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Znet Article Ortellado: From the shell of the old

Znet Article, July, 23 2009 Pablo Ortellado
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You will find below some general thoughts on our movement and its lack of strategy and vision. It is a way of looking at things perhaps too distinctively South American and from a former 'antiglobalization' activist point of view. Its form is some...

Znet Article Ortellado: Why We Oppose Intellectual Property[1]

Znet Article, February, 26 2008 Pablo Ortellado
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While open publishing is a well-known facet of the Independent Media Center[2], its sister idea, copyleft — undermining copyrights, has received little attention. At the foot of the website’s main page, instead of the traditional note reminding re...

Znet Article Ortellado: What Happened To The Left?

Znet Article, August, 08 2003 Pablo Ortellado
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For those who have worked for over 20 years to build what is considered the largest left party in the world, the new Lula government in Brazil is simply frustrating.As the new Brazilian government completes six months, many voters feel betrayed by...

Znet Article Ortellado: Whose Movement?

Znet Article, February, 06 2003 Pablo Ortellado
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I guess it was on year 2000, while organizing for the S26 protests when I first heard about the World Social Forum (WSF). The idea was to have a permanent counter forum to the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF), the meeting of corpor...

Znet Article Ortellado: Brazil: Between Hope and Fear

Znet Article, November, 25 2002 Pablo Ortellado
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The Brazilian presidential election campaign was marked by the antagonism of center right Social Democrat José Serra's constant red baiting on the one hand and, on the other hand, the PT, the Worker's Party, promoting hope for real change. But sh...

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