Tag: consumerism
Oleh: pinnsvin buollit áidi. Teks aslinya berjudul “Renewable Energy Doesn’t Exist Under Capitalism” diterjemahkan oleh Sachadru. — Jika keinginan membentuk infrastruktur energi, bagaimana kita membangun libido non – ekstraktif? “Karena apa yang terjadi pada siapa pun yang tidak ingin mengakui bahwa ekonomi politik bersifat libidinal, adalah bahwa ia mereproduksi dalam istilah lain fantasi yang sama…
De pinnsvin buollit áidi. Artículo original: Renewable Energy Doesn’t Exist Under Capitalism, de 11 de marzo de 2023. Traducido al español por Camila Figueroa. – Si el deseo configura las infraestructuras energéticas, ¿cómo construir una libido no extractiva? “Pues lo que le ocurre a quien no quiere reconocer que la economía política es libidinal, es…
Di pinnsvin buollit áidi. Originale pubblicato l’undici marzo 2023 con il titolo Renewable Energy Doesn’t Exist Under Capitalism. Traduzione di Enrico Sanna. — Se il desiderio è ciò che dà forma all’infrastruttura energetica, come possiamo dar vita a una libido non estrattiva? “Perché chiunque non voglia ammettere che la politica economica è una questione di…
— If desire shapes energy infrastructure, how do we build a non-extractive libido? “For what happens to whomever does not want to recognize that political economy is libidinal, is that he reproduces in other terms the same phantasy of an externalized region where desire would be sheltered from every treacherous transcription into production, labour and…
[Hear an in-depth discussion on this article and its topics in this episode of The Enragés] View or download a PDF copy of Rai Ling’s C4SS Study: Scarcity and Abundance Under Anarchism Introduction To what extent are contemporary production and consumption trends compatible with the abolition of the state and authority in general? There are…
Guida anarchica alla moda Di Logan Marie Glitterbomb. Originale pubblicato il 4 giugno 2019 con il titolo Only Anarchists Are Pretty: An Anarchist Guide to Fashion. Traduzione di Enrico Sanna. Negli anni novanta, il movimento anti globalizzazione (aziendale) dominava l’estremismo politico. Dai Girotondi contro il capitale ai Zapatistas alla battaglia di Seattle, infuriava la lotta…
Quando dire “non c’è consumo etico nel capitalismo” spegne la mente Di Frank Miroslav. Originale pubblicato il 21 maggio 2019 con il titolo “No Ethical Consumption Under Capitalism” is a Thought-Stopping Cliche. Traduzione di Enrico Sanna. A prima vista, dire che sotto il capitalismo “non esiste consumo etico” sembra assolutamente corretto. Chiunque faccia un’analisi sistemica…
In the 90’s, the anti-(corporate) globalization movement was at the forefront of the conversation in radical political circles. From the Carnival Against Capital to the Zapatistas to the Battle in Seattle, the fight against global capitalism raged on. This battle raged on side-by-side with the fight against sweatshop labor with protesters targeting companies like Gap…
The meme of “no ethical consumption” under capitalism is, on first impression, entirely correct. Anyone with a systemic analysis of capitalism knows that the big structural problems are the result of entrenched interests that maintain their status through the use of violence. Problems like climate change, planned obsolescence, poor working conditions, and factory farming are…
Sull’archeologia zombie Di Anon. Originale pubblicato il primo aprile 2019 con il titolo Night of the Living “Things”: Zombie Archeology. Traduzione di Enrico Sanna. L’Oxford English Dictionary alla voce “archeologia” dice: “studio della storia e della preistoria umana tramite lo scavo di siti e l’analisi di artefatti e altri reperti fisici.” Lo stesso dizionario definisce…
If capitalism is good at anything, it is making things. I mean “things” not in an ontological or otherwise formal sense but more in the manner that declutter gurus use it: general assorted human-made and/or human-claimed objects.
Consumerism is often derided by leftists. It’s viewed as an outgrowth of capitalism and markets more generally. There is truth in the notion that commercialism is a product of markets, but that doesn’t mean it’s bad. As Ellen Willis stated: First of all, there is nothing inherently wrong with consumption. Shopping and consuming are enjoyable…
Ross Kenyon explains that Obama’s call for $50 billion to be spent on transportation infrastructure hurts local and regional businesses by subsidizing the transportation of goods from more distant firms, and thus further entrenches corporate domination of the marketplace.