Brand, Stewart 140–41
Brandzel, Ben 184, 186
Brazil 120, 122
Brown, Gordon 109
Brussels 90
Busch, Ernst 152
Cabagauan, Agnes 206–7
Cairo: balance sheet 5; baltagiya 6–7,17; Coptic Christians 6; Copt/ Muslim relations 7; Day of Rage, 28 May 15–17; freedom 5; garbage processing 6, 7–8; military coup 17; Moqattam slum 6–10; Naheya 12, 13; policing 7; poverty 9; Qasr al-Nil bridge 15–16; recycling 8–9; security 7; swine flu epidemic 9; Tahrir Square 6, 10–14, 69, 89, 139, 191, 211; waste collection privatization 8–9; zabbaleen 6–10
California 168–70
Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall 51–52
capitalism 27, 30, 80, 188; Greek model 102; Marx on 142–43, 145
capitalist realism 28–32, 39
Carcellar, Father Norberto 205
Castells, Manuel 131, 138–39, 148–49
Cavafy, C. P. 127
cellphones 75–76, 133–34
Central Security (Egypt) 9, 11, 17
Challenge of Slums, The (UN) 198–99
Charles, Prince 51–52
Chávez, Hugo 33
China 38, 78, 108, 112, 121, 125; consumption 109; foreign currency reserves 107; monetary policy 123
Chomsky, N. 28–29
Chris (student demonstrator) 48
Cinco, Mena 196–98, 206, 206–9
Citigroup 67
civil disobedience 56
class struggles 131
Clegg, Nick 44
Climate Camp movement 1, 55
Clinton, Hillary 26
collaborative production 139–41
Coming Insurrection, The 189–91
commodity price inflation 120–22, 195
communes 189, 190
Communiqué from an Absent Future 38–39
Communist Manifesto, The (Marx and Engels) 174, 188–89
communists 80
computer gamers 136
Conservative/Liberal Democrat coalition 44
consumption, and self-esteem 80–81
control 148
co-operatives 84
corruption, threat of 177–78, 205
creative destruction 106
credit crisis 106, 109
credit default swaps 99, 107
Critical Legal Thinking website 54
cross-border links 69–70
Cruz, Gloria 204
cultural stereotypes 27
culture: mass 29–30; popular 65, 176; transnational 69; working-class 72; youth 70
culture wars 178–84
currency manipulation 121–22
currency war 122–24
cyber-repression 78
Czechoslovakia 173
Darkness at Noon (Koestler) 128–29
Davies, Nick 148
Davos 17, 111
Dawkins, Richard 75, 150
Day X, 24 November 2010, London 41–42, 46–48
Debord, Guy 42, 46–17, 51
debt, toxic 110–11
default theory 111
deflationary slump 123
Deleuze, Gilles 46, 85
Delius, Frederick 127, 132, 152, 176
democratic counter-revolution 177, 188
demographics of revolt 66, 66–73; Athens, December 2008 uprising 73; students 66–71; the urban poor 70–72
Deptford 57
Detrick, Terry 154, 155–56, 156
devaluation 91, 122–23
@digitalmaverick 1–2
discontent, three tribes 68–69
disillusionment 68–69
disinformation, counteracting 146
disposable income 67
Dodd–Frank Act (USA) 167
@dougald 1
Dubstep Rebellion 48–52; blog 52; the Book Bloc 50–51; casualties 51; Fleet Street photographers 51; graffiti 51; marchers 49; police–student confrontation 50–51
durable authoritarianism 27, 30, 191
Durkheim, Emile 103–4
Dworkin, Ronald 46
eBay 74
e-commerce 81
economic crisis 3; revolutions, 1848 173
economic stagnation 191–92
economic theory 111
Economist, the 25
egoism 132
Egypt: bread prices 11; democratic counter-revolution 177; economic growth 119; economic indicators 119–20; elections, November 2011 177; Gini Index 119; inflation 120–21; opposition movement 10; organized workforce 72; police corruption 11; privatizations 17–18; unemployment 119–120; urban poor 71; working class 19–20
Egyptian revolution, the: the Army and 178; balance sheet 5; bread prices 11; casualties 17; chants 191, 211; counter-revolution 18; Day of Rage, 28 May 15–17; and Facebook 6, 10, 11, 12, 14; freedom 5; immolations 11, 71; Internet switched off 14; medical professions 20–22; military coup 17–19; numbers involved 13; outbreak, 25 January 10–14, 83; police violence 15; questions facing 23–24; Twitter blocked 14; Twitter feeds 13, 14; ultras 16–17; working class 20; on YouTube 11, 14, 15–16; zabbaleen riots 6–10
email 10
emancipated life 143–44
Engels, Friedrich 174, 188–89, 190
@eponymousthing 184
equity withdrawal 114
Estero de San Miguel, Manila 196–99, 205–6, 206–9
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The (film) 29
Eurobonds 113
Eurocrisis, the 111–13
European Central Bank 92, 98, 104, 112
European Financial Stability Facility 92, 104
European Financial Stabilization Facility 113
European monetary union 112, 113
European Union: response to Greek debt crisis 91–92, 96, 98–99, 104; sovereign debt crisis 104
Europe, revolutions, 1848 172
Eurozone 104; debt crisis 91–92, 99, 111–13
Execution of Maximilian (Manet) 53
exploitation 85
Facebook 74; Arab world growth of 135; and the Egyptian revolution 6, 10, 11, 12, 14; establishing connections with 75; ‘We are all Khaled Said’ page 11; and the Iranian revolution 34; and London trade-union demonstration, March 2011 57–58; Middle East usage 135; reciprocity 77; user numbers 135
Farewell to the Working Class (Gorz) 79–80
fatalism 30, 31
feedback loops 187
Feldstein–Horioka paradox 107
Feldstein, Martin 107
Fennimore and Gerda (Delius) 127, 132
First World War 128
Fisher, Mark 30
Flaubert, Gustave 171, 192
Flickr 10, 75
Food Price Index 121
Fordist era 28
Foucault, Michel 46, 84–85
fragmentation 80–81, 82
fragmented power 17
‘Fragment on Machines’ (Marx) 143–44
France 173; Languedoc, 1848 174, 187; socialism 188; see also Paris
freedom 27, 124; of expression 127; individual 127–30; Marx on 141–42; suppression of 131–33
Freeman, Richard 108
free-market economics 92, 188
Friedman, Milton 111
Fukuyama, Francis 30
G20 Summit, 2009 48, 122
Gaddafi, Muammar 25, 31
Gapan City, Philippines 193–96
Gates, Bill 23, 110
gay rights 132
Gaza 37; Israeli invasion of 33
Gaza City 31
Gaza Flotilla, May 2010 55
general intellect, the 144, 145–47
General Motors 39
Germany 113, 191; revolution of 1848 172; wages 108, 112
@Ghonim 13
Giddens, Anthony 31
Gide, André 127
Giffords, Gabrielle 182
Gini Index 119
Gladwell, Malcolm 81–82, 83
global capital flows 107–8
global financial crisis 31, 39, 66–67, 85, 110–11, 115, 191
globalization 69,72, 105, 108, 109, 122, 124, 149, 191
Golkar, Saeid 78
Googlebombs 78
Gorz, André 79–80, 143
graduate with no future, the 66–73, 96–97; disposable income 67; as international sub-class 69; life-arc 67; numbers 70; revolutionary role 72–73; and the urban poor 70–71
Grapes of Wrath, The (Steinbeck) 153, 155, 159, 163, 164
Great Britain: anti-road movement 56; benefit system 113–14; changing forms of protest 54–57; collapse of Labour 113–15; devaluation 123; Education Maintenance Allowance 47; end of winter of discontent 61–62; equity withdrawal 114; European elections, 2009 115; general election, 2010 43; the graduate with no future 96–97; Millbank riot 42–44; non-UK born workers 115; police failures 61; public spending cuts 54–55; radical tactics 54–57; spontaneous horizontalists 44–46; Strategic Security and Defence Review 124; student population 70; UK Uncut actions 54–55; university fees 44, 47, 50, 54; youth 41–42, 44, 53–54; youth unemployment 66
Great Depression, lessons of 123–25
Great Doubling 108
Great Unrest, 1914 175–76
Greece 37, 188; anomic breakdown 103–4; austerity programme 92–93, 102; bailouts 92, 96, 98, 113; cabinet reshuffle 96, 97–98; debt crisis 90, 91–92, 98–99, 112; GDP 91; general election, 2009 91; general strike 99; the left 100; media ownership 87; Medium Term Fiscal Strategy 91; model of capitalism 102; MP resignations 89; Papandreou government falls 96; political legitimacy lost 104; the salariat 101; tax evasion 97; tax revenues 92; tax system 91; see also Athens
Greek Communist Party (KKE) 88, 90
Grigoropoulos, Alexandras 32
grime (music) 52
Grossman, Vasily 129
@GSquare86 69
Guindi, Ezzat 9
hackers 35
el-Hamalawy, Hossam, @3arabawy 10, 22, 71
Hardy, Simon 69
Hayek, Friedrich 111, 209
Henderson, Maurice 161–62
Hennawy, Abd El Rahman, @Hennawy89 12–13
Here Comes Everybody (Shirky) 138
Herman, Edward S. 28–29
hidemyass.com 14
hierarchy: erosion of 80–81; informal 83; predictability of 77
higher education market 67
Hill, Joe 176
historical materialism 131
Hogge, Becky 140
homelessness 159–63
Hoon, Geoff 114
Horioka, Charles 107
horizontalism 45, 55, 56, 62, 100
Huffington Post blog 184
human rights 143
Hungary 172
Ian’s Pizza, Madison, Wisconsin 184
Ibrahim, Gigi, @GSquare86 69
ideology 29, 149
immolations 11, 32, 71
impotence, zeitgeist of 29–30
impoverishment 209
Inception (film) 29
India 120–21
Indiana 116–17, 125
indignados, the 88, 100–1, 104
individual: freedom of 127–30; power of the 65, 79; rise of the 127–30
Indorama group 22
industrialization 192
Indymedia 74
inequality 209
inflation 109, 120–21
info-capitalism 148, 211
info-hierarchies 147–52
info-revolution, the 146, 149–50
informal hierarchies 83
information capitalism 145
information management 147
information networks 77
information tools 75
Inkster, Nigel 65
institutional loyalty 68
interest rates 67
International Labour Organization 19–20, 120
International Monetary Fund 92
Internet consciousness 136–38
Internet, the: access in slums 207; Arab world growth 135; and behaviour changes 131; and the Iranian revolution 35; out of reach for some 152; power of 29; shutdowns 14, 78; and the spread of ideas 150–51
investment, and savings 107
Invisible Committee, the 189–91
Iran 25; causes of failure of revolution 36–37; election, 2009 33–34; and the Internet 35; and the Middle East balance of power 178; rooftop poems 36; Twitter Revolution 33–37, 78, 178; on YouTube 34, 35
Iraq 25, 55
Ireland 92, 111, 112, 188
Islam 30, 37
Israel 26, 33, 179–80
Italy 104
Jakarta 33
James, C. L. R. 149
Jameson, Fredric 25–27, 28
Japan 123
Jasiewicz, Ewa 55–57
John (Tent City prison guard) 165
Jordan 121
Joy Junction homeless camp, Albuquerque 159–63
July 14, protest movement, Israel 179–80
Kahn-Harris, Keith 66
Kenya 133–34
kettling 47–48, 54, 60, 61
Keynesianism 118
Keynes, John Maynard 127
Khadim, Mohammed 199
Kindleberger, Charles 125
King, Stephen 191–92
KKE (Greek Communist Party) 88, 90
Klein, Naomi 1
Klimt, Gustav 127, 128, 132
knowledge 3, 145—47
knowledge work 147
Koestler, Arthur 128
Krugman, Paul 118
labour force, growth 108
Labourism 187
Labour Party (British) 46, 188
Lady Chatterley’s Lover (Lawrence) 128
Lange, Dorothea 154
Lapavistas, Costas 112
Lassalle, Ferdinand 84
Lawrence, D. H. 127, 128
leadership 176
learning, changing nature of 146—47
Lebanon 121
left, the: absence of 187–88; failure of 28–30; and the info-revolution 149–50
Lehman Brothers 31, 99, 105, 110, 123
Leninism 187
Lenin, V. I. 46
Len-len 193–96, 209
Liberal Democrats 43–44, 46
liberalizers 31
Libya 25, 31, 119; National Transitional Council 178
Life and Fate (Grossman) 129
Lilico, Andrew 121
Linux 139–40
@littlemisswilde 41–42, 44, 45, 135–36, 138
living conditions, urban slums 196–99
London: anti-capitalist demonstrations 33; arrests 61–62; Day X, 24 November 2010 41–42, 46–48; the Dubstep Rebellion 48–52; Fortnum & Mason 60–61; HM Revenue and Customs building 51; Hyde Park 60; Millbank riot 42–44; Millbank Tower 43; Museum Tavern 1; National Gallery teach-in 53, 53–54; Oxford Circus 60; Palladium Theatre 51; Parliament Square 49, 51, 52–53; Piccadilly Circus 58; police–student confrontation 50–51; Regent Street 58; Ritz Hotel 60; Tate Modern 53; trade-union demonstration, March 2011 57–61; Trafalgar Square 47; Victoria Street 50; Victorinox 59
London School of Oriental and African Studies, occupation of 44–46
López, Fernando 166–67, 170
Lopez, Gina 200–2
Lopez Inc. 200–2
Loubere, Leo 174
Loukanikos (riot dog) 94, 96
L’Ouverture, Toussaint 149
LulzSec 151
McIntyre, Jody 51
McPherson, James 182
Madison, Wisconsin revolt 184–87
Madrid 33
Mahalla uprising, 2008 10, 71
Maher, Ahmed 83
Mahfouz, Asmaa, @AsmaaMahfouz 11, 177
Mahmoud (Zamalek Sporting Club ultra) 16–17
Makati, Manila 204–6
malnutrition 9
Mandelson, Peter 17, 26, 114
Manila 33; Estero de Paco 200–2; Estero de San Miguel 196–99; Makati 204–6; waterways 200–2
manipulated consciousness 29–30
Manufacturing Consent (Chomsky and Herman) 28�
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Mao Tse Tung 46
Marxism 141–45
Marx, Karl 46, 141–45, 174, 187, 188–89, 190, 192
Masai with a mobile, the 133–34
Masoud, Tarek 27
Masry Shebin El-Kom textile factory 22–23
mass culture 29–30
Matrix, The (film) 29
Meadows, Alfie 51
media, the 28–29
@mehri912 34
Meltdown (Mason) 31–32
memes 75, 150–52, 152
Merkel, Angela 96, 98, 99, 112
Michas, Takis 103
Middle East: balance of power 178; Facebook usage 135; failure of specialist to understand 25–27
Milburn, Alan 114
Miliband, Ed 58, 60, 188
Millbank riot 42–44
Millennium Challenge 2002 82–83
Miller, Henry 128
misery 209
mobile telephony 75–76, 133–34
modernism 28
mortgage-backed securities 106–8
Moses, Jonathan 48
Mousavi, Mir-Hossein 33–34
movement without a name 66
Mubarak, Alaa 17–18
Mubarak, Gamal 8, 10, 17–18, 26
Mubarak, Hosni 9, 10, 14, 15, 18–19, 19–20, 26, 31
Murdoch, Rupert 31, 106, 148–49
Muslim Brotherhood 21, 177
NAFTA 166–67
Napoleon III 172, 191
Nasser, Gamal Abdel 19
National Gallery teach-in 53, 53–54
nationalism 124
Native Americans 162, 163
Negri, Toni 42
Netanyahu, Binyamin 180
network animals 147
networked individualism 130, 130–33, 141
networked protests 81–82, 85
networked revolution, the 79–85; erosion of power relations 80–81; informal hierarchies 83; networked protests 81–82; network relationships 81; swarm tactics 82–83
network effect, the 2, 74–75, 77; erosion of power relations 80–81; strength 83; usefulness 84
network relationships 81
Nevins, Allan 182
New Journalism 3
News Corporation 148—49
News of the World 49; phone hacking scandal 61, 148–49
New Unrest, social roots of 65–66, 85; demographics of revolt 66–73; information tools 75–76; the networked revolution 79–85; organizational format 77–78; technology and 74–79; the urban poor 70–72
New York Times 170
1984 (Orwell) 30, 129
Nomadic Hive Manifesto, The 53–54
@norashalaby 13
North Africa: demographics of revolt 66; students and the urban poor 71
Obama, Barack 72, 116–18, 120, 122, 162, 167, 170, 180, 183, 187
OccupiedLondon blog 88–89
Occupy Wall Street movement, the 139, 144, 187, 210
Office for National Statistics 115
Ogden-Nussbaum, Anna, @eponymousthing 184
Oklahoma 153, 153–56