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In the realm of violence: The State and law
Overlapping analyses of State violence, with greece as the laboratory …
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Tagged anarchism, Anselme Bellegarrigue, Giorgio Agamben, greece, State and terror, Tasos Theofilou
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Anselme Bellegarrigue: The World’s First Anarchist Manifesto
I have no ancestors! For me the creation of the world dates from the day of my birth; for me the end of the world will be accomplished on the day when I shall restore to the elementary mass the … Continue reading
For May Day
Reflections on work and the limits of work centred anti-capitalism (from spain) …
From extinction rebellion to desirous rebellion
At the moment when all humanity lives under the menace of possible annihilation, for the very means of this annihilation have ceased to be illusory, then the whole of the real, all at once, descends into fiction. Marcel Mariën, Théorie … Continue reading
Remembering a revolution: Portugal 1974-5
On this, the 45th anniversary of the portuguese revolution, we share a brief account of the revolutionary events of 1974-75 by Raquel Varela (excerpted from her monograph, A Peoples’ History of the Portuguese Revolution, Pluto, 2019) and published at Roarmag.
The gilets jaunes: Understanding the resistance of an insurrection
A further reflection on the yellow vests movement, as it continues to defy, on the occasion of Act XXIII …
Giorgio Agamben: The way of poverty
A reflection on Giorgio Agamben’s work, The Highest Poverty, or on the “way of poverty” against the “way of wealth or enrichment”, by Jacques Fradin. (lundi matin #186, 09/04/2019)
Against the domestication of Pier Paolo Pasolini and the legitimisation of fascism
In an italy of rising and self-legitimising neo-fascism, of growing State and non-State violence against “minorities”, dissidents and foreigners, it is fundamental to return to Pier Paolo Pasolini’s reflections on the subject, as well as to resist appropriations of his … Continue reading
When rebellion is child’s play: John Holloway on the zapatistas
John Holloway has been a keen observer of the zapatista movement since its beginning, and we share two reflections by him, as a closing contribution on the mexican revolution, or revolutions, both past and present.
The gilets jaunes: Those who walk away from capital
While the politicians and the media scrutinise the weekly accounting of the number of demonstrators with each Act of the yellow vests’ movement, closely seconded by sociologists and political scientists, the movement persists, defying all predictions. And even if it … Continue reading →