The Iran Crisis Sigils is part of The Sigils, a series of scans exploring the horizon for weak signals related to various issues relevant to the security of societies, polities, nations and citizens. The aim of the Iran Crisis Sigils is to be a daily scan focusing on tensions with Iran and related geopolitical issues. We are …
Category Archives: Geopolitics by Geographical Regions
Anonymous: a new political force?
Anonymous: a new political force? Anonymous, the Anonymous movement, idea or “Internet meme,” to use Wikipedia characterisation, has become an increasingly important actor on the global political scene, which cannot be ignored anymore. It is, however, rarely seen as a political actor, despite Anonymous’ evolution, as Al Jazeera’s excellent timeline makes quite clear, as Quinn Norton for Wired details …
A New Opposition Nexus and Why it Matters for our Future: #OccupyWallStreet, Los Indignados, Anonymous and Others
How and why new political movements emerge in political systems; a framework to understand the various protest movements happening throughout the world.
Following #OccupyWallStreet
If you want to keep up to date with #OccupyWallStreet, its geographical spread as well as actions, movements etc., check out these synthesizing websites Occupy Together. The Occupy USA aggregator. News from @Occupy_USA.
A few thoughts regarding #OccupyWallStreet
A few thoughts regarding the #OccupyWallStreet movement, including the arrests in NYC on Saturday 24 September 2011, related effects on the treatment by media, and recent articles and blogs.
19 June 2011 #globalrevolution: Noise or Weak signal?
On 19 June, Take the Square, a web-platform relaying regional and national information on and calls from the various Real Democracy Now movements, is calling for the official start of a global peaceful revolution – shortened as twitter’s category as #globalrevolution – expressed through a worldwide demonstration. The Real Democracy Now movements, as has been …
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