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Tag Archives: revolution
The kratia against the demos: Lessons from greece
Our refrain becomes repetitive: capitalism cannot be reformed because a system of oppression, appropriation and exploitation cannot be fundamentally altered by state authorities that are not only beholden to it, but are an expression of it. The illusion to the … Continue reading
The refusal of sovereignty; An anarchist reading of “occupy” movements
(El Roto) The “occupy” movements that emerged in 2011 in different parts of the world continue to merit reflection as the most radical challenge to State forms and Capitalism in recent memory. We share below an essay by a friend … Continue reading
For a radical gay pride
Perhaps the time has come to live our corporeality rather than speak our sexuality. Guy Hocquenghem, The Screwball Asses In solidarity with all gays, lesbians, bisexuals, transsexuals and transgenders, queers, and intersex who are harassed, beaten, criminalised, arrested, imprisoned, tortured … Continue reading
A blinding referendum: Voting “no” in greece
Sunday’s referendum results in greece, a “no” to the austerity measures proposed by the Eurogroup responsible for negotiating the country’s debt payments, testify to a sentiment among most of indignation and refusal of a politics that has reduced over the … Continue reading
Imagining the city: Murray Bookchin’s libertarian municipalism
Murray Bookchin’s libertarian municipalism challenges a variety of forms of anarchist activism and politics by insisting on the need to take and create political power and the institutions required for the government of freedom. There are echoes here of Hannah … Continue reading
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Tagged anarchism, libertarian municipalism, Murray Bookchin, revolution
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Syntagma, Syriza: Between the square and the palace
(Photograph by Burkhard Lahrmann) While the Syriza government of greece engages in a precarious and unequal, and finally self-defeating, wrestling match with its creditors, forced to pay its debts while seeking to meet the aspirations of its voters, it is … Continue reading
The ethics of revolution: Is there a revolutionary method?
We share below a reflection on revolution that was posted on s.nappalos blog of libcom.org. … This is an article critiquing the idea of a single revolutionary method that leads to truth and revolutionary action drawing from dissonance between choosing … Continue reading
An apology for anarchist politics in anarchic times: Giorgio Agamben’s “Pilate and Jesus”
What follows is a summary and commentary on Giorgio Agamben’s Pilate and Jesus … Earthly judgement does not coincide with a witnessing of the truth. Giorgio Agamben, Pilate and Jesus If a reflection on the trial of Jesus appears … Continue reading
Time, revolution and historical subjectivity
(Photographs by Alexey Titarenko) In revolution, everything happens incredibly quickly, just like in dreams in which people seem to be freed from gravity. Gustave Landauer, Revolution We have merely to tear down the Bastilles of the future, restructure the past … Continue reading
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Tagged Carl Schmitt, Friedrich Nietzsche, Giorgio Agamben, Hannah Arendt, Jacob Taubes, Maurizio Lazzarato, revolution, time, Walter Benjamin
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Rethinking Anarchism: Carlos Taibo (6)
What follows below is the 6th Chapter of Carlos Taibo’s Rethinking Anarchy: Direct Action, Self-Management, Autonomy (La Catarata, Madrid, 2013). Largely concerned with the history of spanish anarchism, Taibo also considers, in this chapter, the complex relationship between anarchism and marxism, … Continue reading →