The host organization: Les Alternatifs, France
In the countries of the former European Soviet bloc and former
Yugoslavia we witness the growth of dissent movements at long last
sharing similar goals and methods (single issue campaigns, ad hoc
coalitions, direct action and civil disobedience) and acting in the
same time sequence, showing similar sociological (the 400 Euros a
month educated urban generation), ideological (refusal of the
globalized neoliberal consumer society) and political (challenging
the two party established system) characteristics. This bring them
closer to the Western indignados/occupy
movements. They both stress social justice and ecology, claiming to
represent a moral, if not always political alternative containing
left radicalism (e.g. the Left Front in Russia or the Chomskyite
libertarians in Serbia), Feminism and national pride.
The type of the session: Short presentation followed by a debate
The anticipated duration of the session: 30 min
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