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Nuit Debout: Where lies the filthy beast?
The State is a condition, a certain relationship between human beings, a mode of behaviour; we destroy it by contracting other relationships, by behaving differently toward one another… We are the State and we shall continue to be the State … Continue reading
André Laude, anarchist poet
For André Laude (1936-1995), for his poetry, for his fiery beauty … Toute mon expérience poétique s’articule autour de cette perspective : la poésie doit changer la vie. André Laude: Working class family. Exiled to Paris, will later rejoin his homeland: … Continue reading
Gender nihilism: An anti-manifesto
Photographs by Christer Strömholm Essays, translations, new postings of already published texts flow with the contingency of events and the chance encounters with persons, ideas, experiences … The presumption that all flows smoothly from antecedent ideological choices and positions is purely … Continue reading
Resisting the erasure of memory: The spanish revolution of the 18th of July 1936
For every image of the past that is not recognised by the present as one of its own concerns threatens to disappear irretrievably. … In every era the attempt must be made anew to wrest tradition away from a conformism … Continue reading
Lucio Urtubia: An anarchist life
Anarchism has historically been essentially comprised of those who sought to live a world without authority and exploitation. The forms that this desire took, and continue to take, have varied greatly ideologically, organisationally, practically. The desire though has remained constant; … 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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Tagged anarchism, european union, Slavoj Žižek, united kingdom
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From Crimethinc: The democracy of the reaction, 1848-2011
With the Crimethinc. collective’s series on democracy in the background, which we have been sharing, a complementary article has been recently posted, authored by b. traven, which again we believe merits consideration.
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Tagged anarchism, democracy, france, revolution, The revolution of 1848
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The intangibility of anarchy
Anarchism as non-substantive, as something not reducible to a completed ideology, or organisation; anarchism not as a closed space to be defended, protected against an outside; anarchism as no-thing, as the refusal of any sovereignty; anarchy rather than anarch-ism; in … Continue reading
Reclaiming life in insurrection
Je me révolte, donc nous sommes. Albert Camus, L’Homme révolté What follows below is a rich reflection on insurrection originally published in Anarchy: A Journal of Desire Armed, N° 70/71 and 72/73 (04/06/2016). The essay, authored by Lupus Dragonowl and entitled … Continue reading
The anarchist critique of democracy (9): CrimethInc.
The anarchist collective CrimethInc. initiated in the month of May a critical analysis and discussion of “democracy”, promising a series of reflections. What follows is the ninth essay, by Uri Gordon, in which he discusses the attractions and risks of … Continue reading →