%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%PRECARITY ISSUE%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%Prewhat?======== "Precarious literally means unsure, uncertain, difficult, delicate. As a political term it refers to living and working conditions without any guarantees: for example the precarious residential status of migrants and refugees, or the precariousness of everyday life for single mothers. [...] Precariat, an allusion to proletariat, meanwhile is used as a combative self-description in order to emphasise the subjective and utopian moments of precarisation." -- Frassanito Network. "Precarious, Precarisation, Precariat?" In: Seymour, Benedict (ed.). Mute Volume II. #0: Precarious Reader. London: Mute Publishing Ltd, 2005.Topics======Our intention is to drop in questions, and generate a debate, ratherthan a clear opinion about what is precarity and why are we using thisexpression. We are not affiliated with the Euromayday network either.- Why is Precarity? Developing and discussing precarity as an analysis of contemporary capitalism and the role of work through a cross-cutting issue. Historically, precarity has been the rule rather than the exception. It doesn't grasp all factors involved, but perhaps it can be used as a strategic focus term for political work in the present situation. However, for that we have to be aware of what it means for different people in different places in geopolitical space and on the social hierarchy. How can the multiplicity of realities and the unity of political thrust converge?- State of the Euromayday What is the Euromayday network and where is it going? Focusing on outreach to peripherial groups and strenghtening activity between Euromayday parades. Possibilities for action, collaboration and cooperation.- Talking about Flexicurity How to move beyond reformism? Precarity movement is simply reformist if it just has 'demands' for the European Union or the national governments! What is the vision and practice of flexicurity? Precarity movement is simply conservative and backward looking if it seeks a return to the wellfare state! But what is the alternative vision and the best practices that guide us towards a good life?Background==========- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precarity- Euromayday.org- Mute Magazine Precarious Reader issue- Republicart Precariat issue- Chainworders.org- Franco "Bifo" Berardi: Art and Immaterial Labour at the Radical Philosophy Conference London- Hochschild, Arlie Russell. The Managed Heart: Commercialization of Human Feeling. London: University of California Press, 1983.- Precarious Bourdieu, Pierre. Job insecurity is everywhere now. In: Firing back: against the tyranny of the market 2. London & New York: Verso, 2003.- Boltanski, Luc & Chiapello, Eve. The new spirit of capitalism. London & New York: Verso Books, 2005.- Gorz, André. Les Métamorphoses du travail. Paris: Gallimard-Jeunesse, 1999.maxigas@anargeek.net, Militant Research Group Budapest