Manifest Destiny
One might be forgiven for thinking that America is dead. The country does not have a president. Biden, if he ever existed, has been annihilated by the disaster of the retreat. This country does not have one people but two, …
racism
Note on The New Fascisms
Two years ago we wrote the following on the question of a state fascization that is not only coming, but already exists: The „institutional preventive dispositive“ that characterizes the current state, which for Poulantzas, however, also already characterized authoritarian etatism …
The World computer
Jonathan Beller’s new book, The World Computer, is on the intimate relation between information and power. Characterized by the author as “political in intention, speculative in execution, and concrete in its engagement” (70), the book touches on computers, photography, film, …
Debt as Power Sample Chapter – Towards a Stark Utopia
In this regard, it is important to realize that, while debt is a technology of power, and that creditors exercise an inordinate amount of control over debtors, the wealth of the 1% lies largely in the pockets of the 99% …
Cars, Riots und Black Liberation
taken from Sūnzǐ Bīngfǎ Glas zerbricht. Dicke dunkle schwarze Rauchfahnen steigen aus einem brennenden Polizeiauto, das in der Mitte der 52sten Straße abgestellt wurde. Ein weiterer schwarzer Mann wurde von der Polizei erschossen. Eine weitere Rebellion zur Verteidigung der grundlegenden …
Prelude to a New Civil War
It was the proletarian general strike of the ex-slaves that truly put the final nail in the coffin of slavery. It is precisely this lineage of an emancipatory, liberatory, but nonetheless violent, civil war that needs to be updated for …
In the Eye of the Storm: A Report from #Kenosha
Report from Hard Crackers on the Kenosha uprising on the first several days of the uprising following the police shooting of Jacob Blake. Originally published by Hard Crackers on September 7, 2020. What’s so simple in the moonlight by the morning never is. Bright …
The Return of John Brown: White Race-Traitors in the 2020 Uprising
taken from Ill Will Theses on the White Proletariat White people, like all people, are divided by politics and class. These divisions were revealed through the recent uprisings, which showed us that there are whites who are willing to go …
The Return of John Brown: White Race-Traitors in the 2020 Uprising
Nothing is as Deceptive as the Situation… Because Nothing is so Changeable
1. The anti-police uprising that came as a response to the murder of George Floyd has been widely covered and has inspired similar protests in many countries. In your opinion, are there any signs that it can have sustainable effects …
Nothing is as Deceptive as the Situation… Because Nothing is so Changeable
Theses on the George Floyd Rebellion
taken from ill will editions “The working class in every country lives its own life, makes its own experiences, seeking always to create forms and realize values which originate directly from its organic opposition to official society.” —CLR James, Grace …
Be Water Set Fire – Interview aus Minneapolis
Anonymer Interviewbericht mit einem Genossen in Minneapolis zum aktuellen Aufstand in den USA Aus den USA erreichten uns eine schlechte Nachricht nach der anderen: Die Corona-Todesrate ist dort erheblich höher als in anderen Ländern. Ein größenwahnsinniger Präsident fordert die Bevölkerung …
No Demands
They have helicopters and armored vehicles. They’re driving cars into crowds, firing teargas, and flash grenades. They’re beating people with batons and trampling them with horses. They’re murdering people in broad daylight. The brutality is flagrant and obscene. Yet „it’s …