The Pleasure Tendency

Content on libcom.org by or about The Pleasure Tendency, a situationist inspired anarchist group in Leeds, Yorkshire in the 1980s. Some members went on to be involved with Here & Now magazine.

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Desire-Value and the Pleasure Tendency

Two essays from The Pleasure Tendency. Published October 1985.

Mercurius Fumigosus or the Smoking Nocturnal communicating dark and hidden news

Mercurius Fumigosus or the Smoking Nocturnal communicating dark and hidden newes

A critique of a publication by The Pleasure Tendency. Published on 1st May 1985 in London by "a…

life and its replacement with a dull reflection of itself

Life and its replacement with a dull reflection of itself

Preliminary Theses of the Pleasure Tendency. Published June 1984, Leeds.

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Here and Now #04

Issue 4 of Here and Now with articles about libertarian municipalism and more.

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Here and Now #02

Issue of Here and Now from summer 1985 with articles about computer technology, the working class community in Clydeside, consumerism, letters, reviews and more.