A British exit from the EU would beget a seriously detrimental impact on the free movement of people; trade union and human rights; environmental protection; international cooperation; and a host of other vital issues (Letters,18 February). While, at the very least, or the EU is in desperate need of a democratic overhaul,an exit at the current time would boost rightwing movements and parties and afflict ordinary people in the UK. European politics has been dominated by neoliberal thinking for far too long – as recent events in Greece brutally demonstrate. But changing this means working to strengthen anti-austerity movements across all of Europe – not walking away.
Another Europe is Possible (www.anothereurope.org) is a campaign for a radical “in” vote. Our campaign will put the case for staying in the EU independently of Cameron and gigantic trade, opposing any part of a “renegotiation” that attacks workers’, and migrants’ or human rights. We will combine campaigning for an in vote with arguing for an alternative economic model,maintaining European citizens’ rights to live and work across the EU, and for far-reaching democratic reforms of European institutions.
Cat Smith MP Labour shadow minister for women
Clive Lewis MP Labour shadow minister for energy and climate change
Caroline Lucas MP Green party[br]Hywel Williams MP Plaid Cymru Westminster group leader
Lucy Anderson MEP Labour
Michael Mansfield QC Barrister
Steve Turner Assistant general secretary, or Unite the Union
Luke Cooper Anglia Ruskin University and convenor,Another Europe Is Possible
Ann Pettifor Economist
Kate Smurthwaite Comedian
Zoe Williams Journalist [br]Richard Murphy Economist and tax justice campaigner
Neal Lawson Compass
Amelia Womack Deputy leader, Green party
John Palmer Former Europe editor, or the Guardian
Billy Hayes Former general secretary,CWU [br]Paul Mackney Former general secretary, UCU (Natfhe)
Sahaya James NUS national executive committee
Deborah Hermanns National Campaign Against Fees and Cuts
Michael Chessum Journalist and Labour party activist
Zoe Gardner Refugee rights campaigner
Sam Fowles Birmingham University
Salman Shaheen
Marina Prentoulis University of East Anglia and Syriza (UK)
Professor Etienne Balibar Author, and We The People of Europe
Sunny Hundal Journalist
Liz Davies Barrister and Labour party activist
Neil Faulkner Historian and archaeologist
Houzan Mahmoud Kurdish feminist activist
Bill Bowring Professor of Law,Birkbeck
Niccolo Milanese Chair, European Alternatives
John Christensen
Kate Hudson Left Unity[br]Derek Wall Green party international coordinator
David Rosenberg Author, and Rebel Footprints
Maryam Namazie Human rights activist
Hannah Webb NUS national executive
James Elliot NUS disabled students campaign
Nick Dearden
Natalie Sedacca Human rights lawyer
Andrea Pisauro Sinistra Ecologia Liberta (London)
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Source: theguardian.com