Category Archives: Organising

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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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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The machines of self-management have been switched on! | Vio.me

A great 30-minute documentary shot in the premises of Vio.Me a few weeks before production started. The workers document the shutting down of the company, their decision to self-manage it and the birth of the solidarity movement. VIO.ME.: If they … 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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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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Global Unionism: The Peer-to-Peer Model | New Unionism Network

The transnationalisation of production, along with the rise of global supply chains, informalisation, financialisation, and connecting of world markets through informationalisation have all hit hard on workers. It seems to have become impossible to overcome the resulting divisions among working … Continue reading

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World Social Forum: Critical Explorations | Edited by Jai Sen and Peter Waterman

OpenWord, New Delhi, 2012 Available FROM TODAY as an ebook @ http://www.into-ebooks.com/book/world_social_forum/ and soon also @ http://www.openword.in/critical-explorations. And soon to be also available as print-on-demand. PLEASE CIRCULATE WIDELY !  Some advance comments on Critical Explorations : This is an extraordinary book about an extraordinary phenomenon. From the … 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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Call for the Next global Assembly VIA22

Version en español abajo (Por favor difundir!)     ***********ENGLISH********** In this email: 1- VIA22 Call 2- Next global Assembly VIA22  3- January 22nd 2013 #22J ? Jump in! 4- VIA22 in your  area? 5- What are the main objectives of VIA22’s monthly process? 6- CONTACT … Continue reading

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Aaron’s Murder by 1% is to Trigger the Global Intifada

Tarek al-Tayeb Mohamed Bouazizi (29 March 1984 – 4 January 2011; Arabic: محمد البوعزيزي‎) was a Tunisian street vendor who set himself on fire on 17 December 2010, in protest of the confiscation of his wares and the harassment and humiliation that he reported was inflicted on … 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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Guerilla Open Access Manifesto by Aaron Swartz July 2008

Information is power. But like all power, there are those who want to keep it for themselves. The world’s entire scientific and cultural heritage, published over centuries in books and journals, is increasingly being digitized and locked up by a … Continue reading

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Netwar 2.0: the convergence of streets and networks

by GIORGIO GRIZIOTTI, DARIO LOVAGLIO, and TIZIANA TERRANOVA 23 February 2012 To the extent to which we are not witnessing a clash between two capitalisms but a process of reconfiguration realized through the hegemony of finance, information and circulation, the only way to change … Continue reading

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Invitation: GlobalSquare (Occupy WSF) online meeting, 17 January 2013

http://www.global-square.net * GlobalSquare (also known as Occupy the WSF initiative) is a name chosen during the last couple of meetings. You may remember another project, called The Global Square, which is not the same but we are both in touch and … Continue reading

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Walmart Empire Clashes With China | Truthout via Michael Morgan

Typically when we hear “WalMart” and “China” in the same sentence, we picture the “made in” labels on our toys, gadgets, and the other mass-produced stuff that we grab off the shelves at low, low prices. But WalMart’s vast retail … 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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Global Unionism Dicussion Papers IV: The Direct Unionism Model

“What can we do today so that tomorrow we can do what we are unable to do today?” – Paulo Freire We have reached a moment in the technological development of human society where we are limited not by our … Continue reading

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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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