They Can't Represent Us!: Reinventing Democracy From Greece To Occupy Marina Sitrin, Dario Azzelini
Publisher: Verso Books

The Greek riots were a turning point because they sounded the beginning of a new cycle of struggle at the same time that the news of bank crashes announced a new economic cycle. ===================== Book Launch Celebration: They Can't Represent Us! Jan 4, 2014 - Democracy is forged from below, and peasants have been at the heart of many revolutions, emerging on decisive moments to define the course of history. Do they need to go back to basics or is more substantial change required, must we reinvent modern democracy? Understanding the limits of this struggle means, . Where: Bluestockings (172 Allen Street, Lower East Side, Manhattan). Feb 16, 2014 - She is the author of Everyday Revolutions: Horizontalism and Autonomy in Argentina (2012) Zed Books; the forthcoming They Can't Represent Us! Jun 18, 2012 - Anne-Marie Slaughter, a former director of policy planning in the US State Department (2009-2011), is President and CEO of the New America Foundation and Professor Emerita of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University. Aug 6, 2013 - What is to be done in the aftermath of the Occupy Wall Street movement, when the protests that began far away—in the Middle East, Greece, Spain, the UK—reached the center and are now being reinforced and rolling out all around In San Francisco on Sunday October 16, 2011, in an echo of the OWS movement, a man addressed the crowd with an invitation to participate as if it were a happening in the 1960s hippy style: “They are asking us what is our program. 1 day ago - They Can't Represent Us! We can easily apply it to the world we live in – a world in which the transparency of our society gives us much cause for optimism. Reinventing Democracy from Greece to Occupy Session 3 1.105 Sat 03:10pm - 04:50pm. Reinventing Democracy from Greece to Occupy. Mar 8, 2014 - At the same time, we will focus on it as a singular event which allows us to understand the general nature of Occupy and also, more broadly, the movement of plaza occupations. Apr 22, 2014 - The world seems to be getting smaller and its civilians more assertive and maybe public figures feel in the circumstances that they can't afford to lose face and, under pressure, occasionally act when they shouldn't do. When: Wednesday, June 4, 6:30–8:30pm. She is the author of The Turks are working with Northern Cyprus, whose independence only they recognize, and regularly make threatening noises about Israel's drilling with the Greek Cypriot government of the Republic of Cyprus.