Category Archives: News blog

From a cartography of 15M to cartographies of resistance/insurrection

As the first anniversary of 15M in spain passes, it is time to also change perspectives on the stories of resistance and rebellion that mark our times.  Autonomies began before the wave of insurrection that seems to have characterised 2011, … Continue reading

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David Harvey and “Rebel Cities”

David Harvey continues to explore the violence of capitalism with an impressive lucidity and determination.  And though his work has always been informed by a profound moral and political commitment, perhaps never has this been more evident than in the … Continue reading

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15M: A Cartography of the Spanish Revolution 97

The police in Madrid now open fire to apprehend a street vender, and then beat those who witness the event …

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15M: A Cartography of the Spanish Revolution 96

Our eyes see very little and very badly – so people dreamed up the microscope to let them see invisible phenomena; they invented the telescope…now they have perfected the cinecamera to penetrate more deeply into he visible world, to explore … Continue reading

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Mamfakinch: Campaign to Free all Political Prisoners in Morocco

Mamfakinch : For a General Political Amnesty in Morocco

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15M: A Cartography of the Spanish Revolution 95

15M has been described as a laboratory in which the impossible is invented, an initiator of new way of thinking and acting politically, a new type or modality of rebellion or revolution, something in the air or underground which feeds, … Continue reading

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Casseroles in Québec

  Three Videos that capture the beauty of the Quebec social movement … Casseroles – Montréal, 24th of May, by Jeremie Battaglia   Un grand tonnerre: Une lettre de Christian Nadeau, professeur de philosophie à l’UdM, interprétée par Christian Bégin … Continue reading

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15M: A Cartography of the Spanish Revolution 94

One day after the Rajoy governement of spain approved a 20 thousand, million Euro bailout of the Bankia, police in Madrid intervened to close the Okupied Social Centre, La Salamanquesa. The Centre was the result of an occupation of a … Continue reading

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Quebec: Generalizing the Struggle – From Student Strike to Social Strike

"…but at the same time we want to challenge the economic imperative that informs the policies of our governments. If it is to do this, the student movement cannot remain alone, and must be joined by all of the forces … Continue reading

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15M: A Cartography of the Spanish Revolution 93

And the verb was made flesh … the body against capital in the Flamenco of FLO6x8 … http://www.flo6x8.com/intro

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