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William Morris: The Society of the Future
The only way forward is for all those targeted to gather themselves more effectively than their enemies have, to recognize their alliance, and to fight the phantasms prepared for them with a powerful and regenerative imaginary that can distinguish between … Continue reading
Tariq Ali: Unending War
From Sidecar/New Left Review (16/10/2025) The gallery of grotesques assembled by Trump – only the toga was missing in his rendering of the Roman Emperor Nero – at Sharm-el-Sheikh, the Egyptian resort synonymous with luxury and despotism, dutifully celebrated ‘Peace … Continue reading
Giorgio Agamben: On artificial intelligence and natural stupidity
“An age of barbarism is beginning, and science will be at its service.” The age of barbarism is not yet over, and Nietzsche’s diagnosis is now being confirmed. The sciences are so attentive to satisfying and even anticipating every demand … Continue reading
Maurizio Lazzarato: The United States and “Fascistic Capitalism”
From Ill Will (07/10/2025) Continuing the reflections begun in “Why War?,” “Political Conditions of a New World Order,” and “The Impasses of Western Critical Thought,” philosopher Maurizio Lazzarato argues that the shape of the next phase of history will not … Continue reading
Michel Foucault: Grotesque Power
Ah ! saleté ! le mauvais droit ne vaut-il pas le bon?/Ah, crap! Isn’t Wrong worth the same as Right? Alfred Jarry, Ubu roi We fascists are the only true anarchists, naturally, once we’re masters of the state. In fact, … Continue reading
For Gianfranco Sanguinetti (1948-2025)
The theory of the revolution certainly does not depend on the sole area of properly scientific ideas, and still less on the construction of a speculative achievement, or on the aesthetic of that fiery manner of speech that contemplates itself … Continue reading
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“Magical thinking”: Beyond the violence of the two state solution for Palestine-Israel
Reaching for a Palestine-Israel beyond the nation state, with Mohammed A. Bamyeh. From the early 1990s, global applause for peace talks abounded. But what ultimately happened is that endless calls for a “two-state solution” that evaded explicit realization of Palestinian … Continue reading
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Tagged anti-nationalism, anti-statism, israel, Mohammed A. Bamyeh, nationalism, palestine
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Ghassan Salhab: The Alter
From lundimatin #490, 01/10/2025 I am nothingand my words are fleetinglike me,among people but passing through, that is whyI speak of you. Bassam Hajjar Is it absolute madness that has taken hold of Zionism, driving this ideology born in the … Continue reading
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Tagged capitalism, colonialism and anti-colonialism, Ghassan Salhab, israel, palestine
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Sébastien Charbonnier: Power and potentiality
Pouvoir et puissance – Refuser de parvenir: une joie pure/Power and potentiality – To refuse to reach for a goal: a pure joy[1] Sébastien Charbonnier lundi matin #487, 09/09/2025 The philosopher Sébastien Charbonnier has just published his remarkable book Pouvoir … Continue reading
Remembering Pier Paolo Pasolini
On the anniversary of Pier Paolo Pasolini’s murder, we share (in English and Italian) one of his most cited and debated pieces of journalism, “Is this a Military Coup D’Etat? I Know…”, published in Italy’s “Corriere della Sera” on the … Continue reading →