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Tag Archives: 15M
From Apoyo Mutuo: Towards popular power
In solidarity with Apoyo Mutuo, the Madrid based initiative to “organise” anarchist and libertarian actions across different collectives, groups and sensibilities (one of many that today mark the country’s political landscape – e.g. Procés Embat in catalonia, more recently, Aunar … Continue reading
La lucha sigue en la calle: Spain’s 15M four years on
The shur indians , the so called jíbaros, cut off the heads of the vanquished. They would cut them and shrink them until they could be held in a fist, so that the vanquished does not resuscitate. But the vanquished … Continue reading
Scenes from the class struggle in spain: The prohibition and repression of dissent
On the 15th of June of 2011, a large protest was organised by the popular assemblies of 15M Barcelona, born during the occupation of Plaza de Catalunya, to peacefully “block” the proceedings of the the Parliament of Catalonia, and so disturb … Continue reading
Construyendo pueblo fuerte: Spreading anarchist organisation
Initiatives to bring together libertarian activists, or those sympathetic with it, multiply in spain (Federación Estudiantil Libertaria, Espacio Libertario de Madrid, and so on). On the 19th of February, in Madrid, a collective calling itself Construyendo pueblo fuerte (Constructing a … Continue reading
Unrepresentable stories: Films of resistance
As long as the lions do not have their own historians, the stories of hunting will continue to glorify the hunter. African proverb Spain’s public prosecutor has recently asked for cumulative legal punishment of up to 74 years and 3 … Continue reading
Anti-fascism in spain: Tetuán, Madrid
As well as the fascism of concentration camps …, new forms of molecular fascism are developing: the crematoria of Belsen can be satisfactorily replaced with the small furnaces of the family, the school, racism, ghettos of all sorts. All over … Continue reading
Anti-capitalist economies in post-15M spain: Mondragón, Cooperatives and Okupations
… I am bound to suppose that the realisation of Socialism will tend to make men happy. What is it then that makes people happy? Free and full life and the consciousness of life. William Morris In spain, there are … Continue reading
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Critical engagements in spain’s 15th of May movement
Spain’s 15th of May movement, born in 2011, is one of the most significant political and social movements of our time. Its promise has been great. But also its weaknesses, weaknesses which those quick to condemn movements in the name … Continue reading
A Madrid May: Where is 15M?
Two young women danced among those who walked in protest on the 17th of May, from Cibeles to Puerta del Sol. They bore upon their heads plastic vaginas with the slogan, “ni sumisa, ni devota” (“neither submissive, nor pious”). And with the sound … Continue reading
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 →