"An important work of revisitation" ---- The Payot and Rivages editions
often propose works on anarchism, certainly classics by Proudhon,
Bakunin, Kropotkin but also others by more recent authors such as
Catherine Malabou ( Il n'y a not had a Revolution, Reflections on
private property, power and servile condition in France , chronicle of
ideas and struggles of 27 April 2024 Le Monde Libertaire website) and
David Greaber, both participants in the renewal of libertarian thought,
introducing in particular the notion of feminism. David Greaber, son of
parents of modest origins, his father, a typographer, a fighter in the
International Brigades, his mother an artist in a musical produced by a
textile workers' union, died in 2020. After studying anthropology, he
obtained a professorship at the London School of Economics and Political
Science. At the end of his thesis he published his Pour une
anthropologie anarchiste . He will write on many topics, from value to
debt, real power, democracy and even piracy. In 2000 he joined the New
York section of the Direct Action Network and took part in the Occupy
Wall Street movement. He thus pursued both an academic career and an
activist position.
Drawing lessons and identifying points of convergence
A work takes up the texts of David Graeber in which he is involved and
underlines his commitment, Révolutions à l'envers, Essays on politics,
violence, art and imagination . As Vassily Pignoudès points out in his
preface, "the following collection contains some of David Graeber's most
political writings[and I would add, among the most readable and
accessible]; these are texts published in newspapers and political
magazines and which, for the most part, concern questions of
revolutionary strategy. The first three essays ("The Shock of Victory",
"Hope in Common") and the last ("Against Kamikaze Capitalism") directly
address these questions, some attempting to draw lessons from the
alter-globalization movement and others identifying points of
convergence between environmental activists and oil workers. "An Army of
Altruists" is a commentary on the political struggles over values in
contemporary America and the allure of right-wing populism among the
working class. "Miseria dell'operaismo" is a critical reflection on the
Italian autonomist theory of the 1970s.
Hope in a depressing panorama?
One of the strengths of these texts certainly lies in the search for
signs of hope in a depressing panorama. By taking up the struggles in
question, Graeber shows the recorded successes and the fears of
capitalism, of those who hold power. For us Europeans and especially
French, certain conflicts are little known. However, the statement
according to which there are no alternatives to capitalism finds its
limits and this constitutes a victory, that of common hope. All over the
world. It is clear that the system is terrible, even its supporters know
that it cannot give the majority of the population an answer to "basic
needs such as health or education". SO? Let's ask! How to overthrow the
traditional order. " Understanding all the implications of this change
requires a significant work of reimagination. It also requires
reconsidering the concrete meaning of terms such as violence, alienation
or "realism".»
Other passages invite a retrospective and prospective reflection on the
social struggles conducted in France. For those who still had hope in
electoral battles, what we are experiencing is enlightening. Power, its
instruments, the State and its coercive forces seek to divide us.
International bodies remain ineffective. To evolve, should we promise a
bright future or create holes in reality? Greaber echoes the words of
the collective GrimethInc: " We must build our freedom by cutting holes
in the fabric of reality.[...]Change, revolutionary change, happens
constantly and everywhere - and everyone takes part in it, consciously
or not.»
Can we believe it? David Graeber makes us want to. "The only solution
that gives us a chance to get out of this situation is to provide for
ourselves, starting with the creation of a new language, a new common
sense that allows us to express what the human being really is and what
it would be normal to expect from each other and from life. In fact, one
could argue that the fate of the world depends on it.»There would be a
tone of the Internationale.
"[...]The world will change its foundations
We are nothing, let us be everything[...]
There is no supreme savior
Neither God nor Caesar nor tribune
Let us save ourselves as producers[...]"
* David Greaber
Revolutions in reverse
Essays on politics, violence, art and imagination
Ed. Payot et Rivages, 2024
https://ponte.noblogs.org/2024/3828/idee-e-lotte-rivoluzioni-al-contrario/
_________________________________________
A - I N F O S N E W S S E R V I C E
By, For, and About Anarchists
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often propose works on anarchism, certainly classics by Proudhon,
Bakunin, Kropotkin but also others by more recent authors such as
Catherine Malabou ( Il n'y a not had a Revolution, Reflections on
private property, power and servile condition in France , chronicle of
ideas and struggles of 27 April 2024 Le Monde Libertaire website) and
David Greaber, both participants in the renewal of libertarian thought,
introducing in particular the notion of feminism. David Greaber, son of
parents of modest origins, his father, a typographer, a fighter in the
International Brigades, his mother an artist in a musical produced by a
textile workers' union, died in 2020. After studying anthropology, he
obtained a professorship at the London School of Economics and Political
Science. At the end of his thesis he published his Pour une
anthropologie anarchiste . He will write on many topics, from value to
debt, real power, democracy and even piracy. In 2000 he joined the New
York section of the Direct Action Network and took part in the Occupy
Wall Street movement. He thus pursued both an academic career and an
activist position.
Drawing lessons and identifying points of convergence
A work takes up the texts of David Graeber in which he is involved and
underlines his commitment, Révolutions à l'envers, Essays on politics,
violence, art and imagination . As Vassily Pignoudès points out in his
preface, "the following collection contains some of David Graeber's most
political writings[and I would add, among the most readable and
accessible]; these are texts published in newspapers and political
magazines and which, for the most part, concern questions of
revolutionary strategy. The first three essays ("The Shock of Victory",
"Hope in Common") and the last ("Against Kamikaze Capitalism") directly
address these questions, some attempting to draw lessons from the
alter-globalization movement and others identifying points of
convergence between environmental activists and oil workers. "An Army of
Altruists" is a commentary on the political struggles over values in
contemporary America and the allure of right-wing populism among the
working class. "Miseria dell'operaismo" is a critical reflection on the
Italian autonomist theory of the 1970s.
Hope in a depressing panorama?
One of the strengths of these texts certainly lies in the search for
signs of hope in a depressing panorama. By taking up the struggles in
question, Graeber shows the recorded successes and the fears of
capitalism, of those who hold power. For us Europeans and especially
French, certain conflicts are little known. However, the statement
according to which there are no alternatives to capitalism finds its
limits and this constitutes a victory, that of common hope. All over the
world. It is clear that the system is terrible, even its supporters know
that it cannot give the majority of the population an answer to "basic
needs such as health or education". SO? Let's ask! How to overthrow the
traditional order. " Understanding all the implications of this change
requires a significant work of reimagination. It also requires
reconsidering the concrete meaning of terms such as violence, alienation
or "realism".»
Other passages invite a retrospective and prospective reflection on the
social struggles conducted in France. For those who still had hope in
electoral battles, what we are experiencing is enlightening. Power, its
instruments, the State and its coercive forces seek to divide us.
International bodies remain ineffective. To evolve, should we promise a
bright future or create holes in reality? Greaber echoes the words of
the collective GrimethInc: " We must build our freedom by cutting holes
in the fabric of reality.[...]Change, revolutionary change, happens
constantly and everywhere - and everyone takes part in it, consciously
or not.»
Can we believe it? David Graeber makes us want to. "The only solution
that gives us a chance to get out of this situation is to provide for
ourselves, starting with the creation of a new language, a new common
sense that allows us to express what the human being really is and what
it would be normal to expect from each other and from life. In fact, one
could argue that the fate of the world depends on it.»There would be a
tone of the Internationale.
"[...]The world will change its foundations
We are nothing, let us be everything[...]
There is no supreme savior
Neither God nor Caesar nor tribune
Let us save ourselves as producers[...]"
* David Greaber
Revolutions in reverse
Essays on politics, violence, art and imagination
Ed. Payot et Rivages, 2024
https://ponte.noblogs.org/2024/3828/idee-e-lotte-rivoluzioni-al-contrario/
_________________________________________
A - I N F O S N E W S S E R V I C E
By, For, and About Anarchists
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