“How do you top a march of a million people? Organise a march of two million, followed by a stay-away/strike. And what then?”
Category Archives: emergency
Bernard E. Harcourt: “Compagnon de route [Fellow Traveler]”
‘So for now, rather than put on the yellow vest, I would take on the mantle of “companion de route” – fellow traveler, like those who, famously, in the twentieth century, did not join the Communist Party, but sympathized with the aims and goals of Communists and were willing to work with the movement.’
Hamza Hamouchene: ‘Algeria in revolt: “We woke up and you will pay!”’
“What is happening in Algeria is truly historic. The people won the first battle in their struggle to radically overhaul the system. Abdelaziz Bouteflika, president for the past twenty years, was forced to abdicate after more than six weeks of street protests and a re-configuration of alliances within the ruling classes.“
Posted in emergency, In The News, resistance, rights
Tagged Algeria
lundi matin: “The street belongs to us. The street is us.”
“The Algerian protests have swelled into a mass rebellion against against an authoritarian, rentier capitalism that seemed to have been frozen in time.”
Posted in emergency, freedom, In The News, power, resistance
Tagged Algeria
“The gilets jaunes: A question of time”
“A reflection on the re-appropriation of time as the revolution within the yellow vests insurrection.”
Posted in emergency, freedom, justice, Nota Bene, performance, power, resistance, revolt
Tagged France
Temps Critiques: “The envy of the French Revolution of the Yellow Vests”
“Spontaneously, the reference to the French Revolution constituted for the Yellow Vests the only historical reference, because only it carries the collective memory of a social and political upheaval with which they can identify.”
Posted in agonism, emergency, Nota Bene, power, revolt, the common, the Left
Tagged France, French Revolution
Enzo Traverso: “Understanding the Gilets Jaunes”
“A self-organized movement deprived of any tradition and historical memory learns from its experience and its own mistakes; it does not accept lessons from outside and has its own times of apprenticeship. Unfortunately, I am not sure they have much time.”
Étienne Chouard: “The Constituent Yellow Vests Appeal to All Humanity”
“From my point of view, Yellow Vests are doing what the whole society should do. They are the ones who start because they are the exploited, they are the ones who earn the least, who have the most difficulty in living, and the others who earn just a little more, who know well that soon they will be in the same precariousness, in my opinion, if all goes well logically, the non-Yellow Vests will soon join the Yellow Vests because they know that they are also threatened with downgrading and that these extreme difficulties in life throw Yellow Vests out of their homes and bring them outside.”
Posted in autonomy, emergency, fraternity, freedom, Nota Bene, power, resistance, the common
Tagged France
CrimethInc.: “Between the Reaction and the Referendum”
“Several questions remain. How can we make sure that the ways we participate in the yellow vest movement and others like it won’t be simply perceived as an “apolitical” expression of anger, giving nationalists a platform to take credit for our efforts? When we act to create a crisis, how do we prevent far right parties from capitalizing on it by promising a return to normal? How do we confront legalist and reactionary ideas within the movement? How should we prepare for the next round, in which we will either face a stronger repressive and authoritarian state or a massive nationalist and reactionary wave? But also—how can we reinforce our connections with everyone else in the streets and traffic circles?”
