The Tianjin explosion: a tragedy of profit, corruption, and China's complicated transition A detailed look at the background of the massive series of chemical explosions…
Throwing stones at progress - Miguel Amorós A relentless denunciation of the concept of “progress”, tracing its ideological roots to Saint Augustine and then to Turgot, its use in the…
Ten theses on Chernobyl – Günther Anders The text of a presentation delivered by the author to the Sixth World Congress of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War…
Disaster communism part 1 - disaster communities In part one of this three-part article, we look at the concept of disaster communism as it relates to the communities of solidarity and mutual…
The legacy of the dead - the Savar collapse, part 2 The site of the Dhaka factory collapse is now cleared; new concessions and reforms are announced. Some further reflections...
The house of cards: the Savar building collapse A detailed account and analysis of the latest human disaster in the Bangladeshi garment industry - a poorly constructed factory building…
Hundreds of thousands of Bangladeshi garment workers strike after factory collapse Hundreds of thousands of workers went on strike on Thursday in protest at the deaths of hundreds of…
Notes on the manifesto against labor - Jaime Semprun Jaime Semprun criticizes the Krisis Group's Manifesto Against Labor for clinging to what he refers to as the "obsolete" idea that the existing…
Must we rebuild their anthill? A letter to/for Japanese comrades Silvia Federici and George Caffentzis describe the threat to capitalist legitimacy from the disaster…
Community Assembly in Christchurch (NZ): the fight back begins Summary of a public assembly held in Christchurch, New Zealand, to organise the direction of…
Amongst the Rubble: a look at the Christchurch Earthquake from the Bottom Up While the dust settles and Christchurch recovers from the 7.1 earthquake, people have begun to pick…
On the situation in southern Chile: self-organisation of proletarians in the face of catastrophe, lumpen capitalists and state incompetence A translation of an eye-opening - if unverified - and anonymous account of…