Monsieur Dupont
Reply to the Real Movement - Monsieur Dupont
The following article by Monsieur Dupont is a reply to The Real Movement in Red & Black Notes #14 - http://libcom.org/library/real-movement-red-black-notes.
It is difficult to reply to your article because it doesn't really get anywhere.
Your face is so mysteriously kind
What is objective? The weather.
What is consciousness? Rain on your face.
What is subjective? "My hairstyle is a mess and my make-up is ruined."
Objective is what happens.
Consciousness is presence.
Subjective is complaint.
Objectivity is appropriation.
Consciousness is absorbency.
Subjectivity is defeat.
Object is ground.
Consciousness is mask.
Subject is projectile.
Some thoughts relating to the recent events in Prague
1.The likely beneficiaries of the actions in Prague are the Ecology Movement, in its broadest sense, which means the careers of individuals and groups/parties who represent all sorts of ecological politics. (I have used the term "Ecology Movement" in order to highlight where this movement originates, which is also a pointer to where it will end up).
The impotence of councilism
Not so long ago the experience of the council communist movement was almost discussed by the Anarchist Federation. A short history of the council communist movement in Britain appeared in our first Educational Bulletin (The People Awake) but we never really got around to discussing it. Which is a shame.
What's It All About, Comrade?
Revolutionary actions are directed against the system as a whole - for its overthrow. This pre-supposes a general disruption of society which escapes political control. Thus far, such revolutionary actions have occurred only in connection with social catastrophe, such as were released by lost wars and the associated economic dislocations.
Do you want to be, or don’t you want to be...soft, like me...?
Anarchists must say what only anarchists can say
Monsieur Dupont's New Year Message
Part One
To get over the wall, we first have to get to the wall
Reading your article about five years of Red and Black Notes has made us think about the paucity of interesting literature these days in Britain. In the 1990's, when I was doing Proletarian Gob, there were lots of little 'zines' about of varying theoretical quality, but now there is hardly any stuff of any interest.
