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Vassilis Lambropoulos
C. P. Cavafy Professor Emeritus of Classical Studies and Comparative Literature
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Mohamed Abdou: “Let Empire collapse: why we need a decolonial revolution”
Posted in anarchism, justice, Nota Bene, revolution, the common
Tagged accelerationism, decolonization, race
Leo Jubault: “Memory against History: Black Lives Matter, Identity and the Revolution”
“This is a revolutionary moment; one that needed no parties or state, one that comes, as it often does, from the eruption of the memory of the oppressed. A memory that lies within specific lived experiences, but whose truth and call for justice transcends those specificities. From Rojava to Chiapas, from Yellow Jackets to Black Lives Matter.”
Posted in crisis, Nota Bene, power, revolution
Tagged Black Lives Matter, identity politics, nationalism, race
Vanessa Taylor: “How Black anarchists are keeping the protest movement alive”
“Black anarchists are striving for a liberation that requires the total upheaval of social order as it stands now.”
Posted in anarchism, democracy, disobedience, gender, In The News, justice, revolt
Tagged race
Marquis Bey: “The primordial mutiny of anarcho-Blackness”
“Anarcho-Blackness is a qualitative shift of what anarchism is and does, describing the insurgency that defines the abolition of hierarchy and the state.”
Jade Begay: “Prolonged Uprising Is the New Normal”
“This is the new normal. Let’s keep it up. Let’s keep protesting, let’s keep unlearning and relearning, let’s keep honoring and respecting BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, people of color) leadership, let’s keep voting, let’s keep dismantling white supremacy within ourselves, our families, our workplaces, our institutions, and our government. Let’s keep moving resources from the police into Black and Brown communities. Let’s keep building the movement, making it stronger and bigger until we abolish the police and ICE and eradicate racism and white supremacy.”
Posted in crisis, disobedience, freedom, gender, governance, justice, Nota Bene, resistance, revolt, rights
Tagged race
Peter Gelderloos: “Questions In The Face Of Counterinsurgency”
“Liberal identity politics, in contrast to radical resistance against the multiple, overlapping forms of oppression that exist in our society, is ultimately about turning oppressed people into demographics to be exploited for power struggles within the dominant institutions. It is about representation. To be represented, a people must be simplified, they must be homogenized, borders must be drawn around them to determine who has membership and who does not, and then that entire body must be further disciplined, bribed, and silenced until they accept the political views that belong to their representatives.”
CrimethInc.: “This Is Anarchy”
“Eight Ways the Black Lives Matter and Justice for George Floyd Uprisings Reflect Anarchist Ideas in Action.”
“How the Far-Right Boogaloo Movement Is Trying to Hijack Anti-Racist Protests for a Race War”
“Far-right extremists are hijacking nationwide protests against racism to push for … a race war!”
Asad Haider: “No Justice, No Peace”
‘The disturbance of the peace will continue as long as there is injustice; so “no justice, no peace,” is a slogan which represents the intransigent pursuit of justice, against all the forces of containment wielded by the state, against the voices of the white moderates who would blame protestors for the violence of the police, and against all those who fail to grasp King’s lasting message that a politics of overcoming injustice is a politics of revolutionary change.’
Posted in disobedience, freedom, In The News, justice, revolution, violence
Tagged race
William C. Anderson: “We defend ourselves so we can all breathe in peace”
“These events, revolts and rebellions like the ones taking place in the streets this very moment, are not the revolution itself. They are singular events in a long process that eventually can lead to a revolutionary struggle, which in itself is a substantial undertaking.”
