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Surrealism: an irrational revolution

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In the city (1): indifference

In the city (1): indifference In the city there’s a thousand things I wanna say to you…—The Jam Somewhere in Marx[1] he writes of the experience of indifference that the individual submitted to capitalist social relations has. He argues that … Continue reading

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How the Situationist International became what it was

I finally submitted my thesis on the SI last April, 2017. It was accepted by the university in August of the same year after being given the green light by my three markers. It is available here. So, the project … Continue reading

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Marxisms: Ideologies and Revolution (Mustapha Khayati)

Note: a PDF of this document can be found here. Note: Translation updated August 2016   TRANSLATOR’S INTRODUCTION Mustapha Khayati, then member of the Situationist International, wrote the booklet Les Marxismes : Idéologies et révolution for the Encyclopédie du monde actuel … Continue reading

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λόγος επανάσταση KING COMMUNISM

king communism – poster 15 “λόγος” “επανάσταση” “KING COMMUNISM” English version

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REASON REVOLUTION KING COMMUNISM

king communism – poster 14 “REASON” “REVOLUTION” “KING COMMUNISM” — UPDATED 15:51, 7 July 2015

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CAPITALISM STINKS EVERYWHERE KING COMMUNISM

king communism – poster 13 CAPITALISM STINKS EVERYWHERE [KING COMMUNISM] — This one goes out to all the peoples in all the corners.

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NOGREECENO

king communism – poster 12 cunning reason at work…

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The New Adventures of the Dialectic – STARTING TODAY!

king communism – poster 11 “THE NEW ADVENTURES OF THE DIALECTIC” “Next week: The World Turned Upside Down” — Coming soon, the postcard… — In the same month that issue 8 of internationale situationniste was published the Situationist International issued a postcard … Continue reading

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A minor détournement – and King Communism!

king communism – poster 10 “Be unreasonable, demand the possible.” The graffiti from Paris, May 1968, the words “Soyons réalistes, exigeons l’impossible” are also, apparently, the words of Che Guevara, guerrilla and sometime state socialist bureaucrat from Bolivia, Cuba and Argentina. The slogan … Continue reading

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