A global public sphere?

Susan Buck-Morss ~ RP 111 (Jan/Feb 2002) ~ Commentary

Commentary A global public sphere? Susan Buck-Morss When the multitude ceases to fear, it becomes fearful. Benedict Spinoza* This is the text of a talk to the Radical Philosophy Conference, Look No Hands! Political Forms of Global Modernity, Birkbeck College, London, 27 October 2001. September 11 has ruptured irrevocably the context in which we as […]

Ten challenges for ‘anti-war’ politics

Martin Shaw and Andrew Chitty ~ RP 111 (Jan/Feb 2002) ~ Commentary

Ten challenges for ‘anti-war’ politics Martin shaw It is said that generals always ﬁght yesterdayʼs war, but this is even truer of antiwar movements. Although the ʻwar against terrorismʼ is billed as a ʻnew kind of warʼ, the anti-war rhetoric has seemed even more familiar than the military practice. In this piece I bring my […]

Emergent fronts of the global anti-war movement

Mike Marqusee ~ RP 111 (Jan/Feb 2002) ~ Commentary

Emergent fronts of the global anti-war movement Mike marqusee It has been widely observed that the US-led global alliance against terrorism is a motley assemblage, bound together by expedience rather than principle. Some would say the same about the global anti-war alliance now being constructed to oppose it. Diversity is certainly the hallmark of this […]