In a 1982 paper presented at MIT, Italian urbanist Paolo Ceccarelli characterized Detroit and Turin as “città fragili” — fragile cities. His assessment contrasted starkly with the way…
“Don’t fuck with the Oakland Commune.” Words which will live forever in history, to be remembered and repeated at every glorious defeat inflicted upon the heroes of the future by mayors, police…
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In the spring elections of 2013, the political equilibrium of the so-called Second Italian Republic was upset by a new political entity that was officially created only four years earlier: the Five Star Movement (M5S). The polls predicted a victory for The Democratic Party (PD) and its allied…
In the last issue, we introduced the history of “Dear Comrades,” a readers’ letters section inspired by pages from the Italian…
Lineament. noun. GEOLOGY. A linear feature on the earth’s surface, such as a fault.
“State space subordinates both chaos and difference to its implacable logistics.” — Henri Lefebvre, “Space and the State” (1978)
This text was first published in Avanti!, Turin edition, from his column “Sotto la Mole,” January 1, 1916.
Introduction | Letter 1 | Letter 2 | Letter 3 | OriginalNow available (8/6/13): Letters 4 and 5
I noticed with great pleasure that you have published in your review Socialisme ou Barbarie a translation of my letter…