David Wise

Content on or about David Wise (1943-), writer, construction worker and member of King Mob. David was the twin brother of Stuart Wise.

Panoramic views of The Big Field adjacent to Shipley Stn followed by a view from the field of the 'garage' site The 'hole' in the grove of birch and buddleia etc. is the entrance to a dark woodland path we created alongside the Bradford Beck, the clearing itself looking like the opening to the post industrial Wild Wood; something enchanted, slightly menacing, certainly noticeable but not all that much; a discreet menace.

Nameless Wilding - The John Clare Collective

"...a brief overview of interventions in landscapes of industrial dereliction that can have revolutionary possibilities providing we more or less…

The River Styx

On the Banks of the River Styx - David Wise

Two letters (March 2010) to a young American Latino woman concerning situationists, ultra leftists, Jacques Camatte, post modernism, 'mad' Maoism…

BedZed eco-housing

Derives, Housing & Real Ecos - Stuart Wise

The Lucas Aerospace Plan and community architecture. Jack Common and a Newcastle urban derive. Historicism and Aestheticism. BedZed, the Stern…

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Memories of the Portuguese Revolution in the Mid 1970s - David Wise

Memories of underdevelopment and over development in Portugal, the UK and USA: A sort of scrambled…

Chinese Takeaway: or a slow boat back from China

A critique of Western Maoism. Written collectively by Stuart Wise, Phil Meyler, David Wise: 1978-9. Originally published on Revolt Against Plenty…

China 1: Mao is the hour yet again?

An introduction to the MINUS Group and João Bernardo by David and Stuart Wise. Originally published on the Revolt Against Plenty website in 2012…

The cover of the Lachez Tout book with a unitone portrait of the author in pink and black. Alongside this is a black and white photo of a refuse bin falling on the heads of some French riot police in an urban setting

Lachez Tout - Annie Le Brun

English translation of "Let it all go" or rather more to the point, "Abandon Everything" by French feminist and surrealist Annie Le Brun…

A collection of covers of material by the Chicago Surrealist Group

An aspect of The Chicago Surrealists - David Wise

Basically a modicum of explanation around Annie Le Brun's, "Lachez Tout" by David Wise, 2024.

Richard Mabey

Mabey Baby: A revolutionary critique of Richard Mabey

Stuart and David Wise's critique of nature writer and broadcaster Richard Mabey. Originally…

A large pile of Stuart Wise's notebooks near a window.

Fuck the 'new' Nature Writing - Stuart & David Wise

....marking the failure of eco-engage to encounter total revolutionary critique...... Memoirs of an indefatigable note-taker. Written 2009 and…

Eco Disasters

Archive of the "eco disasters" section from the Dialectical Butterflies website. Very much a work in progress.

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Dialectical Butterflies archive on Libcom

An index of material available on Libcom relating to the now defunct Dialectical Butterfiles website, which included a number of texts relating…