Category Archives: Commentary

When voting to change the guard, imaging anarchy

From The floodgates of anarchy, by Stuart Christie and Albert Meltzer … Is a free society possible? (Libcom.org) Mutual aid is the over-riding principle in human existence. It is greater than that of class struggle, which is the result of … Continue reading

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Let empire collapse

From Roarmag (02/11/2020) … Repatriating Indigenous land and organizing anti-state Indigenous-Black-POC Power alternatives is better than pouring resources into the liberal-progressive vote. Let Empire collapse: why we need a decolonial revolution Mohamed Abdou I am part of a We that … Continue reading

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Giorgio Agamben: Becoming faceless

Returning to our loss of face in pandemic times … A country without a face Giorgio Agamben, Quodlibet The face and the mask … although she [nature] made all other animate creatures face the earth for grazing,she made the human … Continue reading

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Reading events with Giorgio Agamben

“ … All we want to do is keep the knowledge we think we will need, intact and safe. We’re not out to incite or anger anyone yet. For if we are destroyed, the knowledge is dead, perhaps for good. … Continue reading

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Beyond the liberation of desire

With the Earth still spinning around, with the Sun still shining bright,Oh Lord, grant everyone’s wishes to make both ends meet:To the wise man give a wisdom, to the coward give a horse,To the happy man give some money … … Continue reading

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Chile: Looking Back on a Year of Uprising

From the CrimethInc. Collective (15/10/2020), a reflection on the chilean uprising … Chile: Looking Back on a Year of Uprising – What Makes Revolt Spread—and What Hinders It? The Fight for Dignity and the Campaign for a New Constitution October … Continue reading

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The revolutionary potential of abolitionist demands

From Roarmag (15/10/2020) magazine … Sovereignty’s gradual slide toward the darkest areas of police law, however, has at least one positive aspect that is worthy of mention here. What the heads of state, who rushed to criminalize the enemy with … Continue reading

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An apology for permanent insurrection

Anarchists, as Amedeo Bertolo so clearly expressed, act and think within the permanent tension between anarchy as ideal and as lived. The mistake is to believe that this tension can be surpassed, set aside, in a finally realised anarchy, or … Continue reading

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Agustín García Calvo: For those who asked about utopias

With a little inspiration from lundi matin … If everyone were able to look closely within themselves, they would realise that everyone from below is mad, that we are all mad, and that we live, from below, in a very … Continue reading

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Hong Kong: Reflecting on an insurrection

From Roarmag (28/09/2020) … Hong Kong in revolt: an interview with Au Loong-Yu To celebrate the publication of his new book, Au Loong-Yu joins us to talk about the origins, scope and legacy of last year’s Hong Kong rebellion. When … Continue reading

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