Category: Social Movements
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After the Evictions: The U.S. Occupy Movement Struggling at the Front Lines of the Crisis
Three years after the financial meltdown of 2008, the U.S. Occupy movement opened the possibility for a left regroupment against resurgent neoliberalism. Yet the forceful eviction from the squares just … Keep reading »
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What Future for Social Democracy?
On 9 September 2013, a red-green alliance led by the social democratic Labour Party lost the Norwegian general elections. Only two weeks later, the German Social Democrats (SPD) only came … Keep reading »
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Blowing Up The CFS?
I would first off like to say that until very recently I have never been in a student union that was part of the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS). I … Keep reading »
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France: One year after the Sarkozy defeat
Toronto — 8 August 2013. Part 1: François Hollande and his Socialist Party came to power following presidential and legislative elections in May-June 2012. While the defeat of hard-right president … Watch video »
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German Politicians Take Aim at the Euro
German voters are heading to the ballot box on September 22. The re-election of incumbent chancellor Angela Merkel seems certain. The latest polls saw her Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party … Keep reading »
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SYRIZA: The Great Social and Political Movement of Subversion
Political Resolution, First Congress of SYRIZA 1 The Conference of the Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) is a continuity and a breakthrough in its course, which started in 2000, continued … Keep reading »
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Mega-Events, Mega-Businesses, Mega-Protests in Brazil
There is no need to argue about the importance of Brazilian struggles and manifestations in recent days. They express an extraordinary willingness to change not only transportation, education and health … Keep reading »
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The Gezi Park Resistance and Social Class: A Revolt of the ‘Middle Class’?
The following interview is part of the www.sendika.org website continuing conversations on the class character, appearances, causes, and probable results of the revolt in Turkey. As well, there are considerations … Keep reading »
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Spanish State: They Want Us Poor, Silenced and Straight
The governing Popular Party (PP) is on a crusade – not only against fundamental rights such as health, education, housing, work, but also against sexual and reproductive freedoms. The PP … Keep reading »
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Organized Labour in the Gezi Process
Reflections on a Popular Uprising and Weakened Organized Labour The recent wave of resistance that spread from a park in one of the historic neighbourhoods of Istanbul, Turkey has evoked significant … Keep reading »
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Chapuling in Turkey
Toronto — 23 June 2013. Occupy Gezi and Reflections from the Turkish Left Since the end of May, Turkey has seen the rise of a social movement that has serious implications, … Watch video »
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Gezi Protests in Turkey: A Historic Milestone
The Gezi Park protests in Istanbul have been the center of attention not only in Turkey but the whole world during the last few weeks. This has been a revolt … Keep reading »