A group of human rights activists, among them British actress Maxine Peake and former Icelandic Minister of Justice Ögmundur Jónasson, travels to Turkey to visit the imprisoned Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan. He is currently being held in Imrali Prison, under conditions of complete isolation. Here is a short documentation of the 2019 Imralı Peace […]
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Declaration of the 1st Mesopotamian Water Forum (MWF), which took place in the University of Sulaimani, Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan Region of Iraq 6-8 April 2019 Over-extraction; the draining of marshes and wetlands; deforestation; too many irrigation projects, poorly-drained land; pesticides and fertilizer run-off; contamination by poorly or often un-treated discharges from industry as well as households; […]
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The Maracanã stadium is not only a space for leisure but, above all, a space of struggle. In this documentary (in whose production TRISE members Ersilia Verlinghieri and Federico Venturini also took part), the Grupo Popular Pesquisa em Ação explores the struggle for education, for housing, for indigenous rights, against capital development. This is a […]
Read More MARAKÁ’NÀ: struggles in Rio De Janeiro [Documentary]We are proud to present the keynote speakers of our Conference in Athens 25-27 October 2019. Dilar Dirik Dilar Dirik is from northern Kurdistan (Turkey). She is an activist of the Kurdish women’s movement and writes on the Kurdish freedom struggle for an international audience. More specifically, she focuses her research on the […]
Read More Keynote speakers of our upcoming conference 25-27 OctoberWe are delighted to announce that we secured a grant from the Political Studies Association (https://www.psa.ac.uk), through our collaboration with the Anarchist Studies Specialist Group (http://anarchist-studies-network.org.uk). This funding will support our upcoming conference ‘Power to destroy, power to create: building a culture of resistance towards radical social change’ (Athens, 25-26 October 2019). More information about […]
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Written by the 3E Collective 1. Introduction “If we do not do the impossible, we shall be faced with the unthinkable.” – Murray Bookchin The 3E Collective held the first Ecosocialist Education Convergence (ECOEC) in May 2018 outside the Baltic city of Rostock, Germany. Events included structured lectures, discussions, infrastructure projects, excursions to local activist projects, […]
Read More Report of the Ecosocialist Education Convergence (ECOEC), 2018 – Rostock, GermanyPower to destroy, power to create: building a culture of resistance – towards radical social change Date: 25 – 27 October 2019 Location: Athens, Greece Since the collapse the Soviet Union and more recently with the resurgence of populist and fascist governments, the global Left is in disarray; but regional and local alternatives […]
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Written by Marcin Gerwin 1.Random selection of participants All members of a citizens’ assembly are selected by lot. Ideally, every member of the population eligible to take part in a citizens’ assembly should be able to potentially receive invitation to participate. 2.Demographic representation The composition of a citizens’ assembly should broadly match the demographic […]
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Written by Hettie O’Brien. Excerpt from Verso’s blog In 1963, having fled Germany for New York, political philosopher Hannah Arendt wrote that: “no one could be called either happy or free without participating, and having a share, in public power”. Had she been alive to witness Brexit, the ascendancy of Donald Trump, and the election […]
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Written by Marcin Gerwin. The following post is Chapter 1 of his new publication Citizen Assemblies: Guide to Democracy that Works. Imagine a group of people of different ages who meet in order to settle some matter important for a city, a country or for the European Union. This group was not selected through elections […]
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