PHM-Exch> Reclaiming democracy from below: from the contemporary state capitalist system to peoples’ sovereignty

[Claudio Schuftan]

From: Gonzalo Berrón <gonzalo.berron at tni.org>

Dear all, / Amigos y Amigas



We are very happy to share with you this flyer announcing the publication
(with 6 months open access) of the Special Forum on which we have all
worked so hard over the past months. Links to the Introduction and the
articles are available in the table of contents below. We hope that Spanish
versions may be available soon. Do use this flyer, designed by Zdravka, to
advertise the Special Forum to your networks.

Estamos muy felices en compartir con ustedes la publicación (con acceso
libre por seis meses) del Foro Especial en el que estuvimos trabajando
duramente en los ultimos meses. Links a la introducción y los articulos
están disponibles en el indice aqui abajo. Lamentablemente por ahora está
solo en Inglés, esperamos tener en breve la traducción a esta lengua y
posiblemente al Francés también. Por favor, utilicen este "flyer" que
Zdravka diseño para divulgar el Foro Especial en sus redes.
Nora McKeon & Gonzalo Berrón





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The People's Sovereignty Network and Globalizations present


*Reclaiming democracy from below: from the contemporary statecapitalist
system to peoples' sovereignty*
*Globalizations Special Forum*
Co-editors: Nora McKeon and Gonzalo Berrón

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This Special Forum grows from a collective effort to assess the deep
changes underway in the world in a dialogue between specific struggles on
the ground to defend rights and territories and the dynamics of the global
trends that impact on them all. Behind what can look like fragmented
battles and constructions, we hypothesize, there is an increasingly
consolidated common struggle and vision, just as a mosaic is composed of
separate pieces that are unified into a composition. Based on exchanges in
a workshop in Siena in October 2018, the Forum aims at putting together
some of the pieces of the mosaic. The Introduction reviews other recent
efforts towards convergence, looking at two related dimensions: sharing
ideas and analysis in order to develop a common understanding of what is
going on in the world, and bringing people together to take transformative
action by building shared spaces, alliances and campaigns. The Siena
workshop and the People's Sovereignty process that has grown from it are
situated in this broader context. The five articles that compose the Forum,
built in dialogue between social movement, academic and civil society
activists, are experiments in co-production of understanding, each of which
takes forward a theme that aroused particular interest at Siena. Their
special characteristic is the fact that they are the result of an exchange
between experiences on the ground and a more theoretical lens, so the
issues are discussed as they relate to concrete struggles. Additional
articles on other themes will be coming.



*Content:*
1. *Introduction*
<https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14747731.2020.1783813/> –
Nora McKeon and Gonzalo Berrón
2. *Contextualizing corporate control in the agrifood and extractive
sectors*
<https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14747731.2020.1783814/> –
Jennifer Clapp and Joseph  Purugganan
3. *Land, territory and commons: voices and visions from struggles*
<https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14747731.2020.1783819/> –
Tomaso Ferrando, Isa Alvarez, Molly
Anderson, Sophie Dowllar, Harriet Friedmann, Antonio Gonzalez, Chandra
Maracle, Nora McKeon
4. *Rethinking law from below: experiences from the Kuna People and Rojava*
<https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14747731.2020.1783795/> -
Felipe Bley Folly in dialogue with Manigueuigdinapi Jorge Stanley Icaza,
Havin Guneser and others
5. *Knowledge and education for people's sovereignty*
<https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14747731.2020.1783785/> -
Molly Anderson and Priscilla Settee;
6. *Releasing the full transformative power of feminism*
<https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14747731.2020.1783816/> -
Zdravka Dimitrova, Isa Álvarez, Sophie Dowllar, Havin Guneser





*The People´s Sovereignty network* is a collective and inclusive space open
to communities, movements, organizations and people who are engaged in
resisting corporate violence and constructing people's sovereignty. The aim
is to help build more and stronger links among social movements with
different entry points to the same struggle and more effective and
respectful collaboration between them and engaged academics. The network's
activities are collectively managed by the people who engage to carry them
forward. Among these is a Web Lab, a space where social movement, civil
society and academic activists can share experiences and ideas, undertake
collective analyses, develop concepts, strategies and activities and engage
with other existing solidarity networks and initiatives.

More information at www.peoples-sovereignty-lab.org.
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