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Reflections around an anniversary: 15M spain and beyond (1)
On the occasion of the 5th anniversary of spain’s 15th of May movement, we publish a series of reflections on its significance within the context of spain, but also more broadly, for the understanding of revolutionary politics today. This series … Continue reading
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Tagged 15M, Carlos Taibo, revolution, spain, Spanish Revolution
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The only way forward is struggle: A fifth anniversay for the 15th of may movement in spain
When we thought that we had all of the answers, suddenly, all of the questions changed. Mario Benedetti Five years on and the 15th of May movement in spain remains a point of confluence for many who imagine and act … Continue reading
Nuit Debout: At the banquet of intellectuals
Revolution is not ‘showing’ life to people, but making them live. A revolutionary organization must always remember that its objective is not getting its adherents to listen to convincing talks by expert leaders, but getting them to speak for themselves, … Continue reading
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Tagged Alain Badiou, autonomy, Chantal Mouffe, democracy, Geoffroy de Lagasnerie, Miguel Benasayag, Nuit Debout, rebellion, revolution
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Nuit Debout: Reading an occupation
The principal function of politics is the configuration of its proper space. It is to disclose the world of its subjects and its operations. Jacques Rancière, Ten Theses on Politics The occupation of the Place de la Republique of Paris by “Nuit … Continue reading
Dissonant okupations: The Klinika squat in Prague
Autonomies has insistently defended a politics of okupations/occupations, as a means of both contesting the legal regime of private property and of generating spaces and times for experiments in autonomous, self-managed social relations. In the panorama of okupied spaces, self-managed … Continue reading
The politics of occupation: The metamorphosis of subjectivities
2016 marks the fifth anniversary of a wave of occupations of public spaces that began emblematically in Tahrir Square in Cairo. Much can be said about such radical politics, and we have tried in our modest to comprehend these events. … Continue reading
From Transcapes: Migration Crisis or Zemblanity?
In continuity with our reflections on mass migration as a phenomenon to be politicised, and politicised in anti-Statist directions (e.g. no borders solidarity), we share below a reflection on the “migration crisis” by members of the Transcapes Research Collective based … Continue reading
Nuit Debout: The arts of rebellion
What makes night within us may leave stars. Victor Hugo The radicalness of a political movement can be measured by the extent of its resonances in different spheres of life and the extent to which it transgresses and creates thresholds … Continue reading
The anarchist critique of democracy (5): CrimethInc.
The anarchist collective CrimethInc. initiated last month a critical analysis and discussion of “democracy”, promising a series of reflections. The series gains in significance with events in france around the movement Nuit Debout. What follows is the fifth essay, Occupy: … Continue reading
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Tagged anarchism, autonomy, democracy, Occupy Wall Street, united states
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Nuit Debout: Reflections in movement
Nuit Debout, Place de la République, Paris, is a political space of many voices, where no one view dominates, or can gain dominion, as long as the general assembly which lies at its heart remains an open, horizontal assembly. Reflection … Continue reading →