Dear all,
below you can find the link to our last editorial containing some reflections on democracy, social movements and mobility in Europe.The Democracy of Mobility against the Government of Democracy
The huge Spanish mobilizations in 2011, the coup that broke the dream of the Greek OXI in a night of July, the declaration of the state of emergency in France, the agreement between the EU and Turkey for the management of borders impose democracy as a rallying cry among the European movements. In different contexts and at different levels others maintain that going back to the practices of the electoral competition could be a chance of political initiative. Also on the European level, although elections are far away, DIEM25 wishes to be the representative expression of a wider – and quite generic – aggregate of citizens and social movements to whom it appeals. We are interested in the fact that this democratic enthusiasm realistically registers the existence of a halt in the political initiative of the movements. Yet, we should ask ourselves: can the rallying cry of democracy give voice to the demand of emancipation of industrial, precarious workers and migrants who inside and outside Europe and at its borders must face daily exploitation and oppression?...read more.
http://www.connessioniprecarie.org/2016/04/12/the-democracy-of-mobility-against-the-government-of-democracy/