Alliance Against Austerity - English
Channel: European Left
Date: 2016-06-28

In the heart of many Europeans, Europe was a virtuous idea that sought to bring a continent together in peace and harmony. But the free-marketers have put an end to that. Where once we aspired to the ideals of peace, cooperation, sharing and the real economy, we now have competition, confiscation and finance. Europe has become a laboratory for cruel economic experiments. Our dream is now a nightmare in which we repeat the mantra of Margaret Thatcher ad infinitum: ‘There is no alternative’.
Yet in every country there are alternative political and social forces – communists, socialists, reds and greens – who refuse to accept this diktat. These forces have come together to create the Party of the European Left, or the EL. Their vision is to set out an alternative to the current system, under the banner of an ‘Alliance against Austerity’.