Instead of obediently waiting for the magic hand of the market to remedy its inability to produce and distribute vaccines, we need to stand up to Big Pharma and seize the vaccines as a public common good. Enough of putting profit before lives, we need to massively produce the vaccine, regardless of copyrights. … [Read more...]
Exchange
In this category we will publish our exchange processes. This can be in the form of discussion papers, sound recordings or other media.
Who needs “polarization”?
Looking at pro-Trump far-right supporters breaking in the Capitol, many mainstream opinion-makers shake their heads over the dangers of polarisation and extremism, providing the (far-) right with a convenient discourse about “both sides” and advocating a return to a status quo that brought us where we are. But in times of rising fascism and increasing inequalities, polarization is a necessity. A commentary by Jan Fürth Avoid polarisation at … [Read more...]
Two Years Since the Gilets Jaunes Insurrection: A Discussion with Participants
With the second anniversary of the gilets jaunes (GJ) uprising approaching, I virtually sat down with some participants to look back at a revolution that could have happened, the violent response of the police and the increasing restriction of civil liberties in France. I virtually sat down to talk to a group of young activists from Montreuil (Paris suburb) who joined in the early hours of the movement, witnessing the moment when the regime … [Read more...]
“The Revolution has been televised”
...a call for participation in the current movement Translation of an article by Antifa AK Cologne “When you talk about a revolution, most people think violence, without realizing that the real content of any kind of revolutionary thrust lies in the principles, in the goal that you’re striving for, not in the way you reach them.” –Angela Davis 3 weeks ago, the African-American George Floyd was brutally murdered by police officers. Since … [Read more...]
One crisis after another – The corona eruption increases the distrust of the population in the Iranian state
by Mina Khani, translated by Kian Zeytani. First published at German newspaper Analyse&Kritik on April 21st, 2020. The Corona outbreak reached "Iranian soil" much earlier than the government in Iran admits. As alte as February 18th, right after the 41st anniversary of the revolution (February 11th) and shortly before the parliamentary elections (February 21st), the Iranian state confirmed via the Revolutionary Guards newspaper that … [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...]
Video and update on “Fight the dirty conditions everywhere!”
Some news from our spontaneous campaign "Fight the dirty conditions" in support of the people in Moria and the occupied factory VIO.ME in Thessaloniki: *** Thanks to many of you we have collected around 2.500 Euro! *** The first load of soap is already on the way to Lesbos. We will give you an update once it arrives! *** VIO.ME has still dificulties to produce on large scale because of the electricity shutdown. The small generators from … [Read more...]
Shut the fuck up Jeff!- Amazons Corona profiteering goes viral
In 21st century capitalism, in the event of a crisis, work in Amazon's logistics centres is also one of the "systemically important professions", alongside doctors, nurses and supermarket vendors. Instead of abstaining from the new hand blender for the immune-boosting smoothies or the 10th pack of toilet paper, people order what they can. Amazon can hardly keep up with the crisis/demand and is trying to hire more than 100,000 new employees … [Read more...]