For Ourselves

Content on libcom.org by or about For Ourselves, a San Francisco Bay Area pro-situationist group active from around 1973. Some members were originally part of the Negation group.

Marx: A nineteenth Century thinker?

Capitalist Crisis Studies poster

A two sided wall poster on the continuing relevance of Karl Marx's analysis. Published in California by Capitalist Crisis Studies in September…

Runaway Shop Comics - Take Care of Business (1973)

A comic strip about the occupation of a workplace published in August 1973 by people associated with the post-Situationist group For Ourselves in…

For Ourselves - Whatever Happened To For Ourselves

Whatever happened to "For Ourselves"? (1976)

38 pages of reflections on the dissolution of post-Situationist group For Ourselves by former members. Published December 1976.

Nieghbourhood Councils - For Ourselves cover

Everything you always wanted to know about neighborhood councils – For Ourselves

(But were afraid to ask). "Critical Minutes of the North Berkeley Neighborhood Council's Last…

The Minimum Definition Of Intelligence cover

The Minimum Definition of Intelligence - For Ourselves

Theses on the construction of one's own self-theory. Published by Californian post-situationist…

c/v graffiti campaign excerpt

Proposal for May Day eve celebration - For Ourselves (1974)

Post-situationist group For Ourselves propose a Marxist graffiti campaign for May Day.

A big ass equation and graphs about economic prosperity

State Space - For Ourselves (1973)

A pro-situ group's exploration of systems theory and dialectical mathematics.

Intervention at rally to mourn the deaths of Allende and Neruda - For Ourselves (1973)

Critical leaflet by a Californian pro-situ group, used to intervene at a rally following the deaths…

Narrow Greed.

The Right To Be Greedy: Theses On The Practical Necessity Of Demanding Everything

The positive conception of egoism, the perspective of communist egoism, is the very heart and unity…