Monthly Archives: March 2012

#M31 European Day of Action Against Capitalism

Posted 5 hours ago on March 31, 2012, 12:47 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt #OccupyPiazzaAffari protesters today in Milan Today, just days after a General Strike against austerity in Spain, protesters are again taking to the streets in Europe. In a press release, organizers say, … Continue reading

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Transnational call for action in Frankfurt, May 16-19 * #BLOCCUPY FOR GLOBAL CHANGE

Transnational call to action in Frankfurt, May 16-19 * International solidarity in our common struggle We are calling for massive protests in Frankfurt this May against the crisis regime of the European Union. We are activists representing a multitude of … Continue reading

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General strike marks another step forward | ROARMAG

The major success of Thursday’s general strike in Spain hails the maturation of the movement and the emergence of a new type of networked labor action.   By Raimundo Viejo and Carlos Delclos Predictably, most of the neoliberal media’s coverage … Continue reading

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Follow the Inter Network Meeting for Alter Summit in May Online

Posted by Orsan Senalp on March 30, 2012 at 15:04 View Blog http://altersummit.eu/?lang=en Alter Summit 20 European personalities 7 networks of researchers 26 national or European organizations http://static.bambuser.com/r/player.swf?username=AnotherEuropeNow #ALTER SUMMIT Live #Altersummit.eu

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Successful Fare Strike This Morning – Tens of Thousands Ride NYC Subways for Free | #OWS

Posted 23 hours ago on March 28, 2012, 12:46 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt W Wednesday, March 28, 2012 — 10:30 AM For Immediate Release: Forward far and wide. Rank and File Initiative rankandfileinitiative@gmail.com Twitter: #farestrike This morning before rush hour, teams … Continue reading

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JOIN – FOLLOW THE SECOND SPRING CONFERENCE ONLINE!

Presentation (en) Publié le Tuesday 28 February 2012 With some thirty organizations (unions and social movements, national or European – see “Who are we?” ), we organize before the EU “Spring Summit” our own spring conference, 29 & 30 March … Continue reading

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International Organization for a Participatory Society

As you may know by now, the site for IOPS – International Organization for a Participatory Societywent online yesterday. You may remember that the project was inspired by a Z Poll about revolutionary organization. You can see that poll from the … Continue reading

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BARCELONA 15M Newsletter nr 6 27-03-2012

1 #29M GENERAL STRIKE: A COMMUNICATION STRATEGY As  we announced last week, a workers’ strike has been called for March  29th by the main trade unions to protest against the Job Reform. The 15M movement has decided to support the … Continue reading

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Uprising: 2012. WATCH and SHARE this video!

 

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WE ARE LEGION – EXPECT US IN 2012

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Occupy/Inidgnados #12M15M Newsletter – Issue No 1 / TRANSITION NOW!

Newsletter #12M15M Issue 1 subscribe through  this link: http://eepurl.com/klvBr 1) Calendar of the  #12M15M  WG’s meetings and GA’s(Mumble) https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=dinamization12m15m%40gmail.com&ctz=Europe/Madrid Here you can check the meetings of the work groups and the general  assemblies for the 12 and 15 of MAY actions. By the international Facilitation team (dinamization12m15m@gmail.com) 2) Twitter: Platform for the hashtags of the … Continue reading

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Occupy BOSCH: Birlesik Metal-Is [United Metal Workers] Union wins a historic victory in Turkey by Orsan Senalp

Since the military took power and shut down all the unions in 1980, except the state backed yellow ones which were member of Turk-Is Confederation, it is almost impossible to get official recognition for signing a collective agreement in large multinationals for progressive or … Continue reading

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John Holloway: We are the Crisis of Capitalism | via Peter Waterman

Richard Menec bookfind at mymts.net    Audio http://www.revolutionbythebook.akpress.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03 /HollowayLeftForum.mp3 Thank you – very many thanks, Francis, for that absolutely intimidating introduction. Very many thanks as well to the organizers of this event for inviting me and to you all for being … Continue reading

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Occupying the Commons

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General Strike – Report from Lisbon | TTS

Posted by Niel – O.T.R.O on 03/23/2012 in Report · 0 Comments If membership has been very good in some areas, many workers have not joined the strike in fear of losing even a day on their miserable wage (purchasing power is lower than in Greece). … Continue reading

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Water Citizens’ Initiative launches its campaign website | EPSU

Press release, 22 March, World Water Day – Launch of the website www.right2water.eu for European Citizen Initiative “Water is a Human Right not a commodity” sponsored by the European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU). This website will be one of the tools for … Continue reading

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Support the March 29 general strike in Spain! | IUF

Spanish unions are united as never before in their mobilization against labour law ‘reforms’ which gut workplace protection and trade union rights and in defense of public services. Following mass mobilizations on February 19 and 29 which brought millions onto … Continue reading

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Weighs Like a Nightmare | Historical Materialism Ninth Annual Conference

The Ninth Annual HM Conference will take place in Central London from 8-11 November 2012 Has Marx been reanimated once again? From mainstream media to academia, this question hangs in the air. The old ghosts of revolution appear to be shaking off … Continue reading

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The Return of the #OWS at Union Square – Cronicles

3/21 Live Updates, crash course on civil liberties for the NYPD Posted 14 hours ago on March 21, 2012, 1:33 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt. Note: NYPD crash course on civil liberties is at bottom, live updates are at the top. Are … Continue reading

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Jean Lievens on the P2P Revolution in Media | via P2P Foundation

“The Internet as a “new” medium is not an extension or an extra platform of the traditional media; it is qualitatively different because it turns the passive media consumer (the couch potato) into an active contributor. People not only like … Continue reading

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