Perhaps the most difficult, most nagging question that haunts us at the brink of an uprising, is the question of the alternative. We yearn for an alternative world, yet in the fear of not having prepared a comprehensive vision that unifies, we shy away from pushing for change. As a movement spreads and grows, we…
i know him, almost by heart better than the back of my hand which has never interested me memorised his face, i could carve it into the air, at will but we could not 'see each other' it could be (or would be) narrated by the others a private-life crime breaking personal laws made from…
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) is urging the
complete demilitarisation of occupied Balochistan, as a precondition for a negotiated political settlement to end six decades of economic neglect, ethnic persecution and military repression by Islamabad.
Echoing the criticisms of Baloch national leaders, the HRCP says the Pakistan government’s current peace and reconciliation package is…
he liked me
in the way toyota-buyers do, carefully
with no surprises
everything he said
and did
was just as his face-
manual advertised
the kind of pamphlet, you don't need to open
detailing love for mother and dog
and country, a savings account
and friday night movie
with hand holding
expecting the expected
the…
Social networks and online media have become such an integrated part of our existence it is difficult to imagine what the political landscape would look like today in their absence. The culmination of an extraordinary leap in communicative technology, their role in faciliating dialogue between ideas, opinions, causes and fundamental beliefs has reconstructed the way we conduct…
Are you an anarchist?
No. Don’t be addicted to words; some people have an addiction to words because they need to belong somewhere. Some people see being an anarchist as a “profession” because they are defined by that and they adhere to it for their personal reasons, just like their counterparts do (no need to…
Lisa Taraki interviewed by Sunaina Maira.
Lisa Taraki is a sociologist at Birzeit University in Palestine. In addition to her academic work on aspects of Palestinian society, politics and urban social history, she has been an activist in the struggle for the right to education in Palestine since the late 1970s. She is one of…
Translated from Proceso by Narco News
April 4, 2011
The brutal assassination of my son, Juan Francisco, of Julio César Romero Jaime, of Luis Antonio Romero Jaime, and of Gabriel Anejo Escalera, is added to so many other boys and girls who have been assassinated just the same throughout the country, not only because…
Anonymous: Philosophy Student, Male, 32
Are you an anarchist?
I am not an anarchist, but I am an educated person who won’t take it anymore. The anarchists, for their
own good are taking advantage of the rage of the people; though some are just doing this to smash
things, I respect that as a militant…