“Die furchterregendste Tyrannei ist nicht die, die den Anschein von Willkür erweckt, sondern die, die mit der Maske der Legalität bedeckt zu uns kommt. » A. Libertad, 1907 Angesichts der sich weltweit ausbreitenden Covid-19-Epidemie und der drastischen Maßnahmen, die von […]
An die Krone gekettet [Enchaînés à la couronne]
1. A pandemic isn’t a collection of viruses, but is a social relation among people, mediated by viruses. Nothing is inevitable, inescapable, or immutable about the coronavirus pandemic unfolding everywhere around us, simply because the pandemic is social. The endless
Now, finally, that destabilizing event that could block the capitalist system has arrived. And unlike what we imagined, the cause is not the action of a group of revolutionaries or a social group of a territory or even a population
Insurrection in times of the Coronavirus
Ten people had been massacred by a fascist just a few hours earlier, and I had hurried to Neukölln after work. So I stood there on the sidelines and let the demonstration pass by, looking for familiar faces. I looked
Bologna in times of the Coronavirus – The Wu Ming Diary
In the moment of the ‘corona crisis,’, autocratic tendencies are cropping up, hitting those who are the least protected. However, this dark moment is also the time for democratic engagement, political activism and actions of solidarity mobilizing health and care
On the Edges of Democracy: Mobilizing Health and Care as a Common Good
Schon länger spüre ich in mir das Bedürfnis nach einem gesunden Abstand (was für ein Euphemismus dieser Tage) zu dem Großteil dessen, was sich in diesem Lande die radikale Linke nennt. Und überfiel mich nach Chemnitz, nach Halle, nach Hanau
Bologna in Zeiten des Corona Virus – Das Wu Ming-Tagebuch
Of course, the Corona-Crisis is not affecting everyone equally. On a basic medical level people of so-called “risk-groups” are far more likely to die to the virus as average persons with stable physical health. And on a social level marginalized
Covid-19 and the question of collective care
Anarchist*innen aus Italien berichten über die Ausbreitung des Virus und die Quarantäne Auf der einen Seite wird unser Leben von einem neuen Virus bedroht; auf der anderen Seite wird unsere Freiheit von Nationalist*innen und Autoritären bedroht, die diese Gelegenheit nutzen
Gegen das Coronavirus und den Opportunismus des Staates
The new coronavirus is keeping the world in a state of shock. But instead of fighting the structural causes of the pandemic, the government is focusing on emergency measures. Yaak Pabst for the German socialist magazine Marx21 spoke to evolutionary
Capitalist agriculture and Covid-19: A deadly combination