We’re reposting the important editorial by Jerome Roos: “The mass protests currently sweeping through Europe are truly unprecedented and historical both in their creative and non-violent character and in their immense geographical spread. The oncoming exacerbation of the eurozone debt crisis — Paul Krugman yesterday warned that meltdown is imminent and that it’s “time to… Continue reading
Date archives "June 2011"
#tomalaplaza continuation – Spain
[View the story “#tomalaplaza: Should I Stay or Should I Go ” on Storify]
Can the commons bring us “beyond growth”?
Interesting conference report via Silke Helfrich: (Translation: Brian Davey; here’s the original version with notes) “Two weeks ago I had the opportunity to participate in a panel-discussion on the theme „Market, Plans and Solidarity Economy“ at the Attac Congress „Beyond Growth“ in Berlin. As initial speakers we had a time slot for a short introduction… Continue reading
In the Rockies, the War against the Wolves
Wolf hatred unites the right by emphasizing wolves’ connection to the government. Fascinating but very sad story about the struggle of the radical right against re-introducing wolves in their former natural habitats, and their victory, in a essay by J. William Gibson: Introducing the essay, he writes: “My piece on the right-wing’s successful demonization of… Continue reading
Facebook and the Unions
Walton Pantland has read: * Online social networking and trade union membership
Greece the new Argentina: John Holloway on the desperate excitement in Athens
Stirring speech by John Holloway on the absurdity of destroying populations to pay speculative bondholders:
#SpanishRevolution, something truly joyful.
Wonderful video-statement from Plaza Catalunya, Barcelona:
Kfé Innovación – a simultaneous distributed P2P discussion
A simultaneous, distributed discussion on the topic of “Cities of Learning” will be taking place today in 48 places around the world from La Pobleta de Bellveí in the Catalan Pyrenees to Washington DC via Agentina, Mexico & Colombia. These various conversations can be followed and participated in through the twitter hashtag #kfe04 allowing people… Continue reading
Guy Fawkes in Egypt: the cultural role of Khaled for Vendetta movies prior to the uprising
What is certain is that the idea for change has been firmly planted and cannot be eradicated. Ideas after all, as V proclaims, are bulletproof. The struggle continues. The Guy Fawkes mask lifted from the comic book series and film V for Vendetta has been a staple of the page and the movement from the… Continue reading
Changing Models of Ownership
In societies saturated by hyper-consumption, the joy of acquiring, of holding the new object in your hands and knowing with satisfaction that it’s yours, is familiar. Equally recognizable, though, is that creeping anxiety when the sheen starts to fade and your mind gets distracted with a new, better, life-improving version, and at this intersection, ownership… Continue reading
The new student rebellions in the UK and beyond
* Book: Springtime: The New Student Rebellions. Edited by Tania Palmieri, and Clare Solomon. Verso, 2011. A book wirst-hand accounts and analysis of “the momentous student movement that shook the world”. For atmospherics of the one-million march on March 26 in London, look at the brilliant video below. This is the publisher’s summary: “The autumn… Continue reading
Umair Haque on Building a 21st Century Economy
Web recording on the occasion of TEDx Oxbridge: Watch the video: Building a 21st Century Economy from Umair Haque on Vimeo.
Sketsites, gender violence, and the misogyny of Facebook
Excerpted from Jane Jones: “There is a deeply shocking, and somehow, at the same time, shockingly credible story in today’s Guardian about the rising rates of violence, intimidation, control and general abuse directed by teenage boys and young adult men against their female counterparts. The piece follows a warning this week by Keir Starmer, the… Continue reading
Grassroots mapping
It is easy these days to go on google maps and see any part of the earth… at varying and but always rather coarse resolution. To get a better look, some people thought to do their own maps. Grassroots mapping How it started In January 2010, Jeff Warren worked with a series of organizations and… Continue reading
The resurgence of autonomous farming in Mexico and Latin America
Excerpted from Gustavo Esteva : “Mexico now imports more than half of the grains it needs. Many Mexicans were forced to emigrate, and a fifth of Mexicans now live in the US. In 1974, the US minister of agriculture Earl Butz coined the expression “food power” – food pragmatically used as a political weapon. Hunger… Continue reading
Voces con Futura – P2P poster bank for the #revolutions
Voces con futura is a free poster bank for the #worldrevolution #europeanrevolution #europeriseup #DRY #democraciarealya #takethesquare #worldcamp #spanishrevolution #greekrevolution #italianrevolution #frenchrevolution #chileanrevolution etc movements. Here is their call for participants (also available in Catalan, Italian & Spanish) – they are also looking for translators. Update: recently the Guardian did a post about posters from May… Continue reading