Dear all please spread the following invitation widely!

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INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE IN OCT 11
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There is a call for an international day of action on October 11 against TTIP, TISA and CETA. It is copied below. Please circulate it as widely as possible and if your group would like to undersign it please email lucile@... with the following subject line: ”Signing call, October 11".

At the TTIP conference in Brussels on the 15th of July, a first co-ordinating meeting was held and a Oct 11 working group was formed. 
The call is for local groups to organise autonomously and to choose the most appropriate messaging for their own campaign. 
In this framework, the role of the working group is not to lead, but to facilitate international communication, and to provide visibility and support to local groups.This will happen in various ways according to the capacity of the group: from spreading information through mailing lists, to creating a website with the list of all the actions.

The next meeting of the international group will be on Friday 25th July at 11 am (Brussels time*) on Mumble** and it is open to whoever would like to contribute actively to the process.

If interested please do also join the organising list:  11oct-organise@...

If instead you would only like to be kept up to date with the developments of the action please join the announcements list: 11oct-announcements@...

We look forward to working together!


*time converter: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html

 ** If you have not used Mumble before please join the meeting 15min before so we can help you test your sound. Please don’t be intimidated if you have never used it! We will be there to help. 

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MUMBLE INSTRUCTIONS
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For this meeting we will use a program called Mumble, which is an open source voice chat software. 
To use it first download it here and follow the instructions for installation: http://www.mumble.com/mumble-download.php
Here is a tutorial if you need support: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SF90Qdm7mH8
Make sure you run the Audio Wizard when you start Mumble for the first time and please select the option 'Push to Talk' when doing so.

Once you have installed this program on your computer or mobile device you can login to a server. 
In Mumble click on: Server > Connect > Add new
Enter the following information:
Label : takethesquare
Address: tomalaplaza.net
Port: 64738
enter your Nickname: Your name/nickname

Once you enter look through the list of channels for: 
International > OccupyEverything
and just move there or click on it twice

We will use the following signs in the text chat during our mumble meetings:
*turn* = ask for your turn to speak
+1 or WWWW  = I agree
-1 or MMMMM = I disagree
TTTTT = technical point
##### = please kindly try to conclude your intervention, I've understood your point


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 CALL
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Reclaim Democracy!
Roll back corporate power! People and planet before profit!
 
Call for European decentralised multi-sectoral day of action against TTIP, CETA, TISA and corporate free trade agenda* – 11th October 2014**
 
Civil society, trade unions, farmers and grassroots activist groups from all over Europe call for a day of action to stop the ongoing TTIP, CETA, TiSA and other free trade negotiations and to promote alternative trade policies, which put peoples‘ rights, democracy and the environment first.
 
TTIP (Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership) and CETA (Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between Canada and EU) are the most prominent examples of how trade and investment policies are being negotiated undemocratically and in the sole interest of large corporations. Negotiations are being undertaken in secrecy, with very little information available for public scrutiny, while allowing corporate lobbies increasing influence over them.
 
Should these agreements go ahead, multinational corporations will have exclusive rights to sue governments before international panels independent from national and European legal systems. They will reduce health and safety standards in a bid for transatlantic „harmonization“ and undermine national and local governments authority to prevent harmful business practices such as fracking** or use of GMO's. They will induce the sell-off of essential public services and force workers and social rights in a race to the bottom.
These policies are closely linked to the ongoing dismantling of social standards and the push for privatization of public services in the name of "austerity", „crisis-policies“ and increasing „competitiveness“.
 
The day of action will make our dissent publicly visible in the streets of Europe. We will carry the debate about these policies into the public arena, from which the EU Commission and European governments try to keep it away. And we will promote our alternatives for different economic policies.
 
We stand in solidarity with citizens and groups around the world who share our concerns for the environment, democracy, human and social rights. TTIP/CETA/TiSA and other similar trade agreements will be stopped by the energy which the citizens of Europe, Canada and the US put into making our voices heard.
 
We call on organisations, individuals and alliances to participate by organising autonomous decentralized actions across Europe. We welcome diversity of tactics and solidarity actions from across the world that will help inform, engage and mobilise people locally.
 
We can win this battle. Together, let's roll back corporate power!
 
 
* Groups are welcome to translate, adapt and change the call for your their own mobilisation.
** Groups are also welcome to choose a different day of the week if more appropriate for their local campaign
*** The 11th October is also the Global Frack Down Day:www.globalfrackdown.org/events-2014/
 
  
First Signatories:
Campaña No al Tratado Transatlántico de Comercio e Inversiones   Spain
Farms not Factories   United Kingdom  
Attac Spain   Spain  
Entrepueblos/Entrepobles/Entrepobos/Herriarte Spain
War on Want   United Kingdom  
Corporate Europe Observatory   Belgium
PowerShift   Germany
Attac Austria   Austra
European Attac Network   Europe
Fairwatch   Italy
Occupy London   United Kingdom
Transnational Institute (TNI)  Netherlands
Seattle to Brussels Network  Europe  
MIM Moral in Motion  Netherlands
Ecologistas en Acción   Spain

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