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@attac_fr 20 French non-profit groups & trade unions propose a raft of crisis-exit measures for "environmental & social conversion of our societies" (headlines, my translation) @jacobinmag @M_Star_Online @thenation @NewStatesman @The_TUC @AFLCIO @evgenymorozov @democracynow 1/10

https://twitter.com/attac_fr/status/1265641953112317954

1: guarantee health protection and prevention measures for all, ie:
- masks and medical tests without charge
- emergency plan for Public Hospital system
- plan to combat violence against women
- guarantees of job security 2/10

2: provide secure access to healthcare by strengthening both democratic and individual rights
- lift the (French) state of emergency for healthcare
- boost workers' rights
- protect the rights of women, oppose sexism
- ensure rights for foreigners and people in prison 3/10

3: work for all women and men
- wage increases
- preserve rights for insecure workers in the culture sector and the unemployed
- reduce working time
- ban profit-making companies from firing staff
- boost pay and conditions for women 4/10

4: Guarantee the satisfaction of essential needs
- create jobs in farming
- guarantee of income and social benefits for all
- guarantee of quality food supply for all
- right of all to quality housing 5/10

5: For genuine international solidarity
- cancel the debts of poor countries
- provide international aid funds
- mutualise knowledge and access to patents to ensure cooperation on medical resources
- all people to enjoy food sovereignty 6/10

6: Take back control of finance and public debt
- prudential monetary policy to serve social and environmental needs
- regulation of banking 7/10

7: More tax justice
- fairer fiscal system via progressive taxes on income and unearned wealth
- effective measures to combat fraud and tax evasion
- financial transaction tax
- abolition of unneeded tax loopholes and environmentally-damaging fiscal rules 8/10

8: Sustainable measures to reconfigure economy
- companies to be bound by Paris Climate Agreement, ban on climate-destroying dividend pay-outs
- end to state support for polluting entities
- aid for conversion of economy via new training & research and teaching agreements 9/10

9: Transform modes of production, transport & consumption
- stop trade and investment deals
- rethink the transport system
- build an economy of sobriety
- plan for environmental & social transformation of farming & food production.
Unofficial translation by @DSharp_Paris ) 10/10

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