Category Archives: Commentary

Manifeste du parti grumaliste*

From lundimatin #512 (16/03/2026) The connected society links together everything it can. It thereby aims to dematerialise social existence—that is its project. Consequently, there is no class struggle, even during election periods. A number of us are concerned about this. … Continue reading

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George Orwell: Vanity and despotism

But what light does our difference here throw upon the problem before us? What connection is there between the sartorial splendours of the educated man and the photograph of ruined houses and dead bodies? Obviously the connection between dress and … Continue reading

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The War on Iran: Immoral allies, False claims and Unnecessary Bloodshed

From the Verso Books blog (11/03/2026) Ilan Pappe on US and Israeli immorality and why Palestine lies at the heart of the war on Iran.

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The Anarchist Plot To Steal The Mona Lisa

From The Transmetropolitan Review (13/03/2026) Bound copies of The Anarchist Plot To Steal The Mona Lisa can be found here. INTRODUCTION Few people know that the French anarchists of the 1890s funded their movement through burglary, and even fewer know that anarchists stole … Continue reading

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Gleichschaltung : The normalisation of contemporary authoritarianism

From lundimatin #511, 10/03/2026 In this article, sociologist Michalis Lianos analyses both the conditions and the deployment of this new form of authoritarianism that is spreading across the world. On the one hand, representative democracy is dying, and on the … Continue reading

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Giorgio Agamben: State and terror

What is a state that, ignoring all forms of law, methodically murders or kidnaps the leaders of states it arbitrarily declares to be its enemies? Nevertheless, this is what is happening with the approval or embarrassed silence of European countries. … Continue reading

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The Attack on Iran Is an Attack on All of Us

From the CrimethInc. collective (28/02/2026) The US and Israeli attack on Iran is morally repugnant. It is calculated only to benefit an elite of racist, Islamophobic warmongers. It will not benefit Iranians or ordinary people anywhere on earth.

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Fascist subjectivisation

From lundimatin #509, (18/02/2026) To take an interest in fascism is to feel a connection with a past that is imminent in a threatening future. This past is not simply an ancient present: it is a past that is contemporary … Continue reading

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Christian Laval: Total war as a neo-fascist mode of government

From the Verso Books Blog (03/02/2026) Christian Laval, co-author of The Choice of Civil War, on the escalation of the neoliberal order through the Trump administration’s total war. Trump is carrying out a protracted coup d’état right before our eyes, making … Continue reading

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See ICE? Add Heat

From Ill Will (13/02/2026), by anonymous authors Yesterday, Trump’s border czar Tom Homan announced the end of Operation Metro Surge, which brought several thousand ICE and CBP agents to the streets of Minnesota over the past few months. While this … Continue reading

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