John Holloway
Marxist academic who has worked closely with the Zapatistas in Mexico and has been of great inspiration to libertarian intellectuals around social movements in the underdeveloped world.
Review - Change the world without taking power by John Holloway - Red and Black Notes
Red and Black Notes review of Change the World without Taking Power by John Holloway. The full text of this can be found here.
John Holloway's book Change the World without Taking Power makes an excellent case for not judging a book by its cover. The cover graphic of a ski-masked protester, paint brush in hand, and the anarchist circle @ might lead the curious reader to suppose the work to be the product of the anti-globalization movement; however, the title of the book suggests a new-age consciousness raising treatise.
Going in the Wrong Direction or Mephistopheles: Not Saint Francis of Assisi
Toni Negri's work is enormously attractive, not only for its own merits, but because it responds to a desperate need. We are all looking for a way forward. The old state-centred model of revolution has failed catastrophically, reformism becomes more and more corrupt and barren, yet revolutionary change is more urgent than ever.
Twelve Theses on Changing the World without taking Power
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1. The starting point is negativity.
We start from the scream, not from the word. Faced with the mutilation of human lives by capitalism, a scream of sadness, a scream of horror, a scream of anger, a scream of refusal: NO.
Open reply to open letter
Open Reply to an Open Letter
Dearest Wildcat,
Many thanks for your letter. I'm very sorry for not replying sooner, but ... and then follow all the excuses. I don't know how many letters I've started in this way.
Open Letter to John Holloway
Wildcat-Zirkular No. 39 - September 1997 - pp. (german edition) 31-44 [z39e_hol.htm]
Open Letter to John Holloway
Dear John,
The concept of power and the Zapatistas
The following article was contributed to autonomedia by John Holloway. We thank John Holloway for his kind permission. It was first published in Common Sense # 19, June 1996.
The Concept of Power and the Zapatistas
John Holloway
Dignity's revolt
The following article was contributed to autonomedia by John Holloway. It is the Chapter 8 of the forthcoming book, Zapatistas! Reinventing the Revolution in Mexico, edited by John Holloway and Eloina Pelaez.
It will be published in London by Pluto Press in June/July 1998. We thank John Holloway for his kind permission. A brief version of this article was published in Common Sense # 22, December 1997.
Dignity's Revolt
John Holloway
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Dignity arose on the first day of January 1994.
Capital moves
Capital moves.
Author: Holloway, John. Source: Capital & Class no57 (Autumn 1995) p. 137-44 ISSN: 0309-8168 Number: BSSI96006690 Copyright: The magazine publisher is the copyright holder of this article and it is reproduced with permission. Further reproduction of this article in violation of the copyright is prohibited.
¡Viva la LÃnea Correcta!
¡Viva la LÃnea Correcta!
John Holloway
Close to the house in Puebla there is a slogan daubed on a wall that says '¡Viva la linea correcta!' What can it mean?
Time to Revolt - Reflections on Empire
Time to Revolt
Reflections on Empire
