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Manifestació diumenge 28A, 11h pl.Universitat + Resum visual “escrache” a Mas-Colell

Dig 28 abril. Manifestació: Aturem els pressupostos antisocials

La Plataforma Unitària en Defensa de la Universitat Pública sortirà al carrer aquest 28 d’abril per dir NO als pressupostos que vol aprovar la Generalitat de Catalunya.
Aquests pressupostos aprofundiran en la retallada dels drets socials més bàsics i en la precarització de la vida de les persones. Una vegada més els nostres serveis públics pagaran les irresponsabilitats, la corrupció i els interessos de polítics, banquers i grans empresaris. Nosaltres sortirem al carrer per continuar reivindicant una Universitat pública i popular. Com hem demostrat en les darreres setmanes, farem el que faci falta per a defensar allò públic: talls de carreteres, preses de ràdios, escarnis populars, bloqueig de decisions que impliquin acomiadaments, vagues, denúncies judicials, ocupacions, performances, etc. Nosaltres diem NO aquests pressupostos i estem convençudes que existeixen alternatives al Capitalisme…

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The Emergence of the Political Subject

by Marina Grzinic, March, 2013, Skopje / http://emancipationofresistance.wordpress.com/grzinic/

I took part in the conference in Skopje entitled Emancipation of the resistance, organized by NGO Kontrapunkt in collaboration with many partners in the region. The point of departure at the conference regarding resistance made me think what is the concept of the resistance today? I connected this question with memory and history, and as well with the specific context of Macedonia that was part of the space of former Yugoslavia.

On such a basis memory and history have to be re-thought in connection to the wars in the Balkan, former Yugoslavia in the 1990s and in relation to the aftermath of the wars’ “monumentalizations” in the time of global capitalism and of the construction of the EU as “Fortress Europe.” My thesis is that the ways of monumentalization or de-monumentalization of the war in the 1990s in the Balkan, former Yugoslavia (Macedonia is not excluded from this process, as we have to think of the 2001 events in Macedonia), have several paradoxical, pathological and tragic faces in the political and social realm of global capitalism.

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I Write What I Like

SELECTED WRITINGS
by Steve Biko

“The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.” Like all of Steve Biko’s writings, those words testify to the passion, courage, and keen insight that made him one of the most powerful figures in South Africa’s struggle against apartheid. They also reflect his conviction that black people in South Africa could not be liberated until they united to break their chains of servitude, a key tenet of the Black Consciousness movement that he helped found […]

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17 D’ABRIL JORNADA DE LLUITA

Aquest dimecres 17 d’abril es convoca un JORNADA DE LLUITA, en què coincideixen tres accions en defensa de les Universitats Públiques Catalanes, i és necessària la màxima participació de totes en la pràctica del suport mutu per aconseguir victòries sobre els nostres llocs de treball. Us convidem a participar de les següents convocatòries i a persistir en la lluita durant les properes setmanes i mesos, fins a construir una Universitat realment Pública, Popular i Democràtica.

8h- Concentració a Plaça Universitat en el moment de celebració del Consell de Govern de la Universitat de Barcelona.

12.30h- Concentració a la plaça Cívica de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona per exigir que el rectorat faci efectives les mesures aprovades pel claustre en el marc dels dos dies de vaga estudiantil.

Aturem els acomiadaments, desobeïm el règim.

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Roma Media Archive

Roma Media Archive is an ongoing participatory media project to which the Roma and non-Roma artists, activist organisations and communities are invited to contribute various documentary and art materials that reflect the contemporary Roma situation today. The contributions vary from photography series, video documentaries, art performances, research projects and other digital materials that reflect on certain urgent issues related to specific events or to the general situation in regard various Roma communities in Europe or in other parts of the world.

This project was originally initiated by Suzana Milevska, a theorist and curator, who is based in Skopje, Macedonia. She has invited a worldwide range of participating artists, to share their archives, as testimonials of their research endeavours, in solidarity with the Roma people.