Category Archives: Participation

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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A report from the World Social Forum by Ludovica Rogers

Posted on April 13, 2013 by

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

Posted on April 2, 2013 by

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

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

Posted on March 14, 2013 by

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

Posted on February 14, 2013 by

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

Posted on February 13, 2013 by

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

Posted on February 7, 2013 by

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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Invitation: GlobalSquare online meeting, Sunday 3 February 2013

Posted on January 29, 2013 by

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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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

Posted on December 27, 2012 by

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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Global Unionism Dicussion Papers IV: The Direct Unionism Model

Posted on December 19, 2012 by

“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

Posted on December 5, 2012 by

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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New voices at Firenze 10+10 tackle the European crisis

Posted on November 30, 2012 by
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FIRENZE 10+10: Reports, videos, reflections compiled by Jasper Teuinissen

Posted on November 30, 2012 by

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

Posted on November 28, 2012 by

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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#Walmartstrike and the union resurgence | Godfrey’s Blog of Claims

Posted on November 26, 2012 by

The #Walmartstrike on Black Friday was an historic moment for the global labour movement. It represents the public coming out of the synthesis of occupy direct action tactics and sustainable union structures to produce a direct unionism that has the … Continue reading →

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Support Walmart Black Friday Strikers! | OWS

Posted on November 15, 2012 by

Support Walmart Black Friday Strikers! Support the Walmart Black Friday Strikers! It’s time to take a stand and support the workers who are standing up to live better through an unfair labor practice strike. Walmart workers decided to strike on Black … Continue reading →

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FROM #14N TO #21D: COMING OF THE SYSTEMIC GENERAL STRIKE TO REPLACE ANCIENT CAPITALIST WORLD WITH FRESH COLLABORATIVE ONES

Posted on November 14, 2012 by

We are ordinary people, outraged like you. Some calls us Indignados others 15M or Occupy Movement, describing those who is pushed at the brink of the global disastrous system or already fallen out of it. We are sometimes highly educated, … Continue reading →

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