Paradosso del presente e diritto all'insolvenza

Written by Franco Berardi Bifo, 29.10.2011

Inefficacia delle forme di lotta in assenza di solidarietà

Il movimento di protesta si è diffuso durante l’anno 2011, e ha cercato di opporsi all’attacco finanziario contro la società. Ma le dimostrazioni pacifiche non sono riuscite a cambiare il programma di azione della Banca centrale europea, dato che i parlamenti nazionali sono ostaggi delle regole di Maastricht, degli automatismi finanziari che funzionano come costituzione materiale dell’Unione. La dimostrazione pacifica è efficace nel contesto della democrazia, ma la democrazia è finita dal momento che automatismi tecno finanziari hanno preso il posto della decisione politica. Se occorreva una prova definitiva del carattere illusorio di ogni discorso sull’alternativa democratica, l’esperienza di governo di Barack Obama ce l’ha fornita. Nessun potere democratico può nulla, nessuna alternativa è possibile nella sfera dell’azione democratica, dal momento che le decisioni sono già prese, incorporate nei dispositivi di connessione informatica, finanziaria e psichica.

I am not the 99%

Written by Federico Campagna, 28.10.2011
Numbers are the essence of our times. Science, technology, economics, even the education system of most Western countries understands its own performance in numerical terms. Anything that escapes the visual field of mathematics simply lacks the requirements to properly exist. Obversely, the more something is measurable, the more it can aspire to become a crucial element at any level of today’s life. And the bigger, the better. As if expressing the insecure masculinity that still governs the West, contemporary society seems to still be trapped within the obsession of ‘size matters’. It’s for a reason that some people call it ‘number porn’.
 

Reproduction of movement(s) without organisation: #UKUncut, #OWS, #OccupyMovement

Written by Aaron Peters, 27.10.2011

October 15th 2011 saw a global mobilization of political protest. It took place using limited resources, in a short time-frame and with minimal involvement from institutional actors. Demonstrators staged rallies around the world on every major continent from Auckland to Tapei to Madrid and Seattle: in total there were some 951 actions in 82 countries.

In terms of global reach and the involvement of provincial cities (not just capitals) the scale of collective action was possibly without precedent, surpassing even the globally coordinated anti-war demonstrations of March 20th 2003. This staggering feat was achieved without institutional actors such as political parties and in some countries, including the UK, without the involvement of the organised labour movement.

Poème de l’occupation infinie

Written by Francesca Martinez Tagliavia, 26.10.2011

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occupons les fraises sauvages

occupons les langages

occupons le sel

occupons les discours

occupons de manière chaotique et organisée un mur

occupons une discothèque

Dealing in internationalism pt.3

Written by Lodovico Pignatti-Morano, 24.10.2011

My trip back is stuttered and indirect.  It takes a long coach ride, a short plane trip, a train ride, a flight and another flight to get back to Milan.  Each fragment represents the kind of trip which is most often considered an opportunity for a sleepy interlude to the day, nothing more: good for nothing but dozing in and out of thoughts, usually the rush of a never-ending series of professional ambitions or micro-improvements, ‘have to send that mail when I get in, have to prepare list of objectives for the trip, what am I doing here?  What can we intuit that kids might desire next?  Which mood will style move into within the next 6 months?’

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