Society & Solidarity

Everything on society, community and mutual aid.

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A year since we first took the square, the global crisis has only deepened. But in Madrid, on May 12, the sun rose once again. Let it shine forever more.

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Post image for Oscar Wilde: The Soul of Man Under Socialism

Socialism would relieve us from that sordid necessity of living for others which, in the present condition, presses so hardly upon almost everybody.

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Blockupy Frankfurt: European mobilization on May 16-19

by Collettivo Prezzemolo on April 21, 2012

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This May, the squares will explode in a frenzy of popular resistance against the diktat of finance capital — and Frankfurt will be one of our key battlegrounds.

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Post image for Untitled Angst: the curse of lethargy in a time of monsters

As Edmund Burke once wrote, “all that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.” It is time for Canada to shed the shackles of apathy and rise.

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European Forum in Rome: income, commons, democracy

by Jerome Roos on February 3, 2012

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On Feb. 10-12, over forty organizations, networks and social movements will meet in Rome to organize a common front for an alternative Europe.

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Post image for Call to action: global ‘die-in’ at US and Egyptian embassies

As Egypt commemorates its ongoing revolution, the US keeps providing the military regime with its tools of oppression. Let’s take a stand.

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Conciatori eviction: crackdown on the commons continues

by Collettivo Prezzemolo on January 20, 2012

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The eviction of the oldest social center in Florence this morning is yet another instance of a worldwide crackdown on public space and civil liberties.

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2011-’12: from austerity to the alternative

by Jerome Roos on January 19, 2012

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As the world burns and millions struggle to avert a precarious existence at the margins of society, now is the time to unleash the power of the imagination.

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Book review: Hessel & Morin — The Road to Hope

by Pierre Laernoes on January 18, 2012

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Pierre Laernoes reviews the latest book by the 94-year old French resistance hero and author of Indignez-Vous. The road to hope lies in transformation.

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The day after: the movement beyond the protest

by Carlos Delclós on January 14, 2012

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As our movement transforms from a protest into a new social climate, promising signs are emerging of a new cooperative form of social organization.

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