As the financial crisis continues, more and more big businesses have an 'excuse' to cut corners by hiring underpaid labour, or laying off workers without honouring their basic rights. In reality, rather than being a setback for the big companies, the crisis seems to be speeding up the wheels of corporate capitalism by offering an increasingly consumerist society cheaper goods in exchange for consumers turning a blind eye to ethical standards. With frustrated workers all over Europe marching in solidarity on May 1, we introduce our May newsletter .on Trade&Labour...

As was announced at last year's Ecotopia camp, EYFA will no longer be involved with the organization of Ecotopia. We decided to put our energy into a different format. The outcome is a Climate Action Camp inspired by the UK and German climate camps and in collaboration with other Dutch and Belgian groups and organizations. See Climate Action Camp

Please forward the call out

The Calais No Border camp is a joint venture between French and Belgian activists and migrant support groups and the UK No Borders Network. It aims to highlight the realities of the situation in Calais and Northern France; to build links with the migrant communities; to help build links between migrants support groups; and lastly, but not least, to challenge the authorities on the ground, to protest against increased repression of migrants and local activists alike.

EYFA invites you to the 60th birthday of NATO being celebrated this spring in Strasbourg and Baden-baden. You are excused if you live in the UK and plan to attend the G20 summit in London instead. Then join us for a tour around the No Border and Climate Camps this summer and for a hitchhike to the G8 summit in Italy. We'll allow ourselves a small break before we start preparations for COP15 in Copenhagen. The UN climate summit will take place in December, exactly 10 years after the 'battle of Seattle'. Another celebration you don't want to miss out on so we hope you can make it and look forward to seeing you there. . on Global Matters

The 2008-2009 winter has proved a harsh one for peace and social justice movements worldwide. We saw the brutal murder of Alexandros Grigoro-poulos onthe 6th of December and war breaking out again in the Gaza strip. These two events ignited outrage everywhere and moved people in very different contexts to take to the streets. Not only to voice their opinions in reaction to these injustices, but also to speak out about their own immediate worsening situations, to show their discontent. It is impossible to cover every protest and uprising which has taken place in Europe in the past months so below is only a small part of the discontent. .on Discontent

Bélém, Brazil, 1 February 2009

CLIMATE JUSTICE NOW!

No to neoliberal illusions, yes to people's solutions!

For centuries, productivism and industrial capitalism have been destroying
our cultures, exploiting our labour and poisoning our environment.

Now, with the climate crisis, the Earth is saying "enough", "ya basta"!

On January 19th the Russian activist and human rights community suffered the loss of lawyer Stanislav "Stas" Markelov and critical journalist Anastasia "Skat" Baburor. They were both murdered in cold blood in the center of Moscow. This assassination received wide coverage in both Russian and international press, however almost all of it focused on Markelov's contribution to human rights advocacy, not to his and Anastasia's incredibly significant activities and involvement in the activist community. We belatedly want to mention this loss. .on a Loss

No, not a newsletter on the food or water crisis. Not on the energy crisis nor on the climate crisis or the social crisis. We close off the year with the financial and economical crisis!! Is it a bad thing? Is it a good thing? And is it an opportunity for radical transformation? .on The Crisis

Since 1994, the year in which the English Vegan Society turned 50, November 1st has been celebrated as World Vegan Day. For many vegan and animal rights groups this has turned November into Vegan Month which is why we have decided to focus this november's newsletter on Veganism and some surrounding issues!! .on veganism

With queer festivals in Belgrade and Sarajevo getting attacked by fascist hooligans, nazi scum murdering people in the streets of Russia, and the Italian government forcing Roma kids to give their fingerprints while the new mayor of Rome gets a Sieg Heil salute from a full square of people... it was time for a newsletter on antifascism!! .on Antifascism