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Tag Archives: anarchism
Donald Trump and the limits of populism
Political scientists, commentators, journalists tell us that we live in an age of renewed nationalist populism; that against the rational, geopolitical management of global economic agencies, conservative-reactionary political movements threaten to upset the conditions of economic and social progress with … Continue reading
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Tagged anarchism, anti-capitalism, anti-fascism, populism, revolution, united states
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The ZAD: an autonomous zone in the heart of france
From Roarmag collective (26/01/2017), a reflection on the ZAD of Notre-Dame-des-Landes by Martin Legall, a pre-figuarative struggle for autonomy …
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Tagged anarchism, france, Nuit Debout, Occupy, revolution, ZAD
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Anarchist myths
We share below a reflection by Ruymán Rodríguez of the Federación de Anarquistas Gran Canaria on the limits of an anarchism exclusively thought in terms of anti-statism and anti-capitalism.
Economies beyond capitalism: Anarchist reflections and practices
What is anti-capitalism? What distinguishes anarchist anti-capitalism from other “competing” social-political projects? Whatever answers are forthcoming to such questions, at the heart of any anti-capitalism is an “alternative economy”. What this in turn amounts to has been a matter of … Continue reading
Freedom against the freedom of speech
With the expansion of neo-fascist and neo-nazi groups in the shadows of ever more racist, xenophobic and sexist “traditional” conservative right-wing political parties, confusion over the significance of the liberal freedom of speech can paralyse radical political criticism and action. … Continue reading
Architecture beyond truth and falsity: Radicalising feminist interventions in the creation of spaces
Better to live in the provisional than in the definitive. Gaston Bachelard, The Poetics of Space All dissidence, rebellion, revolution has a location, a place. The relationship between the two has been the subject of an ongoing reflection on the … Continue reading
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Tagged anarchism, Architecture, Art and Revolution, Donna Haraway, Feminism, Henri Lefebvre, LGBT, Michel Foucault, Simone de Beauvoir
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Trump and everyday anti-fascism beyond punching Nazis
From roarmag (23/01/2016), and in the wake of the anti-Trump and anti-fascist protests on January 20th, we share a reflection on anti-fascism by Mark Bray (for other parallel reflections, click here) …
I don’t want to be strong. I want to be vulnerable.
Beware that, when fighting monsters, you yourself do not become a monster… for when you gaze long into the abyss. The abyss gazes also into you. Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil “[A]ll public assembly is haunted by the police … Continue reading
Nietzsche and anarchy
I don’t say that my values and desires are the right or true ones. For instance, I don’t say that it is right or true to love anarchy and hate domination. I affirm my values. This affirmation is not like … Continue reading
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Tagged anarchism, Felix Guattari, Friedrich Nietzsche, Gilles Deleuze, Michel Foucault
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First, they shot the anarchists: Trump and ‘The New Normal’
From the Its Going Down collective (08/02/2017), reflections on resistance to the “new normal” under Donald Trump …