Transforming crisis to krisis. Τhe #Festival4sce: a hub of networks towards the Alternative Route in Greece

3 November 2014 by Insurgenta Iskra

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Crisis. Originally, the word derives from the ancient Greek verb “krinein”, meaning to judge in order to take a decision and its noun, “krisis”, meaning judgment, decision. According to Steven James Venette [1] “crisis is a process of transformation where the old system can no longer be maintained.”



In Greece, the obsessive persistence of the ruling elites in rescuing by any means the current socioeconomic system, even during its long phase of death rattle, has fuelled a significant social mobilisation towards the Alternative Route, striving to transform crisis to krisis. Several citizen initiatives and grassroots groups organise, since 2012, the Festival for Solidarity and Cooperative Economy (#Festival4sce) seeking to build the foundations of another world that is not only possible, but already growing.

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Source:http://revolution-news.com/transforming-crisis-krisis-%CE%A4he-festival4sce-hub-networks-towards-alternative-route-greece/


Footnotes

[1] Venette, S. J. (2003), “Risk communication in a High Reliability Organization: APHIS PPQ’s inclusion of risk in decision making”, North Dakota State University.

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Insurgenta Iskra

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