The Liberal “Anti-Capitalist” Climate Camp 2009 Resonance
The camp for climate action 2009 received lots of criticism, much of it is superficial and fails to get to the roots of the problematic relationship between anti-capitalism and environmentalism.
Conceptual Framework of Direnal-Istanbul Resistance Days: What Keeps Us Not-Alive?
An open letter to the curators, artists, participants of the 11th International Istanbul Biennial and to all artists and art-lovers
"The Will of The People: Notes Towards a Dialectical Voluntarism" Peter Hallward
Ten Years After Seattle, One Strategy, Better Two, For the Movement Against War and Capitalism Franco “Bifo” Berardi
A moral rebellion began in Seattle in November 1999: after the act of disruption of the WTO summit millions of people all over the world declared that capitalist globalization causes social and environmental devastation. For two years the global movement produced an effective process of critique of neoliberal policies, giving way to the hope of a radical change.
Politics at Work Mario TrontiInstitute for Conjunctural Research
New Transversal issue: knowledge production and its discontents
Paint Your Lane! DIY Bike Lanes Dan Koeppel From Bicycling
The bridge is calm as Sunday morning dawns. At either end of the span, the freeway ramps are idle. Below, a few shorebirds peck at the marshy floor of the river. This is an out-of-character moment: During the week, thousands of cars pass through here, coming from the north, south and east, pinching into four lanes as they make their way toward the commercial centers of downtown Los Angeles, Hollywood and the city beyond.
The Elite and Community Protests in South Africa Shawn Hattingh
Could the great recession lead to a great revolution? Immanuel Ness From the Christian Science Monitor
For the first time in generations, people are challenging the view that a free-market order – the system that dominates the globe today – is the destiny of all nations. The free market's uncanny ability to enrich the elite, coupled with its inability to soften the sharp experiences of staggering poverty, has pushed inequality to the breaking point.
November 21st and 22nd, 2009 Hartford, Connecticut USA: at Charter Oak Cultural Center (21 Charter Oak Ave.)