Tag Archives: Factory Okupations

Vio.Me: Self-Organization in Greece

An excellent video report from Global Uprisings and Brandon Jourdan of the Vio.Me. factory occupation in greece.  Any revolutionary movement will inevitably confront the issue of production.  In radically changing capitalist society, how can the basic needs of people be … Continue reading

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From factory occupations to revolution?

The occupation of factories, of the industrial fabric of a society, is essential to any broad revolutionary movement against State-Capital.  It is however by no means sufficient.  Occupations can only be a part of a more general effort to create … Continue reading

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Updates from Greece: In Solidarity with the Occupying Workers of Industrial Mineral (Vio.Me)

  "…only through a network of self-managed factories will Vio.Me be able to survive and light the way towards a different organisation of production and the economy, with no exploitation, inequality or hierarchy"   http://biom-metal.blogspot.gr/   The struggle in Greece is … Continue reading

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Updates from Greece: Greek Proletariat Occupies — Life without Bosses

Greek worker resistance has turned a new page in combatting and overcoming the ongoing capitalist onslaught against the majority of the population everywhere. Street demonstrations and battles, occupations of public spaces and the creation of alternative centres have been joined … Continue reading

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Updates from Greece – Taking over the factories

The ceaseless magmatic revolt of the Greek proletariat has been adding to the visceral street battles creative economic projects (see previous Updates from Greece) and now a concentrated battle for the occupation of a major industrial factory. While for the … Continue reading

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Occupied Companies in Argentina — An assessment

While this article is not very recent, it discusses a situation which remains relevant and will remain relevant: first, because if a revolt or insurrection is to become a revolution with some chance of sucess it will have to address … Continue reading

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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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15M: A Cartography of the Spanish Revolution 70

A greve geral na Grécia ganha dimensões impressionantes: paralização de actividade economica, ocupções de espaços publicos, ministerios e administrações, televisões, hospitais, faculdades universitarias … dois “sites” para poder seguir os acontecimentos/The strike in general strike Greece is acquiring impressive dimensions: … Continue reading

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