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Tag Archives: revolution
What revolutions in the americas?
On the 15th of August, president Rafael Correa of ecuador announced the authorisation of the extraction of petroleum from Yasuni National Park. The decision will have to be voted on by the country’s congress, but should it agree, it brings … Continue reading
Autonomy at the limit: Playing with Deleuze and Guattari around contemporary rebellions
(This text is born of an experiment, an experiment in progress, that of thinking through our contemporary rebellions with the tools of contemporary philosophy. Spain´s 15M is the example considered here and the hypothetical conclusion arrived at is that the … Continue reading
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Tagged 15M, Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari, revolution, spain
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Rebellion in the city: brazil
Seuls des groupes, classes ou fractions de classes sociales capables d’initiatives révolutionnaires peuvent prendre en charge et mener jusqu’à plein accomplissement les solutions aux problèmes urbains ; de ces forces sociales et politiques la ville rénovée deviendra l’œuvre. Henri Lefebvre, Le … Continue reading
It is necessary to create autonomous spaces: Carlos Taibo
The Ego of autonomy is not the absolute self, the monad cleaning and polishing its external-internal surface in order to eliminate the impurities resulting from contact with others. It is the active and lucid agency that constantly reorganzes its contents, … Continue reading
After Syntagma: Stavros Stavrides
What follows is a partial translation of a presentation made by the architect and greek activist Stavros Stavrides in CSO Patio Marvillas of Madrid, the transcription of which done by Eva García y Beatriz García of the Observatorio Metropolitano de … Continue reading
Gezi Park/Taksim Square: The festival of revolution
Le premier geste pour que quelque chose puisse surgir au milieu de la métropole, pour que s’ouvrent d’autres possibles, c’est d’arrêter son perpetuum mobile. comité invisible, L’insurrection que vient The faces and voices of Gezi Park of Taksim Square, Istanbul, … Continue reading
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Tagged Occupy Gezi/Taksim, Okupations, revolution, turkey
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The chimera of revolution: Travels through 15M’s spain
Chimaera … breathed awful fire, Three-headed, frightening, huge, swift-footed, strong, One head a bright-eyed lion’s, one a goats, The third a snake’s, a mighty dragon-head. Hesiod, Theogony Monsters have always defined the limits of community … Donna Haraway, A Manifesto … Continue reading
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Tagged 15M, Mayo 2013, revolution, spain, Spanish Revolution
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Anarchy and 15M
As 15M approaches its second anniversary, it is an occasion to reflect on its young and yet rich history, on its present, and possible future. Far be it from us however to suggest any kind of omniscient or final judgement … Continue reading
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Tagged 15M, anarchism, insurrection, revolution, spain, Spanish Revolution
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Revolutions of desire: The Wingnut Anarchist Collective
There is no desire for revolution, as there is no desire for power, desire to oppress or to be oppressed; but revolution, oppression, power, etc., are the actual component lines of a given assemblage. Gilles Deleuze, Dialogues II David Graeber … Continue reading
Ecstacies of Occupy: St. Louis
I hate to see that evening sun go down I hate to see that evening sun go down St. Louis Blues … the question of ethics is always a question of an ethical relation, that is the question of what … Continue reading →