We’re ready and willing!
Syntagma is calling... We’re ready and willing! 2011 was undoubtedly the year in which global resistance movements were finally able to establish themselves in word and deed against the crisis. From the USA to Russia, from North Africa to Europe, a potent acceleration of social conflict allowed access to novel opportunities and perspectives for the present; and to a future contrary to that which the 1% of bankers and global financiers would impose. From the general strike in Oakland to the occ... Read more
Athens, 21-22 March 2012. Syntagma calling!
Transnational open assembly – Coming to a city near you! Even though EU governments and institutions repeatedly confine crisis to the ‘exceptional’ case of Greece, the state of emergency seems to be the spectre that is haunting Europe. It seems that in one of the richest areas of the globe, no one is living within their means and austerity is the only way to rescue whatever has been built for decades; rescuing by drowning, building by demolishing seems to be the dogma of political and economic ... Read more
Toronto, a conference on struggles within and beyond the neoliberal university
The University is Ours! A Conference on Struggles Within and Beyond the Neoliberal University April 27-29, 2012 Toronto, Ontario The university belongs to us, those who teach, learn, research, council, clean, and create community. Together we can and do make the university work. But today this university is in crisis. The neoliberal restructuring of post-secondary education seeks to further embed market logic and corporate-style management into the academy, killing consultation, autonomy an... Read more
