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  • Global Uprisings Conference:  Full Program

    Global Uprisings Conference: Full Program

        This is the full program for events taking place at De Balie. The conference includes many other events at spaces around the city starting Wednesday 13 November. For more information on these other events please see the “additional program” below. Information about all events will be available at De Balie throughout the weekend. DAY ONE: Friday 15 November 2013: 20.00-22.00 Welcome from Stichting Democratie en Media with an introduction and short film from the makers of the globaluprisings.org […]

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  • Egyptian Winter: A New Short Documentary

    Egyptian Winter: A New Short Documentary

    Two years after the revolution in Egypt began, unrest continues across the country as the political and economic situation worsens. As the current government consolidates its power, the demands of the revolution may seem further away than ever. Still the revolution has opened up new spaces for political action, spurring public debate on issues that have gone unacknowledged and unresolved for too long. This short documentary looks at some of the reasons motivating revolutionaries to keep taking the streets, the […]

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  • Occupied Barcelona: The Spanish Election Rejection

    Occupied Barcelona: The Spanish Election Rejection

    By Marianne Maeckelbergh and Brandon Jourdan In the midst of rising unemployment rates, extensive austerity measures and increased privatization, many Spanish people are losing faith in electoral politics.

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