situationist

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.

By Wayne Spencer

Situationists - an introduction

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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

Preface

STARTING FROM SCRATCH

The Revolution of Everyday Life

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

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