15 Φεβρουαρίου 2009

26th international European Youth Meeting


For 26 years, the summer camp of the youth of the Fourth International has been a unique opportunity for activists form all over Europe to get together.

During the week from the 25th to the 31st July, more than 300 young people all the way from Portugal to Russia and from Scotland to the Philippines (and Belguim, Great Britain, Germany, Denmark, Switzerland, Spain State, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, Catalonia and the Basque Country too!) will assemble in Greece, developing bonds of compradeship, self-managing their vacation space and organizing a wide range of discussions concerning our era as well as socialism.

The summer camp of the Fourth international offers a week of theoretical pursuits and debates on the development of our resistance to neoliberal capitalism as well as various actions with Marxism as a focal point.

The summer camp constitutes a unique space to cultivate the exchange of ideas, views and the discussion of a variety of significant experiences. It is a field where all these experiences combine in a common, internationalist approach to our common struggles.

It is a camp committed to the cause of constructing the essential contemporary and internationalism of our era!

More than 80 workshops, thematic meetings, educational forums and sessions will take place throughout the week on the crucial, current issues of our era such as war, racism, climate change, labor demands, feminism, sexuality, youth struggles, capitalist globalization as well as global developments, focusing on the Middle-East, Latin America and the global South.

A series of discussions will be held concerning the history of the labor movement and theoretical pursuits with an internationalist, anticapitalist, revolutionary orientation.

In addition to the discussions, the location where the summer camp will take place, near the town of Ioannina, offers participants the opportunity to appreciate the scenic Greek countryside . It is an ideal spot for long nature walks.

The cost of participation in the summer camp will be approximately 80 euros (including residence and daily food).

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