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Testimonials from a revolution in Rojava
The Autonomies Collective has assumed no open position on the “Rojava Revolution” for reasons of ignorance. In the absence of consistent information on what is happening in the region, as well as its complexity, we have abstained from judging or … Continue reading
For Charlie Hebdo
Profanation … neutralises what it profanes. Once profaned, that which was unavailable and separate loses its aura and is returned to use … [It] deactivates the apparatuses of power and returns to common use the spaces that power had seized. … Continue reading
Visions of pandora in spain: Anarchist protests
… contre-insurrection, de doctrine militaire, est devenue principe de gouvernement. comité invisible, A nos amis In one possible interpretation of the mythic figure of Pandora, she is not the harbinger/carrier of evil, but rather a source of gifts to humanity, a … Continue reading
Yo también soy anarquista: A spanish pandora
The unspoken principle which rules our society can be stated like that: every citizen is a potential terrorist. But what is a State which is ruled by such a principle? Can we still define it as democratic State? Can we … Continue reading
Victory for the hunger strike of Nikos Romanos
Autonomies takes this occasion, in solidarity with the greek anarchist Nikos Romanos and his struggle from prison against arbitrary state power, to publish an article from Thrasybulus’s blog, maintained on libcom.org. Anarchist Nikos Romanos ended his hunger strike after thirty … Continue reading
Wars for the commons in turkey
While turkey’s president celebrates his new presidential palace, the White Palace in Ankara, of over one thousand rooms, constructed on more than 150,000 sq m, and costing over 600 million dollars (BBC 14/11/2014), an okupied social social in the Kadiköy … Continue reading
The dispossession of urban commons: Istanbul
(Photograph by Ufuk Akari) Don’t say it’s the necessary result of historical, social, and economic conditions – I know! My head bows before the thing you mention. But my heart doesn’t speak that language. Nazim Hikmet, The Epic of Sheik … Continue reading
Impressions of autonomies: Istanbul
But hope is not enough for me. I no longer want to listen – I want to sing songs … The scars of Istanbul’s self-inflicted wounds run deep and its self-mutilation appears to know no respite. The centre of the … Continue reading
Natural autonomies: The ZAD of Testet: For Rémi Fraisse
Nous avons perdu le monde … Michel Serres Le libéralisme économique, c’est la liberté de tuer. La liberté de tuer le climat, donc de tuer les hommes, les femmes et les enfants. René Dumont On the night of Saturday to … Continue reading
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On the Greek Elections etc
The following is not meant to be an exhaustive, well researched piece of writing. Rather, these are reflections, based on impressions, more put together on the spur of the moment, responses to a variety of ideas and words floating in … Continue reading →