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Tag Archives: State and terror
Reflections on a virus: Trying to see the catastrophe where it is not said to be
Power is domination: all it can do is prohibit, and all it can command is obedience. Michel Foucault Human societies have become like devouring and insatiable mono-cultures, and as such, the viruses multiply. Made therefore fragile, we turn to the … Continue reading
Giorgio Agamben: The coronaviris and the state of exception
Before the frenzied, irrational and totally unjustified emergency measures taken for a supposed epidemic due to the coronavirus, it is necessary to start with the declarations of the CNR (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche), according to which “there is no epidemic … Continue reading
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Achille Mbembe: The society of enmity
Achille Mbembe’s Politiques de l’inimitié reads contemporary politics as a series of strategies and tactics of colonisation, thus grounded on the creation of fictional others (through hierarchising categories of race, sex, ethnicity and the like) and the desire for their … Continue reading
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The yellow vests’ rebellion and beyond
The yellow vests insurrection revealed the central role of the State in assuring the reproduction of capitalist social relations, a role which as central, is also fragile, sustained only by its increasing militarisation against those whom capital increasingly discards. From … Continue reading
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Tagged france, gilets jaunes, State and Capital, State and terror
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Against All Wars, Against All Governments
From the CrimethInc. Collective (08/01/2020)… Against All Wars, Against All Governments: Responding to the Escalation of the US-Iran War Following the US airstrike that killed Iranian general Qasem Soleimani on January 3 and the Iranian missile strikes against US positions … Continue reading
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Tagged anarchism, iran, State and terror, State terror, united states
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The criminalising of anarchists and the politics of exception
An essay from spain on the state of exception and anarchists as the enemy … Anarchists: The enemy José Luis Carretero (El Salto 23/10/2019) The use of the monopoly of force by the State has always been a sensitive issue. … Continue reading
The repression of autonomy: Exarchia
The day after November 17, 2019 in Athens: a taste of blood in the mouth Yannis Youlountas (18/11/2019) Many of our comrades spent the night between four walls after systematic beatings. Others were injured, three of whom were transferred to … Continue reading
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Tagged greece, insurrection, Okupations, State and Capital, State and terror
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In solidarity: Rouvikonas
Posted with the Anarchist Communist Group … Solidarity with Rouvikonas (group-member of Anarchist Federation – Greece) STATEMENT AGAINST REPRESSION OF RESISTANCE IN GREECE After being identified following the attack on the Parliament, on May 21st – an action in support … Continue reading
In the realm of violence: The State and law
Overlapping analyses of State violence, with greece as the laboratory …
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Tagged anarchism, Anselme Bellegarrigue, Giorgio Agamben, greece, State and terror, Tasos Theofilou
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Giorgio Agamben: A Question
A further contribution for the understanding of the COVID-19 pandemic from Giorgio Agamben. We again thank the not bored! collective for this translation. This is a text which we partially shared in an earlier post. A Question Giorgio Agamben(1) For … Continue reading →