World Europe The Blockupy of tomorrow, to put an end to sadness‏

Dear all,

Below you find a fresh statement on the 18 and 19 M in English (and Italian). 
Included some reflections on the discussion concerning the transnational social strike.

All the best

Paola

The Blockupy of tomorrow, to put an end to sadness

…Paradoxically, we can say that the achievement of Blockupy lies in the missed promise that its name would suggest. The opening of the new ECB headquarter wasn’t blocked and actually the new tower was working long before the farce of the official inauguration. Yet, in the streets of Frankfurt it was clear the possibility to organize the daily insubordination against austerity and precarization policies even beyond the symbolic actions and the show of a successful riot, both played in the city as its theater. If the outcome of the Greek elections pointed out the chance of a clear-cut refusal of the austerity and its alleged technical unavoidability, in Frankfurt we showed the necessity of a really European autonomous political initiative. Thus, the official opening of the new ECB headquarter puts an end to Blockupy, but after its end Blockupy must go on…read more.

http://www.connessioniprecarie.org/2015/03/21/the-blockupy-of-tomorrow-to-put-an-end-to-sadness/