Relentless Fear Most fear is banal, everyday and relentless. Some days I fear the cops and the fascists. But most days I just fear not being able to pay my rent, not having a job next year. The dreary fear that comes with only having just enough money to get by is the kind that […]
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Editorial Edition One
We follow rules, we obey laws, we adhere to social codes. At other moments we disobey the law, we break and bend the rules, we act outside of norms. In order to know when to obey and when to dissent and how to do these things together, we need to talk about our fears and […]
Den Plirono – Refusal to Pay!
A widespread movement against austerity in Greece is alarming governments and making markets tremble. The tactic that’s so threatening to the IMF, the EU and the Greek government? A simple refusal to pay. Since the IMF-EU austerity plan was launched last May, average Greek salaries have shrunk by 20 per cent and unemployment has soared […]
Artwork: Chris Jones
A revolution against neo-liberalism?
Abu Atris | neo-liberalism Two observations about Egypt’s history as a neo-liberal state are in order. First, Mubarak’s Egypt was considered to be at the forefront of instituting neo-liberal policies in the Middle East (not un-coincidentally, so was Ben Ali’s Tunisia). Secondly, the reality of Egypt’s political economy during the Mubarak era was very different […]
An end to the occupation
occupation and property damage Complicity, Duplicity, Monstrosity, Let me count the ways. A numerate response to the apparitions of neo-liberal confinement. 1. The violence comes in waves of shock, panic and terror. As the waves crash, outrage emerges as the universal emotional condition: so commonplace as to become another affliction like an obsession with the […]
What’s a nice girl like you doing in a place like this?
ALICE SPENCER Part one: It’s a long way to the top I started working in a brothel called Top of The Town. I rang up the number listed in the directory, went in for an interview and I started the next day. I told management a fictional story about being a single mum, but gave […]
DIY GUIDE No. 3 SHALL WE PLAY? A BDSM D.I.Y
DIY BDSM If, as old Willy said, “all the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players,” then maybe the most radical and most subversive thing we can do is to break the suspension of disbelief; to point out, if only for a mere moment, that we are only playing parts constructed […]
Editorial Edition Minus One
Download a copy: The Paper: Edition Minus One The paper edition minus one The edition minus one Paper is yours to seize, use and fertilise. We’ve felt it in the streets, in occupations, in walkouts, teach-ins and at Top Shop. In the assemblies, conferences and meetings – every time we get together we discover that […]