Report: Social Banking

The output of Social Banking and Alternative Energy Supply - Les Alternatifs

The first question was: how can a bank be social? Or alternative?

On this French Bank there are 26 000 members who have a capital of 24 Million Euros. In theory, each member has a voice and can decide on the bank's development. In each region there are members who choose which projects they encourage. This bank is not involved in financial projects worldwide, it has an ethical purpose: to build a bridge between savers and borrowers who carry sustainable meeting cultural, social, and ecological criteria and local development. Members have to pay a beginning share and they can use La Nef as a normal bank with a current account but members are asked to share the interests with the borrowers, so that borrowers have percentage interests to pay, they just pay the capital back. The savers have a tax relief.

The Program

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(version05, July 4th)


Here are some of the debates and workshops:


- The struggles against the privatizations and cuts in the public services in the area of Villarrobledo (La Mancha, Spain) [Espanol]

- The movement of "Indignants" [Espanol]

- Acting direct - creative and sensible

- Struggles and Attacks in the 21st Century [Türkçe]

- Struggle Against the Notre Dame des Landes Airport

- Consum'actions Facing Crisis

- Shale Gas

- Privatization of Water

- Autogestion / Self-government

- Recolonization and Popular Struggles Against Merchandisation of Natural Common Goods in Our America   [Castellano , Français ]

- New Forms of Dissent in Eastern Europe

- Social Banking and Alternative Energy Supply

- Unemployment Compensation

- The European March of the Unemployed


and the assemblies (in draft):

- Red and Green: Pseudo-contradiction, Background or Superficial Convergence and the Democratic Mediation

- What Kind of Red and Green Network

- Network Project and Common Initiatives

Las luchas contra las privatizaciones y los recortes en los servicios públicos en el área de Villarrobledo (La Mancha, estado español): cómo se ha construido un movimiento de base para la lucha en un área rural.

Grupo que promueve la sesión: Núcleo de Los Alternativos – Alternativa Roja y Verde en La Mancha (Estado español)

Descripción de la sesión:

En los últimos meses se han extendido las movilizaciones contra las privatizaciones y los recortes por todo el Estado español. Con la excusa de la crisis, los diversos gobiernos (central, regional,...) han desarrollado una ofensiva sin precedentes contra todos los derechos de los trabajadores y los ciudadanos.

En ese contexto, en el área de Villarrobledo (un área rural con muy escasa tradición de movilizaciones en los pasados años) se ha desarrollado un potente movimiento de luchas, horizontal y basado en asambleas. Un movimiento en el que hemos confluido compañeros de muy diversos sectores y planteamientos previos. Pero que ha sido capaz de aglutinar a miles de personas que han roto con la apatía tradicional y se han echado a las calles en muchas manifestaciones

Tipo de sesión: Testimonio

Duración de la sesión: 1 hora (incluyendo exposición de la experiencia y debate)

The struggles against the privatizations and cuts in the public services in the area of Villarrobledo (La Mancha, Spain): how is constructed a based-movement of struggles in a rural area.

The host organization: Group of The Alternatives – Red and Green Alternative in La Mancha (Spanish State)

The description/explanation of the session

 

In the last months the mobilizations against the privatizations and the cuts have spread over the whole spanish State. With the excuse of the crisis, the diverse governments (central, regional...) have developed an offensive without precedents against all the rights of the workpeople and the citizens.

In this context, in the area of Villarrobledo (a rural area with very limited tradition of mobilizations in the last years) has developed a powerful movement of struggles, horizontal and based on assemblies. A movement in which we have come together companions of very diverse sectors and stances previous. But that has been capable of agglutinating thousands of persons who have broken with the traditional apathy and have thrown themselves to the streets in many demonstrations.

The type of the session: Testimony

The anticipated duration of the session: 1 hour (including exposition of the experience and debate)

Note: The session is in Spanish and will be translated.

El movimiento de los Indignados

Organización que promueve la sesión: Núcleo de Los Alternativos – Alternativva Roja y Verde en el estado español

 

Descripción de la sesión 

Análisis sobre el movimiento indignado. ¿Qué ha aportado este movimiento al proceso de lucha contra la crisis? ¿Cuáles son sus fortalezas y sus limitaciones hasta el momento? ¿Qué implicaciones tiene el lema “No nos representan”?

Tipo de sesión: Breve exposición y Debate

Duración de la sesión: 15-20 minutos de exposición. Después el debate