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An illustrated guide to Guy Debord’s “The Society of the Spectacle”
From Hyperallergic, a brief, illustrated reflection on Guy Debord’s The Society of the Spectacle, authored by Tiernan Morgan and Lauren Purje (10/08/2016) …
The anarchist critique of democracy (9): CrimethInc.
The anarchist collective CrimethInc. initiated in the month of May a critical analysis and discussion of “democracy”, promising a series of reflections. What follows is the ninth essay, by Uri Gordon, in which he discusses the attractions and risks of … Continue reading
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Tagged anarchism, autonomy, democracy, Murray Bookchin, revolution, Uri Gordon
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Nuit Debout: Where lies the filthy beast?
The State is a condition, a certain relationship between human beings, a mode of behaviour; we destroy it by contracting other relationships, by behaving differently toward one another… We are the State and we shall continue to be the State … Continue reading
André Laude, anarchist poet
For André Laude (1936-1995), for his poetry, for his fiery beauty … Toute mon expérience poétique s’articule autour de cette perspective : la poésie doit changer la vie. André Laude: Working class family. Exiled to Paris, will later rejoin his homeland: … Continue reading
Scenes from the class struggle in greece
To share, from Roarmag (31/07/2016), an essay by Theodoros Karyotis on the “leftist” Syriza government’s attack on the solidarity work with migrants of social movements in greece.
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Autonomy amid nothing: Reflections on nihilism
Emancipation is for us the meaning of nihilism. Gianni Vattimo By Arran James & Michael Pyska (the occupied times, 01/11/2014), a reflection on what we are tempted to call passive and active nihilism, following Nietzsche, with our two previous posts still … Continue reading
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Gender nihilism: An anti-manifesto
Photographs by Christer Strömholm Essays, translations, new postings of already published texts flow with the contingency of events and the chance encounters with persons, ideas, experiences … The presumption that all flows smoothly from antecedent ideological choices and positions is purely … Continue reading
Paul B. Preciado: Identity in transit
From Paul B. Preciado (Liberation 27/05/2016 – in translation), reflections on the radicalness of trans and migrant “identities”, identities that must be refused as fixed identities, identities that are rather lines of flight that put into question, contend with, mechanisms … Continue reading
Resisting the erasure of memory: The spanish revolution of the 18th of July 1936
For every image of the past that is not recognised by the present as one of its own concerns threatens to disappear irretrievably. … In every era the attempt must be made anew to wrest tradition away from a conformism … Continue reading
Nuit Debout: To live the commune – Interventions by the revolutionary erotic committee
France’s Nuit Debout movement may be the first of the post-2011 “movements of occupation” that dissipates almost entirely due to its own democratic self-delusions.