Category Archives: News blog

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

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The Politics of the Body: Visions from 15M

For a revolution from and for a self-management of our bodies, of our lives, of our decisions and other spaces.  We affirm our bodies as territories that reject any form of colonization.                                                                             Comisión Transfeminista Benimaclet (Valencia) The body as … Continue reading

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Okupying with Alegría

On the 30th of August, up to 200 people occupied a residential building in Sevilla, subsequently providing housing for 5 families.  Supported by 15M Sevilla, the building taken was recently constructed, but empty and had passed to the bank Bankia … Continue reading

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The contagion of rebellion

From the protests of working class neighbourhoods in Sevilla (tercera información), to the occupation of residential buildings for housing those made homeless (Corrala de Vecinas La Alegría), to the call for a general strike by the CGT, CNT and Solidaridade … Continue reading

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Canciones Andaluzas: El Sindicato Andaluz de Trabajadores/as

El Grito La elipse de un grito, Va de monte a monte. Desde los olivos será un arco iris negro sobre la noche azul. ¡Ay! Como un arco de viola el grito ha hecho vibrar largas cuerdas del viento. ¡Ay! … Continue reading

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Québec Student Movement: Reform or Revolution

The Québec provincial legislative elections of last September 4, with a victory for the Parti Québécois, place the Quebec student movement before a crossroads: either to continue the struggle and expand it to broader concerns or accept the new minority … Continue reading

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A tentação do poder: Ocupar um congresso, ou não ocupar, eis a questão!

The following is an effort to intervene in a debate that arose recently in spain, among a great number of social movements, associations, collectivities, before a call by a group calling itself Plataforma ¡En Pie! to occupy the country's parliament … Continue reading

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The Revolution is Dead, Long Live the Revolution: Reflections on the Quebec Student Movement

As flowers turn toward the sun, by dint of a secret heliotropism the past strives to turn toward that sun which is rising in the sky of history.                                                           Walter Benjamin, Theses on the Philosophy of History As Quebec universities … Continue reading

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Valtónyc: In solidarity

The Mallorcan singer/poet Valtonyc was arrested for “incitment to violence” and “offense to the crown”.  Released after some hours, this seemigly absurd act by spanish national police is not without its reasons.  In solidarity …

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Archipelagos of resistance/autonomy

… l’organisation autonome des sans-pouvoir peut en exercer une multiplicité qui, tout simplement, permettent de vivre mieux, et cela précisément parce que le pouvoir des sans-pouvoir n’est pas un autre pouvoir, « égal et opposé » au pouvoir ennemi, mais un ensemble … Continue reading

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