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Published in: HomeHow to impose austerity and destroy culture: the example of the MediterraneanAs the European crisis intensifies, the Mediterranean’s cultural funding is increasingly landing on the chopping...
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Published in: HomeThe death of the indignados movement
The indignados movement is dead and Spain is back to the traditional political management of demands and interests....
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Published in: Home15M - Towards real-time democracy
A year after the revolution of the indignados in Spain, the 15M movement promotes novel solutions to boost...
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Published in: HomeLessons from the Spanish Occupy Movement
Taking the Occupy movement in Spain as a case in point, location, organisation and timing seem to be crucial when it...
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Published in: HomeGeneral strike in the kingdom of Spain: the political economy and basic income
A basic income could be of enormous importance as an integral part of a package of measures designed to guarantee...
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Published in: HomeBaltasar Garzón, the politics of justice
The effort by Spanish judge Baltasar Garzón to investigate killings of civilians during the era of General Franco’s...
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Published in: HomeThe Long and the Quick of Revolution
This is the Raymond Williams Annual Lecture for 2011, coinciding with the publication of a new 50th anniversary...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK“I demand to know what you’re demanding!”: remarks on programme at #OccupyLondon
The political class want the London occupation to make demands of them - but the protestors aren't accepting this...
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Published in: HomeDemocracy in revolution: the Mediterranean moment
By showing us the possibility of democracy in revolution, they have ignited a revolution in democracy, one that is...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKReproduction of movement(s) without organisation: #UKUncut, #OWS, #OccupyMovement
A global day of collective action in 82 countries shook the world on October 15, 2011. Yet the protests were not...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK#OccupyLondon: not the beginning or the end, but a momentous opportunity
The first weekend of the London occupation felt victorious, as the protesters established their own democracy and...
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Published in: HomeA global revolution is under way
It is necessary to find a new system where decisions can only be taken if they have sufficient support from the...
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Published in: HomeA message to the west: what can ‘they’ learn from ‘us’?
For all those who are afraid or suspicious, I invite them to go to the streets of Syria. One main defect with...
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Published in: HomeDeckchair protest for Syria's future
Can drawing attention to the regime's excesses force Spain and other countries to put pressure on the Syrian government?
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Published in: HomeThe road to Europe: movements and democracy
Europe’s crisis is a crisis of democracy. The ‘democracy of the experts’ cannot deliver: representative democracy is...
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Published in: HomeBeating up the pressPress photographers and cameramen are the latest victims of police brutality in Spain. Unfortunately, the story of...
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Published in: openSecurityChina’s first aircraft carrier begins sea trials as tensions in the South China Sea rise
China’s first aircraft carrier made its maiden voyage from Dalian port. The United States has refused to sell F-16...
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Published in: HomeModern liberty in Plaça Catalunya
From May to July, 2011, this is one diary of the Barcelona protests that charts how they gave a voice to the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe Movement for a New Direction
The nature of capitalism over the last three decades has led to the present crisis in the West. A counter-movement...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe movement that needs no nameA global movement is taking shape. The failure of neoliberalism, the development of new technologies, a burgeoning...
