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Published in: North Africa, West Asia“We have managed to draw the Algerian regime into a confrontation with its own people”
Sidali Kouidri Filali is a 35 year old civil servant and blogger who has chosen to campaign with Barakat to « defend...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The new Balkan revolts: from protests to plenums, and beyond
The current wave of protests in Bosnia may represent the birth of true activist citizenship. These movements...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The constituent assembly of the commons (CAC)
This bottom-up lawmaking project is an opportunity for us to reflect on the role the law can play as a strategy of...
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Published in: HomeThe fight for the square - Tahrir, Sol, Wall Street, Taksim
“The fight for the square is turning people into something new, whatever one thinks of what can happen after…”, a...
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Published in: HomeBeyond Occupy: progressive activists in Europe
Occupy is part of a wide range of subterranean movements that explore ways to complement representative democracy...
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Published in: HomeExperiments in democracy and diversity within the Occupy Movement(s)
Horizontal democracy attempts to ensure equality by embracing diversity and conflict. Within these political...
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Published in: HomeUniting States of Americans: Are we the 99%?
Internationally, we should all be concerned by how the unifying discourse of the 99% occludes important differences...
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Published in: HomeUniting States of Americans: We are the 99%!
A year ago this month, 'the 99%' changed the discourse of US politics. But did this call to action for 'American...
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Published in: HomeDebating “the commons” in post-socialist Bulgaria
The absence of solidarity with other causes and the persistence of neoliberalism in Bulgarian protests against the...
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Published in: HomeJ14 and the movement for social justice in Israel
Israel's J14 protest movement is a new breed of movement in search of a society which has a mature accommodation...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKA promise from Occupy London: this is only the beginning
Yesterday night, the eviction of the tent city at St Paul's Cathedral, the symbolic heart of Occupy London, got...
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Published in: HomeClearing Zuccotti Park: the strange resilience of democracy with a thin skin
The occupation of Zuccotti Park was only the visible tip of a movement whose significance and power goes well beyond...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKBatman in Wall Street
The sub-Hollywood spectacle of the new Batman film - being shot in Wall Street - provides a striking contrast to the...
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Published in: HomeGreek protest in Syntagma Square: in between post-politics and real democracy
Syntagma Square is a political response to a highly polarised political establishment that has repeatedly failed in...
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Published in: HomeWe have broken the silence: Fresh from Madrid, a member of the Communications team of the 15 May Movement
This interview with Beatriz Pérez took place in the early morning of Thursday 26 May in English with additions from...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKEgypt, Bahrain, London, Spain - Tahrir Square as a meme
Certain tropes of struggle are spreading mimetically between movements against poverty, corruption and austerity...