietà con i popoli), Fabio Massimo Vernillo (casa dei popoli «Antonio Capuano» Roma), Domenico Cilione (Portavoce Forum territoriale del terzo settore comune di Motta S. Giovanni RC).