From Global Justice to Occupy and Podemos: Mapping Three Stages of Contemporary Activism
Surveying the varied contributions to this special issue, this article examines the relationships, points of inspirations and contradictory dynamics that characterize the current epoch of social movement politics and global protest. The authors argue that with the progression of neoliberal capitalis...
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| description | Surveying the varied contributions to this special issue, this article examines the relationships, points of inspirations and contradictory dynamics that characterize the current epoch of social movement politics and global protest. The authors argue that with the progression of neoliberal capitalism and the explosion of new technologies, a shared logic of social movement politics has emerged. This logic spans from the Zapatistas and the Global Justice Movement to the uprisings in North Africa and the Middle East, the Occupy struggles and the most recent wave characterized by Podemos. While each of these waves of contention has a particular character, together they make up a broader epoch of struggle that thrives on multiplicity, emphasized radical participatory democracy, the innovative use of media and the heterogeneity of political struggle. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e5c26a201cdf4bf68fd293ee16d187b22023-09-03T00:35:34ZengPaderborn University: Media Systems and Media Organisation Research GrouptripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique1726-670X1726-670X2017-05-0115239340310.31269/triplec.v15i2.887887From Global Justice to Occupy and Podemos: Mapping Three Stages of Contemporary ActivismPeter N. Funke0Todd Wolfson1University of South FloridaRutgers UniversitySurveying the varied contributions to this special issue, this article examines the relationships, points of inspirations and contradictory dynamics that characterize the current epoch of social movement politics and global protest. The authors argue that with the progression of neoliberal capitalism and the explosion of new technologies, a shared logic of social movement politics has emerged. This logic spans from the Zapatistas and the Global Justice Movement to the uprisings in North Africa and the Middle East, the Occupy struggles and the most recent wave characterized by Podemos. While each of these waves of contention has a particular character, together they make up a broader epoch of struggle that thrives on multiplicity, emphasized radical participatory democracy, the innovative use of media and the heterogeneity of political struggle.https://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/article/view/887social movementsprotestdigital activismneoliberal capitalisminequalityclass theoryBlack Lives MatterPodemosOccupyeconomic crisis |
| spellingShingle | Peter N. Funke Todd Wolfson From Global Justice to Occupy and Podemos: Mapping Three Stages of Contemporary Activism tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique social movements protest digital activism neoliberal capitalism inequality class theory Black Lives Matter Podemos Occupy economic crisis |
| title | From Global Justice to Occupy and Podemos: Mapping Three Stages of Contemporary Activism |
| title_full | From Global Justice to Occupy and Podemos: Mapping Three Stages of Contemporary Activism |
| title_fullStr | From Global Justice to Occupy and Podemos: Mapping Three Stages of Contemporary Activism |
| title_full_unstemmed | From Global Justice to Occupy and Podemos: Mapping Three Stages of Contemporary Activism |
| title_short | From Global Justice to Occupy and Podemos: Mapping Three Stages of Contemporary Activism |
| title_sort | from global justice to occupy and podemos mapping three stages of contemporary activism |
| topic | social movements protest digital activism neoliberal capitalism inequality class theory Black Lives Matter Podemos Occupy economic crisis |
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