According to the author, the new political system with neo-Horthyist features – after establishing its new constitution and surviving its first crisis during the winter of 2011/2012 – will be consolidated and will likely to stay, contrary to the hopes of its neoliberal critics. Of course corrections will be made to it, mostly as reactions to international pressure but the political system can only be replaced by the majority of voters. This cannot come before the new regime fails permanently in all segments of social life.
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Some Remarks to Pham Bin’s Post
The American state cannot tolerate any political alternative even if it emerges on the symbolic field. However, street events were retaliated almost similarly what we had seen concerning the Arab Spring. The hysteria against rising alternatives and the brutal state repression probably have shaken the image of "the freest country" thus Occupy maybe started something. It is hard to tell what might develop from it but something has actually changed.
Occupy Wall Street, Composers and the Plutocracy: Some Variations on an Ancient Theme
Composers and musicians – who are also hierarchical leaders on their own way, since the concert hall follows the model of Darwinian competition – are at the mercy of the political and business elite. Bankers, politicians and businessman finance culture not exactly benevolent and free from their own interests. So, although composers did appear in the Occupy movement and their anti-capitalistic commitment cannot be questioned but their performance and role still contradictory.
Original article is at Occupying New Music: Guest Blog Occupy Wall Street, Composers and the Plutocracy: Some Variations on an Ancient Theme By John Halle.
The Wold Class Struggle: The Geography of Protest
We are living in a chaotic situation. Due to the structural crisis of the capitalist world economy, standard solutions for managing a shrinking economy do not work anymore, despite that politicians and experts keep assuring that the recovery is just around the corner. Fluctuations in everything are large and rapid and this applies as well to social protest. This is what we are seeing as the geography of protest constantly shifts.
WikiLeaks
The philosophy of Wikileaks is based on the following: secrets are to be revealed. Thus all classified information is destined to be unveiled and published for public access.
Original article WikiLeaks par Ignacio Ramonet on website Mémoire des luttes , August 18, 2012.