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Yearly Archives: 2012
A poetry of love and freedom: Antonio Gamoneda
Life is a mistake, tells us the Spanish poet Antonio Gamoneda, but it is worth it. “Because … in this error we find things like friendship, esthetic pleasure, love … Life is ephemeral, it is in part absurd – going … Continue reading
Scenes from the greek civil war: beauty and the beast
The State/Capital have never been orders of peace, except to the extent that they are able to pacify those exploited and oppressed by the system. When challenged though, they very quickly reveal their nature, their foundation in power and violence, … Continue reading
Agustín García Calvo: His passing and his presence
Agustín García Calvo died this last Thursday, the 1st of November. He was poet, dramaturge, essayist, translator, philosopher; a man of many faces, an anarchist. For those whom he touched, he will be missed. But having created so much, part … Continue reading
The PIGS are to go on strike
The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which. George Orwell, Animal Farm The true meaning of a strike … Continue reading
Lessons from the violence of capital
Capitalism is a system which feeds off life, the life nature, of human beings; but it does so without the redemption of those sacrificed. Life is expended, but without renewed life. It is a system rather of waste production, the … Continue reading
Exploding the binomial to enjoy alternatives: The revolution as trans
In fact we are all, deep down, transsexuals, we have all been transsexual infants, and we have been forced to identify with a specific monosexual role, masculine or feminine. … Continue reading
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15Ms spain: the struggles of okupation …
Madrid15M is the newspaper of the neighbourhood and popular assemblies of the city associated with the movement. This common, public space serves to share expereinces, give example and contribute to create the plurality that is this movement. What follows is … Continue reading
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15M’s spain: A revolution that continues …
(Sketch by Enrique Flores, here for his blog) There must be anarchy, there must be – if the revolution is to become and remain alive, real, and powerful – the greatest possible awakening of all the local passions and aspirations; … Continue reading
Updates from Greece – Taking over the factories
The ceaseless magmatic revolt of the Greek proletariat has been adding to the visceral street battles creative economic projects (see previous Updates from Greece) and now a concentrated battle for the occupation of a major industrial factory. While for the … Continue reading
The insurrection of citizens or of freedom?
On the 27th of October, the spanish congress was again a stage for protest, another encerclement, with the aim of protesting, contesting, but also openning the door to a new constituent process of political/institutional creation. How many such acts will … Continue reading →