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To be or not to be a democrat: Anarchy beyond democracy
We formerly shared the excellent series of essays from the Crimethinc collective critically evaluating the notion of “democracy”. That the debate is not closed for anarchists is evident from the simple fact that it continues (e.g., Robert Graham‘s very recent … Continue reading
Now and the anarchy of destituent power: Reading politics with the invisible committee
… they wanted to reinvent everything, each day; to make themselves masters and possessors of their own lives. Guy Debord If to constituent power corresponds revolutions, uprisings and new consititutions, that is, a violence that lays down and constitutes new … Continue reading
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Tagged anarchism, Carl Schmitt, Giorgio Agamben, Guy Debord, Invisible Committee, Nuit Debout, politics, revolution
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Brazilian anarchists on the crisis in Brazil
From Robert Graham’s Anarchist Weblog … Brazil is back in the news as people there begin again to mobilize against corrupt politicians (for a detailed analysis of the corruption itself, see this article from the Guardian newspaper). It’s been four … Continue reading
Creating radical autonomy: Errekaleor Bizirik!
To construct anti-capitalist forms of life at the margins, or in the weaves, of the system, is a delicate and precarious task with no possible guarantee of success. Over the years, we have tried to share as many examples and … Continue reading
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Tagged anarchism, autonomy, Occupations, Okupations, spain
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The russian revolution of 1917: All power to the soviets
A graffito graces a wall in today’s Lisbon: “All power to the soviets! 1917/2017”. If it were not the fact that the graffito is attributed to the youth league of the portuguese communist party, following on a poster campaign celebrating … Continue reading
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Tagged anarchism, russia, russian revolution, self-management, soviets
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Jacques Rancière: The anarchy of democracy
During the French presidential campaign, the candidates and the media saturated the environment with references to the “people”. Before the final results, on the 7th of May, the journal Ballast conducted an interview with Jacques Rancière on the use and … Continue reading
Eduardo Viveiros de Castro: Landed natives against State and Capital
For me, indians are all of those large minorities who are, in some way, on the outside of this capitalist mega-machine, of consumption, of production, of 24 hour a day labour, seven days a week. These planetary indians teach us … Continue reading
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Tagged anarchism, brazil, Eduardo Viveiros de Castro, Indigenous peoples, revolution
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Without cooperative self-employment no future is possible
From spain, comes a manifesto in defence of creating networks of autonomous, ecological, feminist, self-managed work and consumption as the only viable political alternative to the State and Capital. A manifesto speaks for itself; it is an affirmation of presence … Continue reading
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Tagged Alternative Economies, anarchism, cooperatives, revolution, spain
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Building new solidarities between movements: insurrectionary politics of food autonomy in the city of Athens
The question of rebellion/revolution is often posed in terms of the question, “what is to be done?” However, by so articulating any reflection-practice on radical political change, we are lead to consider revolution in terms of struggles between and for … Continue reading
The struggle with migrants is a struggle against State-Capital
As a complement to our most recent post, a call for support from the Steki Social Centre in Thessaloniki, we publish an interview with Tasos Sagris from Void Network, for the radio program This Is Hell (u.s.a.), along with a video from sub.Media’s Trouble series entitled Refugees Welcome:Creating Solidarity … Continue reading →