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OWS: occupying the Indian imagination
Written by Ajinkya
OWS in India: Occupying the legislature rather than the Dalaal Street.
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From Wall Street to Central: How OWS is seen in China
Written by Clément Renaud
Having followed the OWS movement since its beginnings, what I find really interesting is all the different ways of appropriation that people come up with. As Jay Sown said recently in a video: “[OWS] is just specific enough to capture the basic sentiment that so many people share, and just vague enough to let […]
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A Corporatocracy for the People, by the People
Written by Sarah Stamp
Occupy Wall Street is a progressive ideological social movement that is gaining strength in numbers in spite of increasing clashes with police and bad weather. Originating in September of 2011, the movement was initially designed as a popular occupation of 20,000 people targeting Wall Street, New York. The movement has […]
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Leaving home: Bolivia´s mass labor migration and the impact of remmittances
Written by Lucia Querejazu
The question of how much good remittances are doing to our countries is very difficult to answer. The first and most obvious answer is that they are definitely doing good since they are sent expressly to improve the quality of life of family members who stayed behind. Money comes in […]
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Occupy Berlin: Serving the clientele
Written by sergio.marx
Berliners are also taking part in the global Occupy Wall Street movement. But the Berlin Revolution will have to wait a little… The relatively good economic situation means the masses of the Precariat are not yet on the streets and so far most involved appear to be professional activists. Berlin, […]
