julio 1, 2018 articles / English / Publications
The zapatista uprising poses fundamental challenges for how we think about social theory and political practice. The great contribution of the zapatistas has been to break the connection between revolution and control of the state.
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“Why do I start with the scream, No, negativity? The question of negativity and positivity is one of the central issues often raised by both sympathetic (Massimo de Angelis) and less sympathetic (Michael Lebowitz, for example) commentators on the book. This is the main point I want to focus on in the first half of […]
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MICHAEL LÖWY, IN HIS REVIEW OF MY BOOK, Change the World Without Taking Power, argues that “democracy should be a central aspect in all processes of social and political decision making, and particularly in a revolutionary process.” I do not disagree with this, but I think it makes little sense unless we distinguish clearly between […]
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There are new politics rising throughout the world. Unlike thirty years ago, these politics are not centered on the idea that in order to make change, movements must acquire state power. Rather — in recognizing the state’s inability to provide true self-determination — they relocate power in the ability of communities to create change in […]
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