Tag Archives: Okupations

14N: Images, Resonances and Reflections

  The tradition of the oppressed teaches us that the "state of exception" in which we live is the rule.  We must arrive at a concept of history which corresponds to this.  Then it will become clear that the task … Continue reading

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Strike, Rebellion, Revolution continue … new okupations!

In the wake of the general strike of the 14th of November, in the wake of protests, okupations, creations of alternatives under the inspiration of 15M, in the wake of social movements which over the course of years have endeavoured … Continue reading

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The war of okupations

Toute différence entre formes-de-vie est une différence éthique.  Cette différence autorise un jeu, des jeux.  Ces jeux ne sont pas politiques en eux-mêmes, ils le deviennent à partir d’un certain degré d’intensité, c’est-à-dire, aussi, à partir d’un certain degré d’élaboration. … Continue reading

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Lessons from the violence of capital

Capitalism is a system which feeds off life, the life nature, of human beings; but it does so without the redemption of those sacrificed.  Life is expended, but without renewed life.  It is a system rather of waste production, the … Continue reading

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15Ms spain: the struggles of okupation …

Madrid15M is the newspaper of the neighbourhood and popular assemblies of the city associated with the movement.  This common, public space serves to share expereinces, give example and contribute to create the plurality that is this movement.  What follows is … Continue reading

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15M’s spain: A revolution that continues …

(Sketch by Enrique Flores, here for his blog) There must be anarchy, there must be – if the revolution is to become and remain alive, real, and powerful – the greatest possible awakening of all the local passions and aspirations; … Continue reading

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News from 15M’s spain

  With billions of euros in public money going to save spain's banks (and trillions to save the banks of the US, UK, Ireland and Greece, to mention but these countries), while salaries, pensions, education, health and other public services … Continue reading

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Talking about a revolution!

If resistance must bring with it a new way to live, a life more liveable that opposes itself to the differential distribution of precariousness, then acts of resistance will say no to a way of life at the same time … Continue reading

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Casablanca lives, the struggle continues …

In Anarchist theory, "revolution" means the moment when the structure of authority is loosed, so that free functioning can occur.  The aim is to open areas of freedom and defend them.                                                                                                                            Paul Goodman The forces of order may have … Continue reading

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Un desalojo, otra okupación

Colin Ward, writing of the post WWII british squatters movement, he came to identify four phases in squatting understood as a form of direct action to the housing problem in non-revolutionary situations.  There is first the initiative, the action that … Continue reading

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