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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

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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

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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

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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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Interrupting capital: Blockupy in Frankfurt

The aim was disruption; not a demonstration as normal event, a weekend affair to idle away one’s idleness.  As Blockupy announced, the March 18th intervention against the inaugural ceremony of the European Central Bank’s new headquarter’s building, was directed at interrupting … Continue reading

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Rethinking Anarchism: Carlos Taibo (5)

  In our ongoing endeavour to translate Carlos Taibo’s Rethinking Anarchy: Direct Action, Self-Management, Autonomy (La Catarata, Madrid, 2013), what follows is “Chapter 5”.   We have already translated and posted the “Prologue” and the “Chapter 1″ of this work (Click … Continue reading

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Blockupy: M18 Full communism instead of austerity

On March the 18th, Blockupy has called for a taking of the streets of Frankfort, on the occasion of the inauguration of the new european central bank headquarters, to protest against all that the ECB represents: a politics of “austerity” … Continue reading

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Syriza and social movements: Interview with AK Athens

Below, we share an interview with a greek activist from AlkaKappa Athens from InfoAut (29/01/2015), on the relationship between the Syriza government and greek radical social movements, in a further effort to explore the issues at stake in the tension … Continue reading

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Syriza can’t save greece: From crimethinc.

To share: from the anarchist collective CrimethInc., a further, and excellent, reflection on the significance of the electoral victory of Syriza in greece, to further the debate and to defend, in the words of the collective, “why there’s no electoral … Continue reading

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The political bestiary of capitalism: Syriza, parliamentary democracy, the welfare state, and other creatures too frightful to mention

The less than flattering history of social-democratic, socialist and communist governments is more than ample reason  to be skeptical about the election of a “left wing” Syriza led government in greece; and if not, at least to suggest cautious restraint … Continue reading

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