POPULAR UPHEAVALS, THE CRISIS OF CAPITALISM, AND THE MARXIST ANALYSIS OF THE VALUE-FORM
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2FrGHX5OA0 Presentation abstract: The “Arab Spring,” the occupation of the statehouse in Madison Wisconsin, the encampments in Spain, the occupation and violent struggle in Syntagma square in Athens, are all responses to the … |
ALAIN BADIOU. SAVE THE GREEKS FROM THEIR SAVIORS!
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http://www.egs.edu/faculty/alain-badiou/articles/save-the-greeks-from-their-saviors/
At a time when one Greek youth out of two is unemployed. Where 25,000 homeless wander the streets of Athens. Where 30% of the population has fallen under the poverty line and where millions of families are forced … |
The crisis, Occupy, and other oddities in the autumn of capital
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Translation of the editorial of Kosmoprolet #3 All over the world, events are keeping up with the pace of a crisis, the end of which was just recently cheerfully proclaimed by people who thought ludicrous |
Greek woes drive up suicide rate
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Experts attribute rise to the country’s economic crisis following release of statistics that show a 40% jump since last year Helena Smith in Athens guardian.co.uk, A homeless man begs for money in Athens. |
Post-Anarchism: A Reader
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What do Michel Foucault and Buffy the Vampire Slayer have in common? What political lessons can we extract from the direct action experiences of the last years? How can we deconstruct the assumptions behind common words and build new meanings, … |
The illegitimacy of demands (Demetra Kotouza, Mute)
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With demands over the wage and welfare in austerity Greece deemed illegitimate because unaffordable, what shape can struggle take? Demetra Kotouza sees the all-out attack on living standards as producing a de facto opposition that can’t be cohered by ideologies … |
Foreign investors speculate on Danish bankruptcy (Jennifer Buley)
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December 12, 2011 – 14:56 An American hedge fund is placing bets that Denmark is headed for an Iceland- or Ireland-style economic collapse. The New … |
