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Comment on Antimetabole by Ian Gregory

Ian Gregory — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:41:37 +0000

You call your violence justice – we will repay your justice with violence.
– Stuart Christie of the Angry Brigade 1974

Comment on The Coming Insurrection: Some Thoughts by The English Section of the Situationist International and the Lumpenproletariat « boredom is always counter-revolutionary

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:52:18 +0000

[...] through to Laura Oldfield Ford’s aesthetic of Special Brew and ultraviolence. Even in France, The Coming Insurrection echoes this glorification of delinquent violence in finding its promise of future revolt in the [...]

Comment on Rethinking Complicity and Resistance: The Relationship Between Visual Arts and Politics by The Existing Images Only Reinforce The Existing Lies « boredom is always counter-revolutionary

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:19:24 +0000

[...] January 2008 The Existing Images Only Reinforce The Existing Lies October 28, 2009, 12:19 am Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Aberdeen, aesthetics and politics, Black Mask, Charles Fourier, detournement, Guy Debord, Jorgen Nash, king mob, Marquis de Sade, Oz, Recuperation, Rethinking Complicity and Resistance, Roland Barthes, situationist, situationist international, Spur, Up Against the Wall Motherfucker Below: my paper from the fantastic ‘Rethinking Complicity and Resistance’ conference at Aberdeen last weekend (abstract). [...]

Comment on TJ Clark’s address to the UC Occupation by SP

SP — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 04:25:19 +0000

Dear “an autonomous faction within the UCSC occupation” – I have a question: why are you occupying the graduate comms area? Not only is this of absolutely no inconvenience to the university administration whatsoever (hence why I believe you were issued with a letter basically stating: stay there, it doesn’t really matter, you’ll have to leave eventually) but also it is to the huge inconvenience of your fellow students – the very people who are already ‘bleeding from the cuts’ as it were. As I see it, there are many other areas of SC that could be occupied, and your vitriol about Berkeley and TJ Clark rings hollow when your actions are also so empty.

We are all in this together. Arguing about the’reform/revolution’ dichotomy is pointless right up in the face of potential privatization and the divisive actions of the Regents. Yes we want everything, but we want to achieve it together; as Students, Staff, Faculty & Workers of the University of California as a whole.

Comment on TJ Clark’s address to the UC Occupation by sam

sam — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:31:42 +0000

You’re right, I think this is at Berkeley. The e-mail I received (which will have gone to considerably more people than those who read this blog, by the way) suggested it was at Santa Cruz.

Surely you could offer a better response than ‘Death to the reformists’ and ‘we want everything’, though? You sound like Citizen Smith. There is, however, a delicious irony in throwing out these situ/’68 slogans against someone who was using them the first time round!

Comment on TJ Clark’s address to the UC Occupation by occupy california

occupy california — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 09:17:49 +0000

This address has nothing to do with the occupation at Santa Cruz. It is also a bunch of bullshit. Please re-title it. I think it has something to do with the bullshit that went down at UC Berkeley. Death to the reformists. We will not take it any more. WE WANT EVERYTHING. — an autonomous faction within the UCSC occupation

Comment on The Coming Insurrection: Some Thoughts by Claire

Claire — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 23:43:52 +0000

Hi, We’re interested in getting in touch with you. Please send me an email.
Best,
Claire

Comment on about by Claire

Claire — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 23:42:52 +0000

Hi, We’re interested in getting in touch with you. Please send me an email.
Best,
Claire

Comment on our only country is the revolution by B-M

B-M — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:04:33 +0000

I invite you to polish website: http://www.baader-meinhof.org.pl about urban guerilla. There are some polish news about action of Fire Conspiracy Cells.

Comment on Notes Towards a Rural Psychogeography: Richard Long at Tate Britain by Rich

Rich — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 17:13:54 +0000

Hi Phil,

Yes, I’m a fan of the Oulipeans and I suspect that’s a big influence on the things I do with psychogeography, too. I think your point about the irony of all this happening in a gallery is well-observed — that gives the work significantly more complexity than I’d appreciated.