“Agential realism is not a manifesto, it does not take for granted that all is or will or can be made manifest. On the contrary, it is a call, a plea, a provocation, a cry, a passionate yearning for an appreciation […]
Reading Karen Barad’s Interview in New Materialism: Interviews & Cartographies
Back to Basics: Theses on and Observations about the Struggle in France 1. Women’s self-defense is at the heart of individual and social emancipation. Freed from governmental and authoritarian feminism, the will to eradicate patriarchal behavior is the surest means
First published on Antagonismo, on Aug 17th 2019. An account by an anarchist feminist in Mexico City. Translator’s note: throughout feminine adjectives were used which cannot be replicated in English. The translation follows. The Mexican State, the media, the people
Mexico: No one said it was peaceful
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What would it mean to love as a Communist? To love as a comrade?
In the 1970s, activists and intellectuals developed new modes of inquiry for understanding the administration, control, and punishment of human bodies, and the constitutive effects that these techniques had on our means of apprehending ourselves and communicating with others. While
Maria Mies, Silvia Federici, and Biopower
Die Automation, deren Anwendung heute ohne den umfassenden Einsatz von Informationstechnologien allerdings nicht möglich wäre, ist seit den 1980er Jahren eine wesentliche technologische Komponente der neuen internationalen Dynamik der Kapitalakkumulation, wobei weltweit einerseits sogar neue Arbeitsplätze geschaffen (vor allem in
Die globalen Wertschöpfungsketten und das globale Proletariat
In recent years H.P. Lovecraft gathered a lot of interest from modern philosophers, most visibly in the writings of Graham Harman and other speculative realists like Reza Negarestani or Eugene Thacker. His writings were also, perhaps unexpectedly, taken up by
Slime ethics: Lovecraft and becoming-alien
In recent months I’ve remained quiet about the speculative turn, mostly because I’m reticent to rekindle the “Internet war” that broke out a couple of years ago mostly on blogs but also in various published papers. And while I’ve taught
Recently the Center for 21st Century Studies in Milwaukee staged a conference with the enticing title “The Big No.” I wasn’t at the conference, but know a few people who were, and I watched a couple of the talks online.
The Swervers vs. the F*ck-Annies
[Das folgende, leicht abgeänderte und ergänzte Fragment entstand während einer Diskussion mit Achim Szepanski im Jahre 2014 zum Thema Mehrwert als Differenzproduktion und zur Homogenität des Geldes. Es stellt eine Skizze der “monetären” Fragen der FORS Simulation dar.] Mehrwertproduktion ist
Skizzen: Bedingungsloser Grundbesitz, Minderwert, Geldschöpfung und -vernichtung
Before getting right into the work of SAD ASIAN GIRLS CLUB and some of the ideas and politics behind what SAGC produces, could you tell us a little bit about how you all came together and started this project? Has
