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2011 was full of surprises, many of them the good kind. But which ones will matter in the coming year? Here’s our pick of trends to watch.
Who would have thought that some young people camped out in lower Manhattan with cardboard signs, a few sharpies, some donated pizza, and a bunch of smart phones could [...]

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Sin duda que la creación de la CELAC ha sido uno de los principales acontecimientos que tuvieron lugar en el plano regional en muchos años. La sola idea de una organización que reúna a los países latinoamericanos y caribeños sin la asfixiante presencia de Estados Unidos y Canadá es una muy buena noticia y permite [...]

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On September 17th, we took Liberty Square, used it to begin to create the social norms and institutions of a society to come, and became the Occupy Movement. We hit the streets fiercely, abandoning the metal barricades they once contained us in, rejecting the marching permits they offered us, refusing their sidewalks. We were dragged, [...]

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Observations, Impressions and Images From Amid the Multitudes in Liberty Plaza
The ongoing exercise in democracy transpiring in and around the Occupy Wall Street site in Lower Manhattan imbues one’s heart with resonances of the real. Many reasons factor into the phenomenon: Here, for example, one does not feel scammed and demeaned…gripped by the sense of [...]

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Justice May Be Just Around the Bend
Let’s face it: things are bad and getting worse every day. Even a casual glance at the daily headlines provides ample reason for dismay, from perpetual warfare and the ravages of climate change to economic collapse and the abject brutality of the “criminal justice” system (a cruel misnomer if [...]

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The Yemeni people are unrelenting in their demands for democracy. Millions continue to stage rallies across their country in a display of will that is proving the most robust out of all the Arab revolutions. The Yemenis face great challenges, however, including the political vacillation of their country’s opposition, and the US’ military and strategic [...]

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La impresionante jornada de manifestaciones del pasado 19 de junio ha culminado la primera fase de la “rebelión de las y los indignados” abierta el 15 de mayo y marca el inicio de una nueva, aún por definir. En un mes el movimiento ha experimentado una verdadera ampliación cuantitativa y cualitativa. Su base social se [...]

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“Los que hacen las revoluciones a medias no hacen más que cavar sus propias tumbas”
Consigna del Mayo francés, 1968
 
Si este texto estuviera escrito por un “peso pesado” (Noam Chomsky, Ignacio Ramonet, Eduardo Galeano…) seguramente sería leído con más detenimiento. De un autor menor, es menor el impacto logrado. ¿Lo leerá alguien [...]

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There is no doubt about it. The wind that has electrified the Arab world in recent months — the spirit of the repeated protests in Greece or the student struggles in Britain and Italy, the mobilizations against Sarkozy in France — has come to the Spanish State.
These are not then days of “business as usual”. [...]

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Concentración en Madrid el 20 de Mayo en Sol. Declaraciones de los asistentes.

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