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the funny thing about this of course is that "athenian democracy" was a cautionary tale to the framers, who saw it as unstable and prone to demagogues and tyrants like the one rubio works for
October 8, 2026 at 11:35 AM
the funny thing about this of course is that "athenian democracy" was a cautionary tale to the framers, who saw it as unstable and prone to demagogues and tyrants like the one rubio works for
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“Operations designed to insist that everything is fine inevitably betray the fact that this is not the case. And indeed, everything is not fine.”
newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...
newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...
Frédéric Lordon, Warning Signs — Sidecar
On the economics of AI.
newleftreview.org
September 19, 2026 at 1:33 PM
“Operations designed to insist that everything is fine inevitably betray the fact that this is not the case. And indeed, everything is not fine.”
newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...
newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...
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Texas has suspended over 1.2 million voter registrations. Many valid voters in Texas have found their voter registrations were somehow canceled when they checked. Check your registration here and fix it immediately - Texas doesn't always honor provisional ballots cast on election day.
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August 28, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Texas has suspended over 1.2 million voter registrations. Many valid voters in Texas have found their voter registrations were somehow canceled when they checked. Check your registration here and fix it immediately - Texas doesn't always honor provisional ballots cast on election day.
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In January 2026, the owner of the Minneapolis café Modern Times announced that the café would suspend all prices and operate exclusively on donations.
We examine the successes and shortfalls of this experiment in building economic dual power and addressing informal forms of racial segregation.
We examine the successes and shortfalls of this experiment in building economic dual power and addressing informal forms of racial segregation.
Post Modern Times Post Mortem
In January 2026, the owner of the Minneapolis café Modern Times announced that the café would suspend all prices and operate exclusively on donations.
crimethinc.com
August 13, 2026 at 1:56 PM
In January 2026, the owner of the Minneapolis café Modern Times announced that the café would suspend all prices and operate exclusively on donations.
We examine the successes and shortfalls of this experiment in building economic dual power and addressing informal forms of racial segregation.
We examine the successes and shortfalls of this experiment in building economic dual power and addressing informal forms of racial segregation.
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#ChristopherNolan ferait dans le blockbuster intelligent avec ses recherches autour du temps. Or, dans #LOdyssée, il ne filme jamais le temps, seulement son quadrillage : le temps est chez lui une marchandise administrée remplacée par l'espace.
www.rayonvertcinema.org/l-odyssee-ch...
www.rayonvertcinema.org/l-odyssee-ch...
« L’Odyssée » de Christopher Nolan : Le chant du capitalisme | Le Rayon Vert
« L’Odyssée » de Christopher Nolan raconte l'histoire d'une industrie, Hollywood, où le temps est une marchandise parfaitement administrée.
www.rayonvertcinema.org
July 29, 2026 at 9:38 AM
#ChristopherNolan ferait dans le blockbuster intelligent avec ses recherches autour du temps. Or, dans #LOdyssée, il ne filme jamais le temps, seulement son quadrillage : le temps est chez lui une marchandise administrée remplacée par l'espace.
www.rayonvertcinema.org/l-odyssee-ch...
www.rayonvertcinema.org/l-odyssee-ch...
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In August 2025, an uprising shook Indonesia and spread rapidly through the region. Governments counterattacked with repression specifically targeting anarchists.
This analysis draws on events in the Philippines to outline the challenges confronting today’s revolutionaries.
crimethinc.com/Mendiola
This analysis draws on events in the Philippines to outline the challenges confronting today’s revolutionaries.
crimethinc.com/Mendiola
The Black Scare and the Party of Anarchy
Reflecting on the "black scare" targeting anarchists in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Nepal, we explore the limits revolutions must overcome.
crimethinc.com
June 30, 2026 at 4:12 PM
In August 2025, an uprising shook Indonesia and spread rapidly through the region. Governments counterattacked with repression specifically targeting anarchists.
This analysis draws on events in the Philippines to outline the challenges confronting today’s revolutionaries.
crimethinc.com/Mendiola
This analysis draws on events in the Philippines to outline the challenges confronting today’s revolutionaries.
crimethinc.com/Mendiola
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Tout ce qui est médiatisé sert à vous distraire du fait que votre domination et votre exploitation ne tiennent à presque rien et qu’il ne faudrait qu’une chiquenaude pour que tout s’écroule.
June 28, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Tout ce qui est médiatisé sert à vous distraire du fait que votre domination et votre exploitation ne tiennent à presque rien et qu’il ne faudrait qu’une chiquenaude pour que tout s’écroule.
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Our choice is between a future in which we own and control the datafied infrastructures that shape our lives, or one in which capital continues to steal from us.
https://dissentmagazine.org/article/ai-property-data-theft-anthropic/
https://dissentmagazine.org/article/ai-property-data-theft-anthropic/
AI Is Theft - Dissent Magazine
If capital is rewriting the rules of work with AI, then workers must rewrite the terms of resistance.
dissentmagazine.org
June 24, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Our choice is between a future in which we own and control the datafied infrastructures that shape our lives, or one in which capital continues to steal from us.
https://dissentmagazine.org/article/ai-property-data-theft-anthropic/
https://dissentmagazine.org/article/ai-property-data-theft-anthropic/
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We've prepared a zine version of "Protecting Our Neighbors from ICE: A Do-It-Yourself Community Defense Skills Workshop Guide."
Print these out and distribute them! Build the capacity to protect your neighbors from racist mercenaries!
crimethinc.com/zines/protec...
Print these out and distribute them! Build the capacity to protect your neighbors from racist mercenaries!
crimethinc.com/zines/protec...
May 11, 2026 at 5:34 PM
We've prepared a zine version of "Protecting Our Neighbors from ICE: A Do-It-Yourself Community Defense Skills Workshop Guide."
Print these out and distribute them! Build the capacity to protect your neighbors from racist mercenaries!
crimethinc.com/zines/protec...
Print these out and distribute them! Build the capacity to protect your neighbors from racist mercenaries!
crimethinc.com/zines/protec...
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“At so many parties or book launches, a quick way to earn the scorn of attendees is to ask: ‘How do you really make a living as a writer?’”
The Profession That Does Not Exist | Baffler Symposium
A partial history of the hidden labor that makes possible the poems, stories, essays, and books you read.
thebaffler.com
May 7, 2026 at 11:03 PM
“At so many parties or book launches, a quick way to earn the scorn of attendees is to ask: ‘How do you really make a living as a writer?’”
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NLR 158 out now!
* Alexander Zevin on Trump's Gulf War
* Nancy Fraser on Gaza as world event
* Nathan Sperber analyses the death and life of neoliberalism
Plus: Richard Overy discusses WW2; Loïc Wacquant on prison abolition; Thomas Meaney on the Cold War and more...
newleftreview.org/issues/ii158
* Alexander Zevin on Trump's Gulf War
* Nancy Fraser on Gaza as world event
* Nathan Sperber analyses the death and life of neoliberalism
Plus: Richard Overy discusses WW2; Loïc Wacquant on prison abolition; Thomas Meaney on the Cold War and more...
newleftreview.org/issues/ii158
NLR 158, March–April 2026
NLR 158, March–April 2026. Includes articles by Nancy Fraser, Marcus Verhagen, Sebastian Veg, Nathan Sperber, Loic Wacquant, Thomas Meaney, Richard Overy and Alexander Zevin
newleftreview.org
April 30, 2026 at 9:19 PM
NLR 158 out now!
* Alexander Zevin on Trump's Gulf War
* Nancy Fraser on Gaza as world event
* Nathan Sperber analyses the death and life of neoliberalism
Plus: Richard Overy discusses WW2; Loïc Wacquant on prison abolition; Thomas Meaney on the Cold War and more...
newleftreview.org/issues/ii158
* Alexander Zevin on Trump's Gulf War
* Nancy Fraser on Gaza as world event
* Nathan Sperber analyses the death and life of neoliberalism
Plus: Richard Overy discusses WW2; Loïc Wacquant on prison abolition; Thomas Meaney on the Cold War and more...
newleftreview.org/issues/ii158
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“…many genre film fans would have no idea that Fulci was a classically trained director…with a complex and at times existential commentary on the human condition.”
The Godfather of More: How Lucio Fulci Went Beyond the Gore
by Matt Rogerson
Now available 🩸📜 medium.com/@manorvellum...
The Godfather of More: How Lucio Fulci Went Beyond the Gore
by Matt Rogerson
Now available 🩸📜 medium.com/@manorvellum...
March 13, 2026 at 4:13 PM
“…many genre film fans would have no idea that Fulci was a classically trained director…with a complex and at times existential commentary on the human condition.”
The Godfather of More: How Lucio Fulci Went Beyond the Gore
by Matt Rogerson
Now available 🩸📜 medium.com/@manorvellum...
The Godfather of More: How Lucio Fulci Went Beyond the Gore
by Matt Rogerson
Now available 🩸📜 medium.com/@manorvellum...
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Les États-Unis sont devenus une anomalie : une puissance créancière inversée.
Une étude fouillée du chercheur en géoéconomie @rajakorman.bsky.social.
Une étude fouillée du chercheur en géoéconomie @rajakorman.bsky.social.
Les États-Unis sont devenus une puissance créancière inversée
Un hégémon croulant sous le poids de la dette peut-il chercher en même temps à transformer sa centralité en flux tributaires sans éroder la confiance qui fonde précisément cette centralité ?
legrandcontinent.eu
April 22, 2026 at 10:50 AM
Les États-Unis sont devenus une anomalie : une puissance créancière inversée.
Une étude fouillée du chercheur en géoéconomie @rajakorman.bsky.social.
Une étude fouillée du chercheur en géoéconomie @rajakorman.bsky.social.
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Un certain cinéma français aime se penser lucide quand il parle de classes sociales. En réalité, il est surtout condescendant. À force de stériliser les fractures sociales, ces films finissent par produire un cinéma qui ne remet jamais en cause l’ordre établi.
www.rayonvertcinema.org/cinema-socia...
www.rayonvertcinema.org/cinema-socia...
Tristes tropismes du cinéma social français | Le Rayon Vert
Ce grand texte critique et esthétique propose une analyse du cinéma social français entre 2020 et 2025, avec ses impasses politiques.
www.rayonvertcinema.org
March 4, 2026 at 9:25 AM
Un certain cinéma français aime se penser lucide quand il parle de classes sociales. En réalité, il est surtout condescendant. À force de stériliser les fractures sociales, ces films finissent par produire un cinéma qui ne remet jamais en cause l’ordre établi.
www.rayonvertcinema.org/cinema-socia...
www.rayonvertcinema.org/cinema-socia...
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In 2022, a movement in Iran brought people together on the basis of feminism, ethnic pluralism, and grassroots change.
For now, repression, imperialist efforts to co-opt resistance, and war have eclipsed those possibilities.
Never forget the stakes of our struggles.
crimethinc.com/IranianCount...
For now, repression, imperialist efforts to co-opt resistance, and war have eclipsed those possibilities.
Never forget the stakes of our struggles.
crimethinc.com/IranianCount...
Iran between Repression, Co-optation, and War: Three Waves of Counterrevolution
In the following analysis, Somayeh Rostampour shows how the repression that the Iranian government has carried out to crush protests, the monarchist attempt to co-opt opposition movements and push ...
crimethinc.com
April 6, 2026 at 7:30 PM
In 2022, a movement in Iran brought people together on the basis of feminism, ethnic pluralism, and grassroots change.
For now, repression, imperialist efforts to co-opt resistance, and war have eclipsed those possibilities.
Never forget the stakes of our struggles.
crimethinc.com/IranianCount...
For now, repression, imperialist efforts to co-opt resistance, and war have eclipsed those possibilities.
Never forget the stakes of our struggles.
crimethinc.com/IranianCount...
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« Là où ils font le désert, ils appellent cela la paix ». La formule de Tacite, ne relève ni de la dénonciation morale ni du simple constat historique. Elle dit que la paix, dans la généalogie occidentale, n’est jamais l’opposé de la violence, mais sa forme stabilisée, durable, institutionnalisée.
March 25, 2026 at 8:51 AM
« Là où ils font le désert, ils appellent cela la paix ». La formule de Tacite, ne relève ni de la dénonciation morale ni du simple constat historique. Elle dit que la paix, dans la généalogie occidentale, n’est jamais l’opposé de la violence, mais sa forme stabilisée, durable, institutionnalisée.
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I used Timothée Chalamet's comments about opera/ballet as a jumping off point to discuss the existential and material crisis Hollywood (and film in general) is mired in but refuses to reckon with. Stardom, Hollywood history, and more are explored.
angelicabastien.substack.com/p/film-is-in...
angelicabastien.substack.com/p/film-is-in...
Film Is In Its Own Existential and Material Crisis, Timothée
Timothée Chalamet’s comments about opera and ballet are condescending. But there’s an anxiety underneath the surface — about the film industry’s future — that deserves scrutiny.
angelicabastien.substack.com
March 9, 2026 at 3:57 PM
I used Timothée Chalamet's comments about opera/ballet as a jumping off point to discuss the existential and material crisis Hollywood (and film in general) is mired in but refuses to reckon with. Stardom, Hollywood history, and more are explored.
angelicabastien.substack.com/p/film-is-in...
angelicabastien.substack.com/p/film-is-in...
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"Now, when I see a camera, I immediately begin evaluating the best way to remove it."
In this narrative, an anonymous researcher wages a personal war against surveillance infrastructure.
Relevant as people around the country engage in grassroots resistance to Flock cameras.
cwc.im/blindingthec...
In this narrative, an anonymous researcher wages a personal war against surveillance infrastructure.
Relevant as people around the country engage in grassroots resistance to Flock cameras.
cwc.im/blindingthec...
Blinding the Cyclops—Wrecking the Panopticon
Camera hunting in the metropolis: a narrative of personal warfare against the surveillance state.
crimethinc.com
March 8, 2026 at 10:43 PM
"Now, when I see a camera, I immediately begin evaluating the best way to remove it."
In this narrative, an anonymous researcher wages a personal war against surveillance infrastructure.
Relevant as people around the country engage in grassroots resistance to Flock cameras.
cwc.im/blindingthec...
In this narrative, an anonymous researcher wages a personal war against surveillance infrastructure.
Relevant as people around the country engage in grassroots resistance to Flock cameras.
cwc.im/blindingthec...
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"There have been scarier things and people who face those scarier things were not afraid. So you have no justification for being afraid. Less is asked of you. The dangers are less. You should be equal to your time as your predecessors were equal to theirs." - @davidfrum.bsky.social
February 15, 2026 at 8:10 PM
"There have been scarier things and people who face those scarier things were not afraid. So you have no justification for being afraid. Less is asked of you. The dangers are less. You should be equal to your time as your predecessors were equal to theirs." - @davidfrum.bsky.social
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A meditation on civil war in America, first circulated by hand in the immediate aftermath of the murder of Alex Pretti.
illwill.com/see-ice-add-...
illwill.com/see-ice-add-...
February 13, 2026 at 4:25 PM
A meditation on civil war in America, first circulated by hand in the immediate aftermath of the murder of Alex Pretti.
illwill.com/see-ice-add-...
illwill.com/see-ice-add-...