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The Vermont Communards: Remembering Roz Payne
The death of north-american political activist, Roz Payne, takes us back not only to her life, but to an extraordinarily intense moment of radical politics in the united states. It is impossible to say what was most significant politically in … Continue reading
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Tagged anti-capitalism, Land Okupations, roz payne, united states, Vermont commune movement
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The long and winding May of 1968 (4): April 4 – The assassination of Martin Luther King
The african/black american struggle against slavery and racism far predates the rebellions of 1968. Yet the 1960s marked an intensification in this struggle, comparable to few other moments in recent history. We will not pretend to analyse this struggle in … Continue reading
Noam Chomsky: Requiem for the American Dream
Four years of filmed interviews with Noam Chomsky, on the politics and economics of the “neoliberal” united states of america, an america of obscene inequality and oligarchic rule … Disagreements aside, we share the documentary “Requiem for the American Dream”, … Continue reading
A wall of exclusion and domination
The actual physical borderland that I’m dealing with … is the Texas-U.S Southwest/Mexican border. The psychological borderlands, the sexual borderlands and the spiritual borderlands are not particular to the Southwest. In fact, the Borderlands are physically present wherever two or … Continue reading
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Tagged Feminism, Gloria Anzaldúa, LGBTQI, mexico, migration, Security State, State and terror, united states
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For Sacco and Vanzetti
My life cannot claim the dignity of an autobiography. Nameless, in the crowd of nameless ones, I have merely caught and reflected a little of the light from that dynamic thought or ideal which is drawing humanity towards better destinies. … Continue reading
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Tagged anarchism, Sacco and Vanzetti, State terror, united states
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The struggle against fascism: Charottesville, Virginia
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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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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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Looking back on the united states prison strike
We have been late in sharing news of the largest prison strike in united states history. Begun last Fall, on the 45th anniversary of the Attica uprising, the strike spread to 24 states and involved over 20,000 prisoners. If the … Continue reading
Resistance against the carceral state
[Prison] relieves us of the responsibility of seriously engaging with the problems of our society, especially those produced by racism and, increasingly, global capitalism. Angela Y. Davis, Are Prisons Obsolete? From the CrimethInc. Collective …