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Syntagma, Syriza: Between the square and the palace
(Photograph by Burkhard Lahrmann) While the Syriza government of greece engages in a precarious and unequal, and finally self-defeating, wrestling match with its creditors, forced to pay its debts while seeking to meet the aspirations of its voters, it is … Continue reading
The ethics of revolution: Is there a revolutionary method?
We share below a reflection on revolution that was posted on s.nappalos blog of libcom.org. … This is an article critiquing the idea of a single revolutionary method that leads to truth and revolutionary action drawing from dissonance between choosing … Continue reading
Scenes from the class struggle in spain: The prohibition and repression of dissent
On the 15th of June of 2011, a large protest was organised by the popular assemblies of 15M Barcelona, born during the occupation of Plaza de Catalunya, to peacefully “block” the proceedings of the the Parliament of Catalonia, and so disturb … Continue reading
An apology for anarchist politics in anarchic times: Giorgio Agamben’s “Pilate and Jesus”
What follows is a summary and commentary on Giorgio Agamben’s Pilate and Jesus … Earthly judgement does not coincide with a witnessing of the truth. Giorgio Agamben, Pilate and Jesus If a reflection on the trial of Jesus appears … Continue reading
Time, revolution and historical subjectivity
(Photographs by Alexey Titarenko) In revolution, everything happens incredibly quickly, just like in dreams in which people seem to be freed from gravity. Gustave Landauer, Revolution We have merely to tear down the Bastilles of the future, restructure the past … Continue reading
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Tagged Carl Schmitt, Friedrich Nietzsche, Giorgio Agamben, Hannah Arendt, Jacob Taubes, Maurizio Lazzarato, revolution, time, Walter Benjamin
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In solidarity with the occupied factory Vio.Me.
The two years old Vio.Me. factory occupation in Thessaloniki, greece, a radical experiment in workers self-management and community solidarity, is threatened by a court decision which risks forcing the liquidation of machinery and factory premises. If the decision goes … Continue reading
Ferguson and the Criminalization of American Life: David Graeber
We share below an essay by David Graeber on a report by the the department of justice of the united states on the Ferguson Police Department, originally published on Gawker (19/03/2015). See also Black Skin White Cops.
Okupations and strikes amidst students: Amsterdam and Toronto
With each passing day of the New University/Amsterdam student occupation, the movement resonantes locally and beyond the country’s borders. The commodification of education is global; if restrained in the past, it is today without leash, and runs amok among the … Continue reading
Disobedience, resistance, okupation: Anti-capitalist movements in Manresa, Catalonia
The revolution takes place in our everyday present … Manresa, a small city of the region of Bages, in Catalonia, is an industrial centre in decline, with numerous industries closed or in a state of terminal crisis. Like a sort … Continue reading
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Tagged catalonia, Okupations, Plataforma de Afectados por la Hipoteca, spain
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Es.Col.A da Fontinha: Recalling an okupation
Okupation is a political act, questioning as it does the very pillars of Capital and the State: rejection of private property, the economy of commodities, the State’s prerogative to enforce and defend regimes of wealth and poverty, and the enforcement … Continue reading →