Monthly Archives: January 2012

State of Corporate Power 2012: Exposing the Davos Class

Posted on January 25, 2012 by

TNI, January 2012 Who are the global 1%? What companies do they run? How do they escape accountability? Check out TNI’s powerful infographic displays that expose the social and environmental costs of global corporate power. The economic, social and ecological crises … Continue reading →

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The Pirate Bay declares 3D printed “physibles” as the next frontier of piracy

Posted on January 25, 2012 by

By Ray Walters on January 24, 2012 at 8:30 am While the subject of online piracy is certainly nothing new, the recent protests againstSOPA and the federal raid on Megauploadhave thrust the issue into mainstream media. More than ever, people are discussing the controversial … Continue reading →

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Left Wing Organisations and Libertarian Grassroots Unions Call for an International Day of Action

Posted on January 25, 2012 by

December 19, 2011 By webmasters During an international meeting in December 2011 in Frankfurt am Main, several left wing organisations and grassroots unions from Greece, Spain, Poland, Austria and Germany decided to launch a joint effort against capitalist reforms under the current … Continue reading →

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May 2012 #12M12 #15M12 – INDIGNADOS/OCCUPY/ANONYMOUS JOIN THE GLOBAL SWARM

Posted on January 24, 2012 by

Throughout this period of insurrection, from Iceland to the latest upheavals in Russia and Hungary, if anything has become clear is the advanced state of decay of political systems and their mechanisms of representation ( they do not  represent us!), as well as … Continue reading →

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THE ALTERNATIVE WORLD WATER FORUM

Posted on January 23, 2012 by

March 14 to 17, 2012, the Alternative World Water Forum (FAME or Forum Alternatif Mondial de l’Eau) will be held in Marseilles, France. This event is being organized by associations and movements, trade unions, NGOs, citizens and elected representatives from … Continue reading →

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WATER, PLANET AND PEOPLES, FOR A GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP

Posted on January 23, 2012 by

The French government and the World Water Council are organizing the 6th World Water Forum (WWF) from 12th to 17th March, 2012, in Marseille (France). This forum gives a very tiny space to civil society. Thus, the opinion carried during these five days … Continue reading →

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2011-’12: from austerity to the alternative | ROARMAG

Posted on January 22, 2012 by

By Jerome Roos On January 19, 2012 As the world burns and millions struggle to avert a precarious existence at the margins of society, now is the time to unleash the power of the imagination.   A little over a year ago, when ROAR … Continue reading →

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HOW TO JOIN ANONYMOUS – A BEGINNER’S GUIDE

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Zapatistas: 18 Years of Rebellion and Resistance

Posted on January 22, 2012 by

by MARCELA SALAS CASSANI Hundreds of activists and academics from around the world gathered at the International Seminar “Planet Earth: Anti-Systemic Movements” to discuss the importance of the 1994 Zapatista uprising on its 18th anniversary. In the context of the … Continue reading →

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Blackout Strike: Anonymous Calls for Street Protests; Lawmakers Drop Support of SOPA and PIPA

Posted on January 22, 2012 by

Wednesday 18 January 2012 by: Mike Ludwig, Truthout | Report Nadine Wolf protests outside the offices of Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), who co-sponsored anti-piracy legislation, in New York, on January 18, 2012. The physical protest joined sites around the Web … Continue reading →

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