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15M: A Cartography of the Spanish Revolution 79

The interpretation/intervention in the rebellions-revolutions of our day are intensely debated, and without suggesting that John Holloway’s reading of them as cracks in capitalism surpasses others, there is perhaps much here from which one can learn or remember from earlier … Continue reading

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The Joys of Opium, or Notes on the “Spanish Revolution”

“To resolve insoluble problems without the aid of the state, that is the destiny of an event. And it is that which makes a people, suddenly, and for an indefinite time, exist, there where it decides to assemble.” (Alain Badiou, … Continue reading

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Revolution Revisited

[By Julius Gavroche. Originally published in Autonomy No. 1 (1989).] “We must learn to think differently before the revolution can come. That alone can bring the revolution.” — Alexander Berkman Ibañez’s claim (Farewell to the Revolution) that the concept of … Continue reading

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Farewell to the Revolution

[By Tomás Ibáñez. Originally presented by the author at the seminar “Which revolution” held at the international conference of anarchist studies, Venice, 1984; published in Volontá No. 1 (1985) and in the Argentine journal Utopia No. 9. This translation is … Continue reading

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The Revolution is Dead, Long Live the Revolution

[By Luciano Lanza. Originally published in Italian in Volontá No. 1 (1985). Translated into Spanish and published in the Argentine journal Utopia No. 6. This translation is based upon the latter and first appeared in Autonomy No. 1 (1989).] Let … Continue reading

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