May of Solidarity sent a message across Europe:
- Let’s fight together and build a transnational movement of resistance in and through Europe and Beyond!
- Let’s cross borders in solidarity and build democracy from below!
Solidarity beyond Borders – Building Democracy from Below was the motto for a May of Solidarity and Action
Days just before the European elections. Launched by the transnational European coordination of and for Blockupy it was a powerful moment of Europe-wide mobilization and solidarity. Thousands of people throughout the continent – in Germany, Poland, Italy, France, Belgium, Spain, Austria, Greece and Portugal – took to the streets and demonstrated against austerity policies pushed by the Troika and the EU, against ongoing attempts to privatize commons and public services, against institutional racism fostered by border regimes and immigration laws, against the resurge of nationalism and right wing populism as well as against exploitation, poor working conditions and further neoliberal trade agreements such as TTIP furthering global capitalism.
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