Against troika protests across Europe

Demonstrations will be held in 102 cities in 18 European countries, all intervened by ECB, European Commission and IMF.

Lisbon, Porto, Aveiro, Beja, Braga, Porto and Vila Real are among the 18 Portuguese cities that have joined the European protest movement "against the United Peoples troika 'which takes place this Saturday.

Performed in 102 European cities in 18 countries, all intervened by the troika (the European Central Bank, European Commission and International Monetary Fund), the demonstration seeks to challenge the wrong policies that have been developed in countries where it has intervened.

In Lisbon, the manifestation, leaving Entrecampos bound for Alameda, will stop at Avenida República forward to the premises of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), as a form of protest against the austerity policies advocated for Portugal this international institution.

Platform 15 October and other social movements will also join the protest demonstration explaining that "people will be a repudiation of the policies of the troika and its subjugated national governments."

Platform for 'in the case of Portugal, the government of Steps and Doors impositions firmly obeys the troika continuing to implement harsh austerity measures that will only bring more unemployment, recession, poverty and hunger. "

"These are measures that workers will regress over 100 years in their quality of life, everything to make profit even more," he criticizes.

Also the Association José Afonso proved supportive of the initiative, considering that it is still necessary to "create unrest," as José Afonso said in an interview in 1985, according to a statement signed by the head of the association, Fanhais Francisco.

The protest, according to the organization, have joined more than 100 locations in 12 countries in Europe (Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Greece, Croatia, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, UK, Ireland and the Netherlands).

"This time will not only be going out to Portugal, will all the peoples of Europe to demonstrate against the prescription of austerity, in favor of which they are the people to decide their lives," reads a motion communicated ' Fuck the Troika ', quoted by Lusa.

The linguist and writer Noam Chomsky Americans and Susan George, the British director Ken Loach and Spanish journalist Pilar del Rio are among the supporters of the international demonstration today.