Monthly Archives: August 2013

Ofelia Nieto 29: The ethics of resistance

… what we are waiting for can only come from ourselves, from our own being.  It will come once we force the unknown, the unconscious, up into our spirit; it will come once our spirit loses itself in the spiritless … Continue reading

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The excesses of okupations: Reading events in spain and greece with the Free Association

What we need are cheerful voices; voices that remind us that the few will turn into many! Gustave Landauer In order to be happy I’ll have to change the whole world! The Free Association The text that follows borrows freely … Continue reading

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The Gezi-Taksim Utopia

(All the paintings in this post are by the turkish artist Yuksel Arslan) La poésie ouvre le vide à l’excès du désir. Georges Bataille For ten days, from the 1st to the 11th of June, Taksim became … a free … Continue reading

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Ecstacies of Occupy: St. Louis

I hate to see that evening sun go down I hate to see that evening sun go down St. Louis Blues … the question of ethics is always a question of an ethical relation, that is the question of what … Continue reading

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A (not) last goodbye to Mick Farren

What I’m saying is that I don’t want a grey world. Or rather, because this is the way it’s going, a grey world that’s painted day-Glo wild colours. Fuck that, it’s just disguising the real situation. I’m wanting a world … Continue reading

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What revolutions in the americas?

On the 15th of August, president Rafael Correa of ecuador announced the authorisation of the extraction of petroleum from Yasuni National Park.  The decision will have to be voted on by the country’s congress, but should it agree, it brings … Continue reading

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