Since the beginning of the 2000s, austerity and the privatization of hospitals have slashed the number of available beds and taken them out of public hands.
As a result, health care costs have increased and are now borne by the sick, reinforcing a two-tier system. But more importantly, they have undermined the system’s ability to respond to a pandemic such as the coronavirus.
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Our Health is Not for Sale!
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April 7: International day against Commercialisation and Privatisation of Health
6 FebruaryOn 7 April, for the 6th year in a row, we organized decentralized actions all over Europe for the European Day of Action Against the Commercialization of Health and People’s Health Day throughout the world.
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Support for the Saharawi people!
26 November 2020From Alter Summmit, we call on the UN, European Institutions and the government of Spain to stop the aggressions of the Kingdom of Marocco against the Saharawi people and their lands.
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Suppport to Greek organizations celebrating the student uprising of 1973
25 November 2020Unions and associations’ representatives of all over Europe participating in the Alter Summit Conference denounce the violent and completely unjustified attack of the Greek police against gatherings of unions’ and other collectivities for the 47th anniversary of the students uprising against the dictatorship. The repression in 1973 leads to 24 deaths and a hundred of injured people (1967-1974).
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European mobilization of health and care workers
22 October 2020A week of action will take place from the 26-30 October across Europe. It will coincide with the call of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) and the global trade union federations for a day of action, “investing in care now”, on the 29 October.
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Statement - A new migration package for nothing!
28 September 2020Once again, the situation on the borders of Europe - especially in the Moria camp on Lesbos, ravaged by fire on the night of 8-9 September - reveals the non-politics of the European Union in the area of migration; the objective seems to be the decay of the situation, regardless of the human and social consequences.
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Health for All: "let’s confine finance and austerity!"
15 May 2020After April 7th, the action continues: "Spread the solidarity, not the virus." Alter Summit endorses the press release of the European Network against Health commercialization and People’s Health Movement.
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On April 7, 2020, World Health Day, Spread European solidarity for a universal public health policy
6 April 2020For Europe we demand a public health service that is based on solidarity and that is universal and accessible to all, everywhere.
Hang your messages on a white sheet in a visible place or make a poster at home -
Pandemic of neoliberal capitalism
27 March 2020Faced with the virus, we humans rediscover our fragility.
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Invest in health for all: “spread solidarity, not the virus”
16 March 2020Today, more than ever, it is urgent to act. The COVID-19 outbreak shows us the importance of coordinated action, not only in our own local health systems, but also nationally and internationally. What we need now is a strong solidarity-based health system for all and coordination that surpasses national borders, with effective action on a European and a global level.
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Support for the Helliniko Social Dispensary in Athens
9 March 2020The Helliniko Metropolitan Social Dispensary (MKIE) in Athens is once again threatened with eviction in favour of the largest privatisation project of an urban waterfront in Europe. Helliniko SA demands, in fact, by ultimatum set for 13/03/2020 at the latest, that the dispensary leave the premises that had been granted to them by the municipality of Helliniko-Argyropolis since December 2011.
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European Green Deal
5 March 2020Presentations during the Alter Summit Assembly on February 21 2020.
PowerPoint of Boris Fronteddu from OSE (in FR)
Text of the PowerPoint in EN
PowerPoint of Pierre Larrouturou, MEP S&D -
Feminist struggles in a Europe of austerity
4 March 2020Feminist mobilization has taken off in recent years in Europe (and worldwide). The improvement of the organisation of the movement (decentralisation, diversity of modes of action, internationalisation), the strong mobilisation of the new generations, the rise in general awareness on the theme but also the violence of neo-liberal and authoritarian attacks targeting women, should reinforce this dynamic.
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Next Alter Summit Assembly - 21&22 February - Brussels
4 February 2020The next Alter Summit assembly will take place on 21&22 February in Brussels.
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Belgium: national demonstration for social security
28 January 2020This Tuesday 28 January, the FGTB Confederation is mobilising to defend the social security of Belgians.
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Campaign 7 April 2020: "Our Health is not for sale!"
20 January 2020"We are ready to strengthen our joint work and build the mobilization towards 7th April 2020 – People’s Health Day and day of action against the commercialization of health, together with all those who struggle for a better, more just and healthier world."
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30 January: call to a general strike in the Basque Country
9 January 2020In the Basque Country also, the mobilisation is important for decent pensions. But also for quality jobs and social rights in general.
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In France the strike goes on. Support it!
29 November 2019Updated on March 2
The social movement opposes the project to introduce a points-based pension system and calls for an improvement of the existing system, which has suffered a deterioration as a result of previous reforms.
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Struggle of undocumented workers at Chronopost
11 October 2019At the Alter Summit meeting held in Paris on 4 and 5 October, the undocumented strikers of Chronopost came to present their struggle.
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20-27 September - Global Climate Strike
17 September 2019"This September, millions of us will walk out of our workplaces and homes to join young climate strikers on the streets and demand an end to the age of fossil fuels.
Our house is on fire — let’s act like it. We demand climate justice for everyone."
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