Newsgroup: it.politica.internazionale
Titolo: Noi poveri inermi plebei contro Wall Street!

Hi -- 
The failures of global finance are really getting bad now - from collapses 
and bailouts to pensions, jobs and the threat of recession. I just signed an 
urgent petition to fix the basic causes of this crisis at the link below. 
It's about to be delivered to European leaders, but to make an impact we 
need a massive global outcry to fix these flaws and loopholes and make sure 
the public interest is protected in future - please take a look and consider 
signing too:
http://www.avaaz.org/en/global_finance_action/98.php
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On Monday Lehman Brothers, one of the world's biggest investment banks, went 
bust with debts of $613 billion, and other institutions and markets are 
plunging. Many are calling this the worst moment since the Crash of 1929 --  
the global financial crisis is at the tipping point, and citizens everywhere 
must raise our voice for action in the public interest.[1] Our jobs, 
savings, pensions and public services are in danger because of the 
financiers' folly -- now the snowballing crisis risks triggering a global 
recession, hurting the poor most and drowning out all the other issues we 
care about.
Trillions of public money are being staked to stop a global meltdown, but 
no-one's addressed the basic causes yet -- so we're launching an urgent 
campaign for regulation to stop the financiers' risky practices, which have 
saddled the world with unsustainable levels of debt and risk.[2] A former 
prime minister has promised to help deliver our call to European leaders 
next week, we'll bring it to US Congress and the next president too -- but 
we need a massive outcry to get them moving -- so please follow the link 
below now to sign the petition, then forward it widely to friends and 
family:
http://www.avaaz.org/en/global_finance_action
Global financial markets sometimes seem untameable -- but the rules that 
govern them are full of simple flaws and loopholes, and if we seize this 
moment and act together we can fix them. Cut free by deregulation and driven 
by greed, the financiers built up huge debts and risks without proper 
oversight, seeking short-term returns from tax dodges and engineering 
spaghetti-like financial complexity. Left without decent rules, they thought 
they could make up their own, and the profits rolled in for a wealthy few --  
then it all came tumbling down, with the rest of us left to pay the price. 
Even champions of the free market are now calling for better regulation.[3]
We're finding powerful allies flocking to the cause, like former Danish 
Prime Minister Poul Rasmussen who's pledged to take our campaign to fellow 
European politicians next Tuesday -- and in the weeks to come, we'll deliver 
it to the US Congress, the next US president and other global leaders too as 
they grapple with this crisis.[4] So sign the emergency campaign today at 
this link, and forward this message to family and friends who might be 
affected too:
http://www.avaaz.org/en/global_finance_action
With hope and determination,
Paul, Graziela, Ricken, Ben, Iain, Veronique, Brett, Pascal, Milena and the 
whole Avaaz team
Sources:
1. Reuters: "Lehman fallout threatens global recession"
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN1550153420080915
2. For a detailed and authoritative explanation of the debt explosion and 
the dangers of complexity, see the Annual Report of the Bank for 
International Settlements (30 June 2008), particularly the introduction and 
conclusion:
http://www.bis.org/publ/arpdf/ar2008e.htm
3. Financial Times: "The end of lightly regulated finance", Martin Wolf, 6 
May 2008.
http://blogs.ft.com/wolfforum/2008/09/the-end-of-lightly-regulated-finance-has-come-far-closer/
"Seven habits finance regulators must acquire", 6 May 2008.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/52bf0f4a-1b8b-11dd-9e58-0000779fd2ac.html
"Six principles for a new regulatory order", Lawrence Summers (former US 
Treasury Secretary), 2 June 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/52bf0f4a-1b8b-11dd-9e58-0000779fd2ac.html
4. Avaaz met with Poul Rasmussen and other European and American 
progressives yesterday to coordinate our efforts. Among the key proposals 
are "capital requirements" (holding sufficient funds to back loans or debts) 
and "transparency" (telling regulators, investors and the public what you 
own and what you owe). For more background, see this interview:
http://www.euractiv.com/en/financial-services/interview-real-step-regulate-hedge-funds/article-175450
To follow the latest news on the crisis, we suggest 
http://ftalphaville.ft.com/
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9:33 AM

 Am.
#_...e manco da adesso!!! la mia wall strett e` nel mio orto e nelle varie 
comuni che frequento.
Ma tu?...L'hai firmata?
G.