While having sympathy for activist movements like OWS, the Spanish Indignados or the French Nuit Debuit, political theorist Chantal Mouffe… Read more CHANTAL MOUFFE ° Towards an Agonistic Conception of Assembly
Keyword: Occupy Movements
ISABELLE FREMEAUX & JAY JORDAN / LABOFII ° Compos(t)ing Together to actually do shit!
The Laboratory of Insurrectionary Imagination (Labofii) has brought artists and activists together to co-design and deploy forms of creative disobedience… Read more ISABELLE FREMEAUX & JAY JORDAN / LABOFII ° Compos(t)ing Together to actually do shit!
JUDITH BUTLER ° Where are We Now? Assembly, Care, and Connection
We might have expected the pandemic to shut down popular assemblies, since they have traditionally presumed access to shared space. … Read more JUDITH BUTLER ° Where are We Now? Assembly, Care, and Connection
MAX HAIVEN ° The Ghosts of Occupy. Notes on a Haunted Decade, in the Spirit of David Graeber?
What are the afterlives of the Occupy Movement, now ten years on? On the one hand, groups and tendencies that… Read more MAX HAIVEN ° The Ghosts of Occupy. Notes on a Haunted Decade, in the Spirit of David Graeber?
JODI DEAN ° Which Side is the Freedom Side?
In the United States, the long March of 2020 came to an end on May 26 when protests against the… Read more JODI DEAN ° Which Side is the Freedom Side?
FLORIAN MALZACHER ° Spheres of Pragmatic Utopias and Radical Imagination. The Art of Assembly
The past decade has been marked not only by numerous activist movements and gatherings but also by a wide range… Read more FLORIAN MALZACHER ° Spheres of Pragmatic Utopias and Radical Imagination. The Art of Assembly
OLIVER RESSLER ° Voices to Reckon with
Assemblies provide a crucial platform for direct decision-making in any attempt to make societies more inclusive and democratic, more just… Read more OLIVER RESSLER ° Voices to Reckon with
JULIA RAMÍREZ-BLANCO ° Assembly as Performance. The Mass Assemblies of the 15M Movement
Assemblies are normally held on a scale that allows for direct discussion and participation. However, during the Spanish protest camps… Read more JULIA RAMÍREZ-BLANCO ° Assembly as Performance. The Mass Assemblies of the 15M Movement
THE CHURCH OF STOP SHOPPING ° Singing Toward Assembly
The Stop Shopping Choir has been exploring the shape and time of song for twenty years- in movement building, direct… Read more THE CHURCH OF STOP SHOPPING ° Singing Toward Assembly