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Nuit Debout: An anonymous voice among many
The voices of Nuit Debout are many. If by political or social movement is meant a consistent, unified, centralised and programed force, then Nuit Debout is not one. It is rather a space, a confluence, a threshold of and for … Continue reading
Nuit Debout: Ballast Debout
We continue to share voices from Nuit Debout. The french journal Ballast is one of the most lucid, eloquent and critical voices on the country’s left. The members of the collective responsible for the journal have been involved individually in … Continue reading
Nuit Debout: What next and how?
We need to keep open not only our ways of thinking, but also the related methods of organising, the tactics, techniques and technologies we use – it’s a constant battle to ward off institutionalisation. That sense of openness and movement … Continue reading
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Nuit Debout: Creation unleashed
Thousands of persons gather in the Place de la République in Paris, and in all of France, since the 31st of March. Assemblies are formed where people discuss and exchange. Each appropriates speech and public space. Neither heard nor represented, … Continue reading
Nuit Debout: Other voices
The Nuit Debout movement in france takes on no single form, even behind the ritual of the general assemblies in Paris and now other cities. It is plural, chaotic, fed by the multiple protests against the country’s new proposed labour … Continue reading
The anarchist critique of democracy (4): CrimethInc.
The anarchist collective CrimethInc. initiated last month a critical analysis and discussion of “democracy”, promising a series of reflections. What follows is the fourth essay, Destination Anarchy! , preceded by the introduction to the series and an introduction to the essay. … Continue reading
Nuit Debout: Resonances of rebellion
“This must be a perfect mini-society,” a member of the gardening committee told the crowd. A poetry committee has been set up to document and create the movement’s slogans. “Every movement needs its artistic and literary element,” said the poet … Continue reading
La Esperanza commune, Gran Canaria: Revolution through okupation
Whether in time of revolution or in time of peace, the worker must be housed somehow or other; he must have some sort of roof over his head. But, however tumble-down and squalid your dwelling may be, there is always … Continue reading
The anarchist critique of democracy (3): CrimethInc.
The anarchist collective CrimethInc. initiated last month a critical analysis and discussion of “democracy”, promising a series of reflections. What follows is the third essay, From 15M to Podemos, , preceded by the introduction to the series and an introduction … Continue reading
Nuit Debout: David Graeber
We share below an article by David Graeber on Nuit Debout originally published in Le Monde, (12/04/2016) and shared on blog.gmane.org/gmane.culture.internet.nettime.