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Afghanistan: Readings of the fall of a political regime
Without sufficient knowledge of events on the ground, or of the broader context (historical, social, economic, geo-political, etc.), we share three texts on the recent Taliban overthrow of the U.S.A.-NATO regime in Kabul, with the aim of navigating beyond the … Continue reading
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Tagged afghanistan, colonialism and anti-colonialism, Noam Chomsky, Tariq Ali, Vijay Prashad
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South Africa: We Carry a New World in Our Riots
From the CrimethInc. collective (13/08/2021), reflections on the looting and unrest of July 2021 in south africa … Beginning on July 9, 2021, when the Pietermaritzburg High Court upheld the conviction and sentencing of former South African president Jacob Zuma, … Continue reading
Brazil: Only Revolt Can Bring Down Bolsonaro
From the CrimethInc. collective (12/08/2021) … Ahead of the 2022 elections, Brazil is now reprising the same dramatic showdown that the United States faced in 2020. As the pandemic intensifies alongside corruption scandals and the unrestrained plundering of Indigenous lands, … Continue reading
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Tagged anarchism, brazil, Indigenous peoples, insurrection, revolution, State terror
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Tunisia: “We ourselves don’t have a people”
From lundi matin #299, 09/08/2021 … On July 25th, in the evening of a day of demonstrations, Tunisian President Kais Saied dismissed the prime minister, temporarily suspended parliament, lifted the immunity of its members and announced that he would take … Continue reading
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Tagged anarchism, Arab Spring, State and Capital, State and terror, tunisia
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Cuban Anarchists on the Protests of July 11
From the CrimethInc. Collective (22/07/2021) … To explore the causes and implications of the wave of protests that broke out in Cuba on July 11, we present two interviews with Cuban anarchists and a statement from an anarchist initiative in Cuba. Introduction: … Continue reading
Colombia: how the bodies of the disappeared appear
For several weeks now, they have begun to appear in the rivers, mainly in the Cauca and in various areas where there has been a strong social mobilisation, bodies of young people killed and dismembered, many of them in plastic … Continue reading
For Samuel Luiz; with all LGBTQI people
In the early hours of the 3rd of July, 24 year old Samuel Luiz was beaten to death outside a nightclub by a dozen people in La Coruña, Galicia. The motivation would appear to be that he was gay. (The … Continue reading
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Tagged anti-capitalism, capitalism, LGBTQ+, patriarchy, spain
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For Horacio González (1944-2021)
Political affinities very often transgress ideological borders; indeed, if they did not, politics would be far poorer, if not dead. Politics is the gathering together of singularities for collective life, in dissension. This post is in memory of the intellectual … Continue reading
Latin America: From ungovernability to chaos
Raúl Zibechi is perhaps one of the most significant and lucid writers today on “social movements” in latin america. Below, we share a recent text authored by him, in translation. We also share a conference-conversation with Zibechi and Rita Segato … Continue reading
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Tagged anti-capitalism, Raúl Zibechi, south america, State and Capital, State and terror
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Acapatzingo: An autonomous community in resistance
Societies change from daily local practice, in defined autonomous spaces, because autonomy is the perimeter that protects counterhegemonic practices. Autonomy is the means by which other worlds can exist, worlds that need protection by virtue of being different. When and … Continue reading →