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Some countries have a program to feed children in schools, others do not. If we think that human resources are the more important, then start feeding children using help from bankers which earn very big profits from credit card users.
A small fee will be helpful to start the program.
IT IS NOW OR NEVER.
تم إعتقال المفكر الاقتصادي ونائب محافظ البنك المركزي مظهر محمد صالح بتهمة فضفاضة غير معلنة سوى إتهامه بالفساد . إن مظهر محمد صالح صاحب الفكر الأقتصادي والكاتب المعروف في مجال الإقتصاد والمال والأعمال يقبع الآن معتقلا من قبل السلطة في العراق لعدة أشهر بدون إتهم أو محاكمة علنية أو تحقيق خلافا للدستور العراقي الذي يمنع الإعتقال والتوقيف لأكثر من يوم واحد دون إعلام الموقوف بتهمته وبدون أمر قضائي صريح. . إن الأعتقال العشوائي لا يفسر إلا بكونه إعتقالا سياسيا مخالفا للائحة حقوق الأنسان وللدستور والقوانين السارية.
إننا نطالب بإطلاق سراح هذه الشخصية الذي يعاني من مرض السكر وتجاوز عمره الخامسة والستين والذي لم توجه له أي تهمة لحد الآن
3. Royal Commission into Australian Banking 
Justice for All
Please register your 'Call for a Royal Commission into the Banking Sector of Australia', with broad terms of reference.
Many Australians are victims of Full Doc, Low Doc and No Doc LAF fraud in Australia. The President of BFCSA (Inc), Ms Denise Brailey, recently spoke at a Senate Hearing in Canberra and produced undeniable and indisputable evidence of Australian banks and lenders' widespread involvement in Loan Application Fraud.
There are countless victims who have had their houses and businesses taken illegally by the banks.
There is also the serious situation of regulators turning a blind eye to consumer complaints and the same regulators supporting the banks. The regulators are hiding behind flawed legislation and their own internal policies.
This petition will be presented to the Australian Government to indicate the Will of the People that a Royal Commission into the banking sector must be instigated as a matter of urgency.
4. Save the HSBC branch in Appleby
HSBC are planning to close the Appleby-in-Westmorland branch on November 30, 2012.
Residents, business people and visitors to this beautiful market town are opposed to the closure.
Make your voice heard and call for HSBC to think again about closing a vital rural service.
Case for a People’s Bank.
The Commonwealth Bank was a successful government owned bank with many remarkable achievements over most of the 20th century while it was the ‘People’s Bank’. Among other things Australians saw it as insurance against exploitation by private banks.
The privatisation of the Commonwealth Bank in the 1990’s was a financial disaster for Australia. It came about in the shadow of government deceit, where the people were told that this was to be the last government sale of public assets.
Since deregulation, banks have enjoyed obscene profits and paid their executives multi-million dollar salaries and bonuses. The dark side of the coin shows they have closed branches, cut services, colluded and exploited legally and illegally their collective monopoly of power whenever possible.
This failed deregulation led to all state government banks collapsing and paved the way for a wave of further deregulation and privatization which can exploit the consumer.
The results are being felt by many Australian families who are having difficulties managing budgets such as their privatised utility bills.
Adding to their financial woes is they’re being slugged with an increasing range of bank fees and charges for services, most of which were given free by the original Commonwealth Bank.
There is a strong case to reverse this negative flow, starting with the banks. Options are to nationalise all banks, or create a government owned People’s Bank based on the original Commonwealth Bank model.
Australia’s federal and state governments, general public, and small and large business sectors all stand to gain from a People’s Bank.
For example, the private banks will have to fall in line with the policies and ethics of the People’s Bank. This means less profit for the private banks and more money in your pocket.
The Commonwealth Bank model is cited in overseas publications as a system with enormous merit to both public and private sectors.
We have an opportunity to again demonstrate to the world a banking system that can bring considerable benefits to the federal government and its people.
If you believe we need a People’s Bank, sign the petition and forward it to your family and friends to sign too.
Please check out these links for relevant information:
http://www.voxeu.org/article/don-t-rush-privatise-government-owned-banks
http://espace.uq.edu.au/eserv/UQ:11006/jqcba01.pdf
http://www.webofdebt.com/articles/commonwealth_bank_aus.php
http://www.uq.edu.au/economics/johnquiggin/JournalArticles01/CBAPrivatisation01.html
6. Return Luke Sommer to Canada
Luke Elliott Sommer is currently in the United States of America and we would like to see him returned to Canada to be close to his friends and family to help support him.
7. Προειδοποίηση προς τρόικα, τράπεζες και επενδυτές
Είμαστε απλοί άνθρωποι. Είμαστε σαν κι εσάς: άνθρωποι που κάθε πρωί πηγαίνουν να σπουδάσουν, να εργαστούν ή να βρουν δουλειά, άνθρωποι που έχουν οικογένεια και φίλους. Είμαστε άνθρωποι που εργάζονται σκληρά κάθε ημέρα για να ζήσουν και να προσφέρουν ένα καλύτερο μέλλον στους γύρω μας.
Κάποιοι από εμάς είναι προοδευτικοί, κάποιοι άλλοι συντηρητικοί. Μερικοί έχουν «πιστεύω», μερικοί δεν έχουν. Μερικοί έχουν συγκεκριμένη ιδεολογία, και άλλοι είναι απολίτικοι. Ολοι μας όμως είμαστε ανήσυχοι και θυμωμένοι από τις πολιτικές, οικονομικές και κοινωνικές εξελίξεις που βλέπουμε γύρω μας. Από τη διαφθορά των πολιτικών, των επιχειρηματιών, των τραπεζιτών... Από το ότι οι απλοί άνθρωποι αισθάνονται αβοήθητοι.
Αυτή η κατάσταση μας πληγώνει όλους καθημερινά. Ομως αν ενωθούμε μπορούμε να την αλλάξουμε. Ήρθε η ώρα να ξεκινήσουμε το χτίσιμο μιας καλύτερης κοινωνίας.
Πιστεύουμε ότι:
-Προτεραιότητα για κάθε προηγμένη κοινωνία πρέπει να είναι η ισότητα, η πρόοδος, η αλληλεγγύη, η ελευθερία της συμμετοχής στον πολιτισμό, την οικολογική βιωσιμότητα και την ανάπτυξη, την ευημερία και την ευτυχία των ανθρώπων.
-Υπάρχουν βασικά δικαιώματα που πρέπει να προστατεύονται στην κοινωνία μας: το δικαίωμα στη στέγαση, την απασχόληση, τον πολιτισμό, την υγεία, την εκπαίδευση, την πολιτική συμμετοχή, την ελεύθερη προσωπική ανάπτυξη, τα δικαιώματα του καταναλωτή, το δικαίωμα για μια υγειή και ευτυχισμένη ζωή.
-Με τον τρόπο που λειτουργούν σήμερα η κυβέρνηση και το οικονομικό μας σύστημα αδυνατούν να αντιμετωπίσουν αυτές τις προτεραιότητες και αυτό αποτελεί πλέον εμπόδιο για την πρόοδο των ανθρώπων.
-Δημοκρατία σημαίνει κυβέρνηση του λαού (δήμος = λαός, κράτος = κυβέρνηση), και αυτό θα πρέπει να συμβαίνει. Αντίθετα, ξέρουμε όλοι ότι το πολιτικό μας σύστημα δεν θέλει καν μας ακούσει. Το καθήκον τους θα έπρεπε να είναι να μεταφέρουν τη φωνή μας στα εθνικά και διεθνή θεσμικά όργανα, να διευκολύνουν την συμμετοχή των πολιτών μέσα από κανάλια άμεσης επικοινωνίας, να λειτουργούν προς όφελος της ευρύτερης κοινωνίας και όχι υπέρ των πλουσίων που ευημερούν εις βάρος μας, όχι ακολουθώντας πιστά μονάχα τις προσταγές των μεγάλων οικονομικών συμφερόντων τα οποία έχουν επιβάλει τη δικτατορία και την κομματοκρατία.
-Η συγκέντρωση της εξουσίας στα χέρια των λίγων παράγει ανισότητα, προκαλεί εντάσεις, φέρνει αδικία, η οποία οδηγεί στη βία. Κι εμείς την απορρίπτουμε.Το απαρχαιωμένο οικονομικό μοντέλο παγιδεύει την ατμομηχανή της κοινωνίας μέσα σε ένα φαύλο κύκλο όπου οι λίγοι πλούσιοι γίνονται πλουσιότεροι και οι πολλοί βουλιάζουν στη φτώχεια τη μιζέρια. Και έτσι καταρρέουμε. Μοναδικός σκοπός του συστήματος είναι η συσσώρευση κεφαλαίων σε βάρος της αποτελεσματικότητας και της ευημερίας της κοινωνίας.
-Η σπατάλη πόρων οδηγεί στην καταστροφή του πλανήτη, δημιουργώντας ανεργία και οι καταναλωτές πολίτες αποτελούν μέρος του κέντρου βάρους σε ένα μηχάνημα σχεδιασμένο να εμπλουτίσει μια μειοψηφία που δεν ξέρει τις ανάγκες μας.
-Είμαστε ανώνυμοι αλλά χωρίς εμάς τίποτα δεν θα μπορούσε να υπάρξει, καθώς εμείς κινούμε τον κόσμο. Αν σαν κοινωνία μάθουμε να μην εμπιστευόμαστε αφηρημένες οικονομικές αποδόσεις που ποτέ δεν ωφελούν τους πολλούς, μπορούμε να εξαλείψουμε τις καταχρήσεις και τις ελλείψεις από τις οποίες σήμερα όλοι υποφέρουμε. Χρειάζεται μια ηθική επανάσταση... Είμαστε άνθρωποι, όχι προϊόντα σε μια αγορά…
Για όλα τα παραπάνω, είμαι εξοργισμένος.
Νομίζω ότι μπορώ να το αλλάξουμε.
Νομίζω ότι μπορώ να βοηθήσω.
Ξέρω ότι μαζί μπορούμε.
Παρέα με εμάς. Είναι δικαίωμά σας.
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WE OWN 84% of Royal Bank of Scotland
WE OWN 41% of Lloyds (Bank of Scotland)
Join the online petition to guarantee AGM control so that we stop bonuses at RBS and Lloyds and lend to deserving small businesses who can safeguard and create jobs.
ALSO
VOTE THE BAN BANKERS BONUSES PARTY
at the forthcoming Scottish Parliamentary elections on Thursday, 5 May 2011.
In the Highlands & Islands region:
Kit Fraser, Owner of Award-Winning Pub & Live Music Venue Hootananny, Inverness
and the West of Scotland region:
Willie McLaughlin, Clydebank, Independendent Councillor West Dunbartonshire Council
Please also see the pledge to RBS & Lloyds at:
http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/rbs-lloyds-customer-pledge/sign.html
9. Help Create New Jobs and Support Multicultural Community of the Greater Philadelphia!
In 2006, several members of the Russian-Speaking community of Greater Philadelphia started the process of opening of a community bank in the Greater Philadelphia area, the RIGHT Bank.
The goal behind the creation of this bank was to serve the needs of the multicultural community of Greater Philadelphia by offering banking services tailored to meet the needs of the community, including customer service in native languages, providing better access to credit, and educating customers about the American banking system. During the uneasy times of recession, RIGHT Bank is planning to create new work places and support community non-profit initiatives.
RIGHT Bank obtained the approval from the Pennsylvania Department of Banking in 2008; however, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has still not granted approval of RIGHT Bank’s application for deposit insurance. As a result, RIGHT Bank cannot open to the public.
10. Congress should eliminate the Federal Reserve Bank
The president and all of his staff and the last 4 presidents and the federal reserve bank (a privately owned bank) have been having secret meetings with the bilderberg group and global elite bankers to plan out the world's future for every country connected with the U.N. This is known.
It is a crime under federal law for our government officials to discuss United States foreign policy with foreign officials in a secret matter. I move to have everyone working in the white house and the federal reserve bank arrested for high treason against the United States of America. For proof see "The Obama Deception" on you tube.
11. Save Public Housing: Oppose PETRA
On May 13th, HUD submitted legislation to Congress that would make public housing more attractive for bank mortgages and other private funders. Private banks that could take over public housing in the event of a foreclosure.
If this legislation passes, we can imagine a future where our public schools, libraries and national parks are mortgaged to banks to provide funding.
Please help us stop the mortgaging of our public property and sign the petition below.
12. We all are Icelanders, fed up to pay for the banks failures!
We all are Icelanders, fed up to pay for the banks failures! - Nous sommes tous des Islandais! Ras le bol de payer pour les banquiers! - We zijn allemaal IJslanders, beu om te betalen voor de blunders van banken! - Siamo tutti islandesi, stufi di pagare per i fallimenti delle banche! - Wir sind alle Isländer. Wir haben es satt, für die Fehler der Banken aufzukommen!
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* ENGLISH
We all are Icelanders, fed up to pay for the banks failures!
Dear Icelandic friends,
Let me share with you a few reactions to your current fight against the outrageous blackmail of the British and Dutch governments regarding the debts of the failed Icelandic banks.
First of all, you are right to resist the demands of London and The Hague. Those two countries' regulators have failed to properly monitor the banks acting on their territories (and both have been obliged to pour billions to rescue their own national 'banking champions'). And if unfortunately British and Dutch customers have been caught up into the Icelandic private banks collapse, it is primary an issue for the British and Dutch authorities which allow them to do so on such a large scale.
Second, London and The Hague have no moral right to blackmail you about the accession of your country to the EU. I am certain that they do not even have the support of their own citizens for such a shameful action. You are yourselves put into a tragic economic and social situation because of these private banks collapse. The EU was not created to put people into financial servitude, neither to push them into greater poverty. Quite the contrary! The more you case will be made public in the EU, the less London and The Hague will be able to defend their current position. And in any case, membership to the EU is not worth the price of decades of financial servitude. The European Parliament should vote as soon as possible to deny London and The Hague's blackmail about your accession.
Third, your country has no more, no less obligations than what the European regulations plan in the case of private banks collapse. And till it happens in your country, nothing was really planned for that kind of situation. So play by the European books, if any, and nothing more. And do not hesitate to underline that Mr Brown and Mr. Balkenende did not dare to ask Washington to compensate for all the losses incurred by their citizens in the Lehman Brothers collapse. So no reason to have a different treatment for Iceland! Once again, the EU is made for putting the small and the big countries on an equal footing in terms of rights. Something the Dutch people are certainly very conscious and which may get you a very benevolent attitude from them.
Fourth, don't bend to the 'bankers' kind of attitude that both London and The Hague are having. They do act with you as if they were a bank managing a mortgage : what's their next step if you refuse their ultimatum? Foreclosing Iceland and expelling you out of your country? Don't forget that it is not only in Iceland that people are fed up with the banks' behaviour. All over Europe and the world, and in UK in particular where the City is increasingly felt as a threat to people well being, feelings are turning very sour towards the banking establishment and its political puppets. So do resist and you will find support from everywhere.
Last but not least, if you want to play it safe, just do as the British governments always do with the EU, just say that you will comply, and once inside the EU do exactly the contrary of what you said. It has less panache, but it is definitely very effective.
In any case, to prove that all Europeans are not like the British and Dutch governments, Newropeans is launching a petition called « We all are Icelanders, fed up with paying for banks failures » and aiming at gathering popular support for you resistance to the current outrageous 'financial order ':
click here under to sign the petition
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* FRANCAIS
Nous sommes tous des Islandais! Ras le bol de payer pour les banquiers!
Chers amis d’Islande,
Laissez nous partager avec vous nos réactions de Newropeans à votre combat actuel contre le chantage éhonté exercé par les gouvernements britannique et néerlandais concernant les dettes des banques islandaises en faillite.
En procédant de la sorte, ces deux gouvernements tentent de faire s’affronter contribuables islandais et épargnants britanniques et néerlandais afin de cacher les vraies responsabilités qui reposent sur les gouvernements eux-mêmes, les régulateurs financiers et les banques; en affirmant une fois de plus l’idée que les citoyens doivent toujours payer pour les erreurs des banquiers et des régulateurs qui ainsi jouissent d’une immunité totale quant à leurs échecs.
Tout d’abord, vous avez raison de résister aux exigences de Londres et La Haye qui vont au delà des régulations bancaires islandaises en vigueur au moment de l’effondrement des banques. Les régulateurs de ces deux pays ont failli à contrôler correctement les banques opérant sur leurs territoires (et ces deux états ont été obligés de verser des milliards pour secourir leurs propres "champions bancaires" nationaux). Et si malheureusement les clients britanniques et néerlandais ont été piégés dans l’effondrement des banques privées islandaises avec une garantie bancaire de pas plus de 20 000 € (contre 100 000 € dans l'UE), c'est avant tout un problème pour les autorités britanniques et néerlandaises qui leur permet d'agir ainsi à une si grande échelle.
Deuxièmement, Londres et La Haye n'ont aucun droit moral de vous faire du chantage concernant l'adhésion de votre pays à l'UE. Ils n'ont même pas le soutien de leurs citoyens pour cet acte honteux. Vous êtes vous même dans une situation économique et sociale tragique à cause de la défaillance de ces banques privées. L'UE n'a pas été créée pour mettre les gens en situation de servitude financière, ni pour les enfoncer dans la pauvreté. Bien au contraire! Le plus on parlera publiquement de votre cas dans l'UE, le moins il sera facile à Londres et La Haye de défendre leur position actuelle. Et dans tous les cas, l'adhésion à l'UE ne vaut pas des décennies de servitude financière. Le parlement européen devrait procéder à un vote aussi vite que possible pour condamner le chantage de Londres et La Haye concernant votre accession.
Troisièmement, votre pays n'a ni plus ni moins d'obligations que ce que la réglementation européenne prévoit dans le cas de faillite d'une banque privée. Et jusqu'à ce que cela arrive dans votre pays, rien n'avait été prévu pour de telles situations. Suivez donc les règles européennes, si elles existent, et rien de plus. Et n'hésitez pas à souligner que le Royaume-Uni et les Pays-Bas n'ont pas osé réclamer à Washington la compensation de toutes les pertes subies par leurs citoyens dans la faillite de Lehman Brothers. Aucune raison donc d'un traitement différent pour l'Islande! Une fois encore, l'UE est faite pour mettre petits et grands pays sur un pied d'égalité concernant leurs droits.
Quatrièmement, ne pliez pas face à l'attitude de "banquiers" affichée par Londres et La Haye. Ils agissent avec vous comme une banque s'occupant d'un emprunt : quelle est la prochaine étape si vous refusez leur ultimatum? Mettre sous scellé l'Islande et vous expulser de votre pays? N'oubliez pas qu'il n'y a pas qu'en Islande que les gens sont exaspérés par l'attitude des banques. Partout en Europe et dans le monde, et au Royaume-Uni en particulier où la City est de plus en plus considérée comme une menace au bien-être des gens, le ressentiment envers le monde de la banque et de ses marionnettes politiques s'exacerbe. Alors résistez et vous trouverez du soutien partout. Nous tous payons déjà et allons encore payer dans les années à venir pour les erreurs de nos banquiers et nos régulateurs.
Et pour finir, si vous ne voulez pas prendre de risques, faites comme les gouvernements Britanniques font toujours quand il s'agit de l'UE, dites simplement oui, et une fois dans l'UE faites exactement le contraire de ce au vous avez promis. Cela a bien moins de panache mais c'est à l'évidence très efficace.
En attendant, pour prouver que tous les Européens ne sont pas à l'image des gouvernements britannique et néerlandais, Newropeans lance la pétition "Nous sommes tous des Islandais, exaspérés par les faillites bancaires! " pour rassembler un soutien populaire à votre résistance à l'inique "ordre financier" actuel
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* NEDERLANDS
We zijn allemaal IJslanders, beu om te betalen voor de blunders van banken!
Beste IJslandse vrienden,
Wij als Newropeans zouden graag een paar reacties willen geven op het gevecht dat jullie momenteel voeren tegen de ongepaste chantage van de Britse en Nederlandse overheden, aangaande de schulden van de failliete IJslandse banken.
Hierdoor proberen beide overheden de IJslandse belastingbetalers op te zetten tegen de Britse en Nederlandse spaarders, met als doel de verantwoordelijkheden te verbergen die bij de overheid zelf, de financiële toezichthouders en de banken liggen. Ook wordt opnieuw het idee bevestigd dat burgers altijd zouden moeten betalen voor de fouten van bankiers en toezichthouders, die daardoor volledige immuniteit voor hun fouten genieten.
Allereerst hebben jullie gelijk om te protesteren tegen de verzoeken van Londen en Den Haag die verder gaan dan de bestaande IJslandse bankregels ten tijde van het omvallen van de banken. De toezichthouders van deze twee landen zijn er niet in geslaagd om het functioneren van deze bank in hun gebied goed te bewaken (en beide landen werden genoodzaakt miljarden uit te geven om hun eigen nationale ‘topbanken’ te redden). En als Britse en Nederlandse klanten helaas zijn meegesleurd in de val van de IJslandse private banken, met een bankgarantie van niet meer dan
€ 20 000 (tegen € 100 000 in de EU), dan is dat primair de zaak van de Britse en Nederlandse overheden, die toelieten dat dit op grote schaal plaatsvond.
Ten tweede, Londen en Den Haag hebben niet het morele recht om jullie te chanteren aangaande de toelating van jullie land tot de EU. Ze hebben zelfs geen steun van hun eigen burgers voor zo’n schandalige daad. Jullie zijn zelf in een tragische economische en sociale situatie beland vanwege de val van deze private banken. De EU is niet opgericht om mensen in financiële slavernij te brengen, noch om ze in grotere armoede te dompelen. Integendeel! Hoe meer jullie zaak openbaar wordt gemaakt in de EU, des te minder zullen Londen en Den Haag hun huidige positie kunnen verdedigen. En in ieder geval is lidmaatschap van de EU de prijs van tientallen jaren financiële slavernij niet waard. Het Europees Parlement zou zo spoedig mogelijk moeten stemmen om de chantage door Den Haag en Londen betreffende jullie toelating te weerspreken.
Ten derde heeft jullie land niet méér of minder verplichtingen dan hetgeen de Europese regels voorschrijven in het geval dat private banken failliet gaan. En tot het in jullie land plaatsvond, was voor een dergelijke situatie niets gepland. Dus volg de Europese regels, voor zover die bestaan, en doe niets méér. En aarzel niet om te onderstrepen dat het Verenigd Koninkrijk en Nederland Washington niet durfden te vragen om compensatie voor alle verliezen die hun burgers hebben geleden door de val van Lehman Brothers. Er is dus geen reden om IJsland anders te behandelen! Opnieuw: de EU is opgericht om kleine en grote landen rechtsgelijkheid te bieden.
Ten vierde, buig niet voor de ‘bankiershouding’ die zowel Londen als Den Haag ten toon spreidt. Ze behandelen jullie alsof zij een bank zijn die een hypotheek verstrekt: wat is hun volgende stap als je hun ultimatum afwijst? Beslag leggen op IJsland en jullie uit je eigen land verbannen? Vergeet niet dat niet alleen mensen in IJsland het gedrag van de banken beu zijn. In heel Europa en de wereld, met name in het Verenigd Koninkrijk waar de City steeds meer wordt ervaren als bedreiging voor het welzijn van het volk, groeit de onvrede over het bankestablishment en zijn politieke marionetten. Bied dus weerstand, dan zullen jullie van alle kanten steun ondervinden. We betalen allemaal al en zullen de komende jaren alleen maar meer gaan betalen voor de fouten van onze eigen bankiers en toezichthouders.
Ten laatste, als jullie op safe willen spelen, behandel de EU dan zoals de Britse overheid dat altijd doet: zeg dat je het verzoek zult inwilligen, en doe exact het tegenovergestelde zodra je tot de EU bent toegelaten. Het is minder stijlvol, maar absoluut zeer effectief.
Om in ieder geval te bewijzen dat niet alle Europeanen zo zijn als de Britse en Nederlandse overheden, lanceert Newropeans een petitie genaamd “We zijn allemaal IJslanders, beu om te betalen voor de blunders van banken” met het doel om steun van het volk te krijgen voor jullie protest tegen de huidige schandalige ‘financiële orde’.
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* ITALIANO
Siamo tutti islandesi, stufi di pagare per i fallimenti delle banche!
Cari amici islandesi,
Come membri di Newropeans, vi rendiamo partecipi delle nostre reazioni verso la vostra attuale lotta contro lo scandaloso ricatto perpetrato dal governo inglese e da quello olandese relativamente ai debiti conseguenti il fallimento delle banche islandesi. Così facendo, entrambi i governi tentano di mettere i contribuenti islandesi contro i risparmiatori inglesi e olandesi, in modo da nascondere le reali responsabilità che si risiedono in seno ai governi stessi, agli enti di sorveglianza, e alle banche. In questo modo si asserisce, ancora una volta, l’idea che sia il cittadino a pagare per gli errori dei banchieri e degli organi di controllo, i quali, invece, godono della totale immunità nei confronti dei loro fallimenti.
Primo, avete ragione a opporvi alle richieste di Londra e L’Aia, le quali stanno andando ben oltre le norme bancarie islandesi vigenti al tempo del crollo finanziario. Gli enti di sorveglianza di queste due nazioni non sono stati in grado di monitorare adeguatamente neanche le banche che operavano sul loro territorio (e entrambe sono state obbligate a versare miliardi per mettere in salvo i propri istituti di credito nazionali). Se sfortunatamente i clienti inglesi e olandesi sono stati coinvolti nel collasso bancario degli istituti di credito privato islandesi, avendo come garanzia un fondo non superiore ai 20.000 € (contro quello di 100.000 € garantito dall’UE), è principalmente un problema delle autorità inglesi e olandesi che hanno permesso che venisse applicato su così ampia scala.
Secondo, Londra e l’Aia non hanno alcun diritto morale per ricattarvi riguardo all’entrata del vostro paese nell’Ue. Non hanno neanche il supporto dei loro stessi cittadini per un atto così vergognoso. Voi stessi vi trovate in una situazione tragica sia dal punto di vista economico che da quello sociale a causa del collasso del sistema bancario privato. L’Ue non è stata creata per sottomettere i popoli a una schiavitù finanziaria, né per aggravare la loro condizione di povertà. Tutto il contrario! Più il vostro caso diventerà pubblico, meno Londra e L’Aia saranno in grado di sostenere la loro attuale posizione. E comunque, il diventare membro dell’Ue non vale anni di schiavitù economica. Il Parlamento Europeo dovrebbe votare il prima possibile per impedire a Londra e L’Aia di ricattarvi riguardo alla vostra entrata nell’Ue.
Terzo, il vostro paese non ha né più né meno obblighi di quelli stabiliti dal piano normativo Europeo in caso di crollo del sistema bancario privato. Per quanto è accaduto nel vostro paese, non era ancora stato previsto alcun provvedimento. Pertanto, attenetevi alle normative europee, se ve ne sono, e nient’altro. E non esitate a sottolineare che il Regno Unito e l’Olanda non hanno osato chiedere a Washington di ricompensare tutte le perdite subite dai loro cittadini a causa del fallimento della Lehman Brothers. Non c’è ragione per riservare all’Islanda un trattamento diverso. Ribadiamo che l’Ue è stata creata per mettere i diritti delle piccole nazioni sullo stesso piano di quelle grandi.
Quarto, non piegatevi all’atteggiamento da banchieri che sia Londra che L’Aia hanno assunto. Si comportano con voi come se fossero una banca che gestisce un mutuo: quale sarà la loro prossima mossa se rifiuterete il loro ultimatum? Pignoreranno l’Islanda ed espelleranno tutti voi dalla nazione? Non dimenticate che non è solo in Islanda che la gente è stanca del comportamento delle banche. Lo è in tutta Europa e in tutto il mondo, in particolare nel Regno Unito, dove la City è vista sempre di più come un’entità che minaccia il benessere delle persone. Gli animi si stanno inasprendo nei confronti degli istituti finanziari e delle loro marionette politiche. Per questo resistete e troverete supporto da ogni parte. Tutti noi stiamo pagando e pagheremo ancora di più negli anni a venire per colpa degli errori dei nostri banchieri e dei nostri enti di sorveglianza.
Ultimo, ma non meno importante, se non volete correre rischi, agite come è solito fare il governo britannico con l’Ue. Affermate che accettate le condizioni che vi vengono poste e una volta nell’Ue fate esattamente il contrario di quanto dichiarato. E’ meno elegante, ma certamente più efficace.
Ad ogni modo, per dimostrarvi che non tutti gli europei sono come i governi inglese e olandese, Newropeans ha lanciato una petizione chiamata “Siamo tutti islandesi, stufi di pagare per i fallimenti delle banche”. Lo scopo è quello di raccogliere consenso popolare attorno alla vostra resistenza contro il presente e oltraggioso “ordine finanziario”.
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* DEUTSCH
Wir sind alle Isländer. Wir haben es satt, für die Fehler der Banken aufzukommen!
Liebe Isländischen Freunde,
lassen Sie uns als Newropeans einige Anmerkungen zu Ihrem gegenwärtigen Kampf gegen die unerhörte Erpressung durch die britische und holländische Regierung bezüglich der Schulden der gescheiterten isländischen Banken mit Ihnen teilen.
Mit dieser Erpressung versuchen beide Regierungen, isländische Steuerzahler gegen britische und holländische Sparer auszuspielen, um von der eigenen Verantwortung abzulenken, die bei der Regierung selbst, der Finanzaufsicht und den Banken liegt. Solange sie behaupten, dass Bürger immer für die Fehler von Bankiers und Gesetzgeber aufkommen sollten, genießen sie eine vollständige Immunität für ihre Misserfolge.
Zuallererst, es ist Ihr gutes Recht, sich Londons und Den Haags Forderungen zu widersetzen, die weit über die isländischen Bankvorschriften zum Zeitpunkt des Bankenkollaps hinausgehen. Die Aufsichtsbehörden beider Länder haben es versäumt, die Aktivitäten von Banken im eigenen Land ordentlich zu überwachen (und beide waren gezwungen, ihre nationalen "banking champions" mit Milliardensummen zu stützen). Wenn bedauerlicher Weise britische und holländische Kunden vom Zusammenbruch isländischer Privatbanken, die nur eine Bankgarantie von bis zu 20.000 € (gegenüber 100.000 € in der EU) gewähren, betroffen sind, bleibt dies zunächst eine Angelegenheit britischer und holländischer Behörden, die ihren Bürgern erlaubten das große Rad zu drehen.
Zweitens, London und Den Haag besitzen kein moralisches Recht, Sie mit dem EU-Beitritt Ihres Landes zu erpressen. Für solch ein schändliches Vorgehen haben sie nicht einmal die Unterstützung ihrer eigenen Bürger. Auf Grund des Zusammenbruchs privater Banken befinden Sie sich selbst in einer tragischen ökonomischen und sozialen Situation. Die EU wurde nicht dazu geschaffen, Menschen in finanzielle Knechtschaft zu bringen auch nicht, um sie in größere Armut zu stürzen. Im Gegenteil! Je mehr Ihr Fall in der EU öffentlich gemacht wird, desto weniger werden London und Den Haag in der Lage sein, ihre gegenwärtige Position aufrecht zu erhalten. Und in jedem Fall ist EU-Mitgliedschaft den Preis jahrzehntelanger finanzieller Knechtschaft nicht wert. Das Europäische Parlament sollte sobald wie möglich über die Zurückweisung der Erpressung Londons und Den Haags über Ihren Beitrittsgesuch abstimmen.
Drittens, Ihr Land hat nicht mehr und nicht weniger Verpflichtungen als die Europäischen Bestimmungen für den Fall eines Zusammenbruchs privater Banken vorsehen. Und so lange nichts passierte, wurde in Ihrem Land nicht wirklich Vorsorge für diese Art von Situation getroffen. Halten Sie sich ganz einfach an die europäischen Regeln! Und zögern Sie nicht zu unterstreichen, dass weder Groß-Britannien noch die Niederlande es wagten Washington aufzufordern, die Verluste ihrer Bürger aus der Lehman-Pleite zu auszugleichen. Es besteht kein Grund für eine abweichende Behandlung von Island. Um es deutlich zu sagen: die EU wurde geschaffen, um die Rechte kleiner Länder gegenüber großen Staaten in auszugleichen.
Viertens, knickt nicht vor Londons und Den Haags „Banker-Getue“ ein. Sie verhalten sich wie eine Bank, die eine Hypothek verwaltet: Was wird die nächste Eskalationsstufe sein, wenn Sie ihr Ultimatum verstreichen lassen? Island zwangsvollstrecken und Sie aus Ihrem Land ausweisen? Vergessen Sie nicht, dass nicht nur die Menschen in Island das Verhalten von Banken leid sind. Überall in Europa und der Welt, ins Besondere im Vereinigten Königreich, wo die City zunehmend als eine Bedrohung für den Wohlstand der Menschen empfunden wird, wird die Stimmung gegenüber dem Establishment der Banker und ihren politischen Marionetten zunehmend gereizter. Also leisten Sie Widerstand. Sie erhalten Unterstützung von überall. Wir alle zahlen bereits und werden in Zukunft noch mehr für die Fehler unser Banker und ihrer Aufseher aufkommen müssen.
Zu guter Letzt: Wenn Sie sicher gehen wollen, machen Sie es genauso, wie die britischen Regierungen immer mit der EU gehalten haben. Erklären Sie sich einverstanden - sind Sie dann erst mal in der EU, machen Sie genau das Gegenteil von dem, was Sie vorher zusagten. Es ist zwar weniger elegant, aber bestimmt sehr effektiv.
Um zu beweisen, dass nicht alle Europäer so sind wie die britische und holländische Regierung, platzieren wir Newropeans eine Petition mit dem Namen: „Wir sind alle Isländer. Wir haben es satt, für die Fehler der Banken aufzukommen!“ mit dem Ziel, möglichst viel Aufmerksamkeit für Ihren Widerstand gegen die gegenwärtig unerhörte „Finanzordnung“ zu erreichen.
13. Appeal Against The Supreme Court Ruling On Bank Charges
Today (25-11-09) The Supreme Court Of Justice Made A Judgement Against Millions Of People That Had Paid Unfair Bank Charges To The Main High Street Banks.
This Is Due To Charges On Current Accounts When People Use An Unauthorised Overdraft Facility.
HSBC plans to close the Whitchurch branch on 22 January 2010, citing a lack of commercial justification. This will have a major effect on individuals, businesses and community groups who use the bank and ATM, forcing people to drive for miles to the nearest alternative.
This decision has been made with no consultation with the community, customers or local bodies.
15. Stop LLoyds TSB discriminating in favour of Islamic Accounts
I recently raised the question of Sharia finance with our local local MP and his reply was that it was merely a contract and people could enter any contract they wish. Which is true with normal commercial contracts however if you accept Sharia Finance you also accept Sharia Law which is a religious law quite different from normal commercial law.
And considering the government is trying to make London the European centre of Sharia finance in Europe we could be sleep walking into Sharia law through the back door.
What I think is happening is an attempt at a long term culture change through Finance.
16. Stop Bank Account Lock Outs
Banking institutions should not be allowed to lock people out of their own banking accounts. No matter the circumstances no company should be allowed to hold a person's money without notice, and any way to contact them at any hour of any day.
The Russian Bank VTB is Planning to fund the disastrous project of mine exploitation in Teghut, Armenia
The exploitation of the Teghut mine will have an immense negative effect on nature, life and health of the people of Armenia, as well as on the prospect of sustainable development for the country. The exploitation of this mine cannot be justified for any economic, social or environmental reasons.
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Банк ВТБ собираетса профинансировать экологически бедственную программу по разработке и эксплуатации Техутского месторождения.
Разработка и эксплуатация Техутского месторождения будет иметь колоссальное отрицательное воздействие как на природу Армении, так и на жизнь и здоровье людей, и в следствие чего, на устойчивое развитие страны. Данная эксплуатация не выгодна не в экологическом, не в социальном и не в экономическом аспектах. Эксплуатация Техутского месторождения повлечет за собой:
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18. Eliminate all bank account fees & ATM fees across all Australian Banks
Banks and banking organisations urge individuals and businesses to store funds within them in order for them to invest the money in large corporate ventures for the purpose of gaining large profits.
Hence, why do they charge us fees on bank accounts and ATM's when they make billions due to the money we entrust with them?
All around the world the banks understand this concept - but not Australian banks!
1. All the money in the world is VIRTUAL money, of no real consequence whatsoever (see the EcoTort website). Therefore there is no financial reason for anything. Eg, there is no financial reason why we cannot feed, clothe, house, & educate every person living on the Earth today, AND be 100% eco-responsAble too…!
2. Any contract to damage or destroy the environment is a contract to commit the most serious crime of “Aggravated Criminal Damage” to the environment (max Life Sentence, see the EcoTort website), and is therefore a void, unenforceable contract (which is based upon money which does not exist ! ).
3. According to UNiversal Law it is illegal to pay tax in ANY country of the world (see the EcoTort website) until the World’s Government(s) cease their criminal activities in allowing heinous environmental damage and destruction at present day UNprecedented levels; equivalent to a threat of war, and indeed being the single most likely cause of most conflict (armed and unarmed, domestic and international) in the World today.
4. AT LEAST 60% of everyones wages on the Earth is being collected by the elite bankers of the world, through interest payments on unenforceable contracts, to do with as they please; unelected, unrepresentative, unaccountable, and unacceptable! (see the EcoTort website).
5. Every Police officer promises to “protect life and property, and to uphold the Law”. The most serious threat to life and property, and the most serious breach of the Criminal Law are BOTH due to CRIMINAL environmental damage and destruction, for which the banking elites are demonstrably responsible (see the EcoTort website)..
6. The remedy is through a global implementalion of the principles of Permaculture (see the EcoTort website).
20. The Coronado Middle School Extra Credit Bank
A few of the students had the idea to start an "Extra Credit Bank" at school. This would enable kids to do certain assignments for extra credit that could be put into an account.
These points could be used towards any class, with a cap at a certain amount depending on the teacher.
This could help many kids grades out a lot, and think about it... whats bad about extra credit?
21. Stop Banks from Charging Outrageous Fees
Stop the “Free Checking” scam. Last year alone, banks made $80 billion in fees they took from customers in the form of ATM, overdraft, transfer of funds, and late fees.
Identity Theft is the Number One Financial Crime in the United States according to the Federal Trade Commission. In 2003 the Federal Trade Commission reported an economic loss of over $50 Billion due to this crime.
In 2004 President Bush signed a bill into law creating mandatory minimums for criminals who commit this crime, but no law to date actually provides the ability to stop Identity Theft from occurring.