Over the last few decades, I've grown more skeptical about a few things in which I used to have more faith. I believe as much in the necessity of, and the possibility of, revolution as I ever did. At the same time, I've grown more skeptical about poetry's role in it or art's contribution to it, and I've grown more skeptical about the university. Universities are big companies, and they're disciplinary in the way that any big institution is. I've found that the political militancy that the professoriate has mostly been fairly repressive of what I take to be necessary politics.
For a long time, early industrializing countries were absorptive. They were endlessly able to absorb new labor inputs to keep expanding. This was bot… - Joshua Clover
For a long time, early industrializing countries were absorptive. They were endlessly able to absorb new labor inputs to keep expanding. This was bot…
- Joshua Clover
People often say, "Riots aren't revolutions." That's true. The vast majority of riots never become revolutionary. On the other hand, show me the revo… - Joshua Clover
People often say, "Riots aren't revolutions." That's true. The vast majority of riots never become revolutionary. On the other hand, show me the revo…
I'm trying to mediate between individual agency and structural determination. I accept that people make individual choices, quite thoughtful, quite c… - Joshua Clover
I'm trying to mediate between individual agency and structural determination. I accept that people make individual choices, quite thoughtful, quite c…
When people are in a workplace where it's possible to organize and engage in labor actions, that's how they fight, and it can be very effective. When… - Joshua Clover
When people are in a workplace where it's possible to organize and engage in labor actions, that's how they fight, and it can be very effective. When…
People do make considered choices about whether they want to fight, and how, and they do so from disparate circumstances. But I think there are two i… - Joshua Clover
People do make considered choices about whether they want to fight, and how, and they do so from disparate circumstances. But I think there are two i…
Over the last few decades, I've grown more skeptical about a few things in which I used to have more faith. I believe as much in the necessity of, an… - Joshua Clover
Over the last few decades, I've grown more skeptical about a few things in which I used to have more faith. I believe as much in the necessity of, an…
People who oppose violence often defend strikes, forgetting that strikes are historically every bit as violent as riots. They recast history so that … - Joshua Clover
People who oppose violence often defend strikes, forgetting that strikes are historically every bit as violent as riots. They recast history so that …
The most important quote about poetry and politics that I know is from a different situationist, Guy Debord. He was locked in a debate with the Frenc… - Joshua Clover
The most important quote about poetry and politics that I know is from a different situationist, Guy Debord. He was locked in a debate with the Frenc…
I don't want to be hubristic about art's possibilities. I don't think that art has a causal relationship to revolution. I do think it's a way people … - Joshua Clover
I don't want to be hubristic about art's possibilities. I don't think that art has a causal relationship to revolution. I do think it's a way people …
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