ABSTRACT
This chapter examines whether and how novel practices of protest function as a 'crack' within a capitalist model which, within the context of the current neoliberal crisis, plays a key role in challenging the ongoing politics of austerity. It explores the mobilisation within Greek society after the implementation, from 2010 onwards, of austerity measures and the taxation on the supply of power imposed by the creditors of the IMF, the EU and the European Central Bank (ECB). The chapter discusses the crisis and austerity measures that led to social protests and mobilisation. Such mobilisation against energy taxation emerged in anti-austerity public meetings and assemblies, a social dynamic which resulted in the creation of new structures of thinking as well as spaces for discussion and collaboration amongst activists. The chapter focuses on the protest practices that emerged in response to the taxation imposed on the consumption of electrical power.
