Nuit debout protesters occupy French cities in revolutionary call for change
First published by Angelique Chrisafis on The Guardian
As night fell over Paris, thousands of people sat cross-legged in the vast …
Society
A Few Thoughts on Studying the Most Radical Social Movement of the Twenty-first Century
First published by John Foran, on Resilience.org | MAR 14, 2016
Introduction
We are living through an unprecedented crisis, in a world beset by massive social problems – the obscene poverty and inequality that neoliberal capitalist globalization has wreaked …
Stories
Boston Coworking Collective Prioritizes Community Over Profit
Originally Published by Cat Johnson on Shareable.net
In 2008, Boston-based user experience designer Benji Mauer was feeling the isolation of working from home. He and his friend Benjamin Spear decided to rent an office together, but they couldn’t find one …
Stories
Plan C for Advancing the Commons Transition in Greece
Excerpt:
Plan A is the name for the capitulation towards the demands of the creditors, now the most realistic possibility; plan B is the Grexit which offers Greece an independent path within the same economic logic, but with basic sovereign …
Stories
Dutch city of Utrecht to experiment with a universal, unconditional ‘basic income’
Original Article published at :
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/dutch-city-of-utrecht-to-experiment-with-a-universal-unconditional-income-10345595.html
Stories
Between city and country: domestic workers building food sovereignty
Written by Karen Pomier , Tanya Kerssen
In Latin America and the Caribbean, domestic workers make up 18% of the female labour force. Migrating from rural areas to work in the city, many maintain both rural and urban identities. With …
Stories
Greece’s solidarity movement: ‘it’s a whole new model – and it’s working’
“A long time ago, when I was a student,” said Olga Kesidou, sunk low in the single, somewhat clapped-out sofa of the waiting room at the Peristeri Solidarity Clinic, “I’d see myself volunteering. You know, in Africa somewhere, treating sick …