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Another World, Now!Coming of the Transnational Revolutions and the P2P Prince

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I first i!e a personal re!ie" on t#e i$portant spa%es of %on!eren%e and $o&ilisations so$e too'pla%e in 2011 and 2012, and ot#ers %(rrentl) in proress: li'e, *oint So%ial +onferen%es, Alter

S($$it, (& eetins of Indinados, .lo&al a), /lo%'(p), lo&alNISE, Aora and irene10105 #en I ar(e t#at "it# t#e spread of t#e P2P or ad!an%ed %o$$(nal8 for$s of !al(e andp(&li% spa%e %reation, &ased on P2P relational d)na$i%s, and t#e %ross fertilisation &et"een t#ene" eneration P2P a%ti!ists, te%#noloies and ne" eneration so%ial 9(sti%e a%ti!ists, "e $a) t#isti$e &(ild $(%# stroner and transnationall) %onne%ted allian%es &et"een radi%al de$o%rati% andre!ol(tionar) for%es5 S(%# P2P allian%es "o(ld allo" %olla&oration &et"een #oriontal and !erti%alfor$s of aen%), in t#e West and t#e East, eperien%ed in !ar)in fields of str(le and prod(%ea%%essi&le, feasi&le, de$o%rati%all) &(ilt, anti-totalitarian and alter-s)ste$i% e$an%ipator) pro9e%tsto repla%e t#e %apitalist $ode of prod(%tion "it# t#e e$erin ne" P2P $ode5 In t#e #ands ofe$erin allian%es s(%# pro9e%ts "o(ld &e $(%# $ore po"erf(l t#an t#e %o$$(nist, so%ialist andso%ial de$o%rati% pro9e%ts of t#e pre!io(s %ent(r)5 #en "e $i#t &e a&le to t(rn t#e tide in fa!o(rof t#e people5 #e rEvolution, in t#is sense, $i#t #a!e alread) &e(n;1

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#e s(%%essf(l oranisin and t#e lo&al s(pport i!en to t#e a'land .eneral Stri'e too' t#edis%ontent in t#e Nort# "#i%# #as &een ro"in sin%e t#e Seattle 1 and $ade a H(ant($ leap"it# t#e WS, e!en a step f(rt#er5 It (nderlined t#e #istori%al roots of t#e %(rrent $o$ent of t#elo&al (prisin and strent#ened %onne%ti!it), %o$$(ni%ation and solidarit) a$on !ario(s for%es5Aro(nd sin%e t#e free fall of t#e De#$an /rot#ers in 200B, t#e eneral stri'e #ad alread) $ade aspe%ta%(lar ret(rn in E(rope516o"e!er t#e a) Ca) .eneral Stri'e in t#e US #as a%t(all)a"a'ened t#e lea%) of ideas li'e ne /i Union8, S#orter Wor' Ca)8, International Stri'e8 and

#i#li#ted t#e ties %onne%tin t#e old, ne", ne"er and t#e ne"est proressi!e and re!ol(tionar)$o!e$ents5 (ndreds of $illions $ar%#in aro(nd t#e "orld #as i!en a stron e%#o to t#is#appenin8, and allo"ed (s to !is(alise %lear i$aes of ne" eneration a%tions and eneralstri'es t#at %an start a radi%al so%ial %#ane pro%esses517

#e a&o!e $entioned $o&ilisations and a%tions "ere t#e international ones dire%tl) oranised &)non-representational ro(ps in%l(din %%(p), 1@ and t#ose "#o %olla&orated "it# t#e$5 or t#esa'e of t#e ar($ent of t#e paper "e fo%(s on t#e lo&al le!el5 In order to (n%o!er t#e real n($&erof t#e lo%al, national and reional e!ents, dire%t a%tions, $o&ilisations and stri'es t#at #adoranised &) t#ese ro(ps, and t#eir i$pa%t "e s(rel) need an intense s)ste$ati% st(d)5 In order&(ild (p $) ar($ent no" I "ill #a!e a loo' at t#e $et#ods and tools t#at #a!e &een eperi$entedand de!eloped &) t#e ne" eneration a%ti!ists "#en %reatin a s#ared feelin and eperien%e,strate) and ta%ti%s, p(&li% spa%e and an politi%al i$pa%t5

&eneral assem$lies, transnational wor% grous, and hu$ meetings

Sin%e Seattle and first World So%ial or($ in Porto Alere, lo&al solidarit) and 9(sti%e a%ti!ists#a!e &een intensi!el) (sin e$ail lists, S')pe $eetins, !ideo-s#arin, "e&sites and ot#ersoft"are a!aila&le in order to oranise alter- or anti-s($$its as "ell as rea%# o(t t#e p(&li%5o"e!er sin%e 2004, "it# t#e arri!al of #i# %apa%it) ser!ers and fi&relass %a&les t#at allo"ed t#etrans$ittin of $(%# larer a$o(nt of infor$ation in a s#orter ti$e, t#e a!aila&le tools #a!e&e%o$e $ore and $ore intera%ti!e and a%%essi&le5 #e ne" We&


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&e%a(se t#is "as allo"ed t#e$ to rea%# o(t t#e ne" a%ti!ists, in%l(din non-%)&er ones5 #e%olla&oration and %ross fertiliation #ad &een etended !ia Seattle and t#e World So%ial or($ )et#ad to sta) li$ited &e%a(se of t#e for$ of t#e We& at t#e ti$e5 #is #as %#aned radi%all) "#ilet#e reat anti-"ar $o!e$ent of 2003 and So%ial or($ o!e$ents "ere in de%line d(rin t#ese%ond #alf of t#e 2000s5 After t#e arri!al of t#e ne" We& s(%# intera%tion and %ross fertiliationa$on t#e %)&er-a%ti!ists and so%ial 9(sti%e a%ti!ists #as &ro(#t a&o(t t#e ne"est so%ial$o!e$ents "#i%# "ere lo&all) ta'in off li'e t#e Pirates $o!e$ent, #a%'er ro(ps Anon)$o(s

and D(lSe%, Wi'ilea's 9(st to $ention "idel) 'no"n ones522We "ere loo'in at t#e $anifestationof e$po"ered so%ial oranisation and %olle%ti!e a%tion %apa%it) t#at %an %reate ne" possi&ilitiesand !isions to realise radi%al %#ane5

1@, "idel) 'no"n as Indignados,and %%(p) $o!e$ents #a!e initiall) &e%o$e a transnationalpoliti%al spa%es for %on!eren%e a$on t#is ne" eneration P2P $o!e$ents and a%ti!ists,a%ti!ists in!ol!ed in (nion and %o$$(nit) oranisin, iss(e %a$pains, proressi!e N.s,pre!io(sl) non-a%ti!e &(t politi%ised independent indi!id(als and s$all s%ale politi%al %olle%ti!es,aain of ne" enerations, ollo"in t#e 2007 %risis, and $ost re%entl) d(rin t#e protests inWis%onsin, US, and t#e st(dent re!olts in E(rope in 2010, t#ere "as a rapid in%rease in t#eintera%tions &et"een %)&er-a%ti!is$, internet &ased $edia a%ti!is$, and diital a%ti!ist artists5

#erefore ri#t after t#e a#rir, t#e (se of &ot# P2P soft"are and ne" We&-&ased te%#noloies fort#e pra%ti%e of transnational oranisin, de%ision $a'in, !isionin, strate) for$in, rea%# o(t,loisti%s, so on s(ddenl) eploded5 #e a%tions of Anon)$o(s and Wi'ilea's #a!e displa)ed t#e%onne%ti!it) and solidarit) &et"een t#e ne"est $o!e$ents and t#e so%ial (prisins5 Anon)$o(s#a!e %reated $assi!e $edia %#annels for its o"n net5 Prod(%ed !er) effe%ti!e artisti% !ideo$essaes to de%lare t#eir s(pport, $a'e a p(&li% state$ent, %all for a%tion or "#at t#e) %alloperations523W#en t#e protesters in Wis%onsin and a#rir #ailin ea%# ot#er, at t#at se%ond!is(als of t#e e!ent "as s#ared a$on $illions on t#e We& and "ent !iral5 24Di!e !ideo %#annels"ere strea$in to tens of t#o(sands of people a%ross t#e "orld "#en t#e $asses at P(erta CelSol SH(are in adrid %arr)in $essaes for At#ens, I%eland, and Dondon5 Wi'ilea's triered t#eAra& sprin and Anon)$o(s atta%'ed E)ptian sites and sta)ed in solidarit) "it# (prisinse!er)"#ere and t#ese pi%t(res too "ere fra$ed and s#ared "it# li#t speed5 n t#e ro(nd t#ere

"ere alread) online and real "orld %o$$(ni%ation &et"een t#ese spa%es, ro(ps and re&els "ereesta&lis#ed and at "or'5 W#en al$ost all t#e Spanis# %it) sH(ares "ere o%%(pied for se!eral"ee's, startin fro$ t#e a) 1@ 2011 and "it# %lear referen%e to t#e a#rir SH(are, not $an)"o(ld (ess t#at t#ese o%%(pations and re(lar %itien asse$&lies t#at "ere %o$para&le topre!io(s Datin A$eri%an eperien%es "as a%t(all) s)ste$ati%all) &ein spread to $an) E(ropean%ities and &e)ond t#e Atlanti%5

ollo"in t#e international asse$&lies oranised in Dis&on and Paris, %to&er 1@ "as de%ided ast#e date of t#e .lo&al Ge!ol(tion8, t#at "as t(rned into a $assi!e $o&ilisation5 irst ties "ereesta&lis#ed in t#e US and t#e first tr(l) internationaltransnational net"or's of online and offline"or' ro(ps and %o$$ittees %o!erin t#e (prisin editerranean, E(ropean and t#e A$eri%anreions "ere for$ed5 n t#e road to dinit)8 rap#i% "as refle%tin t#e %orner stones on t#e ti$eta&le52@#ese ro(ps #a!e at#ered, s#ared, "or'ed and dis%(ssed on a re(lar &asis in order to&(ild t#e $o!e$ent and oranise t#e 1@ $o&ilisation5 a%'ti!ists and arti!ists #a!e a%ti!el)for$ed t#e international infrastr(%t(re for oranisin t#e $o&ilisations and a%tions &(t alsode!elopin a pra%ti%e of real de$o%ra%)85 Asse$&l) proto%ols, $et#odoloies, desins, sins,r(les, et%5 "ere for$(lated, eperi$ented, tested and i$pro!ed a%ross E(ropean %ities, &(t $oreintense in t#e Spanis# %ontet5 #is 'no"lede and eperien%e "it# added !al(e #ad %rossed t#eAtlanti% d(rin t#e s($$er 20115 People8s asse$&lies started to pop (p in US %ities andAdbusters Magazine$ade a %all to %%(p) Wall Street on t#e Septe$&er 17 last )ear5 26

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Septe$&er 14-17 preparator) $eetin and to "or' on it in ilan to"ards irene 10105 42#eilan $eetin "ent relati!el) s(%%essf(l in ter$s of %on!eren%e of ideas and %(lt(res5 An onlineper-%on!eren%e pro%ess "#i%# is e$&edded in t#e preparator) "or' of fi!e t#e$ati% ro(psesta&lis#ed and last ro(p to "or' on t#e %on!eren%e5 .ro(p and a%tors "ere as'ed to %o$e (p"it# proposals for %o$$on !ision, strate) and a%tion in order to i$pro!e t#e %on!eren%e inirene and $o!e f(rt#er on a %on%rete and s#ared pat#543#e ilan $eetin #ad %oin%ided "it#t#e anni!ersar) of %%(p) Wall Street5 Gi#t after t#e openin session for t#e $eetin %%(p) and

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n t#e ot#er #and, a%%ordin to t#e de%ision ta'en &) t#e transnational asse$&l) at t#e end of/lo%'(p) a%tion in ran'f(rt, a "or' ro(p "as for$ed in order to %oordinate t#e oranisation of atransnational and trans!ersal $eetin in adrid %alled Aora 5 Aora #as &een oranised asan open $eetin &) %olle%ti!es and indi!id(als ta'in part in 1@, %%(p) and /lo%'(p)$o!e$ents5 As irene is an open spa%e for oranisations, (nions, net"or's and indi!id(ala%ti!ists? Aora is for politi%al %olle%ti!es, ro(ps and indi!id(als 9oinin in %%(p) and 1@asse$&lies $ainl) to "or' on pra%ti%al iss(e5 /ased on self-representation5 And "#ile irenefo%(ses on E(rope, Ce&t, +o$$ons, Da&o(rM So%ial Gi#ts, Ce$o%ra%) t#e$ati%all), t#e t#e$esof t#e Aora at#erin are Ce&t, +risis and Ce$o%ra%)5 Indi%atin t#e P2P d)na$i%s &e#ind t#ee!ent so$e of t#e sloans on t#e &anners are P2P Ce$o%ra%), P2P Aora54@ W#ile adridoranisers #a!e $ade dire%t referen%e to P2P, oranisers of t#e irene #as opened t#epreparator) pro%ess to online parti%ipation of indi!id(als, net"or's and N.s, &) (sin open padsnet to t#e e$ail lists5 #ere are also planes &ein $entioned li'e (sin .er$an Pirates DiH(idCe$o%ra%) soft"are "#i%# is de!eloped and (sed espe%iall) for P2P poli%) and de%ision $a'in,as one of t#e "or'in $et#odoloies for t#e peoples asse$&l) "ill ta'e pla%e in loren%e46

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Italian politi%al a%ti!ist and t#eorist Antonio .ra$s%i8s %ore %on%epts li'e #ee$on), orani% %risis,#istori% &lo%, "ar of position and "ar of $anoe(!re are %entral to o(r (nderstandin of toda)8s%o$ple lo&al %apitalist s)ste$ as "ell as t#e %atastrop#i% %#anes t#at are %(rrentl) ta'in pla%ein it5 Geferrin to t#e oriinal %on%ept de!eloped &) .ra$s%i, lo&al politi%al e%ono$) t#eoristStep#en .ill des%ri&es t#e 200B lo&al finan%ial t(r$oil as t#e $anifestation of an orani% %risis att#e lo&al le!el5 4BWe %an also read t#e o(t%o$es of t#e lo&al orani% %risis follo"in anot#erneo-.ra$s%ian t#eorist Go&ert +o as a $it(re of t#ree s%enarios #e des%ri&es54irst one is a

lo&al e)nesian re%o!er) &ein p(s#ed &) t#e West5 Geional "ars $o!in fro$ t#eperip#er) to t#e %entre in!ol!in $assi!e destr(%tion of li!es, %ities and t#e nat(re, as "e "itness it#appenin sin%e t#e 115 #e se%ond s%enario is t#e rise of lo&al fas%is$ in tande$ "it# t#ereional "ars5 #is #as also &een #appenin, espe%iall) in%reasinl) in t#e %entre, sin%e 2007?#i#li#tin t#e ra%e to t#e &otto$ %a(sed &) t#e strent#enin of totalitarian for$s of %apitalis$ att#e $ain %ontenders li'e +#ina, G(ssia and India5 inall) and t#e last s%enario is a%%o$pan)intransnational re!ol(tions, li'e t#e (prisins in t#e nort#ern Afri%a, A$eri%as and E(rope also#appenin5@0

W#at &ro(#t #($anit) to t#is point is not a se%ret and also $ade %lear &) $an) t#in'ers,intelle%t(als, and a%ti!ists5 #e a&o!e $entioned arti%le &) .ill is onl) one of t#e p(&li% re%ords5 Itis !er) %lear #o"e!er "#ere "e #a!e to dri!e #istor) as t#e #($anit), t#e t#ird option:ransnational re!ol(tions5 Aain, follo"in .ra$s%i and .ill, "e %an t#in' of t#e realisation of t#etransnational re!ol(tions in relation to t#e Prin%e85 or #is ti$e .ra$s%i t#o(#t of it as t#e%olle%ti!e s(&9e%ti!it) "#i%# "ill i!e t#e $oral leaders#ip to a "ider %o(nter-#ee$oni% #istori%&lo%, and s#ape t#e for$ and %ontent of t#e %o$$(nist re!ol(tion in a national %ontet5 And it "ast#e %o$$(nist part of t#e "or'in %lass5 .ill referred to t#e anti- and alter-lo&alisation $o!e$ent5

In order to lead transnational re!ol(tions of toda) "e #a!e a nati!e transnational and diital prin%et#at $asters t#e %)&erspa%e and operate in $an) national %ontet si$(ltaneo(sl) in order to &rin$an) a(tono$o(s for%es in alin$ent5 or t#e for$ation of s(%# a %olla&orati!e lo&al s(&9e%ti!it)and a lo&al allian%e, and to lead t#e re!ol(tion "o(ld ta'e a %lear transnational %o(nter-#ee$oni% narrati!e5 So t#at t#e Prin%e "o(ld &e a&le to %on!in%e different %lass for%es t#at #a!e

!ar)in realities, interests, ideoloi%al &a%' ro(nds, !isions so on, on t#e possi&ilit) and ne%essit)of %reatin ne" "orlds needed, and a&le to $oti!ate and $o&ilie t#e$ to %olla&orate in an tr(l)ealitarian and tr(l) de$o%rati% $anner to realise t#ose "orlds5

ere are stron positi!e indi%ators in t#e a&o!e $entioned de!elop$ents and pro%esses indi%atint#e e$eren%e of t#is ne" Prin%e and transnational re!ol(tionar) pro9e%t, "#i%# "o(ld trans%endt#e %apitalist $ode of prod(%tion in an ealitarian, de$o%rati%, and #opef(ll) non-!iolent "a)5 #ene" for$s of rass-roots allian%es t#at are &ein for$ed a$on old, ne", ne"er and t#e ne"estso%ial $o!e$ents "it# dire%t referen%e to and stratei% inp(t fro$ t#e P2P $o!e$ents #a!e t#ispotential of for$in t#e ne" P2P Prin%e5 In order to de!elop a en(ine %ooperation a$ondifferent le!els, enerations, fields of str(le and so on, and to lead t#e transnational solidarit)f(rt#er5 t#ere is a need for a %lear !ision of real transitions t#at "o(ld #a%' t#e eistin %apitalist

relations and o &e)ond t#e$5 #e ea%t %ontent of #o" and "#en and "#at, needs to &e, andalread) &ein i!en5 &) t#e risin allian%es in a &otto$ (p and distri&(ted "a) -as it #as (s(all)&een #appenin "it#in t#e P2P #oriontal $o!e$ents5 /) no" it is ettin %lear t#at t#e alternati!e

+) /heorisation o% transnational hegemony$ transnational capitalist class and Empire have also been inspired by,ramsciPs writings and they have been enlightening %or social ustice activists. discussion on ;o=' contribution:

http:p2p%oundation.netroduction$DowerDandDorldDOrders$ B$ van der il 1(()0 Transnational Classes and

International Relations: http:libcom.org%ilesvanH24derH24pil-transnationalH24classesH24andH2479.pd%$ M.

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to t#e %apitalist $ode of prod(%tion %an &e fra$ed as the %&% mode of productionas *a%o& Giip(ts it: t#e ne" %o$$(nist #orion5@1

#e P2P as a referen%e for t#e ne" lo&al $o!e$ent, as "ell as t#e relational d)na$i%s adopted&) t#e ne" so%ietal a%tors and inter-s(&9e%ti!ities "it#in t#is $o!e$ent, ro"in sin%e t#e late B0still toda), #a!e a%t(all) &een refle%tion of %#anin %(lt(ral, ideoloi%al, e%ono$i%, and politi%also%ial relations#ips "it#in %apitalis$5 #is "as #appenin (nder t#e %onditions %reated &) t#e

lo&al %risis of t#e late 60s and earl) 70s5 #e ne" %o$$(ni%ation and transportation te%#noloies#ad to &e de!eloped and e$plo)ed sin%e t#en in order to %reate a transnational "orld $ar'et8 as aresponse to t#is %risis5 #is #a!e $ade a reat i$pa%t on t#e pri$ar) prod(%ti!e for%es: So%iet)itself and t#e ot#er $eans of prod(%tion5 #e %apitalist relations of prod(%tion #a!e one t#ro(#$assi!e %#anes5 +o$$odifi%ation in dept# and lent# infe%ted all t#e aspe%ts of so%ial relations5#e ne" infrastr(%t(re %reated for t#e "ell f(n%tionin of t#e transnationalisation pro%ess "asrepla%in t#e old one5 W#ile it "as doin so it also pa!ed a "a) to t#e rise of ne" alternati!e%(lt(res, for%es, and for$s5 Cistri&(ted, de%entralised or peer to peer


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t#e "#ole t#in one step f(rt#er? in an identi%al fas#ion "it# t#e peer prod(%tion of an pen So(r%eand ree Soft"are5 #is "as done &) potentiall) eH(al peers parti%ipatin in a transnationaldistri&(ted net"or' aro(nd t#e pro9e%t at #and5@4#e $o&ilisations "ere p(t for"ard, %oordinatedand oranised !ia distri&(ted net"or's of indi!id(als and %olle%ti!es? &ased on free and openparti%ipation, %ontri&(tion, initiati!es ta'in, poolin feed&a%'s and $o!in (pon t#e $ost attra%ti!eideas5 #erefore no sinle ro(p, national or international %o(ld not %apt(re t#e leaders#ip8 of t#eleaderless $o!e$ent5 Infor$ation a&o(t t#e initiati!es and $o&ilisation, as "ell as all %onne%tions

$ade in prin%ipal open to all t#e nodes in t#e s)ste$, fro$ t#e !er) &irt# of an ea%# and e!er) ne"idea and t#ro(#o(t of t#eir de!elop$ent5 #is "as s(r!i!al in order to &e a&le to ro" and%ontin(e it #ad to &e li'e t#at ot#er "ise people "o(ld people "o(ld not respond5 #ese pro%esses"ere and still are open to all eternal parties, in%l(din ene$ies and trolls8, so t#e) are still on t#e"e& so$e"#ere and tra%ea&le5 Sin%e e!er) ti$e ne" people 9oin and t#e) are "illin to in!ol!e,and e!er) ti$e different t#ins %o$e (p, t#ere #as &een no deadl) daner of infiltration and$anip(lation5 So in a "a), t#e real f(n%tional leader #as &een t#e P2P %o$$onsense5 #esefor$s of relations#ips and prod(%in politi%s "ere identi%al to t#e P2P and distri&(ted net"or'sand prod(%tion of t#e %o$$ons "it#in s(%# net"or's, as "ell and t#e relational d)na$i%s dri!int#e$5@@ #at is "#), in $) opinion, t#at t#e lo&al $o!e$ent in &et"een 2010-2011 $ade aH(alitati!e 9($p in a lo&al sense5 It #as &een !er) s(%%essf(l and "ill &e e!en $ore s(%%essf(l5Sine it prote%ts a%ti!ists fro$ e#a(stions &) distri&(tin t#e "or' needs to &e done, P2P%olla&oration also trains t#e eo of t#e indi!id(al a%ti!ists and t#e %olle%ti!es in t#e pro%ess, is is(nepe%ted and %reati!e eno(# to %apt(re $ass $edia and p(&li% attention and %o(ld not &e$anip(lated &) trolls, o!ern$ent aents et% a%%ordin to t#e rand strate) of %las#in elitefra%tions and t#ere are $an) po"erf(l H(alities $ore it #as5 In a sense, t#e ne" $o!e$ents%onstit(tin t#e lo&al $o!e$ent of $o!e$ents are open and free P2P politi%al p(&li% spa%es, in"#i%# $e$&ers of $ore #oriontal oranisations, parties, N.s, %i!il so%iet) oranisations #a!e%o$e toet#er, &(t in a !er) different fro$ t#an t#e pre!io(s eperien%es li'e so%ial for($$o!e$ent eperien%es sin%e t#is ti$e t#e) ena&le t#e for$ation of an #)pere$po"ered %olle%ti!es(&9e%ti!it)5@6

At t#e $o$ent, on t#e one #and proressi!e oranisations ettin in%reasinl), at least partl),

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So, t#e $entioned %#anes in t#e nat(re of t#e prod(%ti!e for%es and prod(%ti!e relations are notonl) str(%t(ral for%es &rinin a&o(t an orani% %risis of %apitalis$ &(t t#e) also are pro!idin (s"it# t#e possi&ilit) to neate t#e %ontradi%tions &et"een t#e s(&str(%t(re and s(perstr(%t(re of%apitalis$ and inter %apitalist-state politi%s "#ile sol!in t#e oranisational and leaders#ippro&le$s5 #ere are s(rel) $an) %#allenes5 /(t t#e %reation of a tr(l) ealitarian s(&9e%ti!it) "it#a %lear !ision to"ards transition to P2P ad!an%ed %o$$(nist %i!iliation, %an in fa%t &e t#e onl)"a) left for #($anit) in order to pre!ent fro$ a %ollateral destr(%tion and lead t#e "orld to dinit)5

(r "al' sin%e Wis%onsin in 2010 t#an (nisia, a#rir, P(erta del Sol, Wall Street, 1@, a) Ca)2012, 121@, /lo%'(p), anti-NA and .B #ad &een $a'in of a s(%# road to dinit) for all5 @B

n t#is road "e #a!e &een &(ildin a P2P rE!ol(tionar) s(&9e%ti!it), in a distri&(ted and a&sol(tede$o%rati% "a)5 At t#e $o$ent of "ritin "e are #eaded to t#e F13 Flo&alNISE $o&ilisation"#i%# is onl) a part of $an) ot#er a%tions5 In No!e$&er "e "ill #a!e spa%es li'e Aora andirene 1010 and t#e Alter S($$it "ill &e la(n%#ed in loran%e5 St(dent8s eneral stri'e5 lo&alda) of a%tion for pre%ario(s "or'ers, Anon)$o(s Pro9e%t e)#e$ 2012, and WS for Palestineand WS 2013 in (nisia are so$e of t#e i$portant dates t#e road5@#ere "ill s(rel) &e $an)ot#er e!ents and a%tions in &et"een and for t#e 20135 #ere are alread) o&ser!a&le sins on t#eroad of t#e for$(lation of transnational rE!ol(tionar) prora$s t#at are &ased on ideas andpro9e%ts related to t#e e$erin P2P %o$$(nal $ode of prod(%tion and P2P de$o%ra%) as t#eo!ernan%e for$ "it#in t#is $ode5 All "e need is to open o(r #earts and $inds to ot#ers, and%ontri&(te to it sin%erel) as $(%# as "e %o(ld, so "e %an re%lai$ t#e anot#er "orld "e #a!e lon&een "aitin for toda)5

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