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Freeing the school: Escuela Libre de Soria

"El aprendizaje es la actividad humana que requiere la mínima manipulación de otros, el mayor aprendizaje no es el resultado de la instrucción, es más bien el resultado de la libre participación en un ambiente lleno de significados".      … Continue reading

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And the strike was general, and the strike knew no borders …

 

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One battle follows another … scenes from the class wars

Amaya Egaña walked out upon her window sill at 9:20, on Friday, November 9th and with a step, continued … as four employees of the fourth tribunal of Barakaldo, Euskadi, arrived to execute an eviction order.  The second suicide in … Continue reading

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In solidarity …

The following letter, addressed to EU authorities, is in response to the increasing Moroccan state persecution of sub-Saharan african acitivists, working to defend the rights, interests and desires of sub-Saharan migrants.  The letter is posted at http://openlettereu.blogspot.com/, where a petition and … Continue reading

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The war of okupations

Toute différence entre formes-de-vie est une différence éthique.  Cette différence autorise un jeu, des jeux.  Ces jeux ne sont pas politiques en eux-mêmes, ils le deviennent à partir d’un certain degré d’intensité, c’est-à-dire, aussi, à partir d’un certain degré d’élaboration. … Continue reading

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Creating Autonomies

15M Soria has collected a large number of efforts/projects of what it calls Citizens initiatives: What we carry of the future.  These are examples of “collective, self-managed practices that work towards the urban empowerment of the citizenry and which develop … Continue reading

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The insurrection of citizens or of freedom?

On the 27th of October, the spanish congress was again a stage for protest, another encerclement, with the aim of protesting, contesting, but also openning the door to a new constituent process of political/institutional creation.  How many such acts will … Continue reading

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Scenes from the greek civil war: beauty and the beast

The State/Capital have never been orders of peace, except to the extent that they are able to pacify those exploited and oppressed by the system.  When challenged though, they very quickly reveal their nature, their foundation in power and violence, … Continue reading

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Agustín García Calvo: His passing and his presence

Agustín García Calvo died this last Thursday, the 1st of November.  He was poet, dramaturge, essayist, translator, philosopher; a man of many faces, an anarchist.  For those whom he touched, he will be missed.  But having created so much, part … Continue reading

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The PIGS are to go on strike

The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.                                    George Orwell, Animal Farm The true meaning of a strike … Continue reading

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