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Judith Butler: A letter from paris

The philosopher Judith Butler was in Paris on the 13 of November and wrote the letter that we share below on the following day.  (Originally posted at Verso) I am in Paris and passed near the scene of killing on … Continue reading

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Visions of a november paris

One way of posing the question of who “we” are in these times of war is by asking whose lives are considered valuable, whose lives are mourned, and whose lives are considered ungrievable. We might think of war as dividing … Continue reading

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Paris: Seeing beyond pain and fear

Kazimir Malevich, Black Square Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship. The object of persecution is persecution. … Continue reading

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A permanent war without borders: Turkey

It is often said that the first victim of war is the truth.  What is ignored in this common sense wisdom is that all war is, among other things, a war between truths, a war for the creation of truth. … Continue reading

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The state as an agent of murder: Turkey

Over thirty people have died, and over seventy are injured, in a bomb attack in Suruç, turkey, on the turkish-syrian border accross from Kobane.  The target was a gathering of the Federation of Socialist Youth Associations (SGDF) meeting at the … Continue reading

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