#griots – ZERO ANTHROPOLOGY

Single-Cell Resistance in the TimeSpace of Kairos

The period of bifurcation, chaos, and wild fluctuations out of which will emerge a new order (but one impossible to predict in advance) is in fact the description of the third time of historical social systems, that of structural crisis. It is the view of many world-systems analysts that the modern world-system has entered this […]

by Maximilian C. Forte

Uprising News for Jan. 9, 2009: Greece, Gaza

Just two brief alerts here: ON THE GREEK RIOTS promises to report on its blog today concerning today’s mass demonstrations planned across Greece today, with an anarchist assemply currently taking place in the Athens Polytechnic. Demonstrations and riots in Greece have continued, more sporadically since Christmas, and this January 9 mobilization has been planned for […]

by Maximilian C. Forte

Christmas 2008: What a Riot!

Decorating the Athens Christmas Tree, with heaps of rubbish, on Saturday 20 Dec. 2008 and …also, a report from the BBC showing how the tree looked once protesters assaulted it with bags of refuse… http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=iHyxFTrpLQQ …and for more American tastes, this “special season” sees the revival of a band that makes it feel like 25 […]

by Maximilian C. Forte

Losing Confidence, Lacking Trust, Smelling Fear, and Ducking Shoes

A seemingly random assortment of the moment’s news items in front of me, that if taken together appear to form a plot for a story about the new remaking of an allegedly “old” Europe. If these items could be imagined as audio, rather than read as words and images, they would give us a soundtrack […]

by Maximilian C. Forte

Live Camera on Greek Protests Right Now

Go to http://bouri.pblogs.gr/2008/12/live-camera-apo-to-syntagma.html to see live camera coverage of Greek protests happening right at this moment. Thanks to Teacher Dude for his up to date coverage. Sphere Related Content

by Maximilian C. Forte

Another Banner Day for Greece: The Acropolis of Resistance

As reported by On the Greek Riots, the Globe and Mail, the New York Times, and circulated on twitter and Youtube (see video below), the Greek protests continue and are becoming even more spectacular, in the original sense of the word as a “specially prepared or arranged display.” In a moment when more solidarity actions […]

by Maximilian C. Forte

Going Global and Virtual: Greek Solidarity Protests in Second Life

Second Life Left Unity organized two impressive protests and information centre in Second Life in solidarity with the Greek protests. The SL protests occurred on December 14 and 15, and were documented with some striking high quality photos. SLLU created an interactive media centre, shown above, which also doubled as a protest site, combining information […]

by Maximilian C. Forte

“Everyone to the Streets!”- Greek protesters take over state television

While the international mainstream news media appears determined to cast the Greek riots as “subsiding,” “waning,” and “easing,” reports from the protesters themselves paint a very different picture. Today, for example, Greek protesters seized state run television and interrupted a broadcast of Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis’ speech to parliament — watch: The youths who are […]

by Maximilian C. Forte

The Greek Uprising Continues and Widens Here, There, Everywhere

Call for an International Day of Action Against State Murder, worldwide demonstrations for Saturday, December 20, 2008: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=62832383528 and On The Greek Riots see also: “We don’t forget, we don’t’forgive” – day of international action against state murders, 20 – 12 – 2008 Today (Friday, Dec. 12), the assembly of the occupied Athens Polytechnic decided […]