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What Carries Us On

It is frightfully sublime in part because of its obscurity. – Immanuel Kant Implicit within the debate on Coronavirus curated by Antinomie and archived by Sergio Benvenuto[i] is the question—for what must we carry on? That is, do we—humanity, which has been reckoned by many thinkers as the error in nature—carry on for the sake of carrying on? Or, should…

ByShaj MohanFebruary 9, 20240Comments

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The Obscure Experience

In philosophizing we may not terminate a disease of thought. It must run its natural course, and slow cure is all important.” – Ludwig Wittgenstein Implicitly we are asking in these discussions about the COVID-19 pandemic [1] is there a norm for man? Earlier it was philosophy that had the task of constituting the systems under which the limits and also the…

ByShaj MohanFebruary 9, 20240Comments

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Statement of Rationale and Demands of the Movement of Greek Workers, of and in Arts and Culture by Support Art Workers

Naked Punch Collective stands in solidarity with the Support Art Workers movement that started in the first weekend of May 2020 in Athens, Greece. Below, we present the statement drafted by the movement and specifically its Assembly Group for ORGANISATION – COORDINATION – INITIATIVE. RATIONALE: Following the humbling widespread dispersal of our message #SupportArtWorkers…

By#SupportArtWorkersFebruary 9, 20240Comments

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Biopolitical Conflicts in the Fractures of Development

The neo-developmentalism’s biopolitics in Brazil In general lines, we can say that capitalism is a way of producing and organizing the production, extracting wealth and generating value. The way it happens is not the same everywhere capitalism is present. There is an international division of labor and, mainly after the globalization, the task of production…

ByRenan Nery PortoFebruary 9, 20240Comments

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The Postnormal Perfect Storm 1

THE POSTNORMAL PERFECT STORM - IN THREE PARTS PART 1: THE NATURE OF THE CRISIS When Ziauddin Sardar published his landmark paper Welcome to Postnormal Times (PNT) ten years ago, he proposed a new theoretical approach for developing a better understanding of how change itself was changing in the present. Over the years, there have…

ByJordi Serra del PinoFebruary 9, 20240Comments

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We Will Not Be Silenced

Colonialism made us feel backward. It was always Europe that was advanced and enlightened, and it was always the East that was backward and wretched. Rather than honestly say that they had come to plunder, the colonial rulers said that they had come to school the East – it needed to be civilized. Every European…

ByVijay PrashadFebruary 9, 20240Comments

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To Contend With The Heart In Winter (For Sushi Anarkali)

It is strange to contend with the heart in winter to carry blood so visible to each passer-by, To bleed with memories of colour, To carry to friends choked tears verses, moments and now sumptuous pain To coil reprieves and apologies, To consider eulogy but to write laments, In winter it is hard to contend…

ByQalandar Bux MemonFebruary 9, 20240Comments

BIRDS ARE NOT THE ONLY MUSIC

BIRDS ARE NOT THE ONLY MUSIC A name, if not heavy, still of a certain heft, but less jagged than affection: a suitable anchor for this good earth. Its freight & pestilence (with promise’s promises intermixed): Josephine, Blondena, Ola-Bell, Herbert, Rufus. Borne in indefinite directions, all. ... Rangi McNeil is a native of Laurinburg, North…

ByRANGI MCNEILFebruary 9, 20240Comments

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A FIELD GUIDE TO THE UNEXPECTED

How could I mistake the scent of anxious-approaching-angry skunk for that of cheap marijuana? A scent I called skunk weed, but Vida says that term is reserved for the good shit. And rules are rules (like carpe diem or don’t write checks with your mouth that your ass can’t cash.) The future differs from all…

ByRANGI MCNEILFebruary 9, 20240Comments

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Exclusion & the Biopolitical Moment: Reflections on the evictions of refugees from Athens

The evictions of Athens squats in the Exarchia neighborhood of the city were expected once the elected New Democracy center-right party, were voted into office with a 39.85% win on July 7 of this year. What was less expected was that the center-right party whose Prime Minister is a Harvard and Stanford graduate would prove…

ByAdrianne KalfopoulouFebruary 9, 20240Comments