Translation of an article by Manuel Castells, originally published in La Vanguardia, 21st January 2012.
The indignados movement that burst forth in 2011 in Spain, Europe and the United States is a breath of fresh air in a world that smells rotten. They set out in social networks and in acampadas what many people think: that it was banks [...]

There was no need for Mario Draghi’s words to understand that the crisis has already reached an irreversible threshold in Europe. A crisis of “systemic dimensions” was what Jean-Claude Trichet said a couple of months ago. Now Draghi, his successor at the European Central Bank, tells us that “the situation has worsened” (January 16th).  It is [...]

Book Review: End of the Revolution: China and the Limits of Modernity, Wang Hui (Verso 2011)

Apologists for Beijing sometimes like to say that nobody died on Tiananmen Square in 1989. This is the kind of statement whose technical accuracy is meant to be deceptive. It’s long been documented, if not fully embedded in public understanding, that [...]

Since the European Union entails the free movement of capital, fiscal and labour sovereignty had to be ceded. This was one of the most important criticisms from the left regarding the way a perfect European Union was being built for bringing an end to the welfare state of each one of its members. If you [...]

A loose translation: Aggressive Begging for Change.
This past month has been demonstrating the various ways in which the different nationalities of the world make clear their personal innate characteristics through their response to the austerity. In Greece, the technocratic corporate government imposed by the Illuminati cabal at the head of the IMF and European [...]

Michael Roberts has a very good post on the appointment of the technocrats, Lucas Papademos in Greece and Mario Monti or Giuliano Amato in Italy, who are supposed to lead Greece and Italy through those “much needed reforms” that these countries need to reduce their oh so troubling debt levels. The ‘reforms’ or austerity, are [...]

It is worth reading this long and very thoughtful post from Andrew Flood at Anarchist Writers on the decision making processes (that should be a plural) involved in the Occupy Movement, but with particular reference to OccupyDameStreet, which Andrew has been active in from time to time, either by speaking at the OccupyUniversity, adding his [...]

The following was first published in Spanish by Madrilonia, a Madrid-based blog that writes about and participates in social movements. Madrilonia has been involved in the 15-M movement, which began with the mass protest organized by Real Democracy Now on the 15th of May 2011 and inspired Europe with the occupation of plazas across Spain. This text [...]

Below is Hugh Green’s penultimate post on The Punishment of Sloth. Here’s the final one. We look forward to more words and translations from him where ever, and how ever they may appear. Many thanks for allowing us to publish this post here.
On his excellent blog La pupila insomne, Cuban blogger Iroel Sánchez Espinosa collected [...]