Category Archives: 15M

Madrid Joins in and Calls for a European week of mobilization (11-17 March 2013): EUROPE FOR THE PEOPLE, NOT FOR THE MARKETPLACE

MANIFESTO – EUROPE FOR THE PEOPLE, NOT FOR THE MARKETPLACE in Spanish We stand in defence of a Europe that sets fundamental rights above the interests of the marketplace. We stand for a new model created by citizens through a … Continue reading

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GlobalSqaure – Grassroots towards, around and beyond the WSF

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!, Tharek, Idle No More!, VIA22 as well as other movements. Our objective is … Continue reading

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Re: World Social Forum: space or movement? by Jasper Teunissen

Critical evaluation of Chico Whitaker’s views and prospects for the future of the World Social Forum, by comrade Jasper Teunissen who is  actively involved  in the Occupy movement in the Netherlands and internationally and in the preparation of the GlobalSquare initiative. A reply … Continue reading

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Invitation: GlobalSquare online meeting, Sunday 3 February 2013

Next meeting of GlobalSquare (also known as Occupy the WSF initiative) Location: Occupytalk.org server, room: Assemblies & Round Tables > OPEN SPACE (Mumble instructions below) Date: Sunday, 3rd of February 2013 Time: 19.00 GMT/UTC, check your local time here: time zone converter About … Continue reading

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Global Communications Network online meeting, Sunday January 27th, at 9pm GMT [EN, Fr, S]

ENGLISH Global Communications Network online meeting, Sunday January 27th, at 9pm GMT***  ***Convert to your local time : http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html This is an invitation for you to join the 7th call for the ” International Communications Network”. It will take place on Sunday January … Continue reading

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Our creativity will crack their cruelty, how..? Watch this!

Amazing Flashmob in an unemployment office in Spain. “Here it comes the sun!” Fantástico Flashmob en una oficina de paro en España. “Aquí llega el sol!” See translation Flashmob oficina paro (Carne Cruda 2.0) http://www.youtube.com Flashmob en Madrid (España) organizado … Continue reading

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#14th-15th March: What is the Plan?

The anonymous text posted below was spread before the 15th October 2011. It was clearly targeting the enemy any stating the way we need to walk forward in terms of methodology and form, not the content. Since than elite and capital, the … Continue reading

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Call for the fourth Occupy the WSF Online Meeting on Thursday 3rd January 2013 at 19.00 GMT, at 20.00 CET, at 21,00 IST

From 26-30 March 2013 the World Social Forum (WSF) will take place in Tunis. The WSF is a global meeting bringing together civil society organisations, social movements and activists to discuss our struggles to build another world. In the recent meetings of Agora99 … Continue reading

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#21D Public Debate on World General Strike: How to Hack / Crack Capitalism

Today at around 8 pm UK time there will be an online and informal open debate taking place on how to network and organise a global, indefinite, new generation emancipatory mass action. Please join us and share your ideas! Will … Continue reading

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A new ‘white tide’ of health care workers and users have packed Madrid #D16

Source:eldiario.es via Take The Square Translation: Possible thanks to TTS twitter followers, special thanks to @Dali_Moral Another ‘white tide’ of public health workers and users in Madrid flodded the streets of the capital on Sunday morning to protest against a plan … Continue reading

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Call for the third Occupy the WSF Online Meeting – Tuesday, 18th of December, 2012 at 19.00 PM GMT

Français ci-dessous – Castellano abajo – Italiano sotto From 26-30 March 2013 the World Social Forum (WSF) will take place in Tunis. The WSF is a global meeting bringing together civil society organisations, social movements and activists to discuss our … Continue reading

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The Power of Outrospection – On the rEvolutionary collective emphaty

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CALL FOR THE SECOND OCCUPY THE WSF MEETING – 7TH DECEMBER 2012 AT 19.00 PM GMT

This is a Call for the second Occupy the WSF Meeting MEETING LOCATION: MUMBLE PLATFORM The date of the meeting is 7th December 2012 at 19.00 pm GMT Agenda for next meeting to be build up collectively, please contribute adding relevant points … Continue reading

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Economic disobedience Manifesto: We Will Not Pay!

Sick of politicians and institutions ignoring their demands, more and more people within Spain are determined to build their own, truly public spaces.  Such spaces are collectively-run, created for and by the people themselves, rejecting the cuts and other interferences from those in power. Consensus-led decision making in meetings and collectively-run … Continue reading

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HUNGER STRIKE FOR WORK AND DIGNITY | BARCELONA #15M Newsletter nr 34

A hunger strike which lasted 23 days started on November 5th in the building of the biggest telecommunications company in Spain: Telefonica. After having a profit of 10,167 million euro in 2010, they announced the mass dimissal of 6,500 workers in april … Continue reading

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Firenze 10 + 10 and the changing character of power by Hilary Wainwright

by Hilary Wainwright, link to the Original article We’ll all bring different perspectives  on Firenze 10+10, an imaginative, self-consciously modest gathering of European activists who came together in November 2012 to agree actions to challenge the EU Goliath of financial and political power … Continue reading

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New voices at Firenze 10+10 tackle the European crisis

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Voices from Firenze 10+10 | TNI

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FIRENZE 10+10: Reports, videos, reflections compiled by Jasper Teuinissen

A very incomplete collection of reports from Firenze 10+10, 8-11 november, Florence, Italy, http://www.firenze1010.eu/ Reports of workshops and events Report of the Food Sovereignty Meeting on Land Issues http://www.nyelenieurope.net/en/news/70-report-of-the-food-sovereignty-meeting-on-land-issues Report of the European Water Movement Assembly at Firenze 10+10 (videos see … Continue reading

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Occupy-15M World Social Forum Planning (Mumble) Meeting – 30 November 19:00 GMT

This is a Call for a Mumble Meeting / Open Space on 30 November 2012 at 19.00 pm GMT What? World Social Forum 2013 will be taking place in Monastir, Tunis in March. This Forum might be a strategic space for us. Tunis has become a symbolic … Continue reading

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