About Tapani Lausti
Tapani Lausti is a Finnish freelance journalist based in Spain. He was editor of the Finnish Institute ezine, Polarities.
Articles by Tapani Lausti
Tapani Lausti
In the late 2010s the insane austerity measures imposed on millions of people around the world finally exhausted citizens’ patience. Unexpectedly, a new culture of popular resistance emerged, inspired by what Noam Chomsky had once called an 'instinct for freedom'. People began to sense the outlines of truly democratic forms of self-rule which would allow them to work under conditions of their own choosing in voluntary association with others. These creative urges formed the basis of the new society. People still argue about social alternatives, but now in a highly intelligent way.
Zanon factory occupation, Argentina, libcom.org
The politics of intervention: from Spain to the Balkans
The real story of the civil war in 1930s Spain is being enriched by material from the archives of the ex-Soviet Union. Does the betrayal of the Spanish revolution find its echo in the fate of ex-Yugoslavia?
This week's guest editors
Our guest editors James Ron, Leslie Vinjamuri, Sophie Arie and Archana Pandya introduce this week's theme of:
Our guest editors James Ron, Leslie Vinjamuri, Sophie Arie and Archana Pandya introduce this week's theme of:
A Turkish Spring?
Woolwich - terror or conflict?
Palestinian borders
Nobel Women's Initiative
Europe from the bottom up
The media in Europe
Mali: the plot thickens
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Remote control war
oDRussia at journalismfestival .com
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