ABSTRACT
Occupy Buffer Zone (OBZ) tried to perform sovereignty by claiming this space of exception, but did so building on a legacy of sovereign struggles that had determined the space. This ability to 'perform sovereignty', beyond the performances of coexistence and of participatory democracy, set it apart from other local movements, as well as Occupy movements elsewhere. OBZ emerged at the interstices between global and local dynamics and engaged in a 'glocal' performance of radical politics. This chapter explores this performance of sovereignty as a radical break from formalised Left practice. OBZ provides the space for some individuals to step out from particular political configurations, predicated on the assumption that states are ultimate sovereigns over (and thus owners of) their citizens. OBZ addresses the ruling elites, the global and local Capitalist systems, the military and police, and the political and economic power centres such as the Church and the media.
