Frédéric Neyrat via nettime-l on Mon, 18 Dec 2023 08:11:34 +0100 (CET) |
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Re: <nettime> the silence on the rising fascism / non-violence |
Hi Brian, Reading your post, I stopped on the adjective "civil" in the expression "civil society", which you contrast with "naked barbarism", the one, we can say, of atmospheric capitalo-fascism. Indeed, which civility should "speak"? Maybe the one of a planetary ceasefire, rethinking non-violence at its roots (MLK, Gandhi, J. Butler's latest book, "The Force of non-violence," see also the 7th chapter of Robinson's Black Marxism). We're working on this with some friends: https://www.trans-planet.org/ (texts in French and English: https://www.trans-planet.org/abolishing-the-world-order-in-a-radical-ceasefire) Anyone who wants to take part / contribute is welcome! Sincerely, Frédéric Re: the silence on the rising fascism by Brian Holmes via nettime-l Obviously I agree with Pod. There's a gigantic lurch to the right. I recommend the second part of that Forensic architecture interview: https://granta.com/once-again-germany-defines-who-is-a-jew-part-ii Similar to Germany, the center left and right have come together in the US to seal off any public discussion about the war, despite polls showing that a majority is against sending arms to massacre Palestinians. Meanwhile the big discussion in the press is literally about dictatorship, how much dictatorship would be possible under a second Trump presidency. It's eerie, because at the same time you have Milei assuming power in Argentina and devaluing the peso by 51% on the first day, with his security minister saying that previously existing restraints will be abandoned, police on the street will carry live rounds and protests will be confined to the sidewalk. That's a recipe for a social explosion on a very short timeline. In short this is the heaviest atmosphere I ever lived through in the Americas. It seems that climate change, the Russo-Chinese challenge to US hegemony, and at the same time, boundary-busting technological innovations and twisted perspectives of yet another capitalist growth binge have all opened up a nihilistic sense of the need for states and elites to make a move. The geopolitical crisis and paradigm shift that Armin Medosch and I were so keen to analyze a decade ago is happening now. It's already on a huge scale and it could get bigger. At the same time I think civil society has only begun to speak, and there is an incredible amount to be said. The Empire itself is naked barbarism. What are we gonna do? yours for a viable tomorrow, BH -- # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: https://www.nettime.org # contact: nettime-l-owner@lists.nettime.org