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For Marc Riboud
When somebody asks me what my best photograph is, I answer, I hope to do it tomorrow and thus try to change my way of seeing. Marc Riboud Few photographic journalists traveled the 20th century as Marc Riboud, both in … Continue reading
In Memoriam: For Hande Kader
Amid the violent and often murderous repression in turkey against dissidence, against leftist political militants, ethnic and religious minorities, intellectuals, journalists, academics, LGBT activists also find themselves targeted by public authorities and para-State political and religious groups. On the 8th … Continue reading
Erdogan’s turkey: The government of fear and terror
In the wake of the failed coup attempt in turkey on the night of the 15th of July, Erdogan and his AKP government has unleashed the only weapon by which he rules those who fall outside his religious-nationalist ambitions, fear … Continue reading
Scenes from the class struggle in spain
The protagonists of class struggles are many, as are the stages upon which they are enacted and re-enacted. What defines them is not historically pre-determined; revolutionaries and reactionaries playing out the assigned roles of objective social contradictions are all fictions … Continue reading
Breaking up the european union
The british referendum to quit the european union, driven by populist nationalism, racism, xenofobia; a referendum organised by a right-wing political party and imagined by all others; the fantasy of substituting one authoritarian capitalism by yet another more vile: none … Continue reading
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Oaxaca teachers strike: Protest and echoes of insurrection
From Roarmag, we share below a report on the militant teachers strike in Oaxaca, mexico, which the State authorities seem determined to crush by whatever means necessary. With the toll of detained, wounded and killed rising, what seems to be … Continue reading
Gràcia, Barcelona: Battles for an okupied bank
In June of 2014, we posted news about a series of okupations of banks in Catalonia, with the aim of creating social centres. One such okupation was baptised the Banc Expropiat of the Gràcia neighbourhood in Barcelona.
For Siné
Le dessin est une arme de combat. Siné The art of Siné, or Maurice Albert Sinet, struck like a boxer’s punch to the side of the head. But the dizziness was not intended for a ko, but to wake us … Continue reading
The only way forward is struggle: A fifth anniversay for the 15th of may movement in spain
When we thought that we had all of the answers, suddenly, all of the questions changed. Mario Benedetti Five years on and the 15th of May movement in spain remains a point of confluence for many who imagine and act … Continue reading
Territorialising solidarity: Okupied refugee squats in Athens
In the early hours of the 24th of August, the housing squat for refugees and migrants, Notara 26, in Athens was the target of an incendiary attack. The molotov and gas-bottle bombs caused serious material damage and could have killed … Continue reading →