Category Archives: 15M

Live from Amsterdam, Second Day Networked Labour Seminar

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CALL FOR WORKSHOPS AND PARTICIPANTS – 8-9 June, London

From the uprising in northern Africa to the assemblies in Spain, followed by the spreading of Occupy, new social movements have sprung up all over the world. Our structures, ways of organising and tactics are still in their embryonic form: working through experimentations and learning from the inevitable difficulties. … Continue reading

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A report from the World Social Forum by Ludovica Rogers

by Ludovica Rogers  I have recently returned from Tunis where I travelled to take part in the World Social Forum. I had never participated in one before, and the fact that it was happening so close to Europe, was an … Continue reading

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The European Spring 2013 – A New Beginning? | Transnational Institute

27 March 2013, by Sol Trumbo Vila The European Spring’s Days of Action, that targeted the EU Summit and its austerity agenda, provides important lessons on how to develop alliances between trade unions, grassroots movements and civil society organisations. This article … Continue reading

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Tunis: A tale of two World Social Forums | via Mariangela

by Nick Dearden The WSF needs updating for a post-Arab Spring, post-Indignado world, writes Nick Dearden. The problems and the possibilities were both on show in Tunisia The Tunisian World Social Forum has been the most energetic, lively, youthful forum held … Continue reading

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Occupy the WSF | Spanish Revolution

In #globalrevolution on 31 March 2013 at 13:09 Global Square 2013 Tunis, photo via @CaseyJAldridge Dear people, In 1999 the counter-globalisation movement burst onto the streets at the WTO conference in Seattle. Two years later, in Porto Alegre, the movement began to organize its own … Continue reading

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Como teleparticipar en nuestro proceso en el Foro Social Mundial

Hola a todos El Foro Social Mundial es la semana que viene, y desde hace meses unas cuantas decenas de participantes de movimientos sociales como el 15M y Occupy y similar venimos organizando una serie de asambleas y talleres que … Continue reading

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Networked Solidarity workshop by GlobalSquare (Occupy the World Social Forum) initiative

Dear comrades, Global Square initiative (global-square.net) has been preparing a space in and around the World Social Forum in Tunis in order to exchange, share and reflect on our recent experiences in horizontal grass roots uprisings / movements, among ourselves as … Continue reading

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Join in the Free Tourisis (or Cristic Tour) in Amsterdam 13 March, 16:00

Join this free city tour that will expose the real story of the crisis, public debts and cuts! We will visit those who are really responsible from the difficulties we are facing. No… they not the lazy nations not Greeks, … Continue reading

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Sharing Commons Spring Barcelona March 2013

Promotional poster Sharing commons sprint. Barcelona. March 20th & 21st 2013. In occasion of Michel Bauwens (P2P Foundation) visit to Barcelona. Brought to you collaboratively by OuiShare, IGOP – UAB & Spanish Chapter of Open Knowledge Foundation, with the support of BCN The … Continue reading

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Support the Global Square gathering of grassroots activists in Tunis!

Several participants of social movements have been lately meeting each other at different spaces during 2012 like Agora99 in Madrid,  Firenze 10+10 in Florence. In Florence we have organized an assembly on the city streets that managed to strengthen the … Continue reading

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Public reach out campaign for the Global Square initiative!

We have started a social media offensive for public reach out for the Global Square initiative. Please spread this email and links as wide as possible!! GlobalSquare is a series of online and physical meetings and assemblies whose participants and organisers are individuals … Continue reading

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Egyptian Winter: A New Short Documentary

Egyptian Winter: A New Short Documentary Two years after the revolution in Egypt began, unrest continues across the country as the political and economic situation worsens. As the current government consolidates its power, the demands of the revolution may seem … Continue reading

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For a Europe of the people, against the European Union of the Markets’

15M assemblies and other groups and social organiza­tions prepare the week of struggle The week of struggle will take place from the 11th until the 17th of March in Madrid and other Spanish cities and the rest of Europe, with … Continue reading

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SPANISH PEOPLE TOOK THE STREET TO DEFEND THE PAH’S POPULAR LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVE

from BARCELONA #15M Newsletter nr 39 On February 16th people from more than 50 cities in Spain (see map) took to the streets to protest against the plague of evictions that is starting to be known all around the world. The PAH (Platform of those affected by … Continue reading

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We The People of Europe vs. Capital State Partnerships… Join Us!

A call for action against the EU Spring Summit 13 and 14 March 2013 in Brussels Click here to see the Call for Action in multiple languages ‘For a European Spring’ is a call for actions, strikes and demonstrations all over … Continue reading

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Them vs. Us: the Gaze & Compañeros of the Word (SupMarcos, Greg Ruggiero)

February 21, 2013 Them vs. Us: the Gaze To Look and Communicate by SUBCOMANDANTE MARCOS  “ … the passage to humanity today is called ‘rebellion’…” I’m going to tell you something very secret, but don’t go spreading it around…or, go … Continue reading

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#23F: mass demonstrations against financial coup in Spain | ROAR

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Global Square in Tunis 2013 – Video

GlobalSquare is a series of online and physical meetings and assemblies whose participants and organisers are individuals linked to the 15M, Occupy, student movements, Yo Soy 132, T’harrek, Idle No More, VIA22 as well as other grassroots and horizontal movements. … Continue reading

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Networked solidarity? An open workshop during the WSF in Tunis on the interactions between labour, NGOs, political groups and the squares

Public Group on Global Square website to prepare the workshop General objective of the workshop is to evaluate the recent experiences of networking and solidarity between, on the one hand, the horizontal square movements, free information movements, student movements, indigenous movements … Continue reading

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