[P2P-F] Eviction of #acampadabcn

Fri May 27 11:24:58 CEST 2011

Dear Chris,

in a short intro to a piece on spain, I wrote the following endorsement, so
I think we should follow this very closely and support this evolving global
movement to the best of our abilities,

I hope you can be our point man, perhaps with Amaia as pointwoman, in Spain,
I think her storyify format would be great for regular updates ...

I also copying vasilis and George in Greece, in the hope they can contribute
stories about how this develops in Greece,

Michel

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When people agree on what they don't want, i.e. a market dictatorship in the
hands of a financial predatory class, but are open-minded about the future,
what should they ask for?

The answer is very simply: true democracy, as this leaves all options open
to create 'other worlds'.

This is why the relative indeterminacy of the Spanish movement is not a bug,
but a feature. It signals civil society forces have found a format for their
protests, and a unifying platform, and this is why what happened in Spain is
really Ground Zero for the start of a process towards deep transformation of
our civilisation and political economy. It's early days, just green shoots,
and the new generations have to be politically schooled as they face
obstacles and repression, but, the tipping point has been reached, and
something new has blossomed in the world.

On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 2:52 PM, Chris Pinchen <chris at cataspanglish.com>wrote:

> Right now police are violenty evicting the camp in Plaça Catalunya using
> the excuse that they need to clean the square for a football celebration
> tomorrow. People arriving are occupying the surrounding streets and are
> being clubbed by riot police who do not have id badges visible. the campers
> are calling for more camps this evening
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