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The Situationists and the New Forms of Action in Politics and Art

In 1963, Debord discusses the emerging forces of contestation.

For a Revolutionary Judgment of Art

"The point is not to engage in some sort of revolutionary art-criticism, but to make a revolutionary critique of all art."

Art and Socialism

Art and Socialism was delivered, as a lecture, to the Leicester Secular Society on January 23rd, 1884.

"Art and Socialism's outstanding feature is perhaps the stress laid on work as a necessity of human life, not merely as a means of obtaining a livelihood. Morris insists that only Socialism can restore work to its proper, central position." - A. L. Morton.

Deleuzoguattarians - The Holy Fools

Richard Barbrook

The Holy Fools

[Mute/Telepolis mix]

"But I don't want to go among mad people," Alice remarked.

"Oh, you can't help that," said the [Cheshire] Cat: "we're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad."

"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.

"You must be," said the Cat, "or you wouldn't have come here."

-Lewis Caroll, Alice in Wonderland [1]

Intakes: Back to the Situationist International

Critique of The Situationist International by Gilles Dauve (Jean Barrot) is one of the more important texts on the situationists.We reprint below an update to the text which is due to be published in Greek by TPTG.

Review: Whatever happened to the Situationists?

A steady trickle of publications about the situationists testifies to the market value of their ideas, but it also reminds us of the continued requirement for revolutionaries to engage with them. In this review we look at two recent books. Ken Knabb's Public Secrets illustrates the self-obsessed nature of the situationist milieu after the heady days of 1968. What is Situationism? A Reader includes Barrot's important critique of the Situationist International for their one-sided emphasis on circulation rather then production.

These historically-determined limits cannot detract from the vitality of many of the SI's contributions, including, amongst others, their critique of the 'militant'.

Public Secrets by Ken Knabb

Berkeley: Bureau of Public Secrets, 1997.

What is Situationism? A Reader edited by Stewart Home

Edinburgh: AK Press, 1996.

Review of Senseless Acts of Beauty: Cultural Resistance Since the Sixities by George McKay

We slag off an attempt by the cultural studies industry to grasp the continuity in such developments as the free festivals, anarcho-punk, and anti-roads movements.

Review of Senseless Acts of Beauty: Cultures of Resistance since the Sixties by George McKay. London: Verso

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