Troploin

Whither the world - Gilles Dauvé & Karl Nesic

Joseph K. — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 06:56:33 +0000

WHAT? WHY? HOW?1

1. This is a slightly modified version of G.Dauvé and K.Nesic's Il va falloir attendre I Bref rapport sur l'état du monde, troploin, 2002 (also available on our site). We've left out nearly all notes that refer to French language books and magazines.

Re-visiting the east ... and popping in at Marx's - Gilles Dauvé

Joseph K. — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 22:18:40 +0000

It’s crucial to understand why Russia was capitalist in 1980, or 1930, or 1920, if we wish to understand what capitalism really is, and what can and must be revolutionized in Russia as well as in Britain in the XXIst century.

The continuing appeal of religion - Troploin

Joseph K. — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 15:30:43 +0000

French left-communist journal Troploin doing exactly what they say on the tin. The social function of religion; "The quest for the supernatural does not stem from an excessive but from a limited imagination built by millenniums of exploitation and oppression: the incapacity to be free on Earth incites humans to situate freedom out of this world. Dreams and desires are displaced persons. This is the stuff religion is made of."

Grey September - Gilles Dauvé, Karl Nesic and J-P Carasso

libcom — Fri, 18 Nov 2005 12:22:25 +0000

The underpaid washer-up and the overpaid white collar who both died in the World Trade Center died as footsoldiers of a system that exploited their death (treating them as heroes of free trade and the free world) as it had exploited their life. They had little time to appreciate the much vaunted security they'd bought in exchange for their submission.