Category Archives: Activism

Live from Amsterdam, Second Day Networked Labour Seminar

Posted on May 9, 2013 by
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A New Sort of Alliance for Another Europe | Transform! Europe

Posted on May 1, 2013 by

By Walter Baier On 7-8 June the Alter Summit of the European peoples will be taking place at the Velodrome in Athens. An alliance of more than 150 organisations – including trade unions, social movements, NGOs and political actors – from … Continue reading →

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World Social Forum: Appraisal and Outlook of the Forum from Latin America | ALAI

Posted on May 1, 2013 by

by Gustavo Codas The first great spontaneous, popular rebellion at a national level against neo-liberal globalization was the Caracas Uprising of 1989. In 1992, a group of Venezuelan military rebels, led by Hugo Chavez, sought to give it a political … Continue reading →

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

Posted on April 29, 2013 by

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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Into the Fire – The Hidden Victims of Austerity | embed it on your website or blog

Posted on April 21, 2013 by

Into the Fire is up! Here’s the link you can use to embed Into the Fire on your website or blog: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMOnuD0SQJs&cc_load_policy=1 Into the Fire is being crowd-released today: All over the internet people areembedding Into the Fire on their website or blog. … Continue reading →

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

Posted on April 3, 2013 by

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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At World Social Forum: Unity and Dissent Within Global Movements

Posted on April 3, 2013 by

from the opening March of the World Social Forum in Tunisia. (Photo: Jordan Flaherty) An estimated 50,000 people from 5,000 organizations in 127 countries spanning five continents participated in the World Social Forum in Tunisia over the past week. By … Continue reading →

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Occupy the WSF | Spanish Revolution

Posted on March 31, 2013 by

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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Declaration of the Social Movements Assembly – World Social Forum 2013 29 March 2013, Tunisia [En, Ar, Fr, Es]

Posted on March 30, 2013 by

(English) As the Social Movements Assembly of the World Social Forum of Tunisia, 2013, we are gathered here to affirm the fundamental contribution of peoples of Maghreb-Mashrek (from North Africa to the Middle East), in the construction of human civilization. We … Continue reading →

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Como teleparticipar en nuestro proceso en el Foro Social Mundial

Posted on March 23, 2013 by

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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March 23: A day for transnational migrants’ and refugees’ anti-racist and anti-precarity initiatives

Posted on March 22, 2013 by

We, migrants, refugees and precarious workers from different European countries will be on the streets on march 23rd for different initiatives against the European migration regimes and for refugees’ rights. In this time of crisis, policies against migrants are fostering … Continue reading →

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

Posted on March 22, 2013 by

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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IdleNoMore Quebec calls for 3 days mobilisation #M20 #M21 #M22

Posted on March 14, 2013 by

  For immediate release Montreal, March 13, 2013 – Idle No More Quebec encourages people and organizations who work in solidarity with Indigenous and environmental causes to respond to the global call to action IDLE NO MORE. As part of World … Continue reading →

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IS WORKING IN NON-PROFITS REALLY ABOUT MAKING CHANGE? | #OWS

Posted on March 12, 2013 by

by Rebecca Manski This is the second in a series of articles on Money and Movements. The first half of this article addresses some of the challenges of resource allocation and financial compensation in movement contexts. The second half of the piece … Continue reading →

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

Posted on March 7, 2013 by

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

Posted on March 6, 2013 by

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!

Posted on March 6, 2013 by

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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Egyptian Winter: A New Short Documentary

Posted on March 5, 2013 by

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’

Posted on March 5, 2013 by

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

Posted on February 26, 2013 by

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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