From a public lecture in Athens (16/11/2013), at the invitation of and organised by the Nicos Poulantzas Institute and SYRIZA Youth, and originally posted on Chronos … A reflection on the destiny of democracy today here in Athens is in […]
For a theory of destituent power
Originally published by Its Going Down. Written by No Authors nor Masters. December 2020 There is a cop inside our heads, society is a power plant that runs on unwept tears, a new world is in our hearts, which is a
The world too will end; this is certainty and not hope.In fact, countless worlds have ended, are ending as we speak The end of the World depends on us.True friendship is the end of the World,the beginning of our play
Grisha Destituent power is the political gesture of rejecting sovereign violence, a gesture capable of interrupting the normal course of things. Destituent power is neither a political programme nor a philosophical exercise. It is a conceptual repercussion, a backlash: it
(Thirteen theses + 1) On destituent power
taken from Sūnzǐ Bīngfǎ Gerardo Muñoz: Idris, ich danke Ihnen für diesen Dialog über den aktuellen Moment in Amerika. Ich nehme an, ein passender Ausgangspunkt ist der anhaltende Bürgerkrieg. Das ist ein Problem, das Sie schon seit einiger Zeit beschäftigt. Sicherlich
„Die Revolte stellt alles in den Schatten, was die Welt zu bieten hat“
In order to have a better idea of the role of violence in the new movements of revolt, we can now turn to the most recent work of Italian philosopher Marcello Tari, There is no Unhappy Revolution, The Communism of Destitution.
VIOLENCE AND OTHER NON-POLITICAL ACTIONS IN THE NEW CYCLE OF REVOLT
taken from Sūnzǐ Bīngfǎ These 1: Die retrospektive Projektion einer intakten politischen Identität zur Beschreibung unserer Gegenwart vernebelt die Wahrheiten unserer Zeit. Vor kurzem wurde uns gesagt, dass angesichts der anhaltenden Krise der politischen Repräsentation die anhaltende identitäre Stoßrichtung des zeitgenössischen Aufruhrs „rational“
Sieben Thesen zur Destitution (Re: Endnotes)
Let’s reflect on the goings on in France of these last few weeks. Can we call this an insurrection? The answer – of course – depends on what we mean by the word insurrection, yet whatever our understanding may be,
Antonio Negri on the Yellow Vests and the New Wave of French Insurrection
Published on Lundi Matin, Dec 3, 2018 – Translated by Ill Will Editions Contrary to all that we’re hearing, the real mystery is not that we revolted, but the fact that we didn’t do it sooner. What’s abnormal is not what we’re doing
What follows is a translation of a blog post by Carbure. It is a collaboration between ourselves & Otto Mattick. The original text was published on Dec. 3rd, 2018. Saturday December 1st, the Gilets Jaunes movement had ceased to belong
Dec. 1st – Pushing the Disorder Further