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The Amazing Story of a Cryptocurrency that could save Greece (and Maybe the World)

The activist Enric Duran, known as ‘Robin Banks’, and collective has launched FairCoin by Laia Gordi

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Enric Duran, also known as Robin Banks, met us in an encrypted chat room and told us that he still lives in hiding.“To defend myself I had to hack the monetary system, isn’t that strange?” he told me.

“The first years of hiding in the underground I was using Bitcoin for security reasons to manage some aspects of my situation”, explained Duran, who says the more he learnt, the more he realized the potential of ‘disruptive technology‘.

From then on the idea a cryptocurrencies was born, which offers to replace the dependence on the states and the banks with the value of ‘integral revolution’ (revolución integral). Continue reading

Transition Movement explodes into Life: watch film here

In Transition 2.0: A Story of Resilience & Hope in Extraordinary Times

Transition is an idea that has gone viral, a social experiment that is about responding to uncertain times with solutions and optimism. In a world of increasing uncertainty, here is a story of hope, ingenuity and the power of growing vegetables in unexpected places. Continue reading “Transition Movement explodes into Life: watch film here”

2 new Anarchist Social Centres Occupied: Rubí and Transformadors

*Confront Capitalist Chaos with Anarchist Order*

In parts of Spain it’s a good moment for social occupations . In Barcelona, Madrid and other cities local council elections have suddenly swept street revolutionaries into power, with a mandate to slow down mass evictions by the predator banks, etc.

Strange things can happen. For example in her 1st days in power Barcelona’s mayoress Ada Colau turned up at a family eviction herself and just ordered the riot police to go home. We translate here the press release of a more traditional anarchist takeover in a traditionally communist workers town of 70,000 in Catalonia…… Continue reading “2 new Anarchist Social Centres Occupied: Rubí and Transformadors”

‘Breast Walk’ demo: Woman jailed for hitting Cop with Breast.

Hong Kong ‘breast walk’ held over court ruling

Protesters, including men wearing rainbow bras, decry jailing of woman for bumping her chest against a policeman’s arm.

by Zoe Hu AJE with thanks

Protesters wear bras over their shirts during a demonstration in support of local female protester Ng Lai-ying [Reuters]

Wearing a rainbow of patterned bras over their shirts, dozens of protesters have gathered outside Hong Kong’s police headquarters to protest against the conviction of Ng Lai-ying, who was deemed guilty of assaulting a police officer with her breast during a protest. Continue reading “‘Breast Walk’ demo: Woman jailed for hitting Cop with Breast.”