What led up to the protests “If we lose contact with the flotilla for 20 minutes, we will block all of Europe,” said the port workers in Genoa at a rally in support of the Sumud flotilla. For many Italian collectives that we have spoken to during our visit to Italy, this marked a turning…
In Madagascar, the same forces that helped put the current president Rajoelina in power are now turning against him and joining the protesters in the latest wave of demonstrations. The protesters have been demonstrating due to a collapsed electricity system and overall systemic instability. In Italy, one million people marched in support of Gaza, also…
– Epistemologies of Rebelliousness, the Legacy of Abdullah Öcalan This is a prologue written by Rosario Aquim for the colombian edition of the book “Sociology of Freedom”, written from the Imrali prison by Abdulah Öcalan. I. Between vines and bars: creating a crack in the cell of the world. An invitation from the rebellious Amazon…
Since the fall of the Soviet Union in the 1990s, the US-led military alliance NATO has been redefining its role and position in the shifting world order. It is competing with the other hegemonic forces of capitalist modernity for control over societies and territories. The Academy of Democratic Modernity’s brochure, “Opportunities and Dangers of the…
