From John Jordan, cited in an article on Wisdom Councils, it shows the shift to participatory strategy-making, instead of vanguard-based political programs. John Jordan: “Our movements are trying to create a politics that challenges all the certainties of traditional leftist politics, not by replacing them with new ones, but by dissolving any notion that we… Continue reading
Date archives "March 2009"
Akis Gavrilidis on the meaning of the Greek koukouloforoi movement
In Red Pepper, Akis Gavrilidis reports on the particularly innovative and disconcerting movement of Greek youth which exploded last December. Akis Gavrilidis: “An impressive characteristic of this movement was its creative forms of communication, at every level. In those first few days in December, the demonstrators produced an infinite number of rhymes, slogans, puns, graffiti,… Continue reading
Venezuelan term-limits: could lifting them be democratic?
After the victory of Chavez in the recent referendum in Venezuela, he is now free to represent himself a third time. In Open Democracy, Julia Buxton explains why lifting term-limits is not necessarily an undemocratic feature. Julia Buxton: “The third and and even more important issue underlying the referendum result relates to how Venezuelans understand… Continue reading
A history of anti-filesharing strategies
Thomas Mennecke gives a good overview of the various attempts of IP monopolies to prevent the sharing of music, then discusses present attempts in the form of ‘three-strikes your out’ proposals: “The shutdown of Napster forced the development of decentralized networking. When targeting centralized networks no longer bore fruit, the entertainment industry tried flooding networks… Continue reading