Integral Revolution

This is the best English language article yet on a revolutionary new concept of coops which is spreading rapidly in Europe.

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Michel Bauwensof theP2P Foundation, Neal Gorenfloof Shareable,and authorJohn Restakisinterview Catalan Integral Cooperative’sEnric Duran

Answers translated by Stacco Troncoso, text edited by Jane Loes Lipton – Guerrilla Translation!
Images by Lisa Furness and the CIC
Read this interview in Spanish here.

In this interview, Neal Gorenflo (founder, Shareable), Michel Bauwens (founder, P2P Foundation), and John Restakis (author, “Humanizing the Economy”) speak with Enric Duran. Duran is a Catalan anti-capitalist activist, perhaps best known for his well-publicized act of “financial civil disobedience” announced on September 17, 2008, in which he described his having attained roughly half a million Euros in bank loans and subsequently distributing these funds to support anti-capitalist activist movements. As it was never his intention to pay these debts but instead to stir debate about the unfair legal advantages afforded to the powerful financial elite, he was soon…

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A Charter for Democracy

Great translation and brilliant graphics! But very LONG!

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Movimiento por la Democracia

Whatever happened to the 15-M Movement? Where did Occupy go? Three years after the groundbreaking revolutionary ruptures of 2011, violent repression and media invisibility have relegated these thriving movements to a grey area. The perception seems to shift between mainstream derision and niche-group interest. Occupy’s roots have spread out and sprouted a multitude of initiatives, though perhaps the source inspiration is not always publicly recognized. But in Spain, the popular experience of austerity – the murderous palliative prescribed as a cure for the crisis – and the resulting political movements in reaction have been giving the lie to the mainstream narrative that 15-M is a “has been”.

The movement undeniably lives. Its form has been mutated, re-imagined, distributed, and coalesced into a swarm of activity and hacks to the system. We live here, we see it every day. These initiatives are not as easily seen…

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Brazil Black Bloc battle bastard bullies

The story of the unsung heroes: Black Bloc Brazil

by Esther Solano Gallego, from ROAR with thanks

Despised by many, hailed by some: the Black Bloc in Brazil uses its “performative violence” to draw attention to the everyday struggles of millions.

Article by Esther Solano Gallego and Paulo Rogério Lugoboni Filho. Illustration by Luciano Cunha, creator of O Doutrinador.

It was in the first weeks of the massive anti-government protests that started in June 2013 and shook Brazilian society to its very foundations that the Black Bloc made its first appearance on the protest scene. Demonstrations took place in dozens of cities across the country, but the black-clad youngsters who covered their faces and linked arms at the front-line of the marches, ready for any confrontation with the security forces, made their appearance mainly on the streets of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.

While being denounced by some for their violent tactics, actively looking for confrontations with the police and smashing banks and other symbols of global capitalism, those joining the Black Bloc in a protest could also count on some support from fellow protesters. During last year’s education crisis in October, which drew thousands of indignant teachers to the streets, the Black Bloc was present to protect them from the police violence.

In response, the SEPE Teacher’s Union declared its unconditional support for the Black Bloc, claiming that many have been protected by the masked youngsters from the excessive use of force by the police. Even though the SEPE has now retracted its support for the Black Bloc, and popular opinion has turned against it due to its negative depiction in the mainstream media, this strategy of radical anti-authoritarianism is still alive and kicking on the streets of Brazil today.

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Dissabte 28 de juny BCN [#CarlosYCarmenLibertad #28J] Manifestació: ¡LA LUCHA SOCIAL NO ES DELITO! Frente a la represión solidaridad internacional

Carlos and Carmen have been sentenced and jailed in a political show trial just for supporting a picket at the last General Strike..- just to rub in the fact of state power and arrogance!

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Hora: A les 5 de la tarda

Lloc: Subdelegació del Govern

Adreça: Carrer Mallorca 278, Barcelona

Caja de resistencia: Unicaja 2103 0901 61 0010032608

Apoya y firma el indulto para Carlos y Carmen

Manifestación contra la represión a la lucha social en el Estado español. Son muchos los casos de detenciones, condenas y encarcelamientos en los últimos años a personas por participar en protestas sociales, huelgas, defensas de nuestros barrios, etc. Muchas ciudades como Madrid, Sevilla, Hhuesca, Burgos, Barcelona, Cadiz, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Segovia, Salamanca, Buenos Aires, Nantes, Berlín, etc. se están sumando para salir a la calle ese día y que se nos escuche bien fuerte. ¡LA LUCHA SOCIAL NO ES DELITO!

Para mas info:
http://stoprepresiongranada.wordpress.com/
http://carloscarmenabsolucion.wordpress.com/

NI MULTAS, NI DETENCIONES, NI ENCARCELAMIENTOS POR LUCHAR.
FRENTE A LA REPRESIÓN, LUCHA.
FRENTE A LAS INJUSTICIAS, SOLIDARIDAD.
Grupo Stop Represión. 15M Granada

Solidaridad con otros casos de represión

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US Fracking to collapse ? – ecocidal Capitalist Scam Exposed

All that media bullshit about US fracking boom was just hype to finance rip-off scams, soon leaving dead bankrupt wells, poisoned land and water and less and less loot for the scammers.

The US’s drive to become a top global oil and gas exporter by fracking has been blown wide open by a 96% write-down of California’s Monterey Shale – meant to hold two thirds of the US’s shale oil. How long before the whole enterprise is exposed as another monstrous Ponzi scheme?

The US oil industry is also due to spend $2.8 trillion by 2035 just to stay even whereas the Middle East will spend a third less, produce three times more in the same time.

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Boycott Repsol petroleum: stop the Black Death

Repsol in Spain opens the era of dirty oil in the

European Union

” In 2012 the government revived Spanish oil company Repsol’s permit from 2001 to explore for oil in the Canary Islands, which had been cancelled in 2004 by the supreme court after legal challenges…The move prompted outrage from environmentalists and locals and the Canariees government who had previously fought the plans. Late last month, an blatantly fudged ”environmental review” handed Repsol the green light from Madrid to proceed with its exploration off Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, both popular holiday destinations. (continued below)… Continue reading “Boycott Repsol petroleum: stop the Black Death”