{"id":12807,"date":"2015-09-30T06:26:11","date_gmt":"2015-09-30T11:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=12807"},"modified":"2015-09-30T06:26:11","modified_gmt":"2015-09-30T11:26:11","slug":"hope-power-and-delusion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=12807","title":{"rendered":"Hope, Power, and Delusion"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"image-area\"><a href=\"http:\/\/commonstransition.org\/hope-power-and-delusion\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hope, Power, and Delusion<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"featured thumbnail full\" title=\"Hope, power and delusion\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn5.commonstransition.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/delusioncr-820x400.jpg\" alt=\"Hope, power and delusion\" \/><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Jeremy Corbyn has won the race for leadership of the Labour party. But Greek and Spanish activists advise against placing too much faith in political parties.<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Jeremy Corbyn has won the race for leadership of the Labour party, and the anti-austerity movement of the UK rejoices: \u201c<em>Finally we will see change<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"fitvid512919\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bew7OtiV_XI\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong>Theodoros Karyotis speaking at Debt Resistance UK:- Power Hope and Delusion. 10SEPT 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"fitvid204824\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yDXVc7CDK3I\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong>Simona Levi speaking at Debt Resistance UK:- Power Hope and Delusion. 10SEPT 2015.\u00a0<\/strong>(<em>Video credits: let-me-look tv<\/em>)<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"normal\">I sit in front of my twitter feed perplexed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"normal\">I think back to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/739981836125064\/\">an event<\/a>\u00a0I attended a few days ago in London, entitled \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/739981836125064\/\"><em>Power, Hope and Delusion<\/em><\/a>\u201d. It was a conversation with activists from Spain and Greece on the role left-wing parties are playing in the fight against the current neoliberal agenda and on their relationship with the grassroots anti-austerity movements across Europe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"normal\">The speakers were\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TebeoTeo\">Theodoros Karyotis<\/a>\u00a0from Greece and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/X_net_\">Simona Levi<\/a>\u00a0from Barcelona, both active in the social movements in their countries and often blogging about them in English. Their main message was clear: do not be deluded that the change you want to see will come from the rise of the anti-austerity political parties.<\/p>\n<p class=\"normal\">As I write this article, I wonder, if in the current hype for Corbyn\u2019s win, the UK anti-austerity movement is prepared to listen to the advice of our European allies, or if we prefer to remain blinded by the hope finally given to us by a \u2018long awaited\u2019 leader.<\/p>\n<p class=\"normal\">I fear this\u00a0<em>hope<\/em>.\u00a0 A hope based on the idea that change only happens from above, through existing political institutions, as that is where power lies. A hope based on fear and desperation for someone to protect us from above from the evil forces we are facing today.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; See more at: http:\/\/commonstransition.org\/hope-power-and-delusion\/#sthash.hCeqkNAv.dpuf<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hope, Power, and Delusion Jeremy Corbyn has won the race for leadership of the Labour party. But Greek and Spanish activists advise against placing too much faith in political parties. Jeremy Corbyn has won the race for leadership of the Labour party, and the anti-austerity movement of the UK rejoices: \u201cFinally we will see change\u201d. 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