“Everything seems so fragile and powerful at the same time.” A conversation about the Seattle Autonomous Zone

In this interview, we explore the confrontational dynamic in Seattle that forced the police to abandon a police station and to let a strange “Autonomous zone” spring up in the heart of the city. Continue reading “Everything seems so fragile and powerful at the same time.” A conversation about the Seattle Autonomous Zone

The Empire is trembling: Two translations from the uprising in Chile

We received two texts from Chilean friends in the wake of the intense riots that have followed the public transport price increase since October 18, 2019, with seven dead and the subsequent proclamation of a state of emergency. The first is a translation from the Chilean collective Vitrina Dystópica, whose original can be found here. The second is a translation of an exchange between friends … Continue reading The Empire is trembling: Two translations from the uprising in Chile

Reflections on Maidan, December 8th, 2018

While the national press is busy rambling on about the unreasonableness of the Yellow Vests for having welcomed “thugs” into the movement, the crassest elements of the far-right are trying to appropriate its momentum, the left of the unions gets timidly involved, and a certain autonomous milieu—however revolutionary it may be—doesn’t know how to relate to a phenomenon that exceeds it. Continue reading Reflections on Maidan, December 8th, 2018