"It establishes a legally new European Union in the constitutional form of a supranational European State." says Professor Anthony Coughlan in The Brussels Journal - "These Boots Are Gonna Walk All Over You"
In fact, the new treaty does not differ in any important aspect from the treaty of 2005. The big difference is that, this time around, only the people of Ireland will have the right to a referendum. The politicians bought up by the corporations will decide for the rest of us. The total lack of democracy of this new treaty is as flagrant as in the original TEC.
*James Tobin (1918 – 2002), an American economist who saw his brainchild of taxing financial transactions 'misused' by associations like Attac and who declared that his intention was not anti-capitalist, but only a means of slowing down the rate of capital transfer.
The message of Attac is very succinctly and beautifully set down in a brochure that was sent out very recently. (translated from French by Siv O'Neall)
ATTAC – "ANOTHER WORLD IS POSSIBLE"
IN 2008 THERE IS NO REASON TO HESITATE
The financial crisis is not an accident, it is the logical result of a gigantic casino which plays roulette with the future of the world for ever-increasing profits. This proves that taxation of financial transactions is essential.
The explosion of inequality in the world is a recognized fact, it is due to the hijacking by shareholders of the wealth produced by workers, all planned by bosses and neoliberal governments. Respect for social rights and social protection for everybody is more valuable than stock market indexes.
Productivity that destroys the ecological balance is exacerbated by the search for short-term profit. Saving the planet will not be possible without a radical overhaul of economic development, which has to be oriented towards the satisfaction of social needs!
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