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Movements of Radical Imagination; How Ordinary People Are Building A New World

Movements of Radical Imagination; How Ordinary People Are Building A New World | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it

This article looks into the ways in which meaningful, positive cultural change is being made by revolutionary movements around the world, including the Cypherpunk movement, which advocates encryption as a tool to foster free expression and equality. It is the first article for the Cryptosphere by noted writer Nozomi Hayase.

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Global, networked, and united GNU-wikistrikes: GNUnion call for a ride with the Worldwide #Waveofaction

Global, networked, and united GNU-wikistrikes: GNUnion call for a ride with the Worldwide #Waveofaction | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it

Since 2010-2011 we have been rising from our ashes in Athens, Paris, Wisconsin, Tunis, Cairo, Madrid, New York, Tel-Aviv, Rio, Istanbul and everywhere… We have been making millions of connections, stregthening ties around the planet, we have learned a lotthrough our networks and linked them on the ground!

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Strength and power: reimagining revolution | openDemocracy

Strength and power: reimagining revolution | openDemocracy | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it

How is it possible that fifty people can stop a forced eviction? Not just once, but over and over again (as many as six hundred times). This question has been on my mind for a while. During the 25-S protests in Madrid 1, we saw for ourselves that the police can evict any number of protesters from anywhere. So, exactly what sort of strength allows those fifty people to stop a foreclosure eviction? What does it mean to have strength, if it’s not quite the same as having power (physical, quantitative, economic, institutional, etc.)? The following is my attempt at an answer that, by no means, fully exhausts the question. That is to say, there’s room for more answers and, above all, to keep asking the question – this, I believe, is the most important thing.

 
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Naomi Klein: How science is telling us all to revolt

Naomi Klein: How science is telling us all to revolt | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
Is our relentless quest for economic growth killing the planet? Climate scientists have seen the data – and they are coming to some incendiary conclusions.
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PBS Profile: Detroit 'Revolutionary' Grace Lee Boggs, 98

PBS Profile: Detroit 'Revolutionary' Grace Lee Boggs, 98 | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
The 90-minute film film features Bill Moyers, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee and the subject's late husband and fellow radical, James Boggs.
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Does a growing global youth population fuel political unrest? - The Guardian

Does a growing global youth population fuel political unrest? - The Guardian | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it

Young people under 30 are the majority in many countries in the Middle East and South America, yet politicians do little or nothing for them. Is the demographics of the 'youth bulge' enough to explain the huge rise in disaffection?

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Sudan: The Revolution Will not be Televised, It Will be Tweeted - Think Africa Press

Sudan: The Revolution Will not be Televised, It Will be Tweeted - Think Africa Press | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
Online and diaspora activists should be recognised as the important early stages of a revolutionary movement, not a distraction. 
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