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Tag Archives: Santiago López Petit
Santiago López Petit: The violence of the force of pain
Reflections on the French police murder of Nahel Merzouk and the country’s July riots, by Santiago López Petit. (Lobo Suelto! 11/07/2023) Nahel’s mother, surrounded by her son’s friends, makes a motorcycle engine roar. Her son, murdered by a police officer, … Continue reading
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Santiago López Petit: The political construction of the emergency
The social malaise spreads moment by moment. The endless sequence of confinement – de-confinement – re-confinement – is the rope that slowly asphyxiates us. It is the rope that a State, incapable and seized by panic, holds to, to try … Continue reading
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Santiago López Petit: Coronavirus as theatre of truth
Humanity is entering a phase of its history in which truth is reduced to a moment in the movement of the false. True is that false speech that must be kept true even when its untruth is proven. But in … Continue reading
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The coronavirus as a declaration of war
An essay by Santiago López Petit … (el critic 18/03/2020; comite disperso 19/03/2020; lobo suelto 19/03/2020)
A flag is nothing more than a flag: Santiago López Petit
Further reflections on the insurrection in catalonia … End Game Santiago López Petit (Lobo suelto 23/10/2019) The Spanish State will never grant independence to Catalonia. And if there is no negotiation, if there is no negotiated separation, history teaches us … Continue reading
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Catalonia after the storm: Tomás Ibáñez
El Roto The debate among anarchists around the Catalan independence movement continues unabated. From a distance, as always, it is difficult to follow events, to grasp all that is at stake, to draw reasonably clear conclusions. It is however our … Continue reading
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Tagged anarchism, catalonia, nationalism, Octavio Alberola, Santiago López Petit, spain, Tomás Ibáñez
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Catalonia as a political laboratory: Santiago López Petit
The rebellion of Catalonia, falsely presented as a mere exercise in institutional and national self-determination, and its repression, demands reflection. What was lived and continues to be lived, resonates well beyond judicial decisions, constitutional debates or future regional elections (scheduled … Continue reading
Reflections around an anniversary: 15M spain and beyond (4)
On the occasion of the 5th anniversary of spain’s 15th of May movement, we publish a series of reflections on its significance within the context of spain, but also more broadly, for the understanding of revolutionary politics today. This series … Continue reading
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A parable of our oppression: Santiago López Petit
We share below, in translation, a reflection by Santiago López Petit on our times, on our voluntary servitude and our fear of rebellion. (Originally published in Periodico Diagonal 5/11/2015). His final question is ours, that is, of anyone who aspires … Continue reading
Santiago López Petit: How to stop being victims of waiting
From Lobo suelto! (15/03/2025) About the Soulèvements de la terre We are waiting. Day and night. Events follow one after the other, and we swallow them with little protest. The Covid pandemic, the war in Ukraine, the genocide in Palestine, … Continue reading →