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Foreword to the Third French Edition of "The Society of the Spectacle"

new translation of one of Debord's last statements (circa 1992)

Foreword to the third French edition of
The Society of the Spectacle

Roda, Maria 1877-19???

A short biography of Maria Roda, a fierce champion of women's liberation and anarchism, active in Italy, France and the United States.

“Who knows poverty more than woman?” Maria Roda

Buela, Juana Rouco 1889-1969

A short biography of JUana Rouco Buela, formidable fighter for women's liberation and anarchism

“At the age of eighteen, the police considered me to be an element dangerous for the tranquillity of capitalism and the State”.

Kobets, Grigor (or Ryhor) 1898-1990

A short biography of celebrated Bielorussian playwright Grigor Kobets, who fought with the Makhnovists

The Makhnovist playwright
Grigor Kobets was born on the 12th (24th Gregorian calendar) July 1898 in Elizavetgrad (now Kirovohrad) in the Ukraine within the Russian Empire.

Translator's introduction to on-line edition of Guy Debord's letters, 1957-1994

Translator's introduction to on-line edition of Guy Debord's letters 1957 to 1994

To Guy Debord in Hell
(please forward if necessary)
http://www.notbored.org/1957-1994.html

"Although I have read a lot, I have drunk even more. I have written much less than the majority of people who write, but I have drunk more than the majority of people who drink." -- Guy Debord, Panegyric (1989)

Forming a nation: the free black settlement at Fort Mose

Historian Adam Wasserman's account of Fort Mose, the first free black settlement established in the United States.

This article is an extract from Wasserman's A People's History of Florida.

In 1693, King Charles the Second of Spain pronounced an important edict declaring freedom for fugitive slaves seeking refuge in St. Augustine:

The 1810 West Florida Annexation Scheme

Historian Adam Wasserman's account of the West Florida annexation plot of 1810, a U.S. imperialist covert operation designed to wrest control of West Florida from Spain.

“The persistent desire of the United States to possess the Floridas, between 1801 and 1819, amounted almost to a disease, corrupting the moral sense of each succeeding administration.” 1

- Historian Kendrick C. Babcock summing up U.S. attempts to annex East and West Florida in the first two decades of the 19th century.

The "Negro Fort" massacre

Historian Adam Wasserman's account of Andrew Jackson's excursion into Spanish Florida to destroy the "Negro Fort" situated on the mouth of the Appalachicola River in Florida. The "Negro Fort" was a free black settlement that served as a rendezvous for fugitive slaves from the Southern states.

This article is an excerpt of Wasserman's A People's History of Florida.

Revolutionary defeatists in Greece in World War II - Aghis Stinas

Selections from the memoirs of the Greek socialist Aghis Stinas, focusing on class struggle, internationalism and revolutionary defeatism during the Second World War.

Taken from the Antagonism website.

Mendez Guerra, Esteban 1896-1979

A short biography of Mexican anarchist Esteban Mendez Guerra who fought with Pancho Villa and was a close associate of the outstanding anarchist Librado Rivera

Esteban Mendez Guerra was born on the 3rd August 1896 in Concepcion del Oro, in the northern Mexican state of Zacetecas state. He started working in the mines from a very young age. In 1914 he joined Pancho Villa’s militias and the following year fought at the battle of Ebano. In his early 20s he moved to Villa Cecilia (now Ciudad Madero) in the southern state of Tamaulipas.