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The chilean insurrection: Chronicles and lessons
From the CrimethInc. Collective (02/03/2020) … March is Coming: The Next Phase of Revolt in Chile The Lay of the Land Ahead of Round Two Since October, the territory nominally controlled by the Chilean government has seen massive demonstrations against capitalism and the … Continue reading
Reflections on a virus: Trying to see the catastrophe where it is not said to be
Power is domination: all it can do is prohibit, and all it can command is obedience. Michel Foucault Human societies have become like devouring and insatiable mono-cultures, and as such, the viruses multiply. Made therefore fragile, we turn to the … Continue reading
Giorgio Agamben: The coronaviris and the state of exception
Before the frenzied, irrational and totally unjustified emergency measures taken for a supposed epidemic due to the coronavirus, it is necessary to start with the declarations of the CNR (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche), according to which “there is no epidemic … Continue reading
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Silvia Federici: The joyful militancy of feminism
To share, the first of a series of reflections on contemporary feminism, in interviews, essays and so on, with the eighth of March, international women’s day as a feminist strike, in the foreground. What follows is an interview with Silvia … Continue reading
Achille Mbembe: The society of enmity
Achille Mbembe’s Politiques de l’inimitié reads contemporary politics as a series of strategies and tactics of colonisation, thus grounded on the creation of fictional others (through hierarchising categories of race, sex, ethnicity and the like) and the desire for their … Continue reading
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Insurrection in lebanon
From the CrimethInc. Collective, an interview with Joey Ayoub on the rebellion in lebanon (and a followup on an earlier text of his posted by the Collective and shared by Autonomies). Lebanon: The Revolution Four Months in An Interview A massive … Continue reading
Aragorn!: The passing of an american anarchist
The Raccoon people live by simple rules: live life to its fullest, no concession to a world of misery, and run to fight another day. I first met one of the Raccoon people when I was only a child. He … Continue reading
France: Who is afraid of a general strike?
The strangely intermittent general strike in opposition to proposed pension reforms in france is neither “general”, nor truly a “strike”. If the movement is soon to enter its third month, with another day of protest scheduled for today (Paris-luttes.info), the … Continue reading
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The yellow vests’ rebellion and beyond
The yellow vests insurrection revealed the central role of the State in assuring the reproduction of capitalist social relations, a role which as central, is also fragile, sustained only by its increasing militarisation against those whom capital increasingly discards. From … Continue reading
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María Galindo: Giving form to a local anarcho-feminism
The logic of the struggle is not the final victory, but permanent and tenacious sabotage. María Galindo For the 8th of March, in solidarity with the calls for a feminist strike, an interview with María Galindo, anarchist, feminist, psychologist, from … Continue reading →