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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Hope, power and delusionJeremy Corbyn has won the race for leadership of the Labour party. But Greek and Spanish activists advise against...
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Published in: HomeContested symbiosis: state-NGO relations in ChinaTo ‘beat the government at its own game’, Chinese NGOs need to act as rebels and conformists at the same time.
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Published in: HomeA tale of two parks: a conversation between activists in Armenia and Turkey... Nor Zartonk [New Awakening] the recently emerged leftwing Armenian youth association was there in Gezi Park. And...
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Published in: HomeSurreptitious symbiosis: the relationship between NGO’s and movement activistsFor now, thanks to surreptitious symbiosis, it is possible to do sustained activism to bring about social change,...
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Published in: HomeParticipatory representation: an interview with Paolo GerbaudoFor too long we have regarded participation and representation as mutually exclusive concepts. From the Squares and...
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Published in: HomeRenewing the Latin American connectionAll the countries of those sitting around this table were born in genocide. In the case of Brazil, we were the world...
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Published in: HomeGetting ahead of ourselves: interview with an anti-TTIP activist"What I am doing is fighting enclosure. This way of objectifying reality, of not being ‘with’ things, not being with...
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Published in: HomeLearning from social movement failureI think we see four different pathways to failure in the Arab uprisings which are well worth examining… From the...
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Published in: HomeSolidarity needs to be infectious: a conversation between activists in Greece and ScotlandOn the eve of the 2015 Greek bailout referendum, Robin McAlpine of Scotland’s Common Weal and researcher Christina...
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Published in: HomeProtests of the marginalised: an interviewA glimpse of refugee movements in Berlin and Los Angeles. From the Squares and Beyond partnership.
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Published in: HomeThe crisis of democracy in JapanJapan is on the brink of changing from a pacifist state to one prepared to go to war if necessary. Now, more than...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Podemos’ dilemma and why leadership still mattersRunning for office means engaging in an operation that is intrinsically reductive and hegemonic, whether we like it or not.
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Published in: HomeFrom Gezi Park to Turkey’s transformed political landscapeThe sociological transformation made manifest in these election results will continue to profoundly affect the...
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Published in: HomeMoving beyond the squares: anticipating the debateOn July 3-4, the LSE will jointly host a seminar with openDemocracy on the impact of the movements in the squares...
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Published in: HomeThe citizen revolutions in Latin AmericaThe countries of the ‘citizen revolution’ in Latin America are post-neoliberal, but not post-capitalist.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?A dilemma for PodemosBitter-sweet success in Spain’s regional and local election forces Podemos to choose - between joining with other...
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Published in: HomeSelf-determined citizens? A new wave of civic activism in Armenia‘When people on the street approached us and asked, “What NGO are you from?” We replied, “We are not from any NGO....
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?24M: It was not a victory for Podemos, but for the 15M movementAn open letter to our friends in Podemos.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The people united: on the populism of the Mediterranean purple waveThe populist discourse of Podemos and Syriza is the attempt to cope with a post-industrial and crisis-ridden economy...
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Published in: HomeDeciding how to decide: the Munduruku Indigenous Group and political participation in BrazilThe struggles of a variety of movements, peoples, communities and organizations have opened new and creative spaces...
