TroikaWatch presentation at the Summer Academy of Attac Austria

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TroikaWatchWorkshop

during the Summer Academy of Attac Austria in Telfs at the 19th of July 2014

What is TroikaWatch?International newsletter

about economic and social developments in den crisis states of the Eurozone

• Published each one or two months as an email newsletter;

• Target group: People from social movements;

• Also a website, on which also other texts are published;

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Goals 1

To counter the ruling narrative about the economic crisis:

• People have not lived behind their means;

• Problems have systemic causes;

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Goals 2

• Showing that many problems are the same in all countries;

• To bridge the gap between the crisis countries;

• To bridge the gap between the crisis countries and the core countries;

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Promote solidarity

History

• Founded in December 2013 • Participants have found each

other on different European mailing lists (EUinCrisis, Attacsem, ICAN)

• So far four newsletters and two press releases published

• Fifth newsletter on the verge of publishing

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Reports from Bruxelles and seven countries

TroikaWatch reports regularly about:

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• EU level

• Greece

• Ireland

• Portugal

• Cyprus

• Spain

• Italy

• Slowenia

Brüssel

Languages of TroikaWatch

Nine languages

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• Italian

• Portuguese

• Slovenian

• Spanish

• Dutch

• English

• French

• German

• Greek

Mode of Operation

• Mailing lists

• Pads

• Phone conferences

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All work on a voluntary basis

Production of a Newsletter 1• Defining dates for deadline,

production of the final version, translation und publication.

• Mostly also definition of a main topic, which should be included as a recurrent theme in all contributions (e.g. corruption, EU elections).

• Participants write the contribution about their country and send it across the mailing list.

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Production of a Newsletter 2• One person produces a final version

from all contributions, completed by a part about the EU level.

• Endversion gets uploaded to a pad and finalized together.

• Translation by Trommons and own translators.

• Proofreading of the translations

• Upload to the website and sending out as newsletter.

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Organization• TroikaWatch is a pool of

individuals, which are personally responsible about the content of the newsletters.

• However most of us are also engaged in other organizations or social movements, by which we get supported.

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Supporters

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Esquerra anticapitalista

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All newsletters get published under the Creative Commens License and get mirrored by many other websites

Politik im Spiegel

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Facebook Seite von Uni Europe

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Publication of the Newsletters

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Per una nuova finanza publica e sociale

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Post Globalization Initiative

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Ander Europa

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Occupy London

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CADTM

TroikaWatch in the Media

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TroikaWatch in the Media

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TroikaWatch in the Media

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TroikaWatch in the Media

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TroikaWatch in the Media

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TroikaWatch in the Media

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Subscribers of the Newsletter

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Subscribers of the Newsletter by Languages (18th of July 2014)

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German EnglishFrench SpanishItalian SlovenianGreek DutchPortuguese

Subscribers of the Newsletter by Regions (18th of July 2014)

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Core Sates of the EurozoneCrisis States of the EurozoneRestUnknown

Subscribers of the Newsletter in the Core States of the Eurozone

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Subscribers of the Newsletter in the Crisis States of the Eurozone

Subscribers of the Newsletter outside the Eurozone

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Many thanks for your attention!

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