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Copyleft and the theory of property
A battle is underway between the supporters of intellectual property and the defenders of "the commons". Mikhail Xifaras traces the history of the concept of "exclusive rights" and evaluates the emancipatory claims of the copyleft movement today. [Estonian version added] [more]
The rocky waters of research
As crucial locations for the production of wealth, universities are also the natural site for the development of alternatives. One such is to publish under group pseudonyms, sidestepping the competitive evaluation of researchers by the number of papers they publish. [more]
The structure and silence of the cognitariat
Only a small "creative class" achieves the freedom stereotypically attributed to knowledge workers, writes Christopher Newfield. Increasingly, recipients of higher education are prepared for working life in a knowledge economy where independence has been eroded. [more]
Ecofeminism
Towards a fruitful dialogue between feminism and ecology
A survey of the epistemological, moral and social forms of the ecofeminist critique, drawing conclusions about the association between reductionist science and paternalist capitalism. Suggestions for a relationship with the natural world beyond the anthropocentric. [more]
"Beyond Google"
As the internet becomes as ubiquitous and invisible as electricity, the limits of engines such as Google need to be questioned, write Ariel Kyrou and Yann Moulier Boutang. [more]
From Guantanamo to Tarnac
A reversal of the order of law
The arrest in 2008 of members of a collective in the French village of Tarnac exemplifies how definitions of terrorism are tailored to penalize ordinary social protest movements, writes Jean-Claude Paye. [more]
The discovery of the communal
A manifesto
"Bodies and minds, once the cannon fodder of production, have become capitalism's cannonballs. Capitalism can no longer exist without the communal; with the communal, opportunities for resistance increase infinitely. That is the paradox of an epoch that has discarded the rags of modernity." [more]
What makes a biopolitical space?
A discussion with Toni Negri
"Soft" forms of activism that create urban collectivities on micro, neighbourhood levels only go so far, says Negri, who favours rupture and revolution over accumulation and gradual change. [more]
France: return to Babel
Resisting the norms of an over-regulated language is absolutely crucial, writes Marc Hatzfeld in a celebration of Babel and the true value of linguistic diversity: creative misunderstandings. [more]
An anthropologist between "banlieues" and globalized world
In the 1970s, taboos on acknowledging working-class racism hindered urban research. Today, both academic and media discourse has become ethnicized; this can have both positive and negative consequences, says Monique Selim. [more]
Women in war today
As seen in Bosnia and Algeria, women are no longer on the sidelines of war. By maintaining civil society, they serve as a secret weapon of the resistance. This leaves them highly exposed to the enemy, writes Giselle Donnard. [more]
Serpica Naro: The hoax of the precariat upon the fashion system
The young designer Serpica Naro was the fiction of a collective who wanted to have the last laugh at an industry in which three-quarters of employees under thirty-five work on temporary contracts. [more]
The merry deception of Luther Blisset
Don't hate the media, deceive it. A defence of the Luther Blissett collective. [more]
The origins of the subversive use of the hoax in Italy
"The true is a moment of the false." An overview of the hoax in Italy, from Censor (1975) to Luther Blissett. [more]
The Yes Men: The use of the "correction of identity" for Bhopal
The Yes Men combine happenings with takeover strategies. This time, Dow Chemical takes a hit. [more]
Prelude to the theory of the hoax and its subversive use
In an introduction to a focus on "activist hoaxes" published by French journal Multitudes, André Gattolin shows how simple tricks can upturn the codes of dominant cultures. The contemporary hoax goes beyond the field of traditional media activism and marks a regeneration of the culture of opposition. [more]
The old "new clothes" of the French Republic
In defence of the "insignificant" rioters
It is possible that the "apolitical" youths of the banlieue have done more to set things in motion in France than thirty years of political posturing, says the director of French journal Multitudes. [more]
Radical machines against the techno-empire
From utopia to network
In order to fight the "techno-imperialists" on their own turf, the radical potential of knowledge-sharing must go beyond the Free Software. [more]
Hacktivism
Street protests, politics, and mobility: A study of activist uses of syndication
On reappropriating the streets as a space of action and protest using cell phones, wireless internet connectivity, and other new media phenomena. [more]
The post-Fordist city
Casual workers prevent the social fragmentation of the city. [more]
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