Tag Archives: anti-capitalism

Raúl Zibechi: Mapping militant mutual aid

Raúl Zibechi has been actively chronicling examples of mutual aid throughout latin america that are of enormous importance for the understanding of what is politically possible in times of crisis and pandemic. His work can be followed in spanish at … Continue reading

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Tomás Ibáñez: The State and the pandemic

You might as well be hung for deathAs breaking a machine–So now my Lad, your sword unsheathAnd make it sharp and keen- We are ready now your cause to joinWhenever you may call;So make foul blood run clear & fineOf … Continue reading

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Mapping our dystopia

We continue to share translations from the not bored collective which are generously forwarded to us. Ongoing reflections on the politics of a pandemic …

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Santiago López Petit: Coronavirus as theatre of truth

Humanity is entering a phase of its history in which truth is reduced to a moment in the movement of the false. True is that false speech that must be kept true even when its untruth is proven. But in … Continue reading

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COVID-19: Translating a pandemic politically (2)

Arundhati Roy, in an eloquent article on the immediate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in india, concludes by writing … Historically, pandemics have forced humans to break with the past and imagine their world anew. This one is no different. … Continue reading

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Raoul Vaneigem: Life against capital and its pandemics

With gratitude to the notbored collective for sharing their latest translation of a very recent text by Vaneigem with Autonomies, we in turn share the same … People of the World, One More Effort! Raoul Vaneigem(1) The world changes from … Continue reading

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COVID-19: Translating a pandemic politically

“We know that many suffer, but the state is there,” said the italian prime minister Giuseppe Conte, after announcing a 400 million euro food voucher programme for those who have lost their source of income due to the COVID-19 pandemic … Continue reading

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Raoul Vaneigem: Coronavirus

We share an essay by Vaneigem(1) that was shared generously with us by notbored.org, to which we owe the translation. Challenging the danger posed by the coronavirus is surely absurd. But, on the other hand, isn’t it just as absurd … Continue reading

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The coronavirus: Politics in times of catastrophe (9)

In all the representations disseminated by catastrophism, in the way they are elaborated as well as in the conclusions they inspire, we see above all an astonishing accumulation of denials of reality. The most obvious is the one that refers … Continue reading

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Mapping a virus: China and beyond

The Chuang journal-blog dedicates itself to studying and analyzing chinese capitalism, or in the groups own words: Chuang will publish a journal analyzing the ongoing development of capitalism in China, its historical roots, and the revolts of those crushed beneath it. … Continue reading

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