THE ABDUCTION OF EUROPE IV: SOCIAL MOVEMENTS | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it

This is the fourth and final post in our series on The Abduction of Europe meeting that we attended in Madrid a couple of weeks ago. In the first three posts we addressed some of the more general themes and questions raised by the organizers and in the workshops on Europe, financialization and the commons. Here we describe some of the experiences of right to housing and healthcare struggles in Spain and Germany. We had heard about some of these movements before but it was inspiring and edifying to talk to the people involved about their experiences of organizing within and against the crisis. These movements did not begin with pre-existing programs for society. They began by intervening in concrete situations where people were being excluded from housing or healthcare.