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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
The catalan referendum: From Crimethinc
Reflections on the catalan referendum, from the Crimethinc. collective …
The catalan referendum: anarchy and/or self-determination?
Sunday, October 1st, was the day in which the residents of catalonia were asked to vote on the region’s independence. The referendum, having earlier been declared unconstitutional by the spanish courts, became then the object of an active judicially driven … Continue reading
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Tagged anarchism, catalonia, nationalism, spain, Tomás Ibáñez
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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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Scenes from the class struggle in spain: For an okupied social centre
The class struggle cuts not just through the spaces of salaried labour; it divides agencies across all of the different spheres of social reproduction. Without the latter, the former would cease to exists. We have tried over the years to … Continue reading
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
Creating radical autonomy: Fraguas
“When life itself seems lunatic, who knows where madness lies? Perhaps to be too practical is madness. To surrender dreams — this may be madness. Too much sanity may be madness — and maddest of all: to see life as … Continue reading
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Tagged autonomy, Land Okupations, Occupations, revolution, self-management, spain
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Creating radical autonomy: Errekaleor Bizirik!
To construct anti-capitalist forms of life at the margins, or in the weaves, of the system, is a delicate and precarious task with no possible guarantee of success. Over the years, we have tried to share as many examples and … Continue reading
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Tagged anarchism, autonomy, Occupations, Okupations, spain
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Reading our times with Now: The invisible committee
Beginning by abandoning the old idea of revolution and reinventing it … Not as a new ideology but as a true praxis of an ethics of freedom to redefine the desirable and the undesirable and to create a new subjectivity … Continue reading
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Tagged 15M, france, Günther Jakobs, Invisible Committee, Nuit Debout, spain, Tomás Ibáñez
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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 →