gianpaolo baiocchi

sociology, broadly conceived

Category: politics

  • This comes from via my friend Zeynep Gambetti, from Bogazici University, in Istanbul. Please consider signing the petition below. Urgent Appeal: Stop Arbitrary Detentions in Turkey! The international public has so far been oblivious to the so-called “KCK operations” carried out in Turkey by Prime Minister Erdogan and his Justice and Development Party for the…

  • 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,…

  • 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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