situationist
The Show Is Over! - Point Blank
From 1970s situationist journal, Point Blank! Analysis of the state of the world and the class struggle in 1972. Subtitled "Theses on the end of the Cold War."
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"Class rule is no longer able to disguise itself in a national form; the national governments are as one against the proletariat."
Karl Marx. The Civil War in France.
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On failure and its possible remedies
The author of the texts 'Gasping from out the Shallows: Reflections on Revolution in the Early Twenty-first Century', 'On Lice and Fleas: Observations Starting from the Conflict Between Iran and the USA' and 'Their Passed-away Builders: The "Credit Crunch"') reflects on the failure of those texts to have any impact whatsoever.
In June 2007, when my text 'On Lice and Fleas' first appeared, one of the members of the partnership that writes under the pseudonym Monsieur Dupont asked me what I would do in the event of defeat. It would seem too soon to talk of defeat, but perhaps it is time to acknowledge and confront some measure of failure.
On Lice and Fleas: Observations Starting from the Conflict Between Iran and the USA
A new situationist analysis of the threat of war between Iran and Iraq and the way this functions to sustain the dominant society, plus some critical comments on the wave of proletarian struggles in Iran.
Situationists - an introduction
A short introduction to the ideas of the Situationists. Based in France, their strand of libertarian Marxism became popular after the mass strikes of 1968.
Situationist ideas came from the European organisation the Situationist International, formed in 1957. While it lasted only 15 years, its ideas were deeply influential, and have been a part of Western society - and radical movements - ever since.
Society of the Spectacle - Guy Debord - Treason pamphlet
Ken Knabb's translation of Guy Debord's book "Society of the Spectacle" in a pamphlet produced by Treason.
The Concept of the Spectacle - Anselm Jappe, Treason pamphlet
First published as ‘Part 1: The Concept of the Spectacle’ in Anselm Jappe’s Guy Debord,
University of California Press, 1999
This edition published by Treason Press, February 2004
Guy Debord obituary
An obituary of Guy Debord written immediately after his death in 1994. The article in Freedom newspaper was headlined "The author of Society of the Spectacle has killed himself".
May 1968 Documents - Situationist International
Documents produced by the Situationist International or groups the Situationists were involved with during the mass strike and revolt of the glorious May 1968 in France.
The Book Of Pleasures
Vaneigem investigates the relationship between pleasure, desire and class struggle...
Preface
STARTING FROM SCRATCH
The revolution of everyday life - Raoul Vaneigem
Raoul Vaneigem was one of the most important thinkers within the Situationist International as well as frequent editor of their journal Internationale Situationniste. The Revolution of Everyday Life, written in Vaneigem's typically poetic style, is one of the most important of the Situationist texts, attacking the alienation of capitalist life not only at work but also in our 'free' time
