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Tag Archives: Spanish Revolution
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
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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Tagged 15M, CGT, CNT, General Strike, Solidaridad Obrera, spain, Spanish Revolution
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15M’s spain: In the balance of protest and creation
15M continues to walk the limenal space between political contestation and the construction of other worlds … a space without identity, always in the making … the space of autonomy …
Thinking 15M
The spanish edition of Le Monde Diplomatique (July/2012) carries a very good analysis/evaluation of 15M. the text follows in spanish …
Os quiero, os respeto, os necesito … 15M´s spain
Becoming "wild" is always an erotic act, an act of nakedness. Hakim Bey, The Temporary Autonomous Zone The days and weeks of the white heat of summer bring illusions and hallucinations in their wake, visions of metamorphoses. Our dreams … Continue reading
From protest to protest … radicalising the general strike in 15M´s spain
In some 80 cities in spain, over one million people protested the latest government budget cuts. Called by the principal labour unions of the country, minority unions, social movements and 15M joined the protest as a "critical bloc", to distinguish themselves … Continue reading
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Tagged 15M, Carlos Taibo, General Strike, spain, Spanish Revolution, Strike
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And protests rain upon the government of spain
Between the coal miners’ strike and protests, spontaneous and organised, against the spanish government’s most recent efforts to reduce spending (increase in sales tax, reduction in the salaries of civil servants, reduction in unemployment insurance, and the like, adding up … Continue reading
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Tagged 15M, Asturian Miners' Strike, spain, Spanish Revolution, Strike
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Scenes from the class struggle in spain: The Coal Miners’ Strike … and questions
“We do not struggle as working class, we struggle against being working class … . Our struggle is not the struggle of labour: it is the struggle against labour. …There is nothing good about being members of the working class, … Continue reading
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Tagged 15M, Asturian Miners' Strike, spain, Spanish Revolution, Strike
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Toma la tele: 15Mbcn tv
"In a world which really is topsy -turvy, the true is a moment of the false." Guy Debord, Society of the Spectacle One of the remarkable features of 15M spain is the okupation/proliferation of media, as both a … Continue reading
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 →