More than 300 people gathered in KOSMOS on Karl-Marx-Allee to share their dissatisfaction with recent attacks by European governments on the social model, and the pervasiveness of the capitalism that puts profit before people.
On the contrary, words of hope and of resistance against the oppression come in speeches from Pierre Laurent, the newly-elected chairman of the European Left Party, Oskar Lafontaine, and Jean Luc Mélenchon, President of France's Parti de Gauche. The welcome address was made by Gesine Lötzsch and Klaus Ernst, with moderation by Diether Dehm.
Read the full Speech of EL President, Pierre Laurent, here:
In between speeches, KOSMOS was enlivened by several musical contributions from Kostas Papanastasiou (actor, singer and host of "TerzoMondo"), Diether Dehm, Andrea Rivera, Aurora Lacasa, and Geier Sturzflug and Gebrüder Engel.
