Greece Solidarity Campaign Feb/March 2016 update

Greece Solidarity Campaign Feb/March 2016 update Refugee crisis needs urgent pan-European action  GSC statement on the refugee crisis ahead of the campaigns latest delegation visited Athens 6-8 March, pictured here in the docks of Piraeus with volunteers. Read more Lammy - what I learnt visiting refugees in Greece  David Lammy on his visit to a refugee camp in Athens organised by the GSC. Read more  More delegation reports coming soon. Restructure the debt: Reconstruct democracy  Members of the Greek Debt Truth Commission spoke at a session of the EU Parliament 1 March, organised by MEP Nikolaos Chountis. Read more King supports Greek debt write off  Ex-Governor of the Bank of England, Lord Mervyn King says writing off Greek debt is the only way forward, as it has been for many countries in the past.  Read more.  Syriza's parallel programme to soften austerity  In Feb the Greek Parliament voted through the Government's programme aimed at softening the impact of the austerity memoranda.Read more Resistance as Greek bailout demands pension 'reforms'  In Feb continued mass protests againstpension cuts. Read more  Troika demand further 'reforms'. Read more.  UN report - austerity killing patients in Greece  Report on Greece for the UN says "excessive austerity in the public health care sector' literally killed the nurse and doctor before turning to the patient” Read more The decision on Grexit - turning point for Syriza?  Interviewed in the New Left Review, Stathis Kouvelakis, discusses the decision not to leave the EU and the subsequent repositioning of Syriza.  Read more  Building people powered alternative institutions  Christos Giovanopolous, Solidarity 4 All discusses the role of building structures of social solidarity to overcome the politics of neoliberalism.  Read more  Chomsky on twin crisis bearing on Greece  Noam Chomsky talks about the debt crisis in Greece and the causes of the European refugee crisis now pushing Greece to the brink. Read more May 13 - Medical Aid for Greece dinner   At the Cyrpriot Centre, Wood Green, London. £30 per head for delicious food, live music, raffle and auction. Email early to book individual tickets or a table.  Solidarity needed now more than ever  There are many ways to support the campaign as an individual or organisation. Contact to find out how. National organising meetings 3rdwednesday monthly, 6.30pm, Unite the Union HQ London. All welcome.

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