Taken from ediciones-ineditos [Originally published on the blog of Léon de Mattis, April 26th, 2017 in French. What follows is a translation into English by ediciones inéditos which has been reviewed by de Mattis himself. We found it has much that […]
Marxism has, and had for a quite a long time, a problem with the question of work. This is not to say that Marxism can be confused with the insistence of its antagonist, capitalism, over the relations of labor and
Labor, Automation, and Refusal
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
“Sich den Gewalttätigen gegenüber der Gewalt zu enthalten heißt sich zu ihrem Komplizen zu machen. Wir haben nicht die Wahl zwischen Unschuld und Gewalt, sondern nur zwischen verschiedenen Formen der Gewalt … Die Gewalt ist die allen Regimen gemeinsame Ausgangssituation.
Der Riot als Teil der globalen Zirkulationskämpfe (1)
The Militia System and the Zapatistas The Zapatista Army of National Liberation (Ejercito Zapatista de Liberación Nacional – EZLN) became world-famous in 1994, with their “declaration of war” against the Mexican state. Their primary spokesman, Subcomandante Marcos, avoids traditional Marxist
Since world war II there have been two quite distinct phases of world growth. In about 1965, a long slowdown set in which has still not ended. Robert Brenner (2002, 2003) has re-ignited the debate about its causes, claiming that
WHAT MAKES THE US PROFIT RATE FALL ?
Saudi Arabia has been a major player in Middle East politics. It backed the 2013 overthrow of the Moslem Brotherhood in Egypt, since the example of an elected government of a major country next door was not welcome to the
english translation will follo Zu Marxens Zeiten erwuchs das proletarische Widerstandspotenzial nicht in erster Linie, wie sich das manche Marxisten immer noch gerne wünschen, aus dem Kampf gegen die Warenform, sondern es waren vielmehr die techno-ökonomischen Bedingungen des Übergangs vom
NON: An unsere Genossen. erste Notiz / To our comrades. first draft
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
this article is taken from: The Word From Struggle Street Words Are Wind And elections remain, as they did in Mai 68, ‘a trap for fools’ – that is when we are actually out on the streets in great
[This is a really rough outline/introductory sketch for the third chapter of my dissertation, which takes up the relationship between the persisting residual eurocentrism in specific interpretations of D&G’s political project, and how D&G themselves constructed a framework by which
From a Philosophically Clean-Shaven Marx to a Philosophically Decolonized Deleuze
pdf: quantifizierung Quantifizierungsdispositiv Die dem finanziellen Kapital adäquate Regierungsform ist der Quantifizierungs-Totalitarismus. Steffen Mau schreibt in seinem neuen Buch „Das Metrische Wir“ (dem wir hier in weiten Teilen folgen): „Die Forderung nach Transparenz bedeutet in ihrer übersteigerten und letztlich totalitären
Der Quantifizierungs-Totalitarismus (als die dem finanziellen Kapital adäquate Regierungsform) /1