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Reflections around an anniversary: 15M spain and beyond (2)

On the occasion of the 5th anniversary of spain’s 15th of May movement, we publish a series of reflections on its significance within the context of spain, but also more broadly, for the understanding of revolutionary politics today.  This series … Continue reading

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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

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Reflections around an anniversary: 15M spain and beyond (1)

On the occasion of the 5th anniversary of spain’s 15th of May movement, we publish a series of reflections on its significance within the context of spain, but also more broadly, for the understanding of revolutionary politics today.  This series … Continue reading

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Nuit Debout: At the banquet of intellectuals

Revolution is not ‘showing’ life to people, but making them live. A revolutionary organization must always remember that its objective is not getting its adherents to listen to convincing talks by expert leaders, but getting them to speak for themselves, … Continue reading

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The politics of occupation: The metamorphosis of subjectivities

2016 marks the fifth anniversary of a wave of occupations of public spaces that began emblematically in Tahrir Square in Cairo.  Much can be said about such radical politics, and we have tried in our modest to comprehend these events. … Continue reading

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Nuit Debout: What next and how?

We need to keep open not only our ways of thinking, but also the related methods of organising, the tactics, techniques and technologies we use – it’s a constant battle to ward off institutionalisation.  That sense of openness and movement … Continue reading

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Nuit Debout: Creation unleashed

Thousands of persons gather in the Place de la République in Paris, and in all of France, since the 31st of March.  Assemblies are formed where people discuss and exchange.  Each appropriates speech and public space. Neither heard nor represented, … Continue reading

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Nuit Debout: Other voices

The Nuit Debout movement in france takes on no single form, even behind the ritual of the general assemblies in Paris and now other cities.  It is plural, chaotic, fed by the multiple protests against the country’s new proposed labour … Continue reading

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Nuit Debout: Resonances of rebellion

“This must be a perfect mini-society,” a member of the gardening committee told the crowd. A poetry committee has been set up to document and create the movement’s slogans. “Every movement needs its artistic and literary element,” said the poet … Continue reading

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La Esperanza commune, Gran Canaria: Revolution through okupation

Whether in time of revolution or in time of peace, the worker must be housed somehow or other; he must have some sort of roof over his head. But, however tumble-down and squalid your dwelling may be, there is always … Continue reading

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