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Armand Gatti and the wandering words of rebellion
Poetry is a dissociating and anarchic force which through analogy, associations and imagery, thrives on the destruction of known relationships. Antonin Artaud I always believed that by the beauty of words, one could change the world. Armand Gatti His weapon … Continue reading
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Tagged anarchism, Armand Gatti, Art and Revolution, france
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March 18, 1871: The Birth of the Paris Commune – A Narrative
Remembering the Paris Commune (from CrimethInc.), followed by an interview with Kristen Ross, author of Communal Luxury: The Political Imaginary of the Paris Commune (Verso, 2015), with Roarmag‘s Jerome Roos … What idea does the Paris Commune represent? And why is this … Continue reading
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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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
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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Nuit Debout: Interventions by the revolutionary erotic committee
We believe, without any doubt, that it is when each anonymous being gains consciousness of her/his pure potential and capacity to act, it is then when the wheel of dissidence begins to turn. It is then that it is unstoppable. … Continue reading
Nuit Debout: To live the commune – To live the revolt
Nuit Debout in Paris and elsewhere in france continues to occupy public squares, after now two months. The “movement’s” resilience testifies to agencies and virtues that are quickly passed over or ignored by far too many. This is of course … Continue reading
Nuit Debout: Reflections in movement
Nuit Debout, Place de la République, Paris, is a political space of many voices, where no one view dominates, or can gain dominion, as long as the general assembly which lies at its heart remains an open, horizontal assembly. Reflection … Continue reading
Nuit Debout: The arts of rebellion
What makes night within us may leave stars. Victor Hugo The radicalness of a political movement can be measured by the extent of its resonances in different spheres of life and the extent to which it transgresses and creates thresholds … Continue reading
France 2015-2017: Permanent rebellion
On the eve of the french presidential elections, we share from the Crimethinc collective, the first of two reflections on french politics, that is, on the only politics that matters, that which comes from below …