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Tag Archives: State and terror
The order of the urban: “Metropolis: A film”
Universal history was born in cities, and it reached maturity with the city’s decisive victory over the country. For Marx, one of the greatest revolutionary merits of the bourgeoisie was the fact that it “subjected the country to the city,” … Continue reading
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Tagged capitalism, city, Security State, State and terror, State terror, united states
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A world without police: Peter Gelderloos
“Violence” is something new in history. We decadents are the first to know this curious thing: violence. Traditional societies knew of theft, blasphemy, parricide, abduction, sacrifice, insults and revenge. Modern States, beyond the dilemma of adjudicating facts, recognized only infractions … Continue reading
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Tagged autonomy, insurrection, Peter Gelderloos, revolution, State and terror
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The reign of the police
This so perfect democracy itself constructs its inconceivable enemy, terrorism. It wants, in effect, to be judged by its enemies rather then by its results. The history of terrorism is written by the State: it is therefore enlightening. The spectator … Continue reading
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Tagged france, Giorgio Agamben, Guy Debord, spain, State and terror, united states, Walter Benjamin
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To let Pandora give: Against the state and terror in spain
“Anarchist terrorism has established itself in our country“ Ignacio Cosidó Gutiérrez – Director General of the National Police of Spain, from the 30th of December, 2011 to the 18th of November, 2016 (ABC 12/05/2014) “Whoever considers carefully its origins, sees … Continue reading
If there are no terrorists, then invent them: The criminalisation of anarchy in spain and the condemnation Mónica Caballero e Francisco Solar
All acts of terrorism, all the attacks that have struck and that strike the imagination of men and women, have been and are either offensive or defensive actions. Experience has long since shown that, if they are part of a … Continue reading
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Tagged anarchism, Security State, spain, State and terror, State terror
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When puppets rebel: Spain’s “war on terror”
What characterises our generalised state of exception is that the law is without content. No specific crimes are circumscribed. Crime is identified with suspicion, with potential violations of norms, with “abnormality” or dissidence. To not bend to the ruling order … Continue reading
Deserting nationality: Anarchists write to the french president
On Friday, the 22nd of January, the french government announced that will present to the council of ministers a project of law to prolong the state of emergency in the country, declared on the 14th of November, in the wake … Continue reading
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Tagged anarchism, france, Security State, State and terror, State terror, terrorism
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From the state of law to the security state: Giorgio Agamben on the state of emergency in france
Giorgio Agamben‘s reflections on sovereignty and the state of exception as mutually interdependent concepts in western political thought and practice are fundamental tools in the understanding of the contemporary “war on terror”, as this has been assumed in various countries, … Continue reading
Paris, november 13th, isis and neo-fascism: Reading events with Pier-Paolo Pasolini
When I see that young people are in the process of losing their old common values and absorbing the new models imposed by capitalism, running the risk of dehumanising themselves and being prey to an abominable aphasia, to a brutal … Continue reading
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Tagged anti-fascism, france, Pier Paolo Pasolini, State and terror, terrorism
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Another day under democracy: Hamburg, June 6 – Protesting the G20
The Crimethinc collective is posting continuous live updates of the “Welcome to Hell” protests in Hamburg against the G20 gathering. We share below two such posts, in solidarity we all of those resisting in the city …