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Category Archives: Revolution
World Social Forum: Appraisal and Outlook of the Forum from Latin America | ALAI
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
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
Posted in 15M, Arab Spring, Movements, Networks, Occupy, Participation, Revolution, Solidarity, WSF 2013
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#GlobalSilence… Join the long and silent march… Planet earth against all the injustice!
Did You Hear? That is the sound of your world falling apart. It is the sound of our resurgence. The day that was the day, was night. And night will be the day that will be the day. Democracy! Liberty! … 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
Posted in 15M, Activism, globalNOISE, Idle No More!, Immigrants, Indigenous, Movements, Networks, Occupy, Revolution, Solidarity
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Tunisia’s revolution annexed by Serge Halimi
Almost everyone in Tunisia believes that the benefits of the revolution are in danger. Perhaps from a “secular” opposition that refuses to admit that the conservative An-Nahda Islamists were the clear winners in the National Constituent Assembly elections in October 2011. … Continue reading
Posted in Alliances, Arab Spring, Movements, Networks, Revolution, Solidarity
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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
Posted in 15M, Activism, Alliances, Anonymous, Arab Spring, Idle No More!, Indigenous, Occupy, P2P, Participation, Revolution, Solidarity, WSF 2013
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‘Them and Us’: four new essays by Subcomandante Marcos | via ROAR
In a new series of essays, Subcomandante Marcos of the EZLN lays out the differences between those in power and those who choose to organize from below. Part I – The (Lack of) Reason from Above Translated from the original Spanish by Kristin … Continue reading
Anonymous Operation Last Resort
Citizens of the world, Anonymous has observed for some time now the trajectory of justice in the United States with growing concern. We have marked the departure of this system from the noble ideals in which it was born and … 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
Posted in Activism, Anonymous, Arab Spring, Internet, Labour, Movements, Networks, Occupy, Open Access, Organising, Revolution
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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
Posted in Anonymous, Arab Spring, Firenze 10+10, Movements, Occupy, Organising, Revolution, Solidarity, WSF 2013
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State Capture and the Democratic Movement by Kees van der Pijl
“Slowly he explained the financial crisis to her in very simple terms, emphasizing the plain patriotic line to which she would respond.” – Angus Wilson, Anglo-Saxon Attitudes (1956) We are currently witnessing the collapse of the neoliberal project and yet, in the … 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
Posted in 14N, 15M, Activism, Anonymous, Exchange, Organising, Revolution, Wikistrike
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Anonymous – Project Mayhem 2012 December 21st
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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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New voices at Firenze 10+10 tackle the European crisis
Posted in 15M, Activism, Alliances, Firenze 10+10, Movements, Networks, Occupy, Participation, Revolution, Solidarity
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FROM #14N TO #21D: COMING OF THE SYSTEMIC GENERAL STRIKE TO REPLACE ANCIENT CAPITALIST WORLD WITH FRESH COLLABORATIVE ONES
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
Posted in 14N, 15M, Activism, Alliances, Anonymous, Arab Spring, Commons, Exchange, Movements, Networks, Occupy, P2P, Participation, Revolution, Solidarity, unions, Wikistrike
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FROM #14N to #23N: STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH STRIKING WORKERS – NO SHOPPING AT ANY #WALMART IN AMERICA ON BLACK FRIDAY #N23!
We stand in solidarity with our brothers and sisters and support them. NO SHOPPING AT ANY WALMART IN AMERICA on Friday, November 23, 2012! Please watch this informative documentary about WalMart and their practices, ‘WalMart: The High Cost of Low Prices’:
Posted in 14N, 15M, Alliances, Occupy, Participation, Revolution, Solidarity, Wikistrike
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THE COMING OF THE INDEFINITE STRIKE IN GREECE – LETS CREATE A MASSIVE STRIKE FUND FOR GREEK SOCIETY
Greece Jumpstarts Week of Protests as General Strike Takes on Austerity End of austerity cuts as likely as ‘Father Christmas’ – Common Dreams staff Greek workers began a week of anti-austerity strikes across the country Monday as state hospital doctors, … Continue reading
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In the ewe of massive general strikes: Can we build bottom up networked collaborative economies to support societies in the PIIGS and beyond
This is the first part of the audio version (see video version here) answering your questions to the P2P Foundation Reddit page: redd.it/11d4m7 based on the Synthetic overview of the collaborative economy report by the P2P Foundation and Orange Labs. James Burke gathered together the … Continue reading
Posted in 14N, 15M, Activism, Alliances, Exchange, free labour, Movements, networkers, Occupy, P2P, Participation, Revolution, Solidarity
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Making Firenze10+10 a success: some concrete proposals Francine Mestrum, Global Social Justice
[Below is an intervention made by Francine Menstrum of Global Social Justice, on the open email list created for discussion on the successful convergence and collaboration towards and within Firenze 10+10 space that will take place between November 8-11, 2012] … Continue reading
Posted in 14N, 15M, Activism, Alliances, Commons, Exchange, Firenze 10+10, Movements, Networks, Occupy, P2P, Participation, Revolution, Solidarity, unions
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