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Published in: TransformationArt after Occupy
In the aftermath of Occupy, artists are utilizing a diversity of tactics at the cutting edges of radical politics...
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Published in: HomeFrom Facebook movements to city square movements
Use of the internet has not led to a predominance of virtual actions and movements over mobilizations in ‘physical...
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Published in: HomeLondon: uncovering European identity in a global city?
The absence of Europe on any agenda - as an object of critique, a space of solidarity, or a target of reform -...
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Published in: HomeSubterranean Politics in Europe: an introduction
In a study of Europe’s “subterranean politics,” Mary Kaldor’s team at the London School of Economics and Political...
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Published in: HomeSame old stories? Trade unions and protest in Italy in 2011
The demand for politics over markets, a key message in the Occupy and Indignados movements, is also key here. A...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Hungary: the vanguard of Europe’s rearguard?
Confrontation takes creative and alternative forms in the street demonstrations, which may appear, at first sight,...
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Published in: HomeAll politics: swarm intelligence and subterranean politics in Germany
The Pirate Party does not stand for certain policies, but for a new way of doing politics that challenges...
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Published in: HomeThe European Citizens Initiative: a tool of its time?
The ECI is the first transnational direct democratic tool in history. But as we speak the dream of a ‘Europe of...
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Published in: HomeRearticulating the movement post-15M in Spain
On September 15 in Madrid, over one hundred thousand people answered the unions’ call to demand a referendum on...
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Published in: HomeRe-imagining Europe: re-imagining democracy
People across Europe are critiquing the morality of the political and economic system. Globalisation has helped to...
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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: HomeEuropean alternatives: trajectories of mobilisation responding to Europe’s crisis
The political culture that supported global and European civil society activism in the 1999-2007 period -...