ARTICLE + PODCAST
Creators: Crimethinc + FROM EMBERS, April - May 2019
"Against the Logic of the Guillotine" [Article]
"Why the Paris Commune Burned the Guillotines and We Should Too".
"Guillotines, Vengeance and Revolutionary Optimism" [Podcast]
ARTICLE
Short link: http://bit.ly/ci-guillotine
Long link:
https://crimethinc.com/2019/04/08/against-the-logic-of-the-guillotine-why-the-paris-commune-burned-the-guillotine-and-we-should-too
Announcement on Crimethinc Facebook page:
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PODCAST [01hour 03min 39sec]
"Guillotines, Vengeance and Revolutionary Optimism"
Last month [April 2019], we published Against the Logic of the Guillotine, critiquing punitive fantasies on the Left. Comrades at the anarchist podcast From Embers have just released an excellent episode exploring this subject in full.
This year [2019] on May Day in Toronto, anarchists and radicals brought a replica guillotine to a rally at Queen's Park, leading to outrage in the mainstream media and government calls for a police investigation.
In light of this, and in a context where guillotine memes and other gestures towards political violence are becoming more popular, we spoke with an author of the article Against the Logic of the Guillotine published on the CrimethInc website. We discuss the ideas in the article, and tease out some of the philosophical tensions that underpin it.
Music: "L'interrogatorio di Sante Caserio" and "A Sante Caserio" by "From the Depths".
Short link: http://bit.ly/podcast-revoptimism
Long link:
http://fromembers.libsyn.com/guillotines-vengeance-and-revolutionary-optimism
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FROM EMBERS [Radio]
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FILES LOCATION [Article in PDF format, links, transcript,...]
Short link: http://bit.ly/revoptim
Long link: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/yk7kimeltcl3tzy/AACNdMnyDgjmQVotTpw6PoCXa?dl=0
This note: https://justpaste.it/revoptim
ANNOUNCEMENT [for mentioning the article and podcast on public forums]
"Against the Logic of the Guillotine" [Article]
"Guillotines, Vengeance and Revolutionary Optimism" [Podcast]
An article questioning the promotion and use of violence as a means to reach a more just society while offering the perspective to that society by suggesting a steadfast peaceful approach was followed up by a radio interview with the author.
A repository with texts, links and the audio file can be accessed here: http://bit.ly/revoptim
This information and more: https://justpaste.it/revoptim
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"Why protests are usually a waste of time"
On the need for capacity building and continuity.
https://peacenews.info/node/9240/why-protests-are-usually-waste-time
PDF: https://bit.ly/protest-waste-time
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"1917: The Nonviolent Russian Revolution" and "The Grassroots Working-Class Revolution that Lenin Crushed".
Double pamphlet by Milan Rai published by Peace News Press on the crucial role of mass nonviolent action in the Russian Revolution of 1917.
https://www.peacenews.info/node/8848/1917-nonviolent-russian-revolution
Repositorium: http://bit.ly/1917prev
[Please visit the PeaceNews website to obtain a copy of the pamphlet.]
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