RT @__Atar___: .@15MBcn_int todas estas plazas están Estambul Habría que sumarle mas ciudades donde se esta concentrando la gente como Anka… 6 hours ago
SPANISH / CASTELLANOEl despertar de las plazas. Un año de 15M Este documental trata sobre la protesta del movimiento 15M en Barcelona. Lo hemos subtitulado a varias lenguas (entre ellas el castellano) para intercambiar las experiencias de lucha contra la dictadura del capitalcon otros movimientos y países. Compártelo con amigos, activistas y organizaciones.
ENGLISHThe awakening of the squares. A year of 15M movement This documentary is about the 15M movement protest in Barcelona. We have subtitled it into several languages (including English) to exchange the struggle experiences against the dictatorship of the capitalwith other movements and countries. Share it with friends, activists and organizations.
The proposal is to make workshops about media activism (hacktivism/radical community manager) 2/3 days long each in some cities (it depends on the interests of the people) after your meeting on January 12
The objective is to give the citizens in Portugal the necessary skills for social communication and digital collaboration to reach objectives of social participation.
The Content of the Workshops would be:
1. Explanation about the tools we use in media activism: online dinamization, Mailing lists, Etherpad, Mumble, Twitter, Streaming, Blogs, Storify, etc.
2. Practical phase and creation of strategies with the tools.
Portugal’s protest movement unites to fight cuts
Portugal’s anti-austerity protest this Saturday promises to be another big one after the organisers that brought as many as a million into the streets on September 15 swung behind the demonstrations and rallies planned by the CGTP trade union central.
The signatories of the manifesto ‘Fuck the troika! We want our lives!’ (see below) are asking the Portuguese to ‘forget any occasional disagreements and unite’ to create a ‘common front of resistance.’ Full article:
http://revolting-europe.com/2012/09/25/portugals-protest-movement-unites-to-fight-the-cuts/
Since February, students across Quebec have been on strike against a 75% tuition hikes. These students have maintained picket lines, disrupted classes, blocked bridges, and continually taken the streets in fierce resistance to the neoliberal agenda of the Charest Liberal government.
The 1st of May is International Workers’ Day. In many of the world’s cities millions of us will gather to demonstrate in defence of our rights.
For thirty years now, the deconstruction of the welfare state has been underway. Each successive government has worked hand in glove with the financial markets, submitted to their will – and likewise bent us to their will.
There will be actions on the May12 in Porto, Coimbra, Santarém and Lisboa, and it seems that there are people in Évora already organizing something too. In Leiria, Braga, Aveiro, Faro and Vila Real is possible that someone or some group comes up with a demo, but I didn’t find any information yet.
There have been already two assemblies to prepare the May12 in Lisbon (in which several groups are participating and finally managing to work together!), one in Coimbra and another in Porto. This saturday there will be assemblies in Lisbon and Coimbra to (I hope) define the final plans (or almost) for the May12.
As soon as there are definitive information about the different protests I will let you know. For now, I leave here the link for the protest in Santarém:
https://www.facebook.com/events/361011567273888/
Low Lives launches new program in partnership with Occupy With Art and The Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics.
On March 3rd, 2012, Low Lives: Occupy! an international platform designed to enable artists, audiences, and presenters in alliance with the Occupy movement to support the occupation, will transmit live performances, actions, and happenings online as they occur in real time around the world. Participating artists, artist collectives, Occupy groups, and presenters worldwide will expand the reach and visibility of the Occupy protests by broadcasting to an international community and audiences. The Occupy protests, and the myriad of perspectives and experiences related to this unique moment, will be amplified, explored, and experimented with, through Low Lives’ internet-based creative platform. Low Lives: Occupy! recognizes the powerful opportunity that is the presentation of performances from around the world, and invites artists to open eyes and minds by presenting a radical re-imagining of possible ways of existing and relating.
Más de un millar de “indignados” lusos regresaron hoy a las protestas en Lisboa contra las medidas de austeridad del Gobierno conservador portugués, que cumple un duro programa de recortes a cambio de recibir un préstamo internacional.
La concentración, que transcurrió entre la céntrica plaza de Marqués de Pombal hasta el Parlamento luso en Sao Bento, registró leves incidentes entre el grueso de la manifestación y un pequeño grupo de cariz nacionalista. La policía anti-disturbios tuvo que intervenir para calmar los ánimos y evitar mayores confrontaciones.
La llamada plataforma social “15 de octubre”, heredera del movimiento luso “Geracao á rasca” (Generación en apuros), encabezó la marcha que llevó mensajes contra el pago de la deuda y los recortes sociales. Entre ellos, destacaron algunos alusivos a unas recientes declaraciones del presidente portugués, Aníbal Cavaco Silva, quien comentó que las pensiones que acumula (1.300 euros mensuales, según sus cálculos) “casi seguro que no van a ser suficiente para pagar” sus gastos. “¡Cavaco pobrecillo! Puedes emigrar”, se leyó en algunos carteles de los participantes, quienes justificaron sus duras críticas a las manifestaciones del Jefe de Estado al considerarlas inoportunas por existir jubilados que apenas ganan 400 euros en Portugal.
