Tag Archives: anti-capitalism

Mario Tronti: On destituent power

For Mario Tronti, from the Ill Will collective (22/05/2022) … In his influential 2008 interview with Adriano Vinale, Mario Tronti provides some of the earliest speculations on the possibility of a destituent power. Below we present the first English edition … Continue reading

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Mario Tronti: “I am defeated”

For Mario Tronti, from Communists in situ; Italian original / Mar 3rd, 2015 Translated by Rees Nicolas Under the soles of his shoes, you can still recognise the dirt of history. “This is all that remains. A mix of straw and shit … Continue reading

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Mario Tronti: “In art as in politics there is nothing other than struggle”

For Mario Tronti (from Blackout) … Can you really be outside? This is the question I asked Mario the last time we talked (Francesco Matarrese | Greenberg and Tronti: Being Really Outside?). Today, the eighth of January, his important, extraordinary answer arrived. Now … Continue reading

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For Mario Tronti (1931-2023)

For Mario Tronti, who died this last August 7th, we share a short text by Diego Sztulwark and Mario Tronti’s Thesis on Benjamin. Today Mario Tronti passed away. His 92 years were many, but he will surely remain the author … Continue reading

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Rodrigo Karmy Bolton: The ashes of the Republic

Reflections on the French police murder of Nahel Merzouk and the country’s July riots, by Rodrigo Karmy Bolton. (Lobo Suelto! 11/07/2023) What does it mean when France burns under barricades? Perhaps, that not only France but also the Republic, as … Continue reading

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Santiago López Petit: The violence of the force of pain

Reflections on the French police murder of Nahel Merzouk and the country’s July riots, by Santiago López Petit. (Lobo Suelto! 11/07/2023) Nahel’s mother, surrounded by her son’s friends, makes a motorcycle engine roar. Her son, murdered by a police officer, … Continue reading

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In praise of riots

With rebellion, awareness is born. Albert Camus, The Rebel Constitutively out of step with the present, the revolt is an impatient epiphany of the future that comes after tomorrow. Donatella Di Cesare, The Time of Revolt French politicians – the president, … Continue reading

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Reading Fredy Perlman with Uri Gordon

We share a timely and critical reading of Fredy Perlman’s work by Uri Gordon … Leviathan’s Body: Recovering Fredy Perlman’s anarchist social theory Uri Gordon (Anarchist Library and Anarchist Studies (2023)) Abstract Fredy Perlman’s anarchist maximalism had a formative influence on … Continue reading

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Beware the wealthy who speak of changing the world

On the even of summit called The New Global Financing Pact, an open letter to the world appears … We are urgently working to deliver more for people and the planet. … We are urgently working to fight poverty and … Continue reading

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War in Ukraine: An anarchist debate (continued)

As Wayne Price writes, the anarchist debate around the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the anarchist response to it continues; a debate that we continue to follow. Retrieved from anarkismo.net/article/32774 (28/05/2023). Anarchists Support Self-Determination for Ukraine: What Did Bakunin Say About … Continue reading

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