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The long and winding May of 1968 (2): The student rebellion in Mexico

Posted on April 1, 2018 by Julius Gavroche

Our May 68 takes us to Mexico …

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The long and winding May of 1968 (1): The Prague spring

Posted on April 1, 2018 by Julius Gavroche

May 1968 was not a franco-french, hexagonal affair.  It was a global event.  One would speak of it very differently if it had not resonated with, not only the occupied factories decked with red flags, but also with the Tet … Continue reading →

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The Situationists and May 1968

Posted on April 1, 2018 by Julius Gavroche

We share an essay by Miguel Amorós critically analysing the situationist reading of and role in May 68 (from libcom.org), followed by a series of Situationist texts from the events of May 68 … A brief review of the role played … Continue reading →

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May 68: A Situationist reading

Posted on April 1, 2018 by Julius Gavroche

People strolled, dreamed, learned how to live. … For the first time youth really existed.  Not the social category invented for the needs of the commodity economy by sociologists and economists, but the only real youth, of life lived without … Continue reading →

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I love Paris in the springtime: Tomás Ibáñez and the anarchy of May 68

Posted on April 1, 2018 by Julius Gavroche

VI.  To articulate what is past does not mean to recognize “how it really was.” It means to take control of a memory, as it flashes in a moment of danger. For historical materialism it is a question of holding … Continue reading →

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Amidst the art of May 68: L’Atelier Populaire de Paris

Posted on February 25, 2014 by Julius Gavroche

Une action revolutionaire dans la culture ne saurait avoir pour but de traduire ou d’expliquer la vie, mais de l’élargir. Guy Debord L’œuvre d’art à venir, c’est la construction d’une vie passionnante. Raoul Vaneigem A l’atelier populaire, c’est un climat … Continue reading →

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15M: A Philosophical Concerto in Three Unfinished Movements

Posted on April 27, 2012 by Julius Gavroche

An exercise in philosophical reflection on 15M in spain …

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