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Tag Archives: Occupy Wall Street
The anarchist critique of democracy (5): CrimethInc.
The anarchist collective CrimethInc. initiated last month a critical analysis and discussion of “democracy”, promising a series of reflections. The series gains in significance with events in france around the movement Nuit Debout. What follows is the fifth essay, Occupy: … Continue reading
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Tagged anarchism, autonomy, democracy, Occupy Wall Street, united states
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The refusal of sovereignty; An anarchist reading of “occupy” movements
(El Roto) The “occupy” movements that emerged in 2011 in different parts of the world continue to merit reflection as the most radical challenge to State forms and Capitalism in recent memory. We share below an essay by a friend … Continue reading
Occupy Wall Street, two years on …
(poster from the Brooklyn Artist's Alliance) Anniversaries are always problematic. While celebratory, they lend themselves to nostalgia, nostalgia for past feats, glories, passions, which may mask present poverty and paralyse action in the present. They also lend themselves to accountings … Continue reading
Radical politics amid hurricanes
Silvia Frederici, in the last number of Tidal, contends that “debt has become a key means of capital accumulation”. Having spread ever more broadly throughout the world, it has become the most “general category through which exploitation is organized”. The … Continue reading
In celebration: Occupy Wall Street on Film
Occupy Wall Street's exuberance, after one year is evident politically and aesthetically. What follows is a very modest testimony of the movement, now movements' passion and beauty …
Occupy: One Year On
The distinguishing factor between an action and a revolutionary action is its intention. So, more important than the structure of growth we strive for, it is growth itself that must be re-imagined. We must not expand for expansion’s sake….The most … Continue reading
15M: A Cartography of the Spanish Revolution … and Occupy Wall Street 85
Al Jazeera television visits Occupy Wall Street’s past in a surprisingly good document … http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4VLYGfGDZg&feature=player_embedded
15M: A Cartography of the Spanish Revolution 81
Mobilization on the 12 of May (video) … everywhere
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Tagged 15M, Feminism, LGBT, Occupy Oakland, Occupy Wall Street, spain, Spanish Revolution
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15M: A Cartography of the Spanish Revolution 78
Regresso ao 29 de Fevereiro, em espanha, um dia de protesto contra cortes na educação … toma a escola!/A return to the 29th of Februrary, in spain, a day of protest against cuts in education … take the school! … Continue reading
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Tagged 15M, Alternative Economies, Occupy Wall Street, spain, Spanish Revolution
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Occupy Wall Street: Sharing reflections on a fifth anniversary (1)
If Occupy Wall Street began with the occupation of Zuccotti Park in New York City on September 17th, 2011, it quickly spread to other cities in north america and beyond, making it the largest “anti-capitalist” protest movement on the continent … Continue reading →