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Within the context of its fight against corporate globalization which has the Danone lay-offs for stock market convenience as an ordinary consequence, ATTAC is asking for concrete steps against the hegemony of financial markets, and among others, the establishment of the Tobin tax and the out-lawing of tax havens.

Here is the target of the campaign “2001. Europe, Tobin immediately“ for which June 9 will be a very important moment. This day will indeed mark the launching of a series of actions, entitled Good Havens and aiming for tax havens located in Europe.

Local committees of the Midi-Pyrénées region and some of Aquitaine and Languedoc-Roussillon, coordinated around the initiative from ATTAC-Ariège, will launch this day an initiative against the Andorra Principality. We invite you to get into contact with attac09@attac.org is you live in this region.

On a larger scale, June 9 will also be marked by a national action, which has been imagined by the local committees of Britain and Normandy against another tax haven: Jersey. This action results from a call, not only from ATTAC-France but also from some of its founding members, CFDT Banques, CGT Finances and SNUI, supported by ATTACs from other European countries: Austria, Belgium, Ireland, Spain, Holland, Poland, Switzerland. The goal is not to condemn more particularly this one or this one micro-state or territory, but rather, through two concrete cases, to denounce an international financial system which rests on the existence of urban area where law and order have broken down. Each citizen is personnaly affected by the consequences, as much as it is demonstrated by documents of the campaign “2001. Europe, Tobin immediately “, our banks directly contribute to the development of tax havens. We must recall them, wherever we are. 

ATTAC thus invites all of you to participate in large numbers to those initiatives, the kick-off of a series of actions planned in France and Europe all along Year 2001. In France, they will lead to a national mobilisation on the beginning of December. It will be the opportunity for introducing in the public debate analysis and propositions of ATTAC in the prospects of the elections of 2002.

Translation: Jean Pierre Schermann, volunteer translator coorditrad@attac.org

June 9,
the "folle journée"

In Saint Malo
Actions and knowledge
The morning will start by a festive demonstration bringing the delegates to the boat to Jersey. After a lunch and some symbolic actions, we will start the workshops that will be held in classrooms within the cities. These workshop will be managed by the Scientific council and internaitonal experts. In the evening after welcoming the coming back of the delegates a public conference will take place

In Jersey
Questioning and conscious-raising
Sailing boats will demonstrate around the island meanwhile the delegates are arriving with the ferry boat. A small delegation will try to meet Jersey authorities and/or bank representatives. In the meantime most of the delegates using peaceful and festive means, will participate to symbolic actions. To raise awareness on the issue of tax havens in Europe, discussing with the local people and the tourists will be most of their activities.
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