gianpaolo baiocchi
sociology, broadly conceived
Category: Indignados
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Here are some imponderable questions: what role should big labor play in progressive coalitions? If so, how? What about Occupy? If we look at the political landscape in recent times it is clear that there is not one answer. On one hand, labor unions are most definitely not the voice of the 1% – they…
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It’s been barely a week since the Conservative PP (Partido Popular, or Popular Party) swept the elections in Spain, winning an absolute majority in parliament here. For the currently (but not much longer) ruling social democratic party, the PSOE, it was its worst defeat ever. For weeks polls had been predicting a conservative victory, and…
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El País, one of the Spanish newspapers of record, ran a headline on October 16th, that the Indignado movement had spread all over the world. This is, of course, a Spanish take on things. As important as the acampados in Madrid have been in sparking the flame, Occupy also has its own roots: adbusters,…
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We are watching Occupy from afar with interest, wishing you all the best from here. Inspired by all the young people who were twittering as we marched I thought I would put some of this up. I´ve put up some pictures here from the October 15th demo in Madrid (and thanks to Ernesto Ganuza for sharing some…
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