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Category Archives: Commentary
Gleaning or the bloody joys of capitalism
Capitalism is a system that exists in and through excess, the excess of production, profits, consumption and their corollary, waste, the waste of nature's wealth, the waste of human creativity and the waste of consumption. How do we stop making … Continue reading
Reform or Revolution in 15M’s spain
… when a company, corporation or state is not considered a legitimate partner for negotiation, then it makes no sense to appeal to that authority for a negotiated settlement. Judith Butler, Tidal 2 The old question of reform or … Continue reading
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Tagged 15M, Carlos Taibo, greece, spain, Spanish Revolution
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Reelnews reports: “It’s still like being in a war zone – Immigrants in Greece”
The state governs through division and exclusion. It is an identity constructing machine that establishes the border between those who belong and those who do not. For those who fall outside its’ rule, outside of the rule of all states, … Continue reading
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Tagged anti-fascism, greece, migration, racism
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Occupied Companies in Argentina — An assessment
While this article is not very recent, it discusses a situation which remains relevant and will remain relevant: first, because if a revolt or insurrection is to become a revolution with some chance of sucess it will have to address … Continue reading
Update from Greece
We should never forget that parliamentary democracy is a deeply undemocratic institution. This was already noted as far back as the 1700s, if we recall Rousseau's comments on the Brittish. To quote Rudolf Rocker "Within the Socialist movement ifself the … Continue reading
All is possible: strike, protest, occupy
The Austurian coal miners’ strike, called at the end of May by the principal unions representing the workers (CC.OO and UGT), indefinitely, to contest a brutal reduction in state support for the sector (over 60%), continues with what can only … Continue reading
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Tagged 15M, labour, Occupy Oakland, spain, Spanish Revolution, Strike
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Anti-Fascism: Lessons from the past
The constant stream of news from Greece of Golden Dawn fascists terrorising, harassing and beating immigrants is tragically not unique in our time, both in Greece and beyond, but gains new urgency with the party’s presence in parliament, a presence … Continue reading
15M, Occupy, Quebec Student Movement in Print
…we need all exuberant, floating, dancing, mocking, childish, and blissful art lest we lose our freedom above things that our ideal demands of us…. We should be able also to stand above morality — and not only to stand … Continue reading
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Tagged 15M, Alternative Media, Occupy, Quebec Student Movement, spain, Spanish Revolution
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Touching Utopias: Reflections on Revolution in the Form of a Dreaming Wanderer’s Unfinished Spanish Travel Diary
…the final regime imagined by socialists cannot be fixed at a determined date by a sociological prediction; it is in the present. It is not outside us; it is in our own hearts. Socialism is being realized every day, under … Continue reading
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Tagged 12M15M, 15M, 15O, Alternative Economies, Education, Escuela Libre Paideia, spain, Spanish Revolution
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The Government of the Economy or the Economy of Government: Notes on/for Giorgio Agamben
The current problem is altogether different: it’s a matter of using up, without war, the unprecedented accumulation, which has turned the whole world into a colossal powder keg. Georges Bataille, Sovereignty Krauss misses his stroke, a lump of … Continue reading →