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From Russia with Love, An American Spring
Occupy Wall Street is given a russian stage from which to speak, to perform, to contest … the beauty of what politics can be … American Spring 1 American Spring 2 … a further Occupy media … Occupy.com
Universidad Nómada on 15M
One of the most important contributions to the reflection on 15M, to date, is a collection of essays entitled Democracia Distribuida organized by the Universidad Nómada. Ideally, the endeavour should be made to translate the texts to english, but time … Continue reading
All is possible: strike, protest, occupy
The Austurian coal miners’ strike, called at the end of May by the principal unions representing the workers (CC.OO and UGT), indefinitely, to contest a brutal reduction in state support for the sector (over 60%), continues with what can only … Continue reading
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Tagged 15M, labour, Occupy Oakland, spain, Spanish Revolution, Strike
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Stories from 15M’s spain
The 100,000 million Euro bailout from the EU for spain’s failing bank system is a desperate attempt to put an end to the ongoing consequences of a brutal devaluation of capital (in this instance, all manner of real estate) and … Continue reading
Anti-Fascism: Lessons from the past
The constant stream of news from Greece of Golden Dawn fascists terrorising, harassing and beating immigrants is tragically not unique in our time, both in Greece and beyond, but gains new urgency with the party’s presence in parliament, a presence … Continue reading
15M, Occupy, Quebec Student Movement in Print
…we need all exuberant, floating, dancing, mocking, childish, and blissful art lest we lose our freedom above things that our ideal demands of us…. We should be able also to stand above morality — and not only to stand … Continue reading
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Tagged 15M, Alternative Media, Occupy, Quebec Student Movement, spain, Spanish Revolution
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15M: Okupations and Situations
One road is open, more open than ever, to help bring about revolution and the collapse of the present system: to begin on a small scale, and voluntarily, immediately, on all sides, you are called, you and your … Continue reading
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Tagged 15M, Art and Revolution, Okupations, spain, Spanish Revolution
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We Are All Greeks
To struggle through the state is to become involved in the active process of defeating yourself. John Holloway, Change the World Without Taking Power Elections in greece are scheduled for the 17th of June and what seems to lie … Continue reading
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Tagged Carlos Taibo, greece, John Holloway, Slavoj Žižek
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A Mexican Spring: Yo Soy 132
What began as a university student protest against the visit of the PRI candidate to the upcoming mexican presidential elections has quickly grown into a movement whose demands/desires echo so much that has been seen over the last year, from … Continue reading
Update from Greece
We should never forget that parliamentary democracy is a deeply undemocratic institution. This was already noted as far back as the 1700s, if we recall Rousseau's comments on the Brittish. To quote Rudolf Rocker "Within the Socialist movement ifself the … Continue reading →