state
A brief history of the state of exception - Giorgio Agamben
An excerpt from the 2005 book State of Exception which serves as a good introduction to Agamben’s recent work on the nature of state power/sovereignty, as well as his dense and difficult style (5,000 words).
(…) We have already seen how the state of siege had its origin in France during the Revolution. After being established with the Constituent Assembly's decree of July 8, 1791, it acquired its proper physiognomy as état de siège fictif or état de siège politique with the Directorial law of August 27, 1797, and, finally, with Napoleon's decree of December 24, 1811.
Negrin's Gold
This piece of Anarchist Research, originally published in Black Flag in 1991, takes as its starting point the book 'El Oro de Negrin' by Francisco Olaya (Ediciones Madre Tierra (Mostoles 1990)). It tells the story of the Moscow Gold and how the Spanish war was lost.
Why ex-Kings are a Danger
This piece appeared in Black Flag #207, which came out around January 1996. Conspiracy theorists might be interested in the remarkable prescience Albert showed talking about Diana, Princess of Wales.
If Voting Changed Anything...
The issue of elections to state bodies has once again become live. Anarchists today are presented with arguments for their use from two angles. Firstly, there is Murray Bookchin and his allies, the social ecologists who argue for "libertarian municipalism".
150 Years After the Communist Manifesto
Reflecting on 150 years of communist theory and practice within capitalism.
"Revolution on the continent is ripe and will quickly assume a proletarian form; but will it not be snuffed out in the bud by the nascent capitalisms of Russia and China, where bourgeois society is still in its embryo?"
Letter of Marx to Engels, 1857
The Emperor System and the Limits of Post-War Democracy
The Emperor System and the Limits of Post-War Democracy - interview with Amano Yasukazu
Presented in PDF Format (631kb).
Speaking Out on the Emperor System
Terror, Taboo and Silence: Speaking out on the Emporer System - Nakagawa Nobuaki
Presented in PDF format (3mb).
1989 - Opposition to the Emperor System
Rites of Rule and Submission
Interview with Odawara Norio
Presented in PDF Format (500kb).
Building Japan's Corporate Society - Totsuka Hideo
Building Japan's Corporate Society - Totsuka Hideo
Presented in PDF format (1mb)
Kanri Shakai - The Managed Society - C Douglas Lewis & Kogawa Tetsuo
Kanri Shaki - The Managed Society - C Douglas Lewis & Kogawa Tetsuo
Presented in PDF format (2mb)
