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Tag Archives: activism
May 17 2017
Non-member supporters and GE 2017: a vital but underestimated campaigning resource
Comments Off on Non-member supporters and GE 2017: a vital but underestimated campaigning resourceBy Monica Poletti Party members are vital for party campaigning: they are more readily mobilised and engage more in high intensity activities than party supporters. At the same time, there are more non-member supporters than there are members. This article looks … Continue reading
Posted by: May 17, 2017
Tagged with: 2017 elections, activism, campaigning, party members, party supporters, UK elections
Mar 30 2015
Subterranean Politics in Europe after the Greek Elections
2 CommentsProfessor Mary Kaldor discusses activism, Europe and the aftermath of the Greek elections with Ludovica Rogers and Hara Kouki in a conversation organised by LSE’s Civil Society and Human Security Research Unit in collaboration with Euro Crisis in the Press and with … Continue reading
Posted by: March 30, 2015
Tagged with: activism, Civil Society, EU, Euro crisis, Europe, European Union, Greece, Greek elections, Kaldor, LSE, politics, subterranean politics, SYRIZA
Jul 11 2014
(No) Time for activism: the changing face of protest movements
4 CommentsBy Anne Kaun New media and technologies and, in particular, social media have been celebrated over the last few years for their role in protest movements, such as the 15-M movement in Spain, the ‘Aganaktismenoi’ in Greece or the global … Continue reading
Posted by: July 11, 2014
Tagged with: activism, Aganaktismenoi, Democracy, media, occupy movements, Podemos, resistance
Jul 15 2013
The Euro crisis in online media: civic resilience and social innovation in Sweden
3 Commentsby Julie Uldam and Anne Kaun While Scandinavian countries may be coping with the Euro crisis relatively better than most other European countries, they are far from unaffected. Nonetheless, the mainstream media have represented Scandinavia and Sweden as prime examples … Continue reading
Posted by: July 15, 2013
Tagged with: activism, Civil Society, extreme left wing movements, immigration, Megafonen, resistence, Sweden