In this lively and hard-hitting book Jose Bove and Francois Dufour recount the dramatic events of their famous demonstration against McDonald's and examine the issues behind the resulting campaign, which has now stretched from France and Seattle around the world.
Across the West, the explosion of social movement activity since the late 1960s has constituted a participatory revolution that has posed profound challenges for formal political parties.
Following the convulsions of 1968, one element uniting many of the disparate social movements that arose across Europe was the pursuit of an elusive authenticity that could help activists to understand fundamental truths about themselves their feelings, aspirations, sexualities, and disappointments.
Since the explosion of the indignados movement beginning in 2011, there has been a renewed interest in the concept of the public sphere in a Spanish context: how it relates to society and to political power, and how it has evolved over the centuries.
After over a decade of the austerity measures that followed the 2008 financial crisis entailing severe, unpopular policies that have galvanized opposition and frayed social ties what lies next for European societies?
Moshe Shokeid narrates his experiences as a member of AD KAN (NO MORE), a protest movement of Israeli academics at Tel Aviv University, who fought against the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories, founded during the first Palestinian Intifada (1987-1993).
Active in the 1830s and 1840s, Flora Tristan is best known for her book "e;Workers' Union"e;, an account of the conditions of women and workers in Peru, London, Paris and the provinces of France.
Composed in 1790, Mary Wollstonecraft's seminal feminist tract A Vindication of the Rights of Woman broke new ground in its demand for women's education.
The wave of uprisings and revolutions that swept the Middle East and North Africa between 2010 and 2012 were most vividly transmitted throughout the world not by television or even social media, but in short videos produced by the participants themselves and circulated anonymously on the internet.
In 2016, the world looked on as thousands set up camp within Standing Rock Sioux Reservation to protest the re-routing of the Dakota Access oil pipeline close to the Reservation's northern border.
In 2016, the world looked on as thousands set up camp within Standing Rock Sioux Reservation to protest the re-routing of the Dakota Access oil pipeline close to the Reservation's northern border.
The smartphone and social media have transformed Africa, allowing people across the continent to share ideas, organise, and participate in politics like never before.
The smartphone and social media have transformed Africa, allowing people across the continent to share ideas, organise, and participate in politics like never before.
Travelling from Madrid to The Valley of the Fallen, through Castile and Le n and across the fiercely contested region of Catalonia, Christopher Finnigan meets a remarkable cast of characters behind some of the biggest political events Spain has witnessed in decades.
Travelling from Madrid to The Valley of the Fallen, through Castile and Le n and across the fiercely contested region of Catalonia, Christopher Finnigan meets a remarkable cast of characters behind some of the biggest political events Spain has witnessed in decades.
Winner of the Bread and Roses Award for Radical Publishing Award 2021 In 2016, a United Nations report found the UK government culpable for 'grave and systematic violations' of disabled people's rights.
Winner of the Bread and Roses Award for Radical Publishing Award 2021 In 2016, a United Nations report found the UK government culpable for 'grave and systematic violations' of disabled people's rights.
When students at Oxford University called for a statue of Cecil Rhodes to be removed, following similar calls by students in Cape Town, the significance of these protests was felt across continents.
When students at Oxford University called for a statue of Cecil Rhodes to be removed, following similar calls by students in Cape Town, the significance of these protests was felt across continents.
From the upheavals of recent national elections to the success of the #MyDressMyChoice feminist movement, digital platforms have already had a dramatic impact on political life in Kenya one of the most electronically advanced countries in Africa.
From the upheavals of recent national elections to the success of the #MyDressMyChoice feminist movement, digital platforms have already had a dramatic impact on political life in Kenya one of the most electronically advanced countries in Africa.
