by Alice Claire, Christian Frings and John Malamatinas. Originally published in German on Analyse & Kritik. English translation by Angry Workers for Fever Struggle. The wildcat strike of Romanian agricultural workers in Bornheim shows that struggles are possible even under conditions of racist super-exploitation. Originally published on akweb.de. On Friday, 15th of May, some of the 250 seasonal workers of the Spargel Ritter company in … [Read more...]
Universal Basic Income is (not) the Solution
Around the world, the sudden lockdown to limit the pandemic's spread is leading to an abrupt economic slowdown. With cash handouts as the only way to avoid starvation and social unrest, the topic of Universal Basic Income is back on the table. Here is why it is (not) the solution. by Jan Fürth UBI as a bandaid or a permanent fix? “In times of crisis, we are all socialists”, as social media memes liked to comment economic measures taken by … [Read more...]
Oh Europe! – Comment on the current situation
Oh Europe, you are the oldest topic within our network. Hell, we named ourselves after you. We found each other during the heat of Austerity, imposed by Germany‘s obsession with the „Schwarze Null“ (black Zero; avoiding debts) over all of Europe, transforming several economies into the protestant model by South German cutting master Schäuble (only eat when you work), cutting and crippling everything that seemed somehow social in several … [Read more...]
Les Gilets Jaunes triompheront? – What’s going on in France
Dear friends, we can imagine that you are also following the events in France in the last days. We publish here a spontaneous report of comrades* from France which includes a small review and current evaluation. In the next days the movement of the "Gilets Jaunes" seems to go on. As probably in many parts of the autonomous left, discussions are also taking place in our circles. Some of us are curious about what is to come, others sceptical about … [Read more...]
Cornelius Castoriadis, 20 years later
A conference in Athens in honor of the important political thinker "Cornelius Castoriadis died on December 26, 1997 in Paris. Today, two decades after his death, his philosophical ideas are finding their way not only into the language and practices of social movements, but also in various fields of philosophical debate outside and within academic institutions: PhD theses, new books and articles in philosophical magazines are investigating … [Read more...]
The political crisis in Republic of Macedonia
The neighboring country of Greece, Republic of Macedonia, finds itself in the last months at a critical political juncture and a crisis that seems to be the largest in recent years. The effects of this crisis are trying to use nationalist rhetoric within the country but also in the wider area of the Balcans. On the same time the Greek media have “bury” any information. Babylonia Magazine decided to make the following interview as an effort to … [Read more...]
Report: weekend on G20 and logistics in Hamburg
From the 10th-12th March, Beyond Europe organized a weekend of exchange and dialogue concerning the mobilization to the G20 summit in summer in Hamburg. On Friday, about 100 people took part at our discussion panel on capitalism and logistics. On Saturday, over fifty delegates from 12 countries had an assembly and discussed a common mobilization to the G20-protest in Hamburg with the focal point of capitalist logistics, and more specifically the … [Read more...]
Capital’s Art of War
In preparation for the G20-summit the Berlin anticapitalist group Theorie.Organisation.Praxis tries to tackle the question: Why should the radical left be interested in logistics? The G20-summit is a challenge to the radical left. We – as many others – have asked ourselves whether it makes sense to participate in mobilising for protests against such summits. The anti- and alter-globalisation movement has had its day. The current … [Read more...]