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For Gáspár Miklós Tamás (1948-2023)

The Romanian-born Hungarian philosopher and political activist Gáspár Miklos Tamás died this last January 15th. In three posts, we celebrate his discernment, his wisdom and his ethical-political engagements, regardless of whatever differences we may have with his work. Below, a … Continue reading

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Utopia?

Words of Ghassan Salhab, lebanese filmmaker and writer (from lundi matin #365 09/01/2023) … What remains to be said or done once everything has been said, analysed, dissected of the humiliation that power and its mechanisms represent for everyone? From … Continue reading

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The Syrian revolution: Bearing witness to the impossible

We share below a reflection on and, in its own way, a testimonial of the Syrian revolution, by Catherine Coquio (Lundi Matin #137, March 12, 2018). This is followed by a more recent video recorded interview with her (in french), … Continue reading

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Franco “Bifo” Berardi: On the mutation of desire

On the mutation of desire Franco “Bifo” Berardi (Nero 15/12/2022 – Lobo Suelto! 23/12/2022) I started reading Félix Guattari in 1974. I was in a barracks in southern Italy, when military service was compulsory for young men of sound mind … Continue reading

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Ukraine: Anarchists organising themselves in the face of war

The Lundi Matin collective in france has initiated a video news series dedicated to meeting and covering resistance movements around the world, to examine the reasons for engagement. We share their first report below. (For those unfamiliar with french – … Continue reading

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For Hebe de Bonafini (1928-2022) and the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo

Those who have lost whom they love, those who say “I have a right to cry, and I still don’t cry because I need to know where and how my loved ones died”, are linking demands for justice with the … Continue reading

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For Mike Davis (1946-2022)

I’m a fatalistic Celt, and I have the example of my mother and older sister, who died like Russian soldiers at Stalingrad.  Thanks to California’s aid-in-dying law, I have control over the final act. But I guess what I think … Continue reading

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Anarchism for termites: A manifesto

For Bruno Latour (1947-2022) When we began to write this “Manifesto”, it was to compliment an earlier exercise in manifesto writing – A moss-like anarchist manifesto – and to continue the sceptical exercise of distilling images and concepts from parallel … Continue reading

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Raoul Vaneigem: The government of fear

With gratitude to the notbored.org collective for sharing their translation of a recent text by Raoul Vaneigem, we gladly share it turn. “Only Fear Governs Us: From the Programmed Degradation of the Living to its Spontaneous Rebirth” Raoul Vaneigem[1] 1. … Continue reading

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Amador Fernández-Savater: The apocalypse has already happened

From Lobo Suelto (22/09/2022) … And yet, here we are back at the millennium. Each morning, we shall be on the eve of the end of time … Jean-Paul Sartre, The End of War Discourses of collapse proliferate everywhere. The … Continue reading

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