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Remembering a rebel: Peter Kropotkin
Educated men — “civilized,” as Fourier used to say with disdain — tremble at the idea that society might some day be without judges, police, or jailers. But, frankly, do you need them as much as you have been told … Continue reading
For Cecilia Mangini (1927-2021)
Italian photographer and documentary film director Cecilia Mangini died on January 21. What follows is a modest tribute to an artisan-artist for whom the making of images was always an act of engagement with her subjects and her audience.
A political reflection on love
For the principle which ought to be the guide of men who would nobly live—that principle, I say, neither kindred, nor honour, nor wealth, nor any other motive is able to implant so well as love. Of what am I … Continue reading
Reading the times with Jacques Rancière: The January 6 assault on the Capitol
From the Verso Books blog (for the English language translation) and originally published on Analyse Opinion Critque. Witnessing the assault on the Capitol, it may seem surprising to see Trump’s supporters relentlessly denying the facts to the point of sinking … Continue reading
Federación de Anarquistas Gran Canaria (FAGC): Anarchism in struggle
Idealism is necessary, but not based on fantasies and chimeras, but on the real capacity to apply our ideas to transform the environment. We must find the limits of our myths – ideological, theoretical or any other kind – to … Continue reading
In defence of mutual aid
From The Commoner (21/01/2021), a reflection on mutual aid … Mutual Aid Does Nothing Alone: A Rebuttal to Joanna Wuest In her article ‘Mutual Aid Can’t Do It Alone,’ The Nation author Dr. Joanna Wuest alleges that mutual aid is insufficient to support … Continue reading
Mutual Aid: “To decentralise itself into non-existence”
In solidarity, we share a mutual aid story, a video testimonial of the Mutual Aid Disaster Relief Richmond, Virginia. We and You and So Many Others: A Story of MAD RVA and Mutual Aid in Richmond, VA … WHO ARE … Continue reading
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Tagged anarchism, anti-capitalism, mutual aid, united states
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Reading the times with Alain Badiou
Let us therefore trust the eternal Spirit which destroys and annihilates only because it is the unfathomable and eternally creative source of all life. The passion for destruction is a creative passion, too. Mikhail Bakunin, The Reaction in Germany (1842) … Continue reading
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Tagged Alain Badiou, anti-capitalism, Georges Bataille, Giorgio Agamben
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January 6: The need for real anarchy
From the CrimethInc. collective (12/01/2021) … Why We Need Real Anarchy: Don’t Let Trump’s Minions Gentrify Revolt Politicians have come together across the aisle to decry the storming of the Capitol on January 6 as “lawless,” “anti-democratic,” and “extremist,” going … Continue reading
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Tagged anarchism, anti-capitalism, anti-fascism, anti-racism, Security State, State terror, united states
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Tunisia: Rebellions, past and present
News and reflections from Tunisia shared with the CrimethInc. collective (09/02/2021) and a video called “Ten“, a record of some of the many voices of Tunisia’s rebellions produced by the Nawaat news magazine … Ten – Ten years after Tunisia’s … Continue reading →