Category Archives: Commentary

Raymond Gurême (1925-2020), a life of struggles

CIGANOS Tudo o que voa é ave.Desta janela abertaA pena que se eleva é mais suaveE a folha que plana é mais liberta. Nos seus braços azuis o céu aqueceTodo o alado movimento.É no chão que arrefeceO que não pode … Continue reading

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For Horacio González (1944-2021)

Political affinities very often transgress ideological borders; indeed, if they did not, politics would be far poorer, if not dead. Politics is the gathering together of singularities for collective life, in dissension. This post is in memory of the intellectual … Continue reading

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Catherine Malabou: Pleasure effaced; Clitoris and thought

The clitoris is an anarchist. Through translated fragments, we share the work of a writer, some few words of Catherine Malabou. We begin with a very brief summary of her essay, Le plaisir effacé: Clitoris et pensée [Pleasure erased: Clitoris … Continue reading

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(Thirteen theses + 1) On destituent power

From lundi matin #293 21/06/2021 … At what point is destituent communism? Its theory? It continues apace. From its Italian sources, it has provoked fruitful debates, even across the Atlantic. Let us bring to the subject a little more material, … Continue reading

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The flag that is not: The black flag of anarchism

From the CrimethInc. collective (14/06/2021) … Every Flag Is Black in a Fire: The Black Flag—Emblem of Rebellion, Negation, and Hope In the following selections, a range of authors and artists from across a century and a half reflect on … Continue reading

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Latin America: From ungovernability to chaos

Raúl Zibechi is perhaps one of the most significant and lucid writers today on “social movements” in latin america. Below, we share a recent text authored by him, in translation. We also share a conference-conversation with Zibechi and Rita Segato … Continue reading

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To struggle against the “system”

From Roarmag (05/06/2021) … What exactly is the “system” that we are fighting? Eric Laursen The system is the state, a complex mechanism that includes government, capitalism, patriarchy and imperialism. It will not go away until we force it to. … Continue reading

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The ZAD of Notre Dame des Landes: Resisting by building

“News” from the Notre-Dames-des-Landes ZAD (zad for ever blog, 14/05/2021) … A lighthouse to cancel the end of the world In the fields of Notre Dame des Landes, in western France, stands a disobedient lighthouse. It was built far from … Continue reading

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A Short Note on the Negotiation of Gender

We post a reflection on binary-gender oppression and the grounds for strategically contesting it, ‘in commemoration of “pride,” an introduction to the production of subjectivities’, originally published on dehiscence (01/06/2021). We want to thank Robin Peignot for sharing this with … Continue reading

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Chile: The illusions of constitutional politics

Over two days (May 15 and 16), chileans were called upon to vote for representatives for a “Constitutional Convention”. The results were a victory for “the Left”, announcing thereby the end of the Pinochet era constitution of 1980, the neoliberal … Continue reading

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