BUILDING THE FOUNDATIONS TO FREE OURSELVES FROM COAL
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The past 12, 13 and 14 October a meeting framed within the international movement Break Free took place in Riaza (Segovia). This encounter aims to put a stop on the production of energy based on coal. We came to the meeting with the firm task of weaving networks and creating alliances to continue building the movement against fossil fuels. After the last report of the IPCC, which indicates that, if the CO2 emission is not reduced by half by 2030, … Read more

SUSPENSION OF FELLING IN HAMBACH FOREST
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On October 5, a German court ordered the temporary suspension of the felling in Hambach Forest. Over the past few months, the forest has become a symbol of the climate struggle, as well as the rejection of the use of fossil fuels. The decision was taken by Münster’s City Court in response to an emergency procedure initiated by the environmental organization BUND, which sought to end the massive cutting of trees carried out to gain surface area for a coal … Read more

’13 EDITORA ‘CREATES A CROWDFUNDING FOR ITS CREATION
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The crowdfunding campaign to be able to turn 13 editora into reality is launched. The campaign will be developed through Pepa Loba’s microfinance tool with the purpose of achieving the goal through a collective and collaborative construction process. 13 editora aims to be a nonprofit publishing project of an independent nature that provides people and groups with tools that allow them to approach reality in an autonomous, critical and proactive manner. With this will 13 editora, which arises under ECOAR)))’s … Read more

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NOBODY WILL DO IT FOR US!
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We begin a new period. A new step with which we equip ourselves with better tools. Tools we can use to build an even more solid and effective structure that deals with all the challenges that arise in the construction of a fairer world. In this new phase ECOAR))) will have new mechanisms that will confer greater capacity, coherence and independence, to face the abuses committed by governments and transnationals, in defense of human rights and the planet. We are … Read more

THE HAMBACH FOREST, EXAMPLE OF CLIMATIC RESISTANCE
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We look back towards a place we already knew before: the Hambach Forest. These days there is a battle in which, on the one hand, the powerful energy company RWE has a particular interest in the exploitation of lignite in the area, and on the other, neighborhoods and ecologists defend the right of the forest to exist and, therefore, all its biodiversity. RWE argues it has the legal permission for the logging, and that its activity is supported by the … Read more

EIGHTH STEP: SUBVERT THE CURRENT MEDIA SYSTEM
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Last Thursday, January 19, the last lecture that put an end to the Communication, Power and Counterpower Conferences took place. We met at the CSA Playa Gata where, in the hands of Alejandro Barranquero, we approached an analysis of the possibilities we have to subvert the current media system. In this lecture entitled “Strategies for media reform. Is it possible to subvert the media system?”, Alejandro, through a fluent conversation with the public, unraveled the current potential that may help … Read more

A PATH TO RETHINK COMMUNICATION
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Between November 17 and December 8, the Communication, Power and Counterpower Conferences took place, with the central objective of analyzing how, via communication, networks of hegemonic power are constructed and, in turn, how to reverse these situations through various alternatives. To begin this exercise of reflection and analysis, we were able to count on a previous lecture entitled “Victims, Sinners and Feminazis” that, with the help of Lorena Arévalo, brought us closer to know about the relationship that exists between … Read more

SIXTH STEP: EMANCIPATION AS INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY
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Last Friday, December 8, the sixth step of this road, that we have been covering during the Communication, Power and Counterpower Conferences, took place. On this occasion we met at the Espace Martin-Luther-King, in the city of Montpellier, where, through his experience, Philippe Corcuff made an analysis of the media today and our role to achieve emancipation. Through his talk “Criticism of media and emancipation in today’s world”, Philippe introduced to us the classic analysis of the media that only … Read more

WTO 2017: A FAILURE OF GLOBAL NEOLIBERALISM
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On December 13 the 11th inter-ministerial conference of the WTO ended. The conference could not reach a needed consensus for the signing of a final document between the ministers, mainly due to the confrontation between protectionism and multilateralism. Just in parallel, the Peoples’ Summit took place during these days, which filled Buenos Aires with demands, debates and alternatives. The new US government that turned to protectionist positions, came to this summit with clear criticism of the WTO. Against this, China … Read more

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