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The ‘People’s Microphone’
Monday, 3 October 2011, 11:17 am | Pablo Ouziel
With the current ‘Audacity of Hope’ entering its terminal phase, Americans engaged in social movement activity are finally catching up with their brothers and sisters in other parts of the World. More >>
Spain’s ‘Indignados’ at Vanguard of Global Nonviolent Revolt
Monday, 8 August 2011, 3:56 pm | Pablo Ouziel
Last night Madrid’s city centre offered a glimpse of what Western democracies have become, as thousands of unarmed nonviolent civilians with their hands up in the air shouting “these are our weapons” and “this is a dictatorship” were beaten ... More >>
‘Indignados’ at the Vanguard of a Global Nonviolent Revolt
Sunday, 7 August 2011, 2:49 pm | Pablo Ouziel
Last night Madrid’s city centre offered a glimpse of what Western democracies have become, as thousands of unarmed nonviolent civilians with their hands up in the air shouting “these are our weapons” and “this is a dictatorship” were beaten ... More >>
Cleaning up City Squares in Democratic Spain
Tuesday, 31 May 2011, 11:24 am | Pablo Ouziel
On Friday the 27th of May, five days after an overwhelming victory by centre-right political parties in the local and regional elections across Spain, the country woke up to the bitter reality of how nonviolent movements calling for economic democracy, ... More >>
Cleaning up City Squares in Democratic Spain
Monday, 30 May 2011, 12:20 pm | Pablo Ouziel
On Friday the 27th of May, five days after an overwhelming victory by centre-right political parties in the local and regional elections across Spain, the country woke up to the bitter reality of how nonviolent movements calling for economic democracy, ... More >>
Will Indignation Salvage Spain?
Wednesday, 25 May 2011, 12:36 pm | Pablo Ouziel
Indignation is the catch phrase in Spain these days, most feel it and most express it, but the collective shouting seems to fall into a vacuum that can soon lead to despair. Much has been said about the popular-uprising taking place in Spain as a ... More >>
Spain’s Tahrir Square
Thursday, 19 May 2011, 12:13 pm | Pablo Ouziel
Spain’s people’s movement has finally awoken, la Puerta del Sol in Madrid is now the country’s Tahrir Square, and the ‘Arab Spring’ has been joined by what is now bracing to become a long ‘European Summer’. As people across the Arab ... More >>
One More War and Another Collective Silence
Thursday, 24 March 2011, 10:30 am | Pablo Ouziel
I assume that to some, I dare say, to the majority of Western citizens, it must be a relief to see that ‘our’ force for good has not lost its momentum – that humanitarian benevolence which characterizes the self-portrait we paint of our societies ... More >>
One More Year of Inhumanity Coming to a Close
Friday, 31 December 2010, 11:53 am | Pablo Ouziel
This year the list of atrocities committed under the guise of representative democracy is extensive, as anyone concerned in analyzing the actions of governments in the West can ascertain. If it was our wish, we could bombard the airwaves with images ... More >>
One More Year of Inhumanity Coming to a Close
Thursday, 30 December 2010, 1:45 pm | Pablo Ouziel
One More Year of Inhumanity Coming to a Close. What Happens Next? By Pablo Ouziel More >>
Has Israel Declared War on the Int Community?
Wednesday, 2 June 2010, 12:59 pm | Pablo Ouziel
Yesterday, with amazement, many of us around the world witnessed through a live-feed on the Internet how heavily armed sea pirates – dressed in full military combat gear – descended from Israeli military helicopters unto the decks of the Mavi Marmara ... More >>
Pablo Ouziel: Waking up
Monday, 29 June 2009, 12:09 pm | Pablo Ouziel
We wake up in the morning to hear and watch the newest tragedy that has swept the world¹s media attention. One morning it is the tragic crash of an airplane, the next some contested elections that turn violent as people revel. More >>
Witnessing the Decay of Western Hegemony
Saturday, 27 December 2008, 12:06 pm | Pablo Ouziel
Witnessing the Decay of Western Hegemony and the Role of the Organic Intellectual By Pablo Ouziel More >>
Paradigm Shift in America’s Intellectual Community
Friday, 7 November 2008, 11:27 pm | Pablo Ouziel
Contrary to popular believe, the big change in America’s society stemming from the recent presidential elections, was not the election of the first black president. The most important event has taken place in the intellectual community, in which ... More >>
Academic Exile and Freedom to Learn
Tuesday, 7 October 2008, 11:26 pm | Pablo Ouziel
Maybe one day will come to terms with the importance of the fundamental freedom to learn. Then we will stand together and demand it, because without it a truly free society can never exist. If we realize this, we will bring back outstanding professors ... More >>
The Political Economy in Times of Panic
Monday, 6 October 2008, 11:52 am | Pablo Ouziel
What a week we have all had. I guess for those of us who make it to the weekend without a single scratch, it will be important to sit quietly in a corner making plans for the future. Obviously the time for tunnel vision and full faith in ‘somebody’ ... More >>
Pablo Ouziel: Framing the $700 Billion Question
Tuesday, 30 September 2008, 12:39 am | Pablo Ouziel
Long gone are the days of delusion in which financial gurus and political pundits thought that the economic problems faced by America could be swept under the carpet. For this reason, it becomes redundant to discuss the details of the current financial ... More >>
Satirical News and the Build Up to WWIII
Sunday, 31 August 2008, 3:27 pm | Pablo Ouziel
Perhaps a couple of decades from now we will all be praising the mainstream media for the wonderful work they have done reporting on our collective insanity. If we could all leave aside for a minute our nationalisms and ideologies, we could see ... More >>
Pablo Ouziel: Rethinking Absurdity
Friday, 18 July 2008, 5:23 pm | Pablo Ouziel
The turbulent times are upon us and I can no longer determine if it is a crisis of confidence, a run on the bank, a recession, a depression or a simple slowdown. People of all colours and fields have been using such terms to try and pinpoint the truth ... More >>
The Beginning of Global Order
Wednesday, 11 June 2008, 12:47 am | Pablo Ouziel
We can continue to believe our politicians as they echo messages of stability and order around our planet, and we can continue to feed off the BBC or the New York Times to get an insight into the normality of the global situation, but sooner or ... More >>