Situationist International

Content by or about the Situationist International from the 1960s and 70s.

Situationist map of Paris

Situationist map of Paris

History of ten years - Encyclopedie des Nuisances

Analysis of the outbreaks of class struggle in Portugal, Spain, Italy and Poland that took place between 1974 and 1984, published by the…

Compendium (Abregé) - Encyclopedie des Nuisances

The post-situationist French group Encyclopedie des Nuisances' critique of the Situationist International, primarily concerning Guy Debord, in…

The metaphysical subtleties of the commodity - Anselm Jappe

Essay by German author Anselm Jappe discussing the history and continuing relevance of the concept…

Raoul Vaneigem

Basic Banalities (Parts I & II) - Raoul Vaneigem

The complete Basic Banalities first published in L'Internationale Situationniste in the early nineteen sixties. The text was Raoul Vaneigem's…

Raoul Vaneigem

A warning to students of all ages - Raoul Vaneigem

The author of The Revolution of Everyday Life tackles the issue of education under bourgeois society and how it must be overcome.

Alexander III statue toppled

Why art can't kill the Situationist International

T.J. Clark and Donald Nicholson-Smith on why art can't kill the Situationist International in October 79, Winter 1997.

Street barricades - Paris 1848

Re-collecting our past - La Banquise

A summary of historical tendencies towards communism from 1848 to 1984 - via 1917 and 1968.

Parisian barricade - 1871

Theses on the Paris Commune - Situationist International

The Situationists reflect on the strengths and weaknesses of a great revolutionary moment; "the…

Claude Roy & Jaime Semprún

Jaime Semprún has died

Jaime Semprún: (26th July, 1947-Aug 3rd 2010)

Contributions to the Revolutionary Struggle Intended to be Discussed, Corrected and Principally Put Into Practice Without Delay

Contributions to The Revolutionary Struggle, Intended To Be Discussed, Corrected, And Principally, Put Into Practice Without Delay

Behold the society we will build. Behold the reason that we seek your destruction…

Towards a New Situationist International

A call for the creation of a new situationist international.

Fredy Perlman

Fredy Perlman's views on the Situationists' membership criteria - Lorraine Perlman

Lorraine Perlman's description of Fredy's reaction to his former friends - whose 'break' with him…