Why did the banlieues burn?

Colin Falconer ~ RP 136 (Mar/Apr 2006) ~ Commentary

Commentary Why did the banlieues burn? Colin falconer The violence on French housing estates in November 2005, which saw thousands of cars burnt, attacks on public buildings, occasional Belfast-style confrontations between police and young rioters and police helicopters overﬂying residential suburbs, sent shock waves through French society. The scale of the violence and repression was […]

Answering the question: What is to be done?: Dossier: documenta 12 magazines project

Dossier: documenta 12 magazines project

David Cunningham ~ RP 141 (Jan/Feb 2007) ~ Article

Answering the question: What is to be done? (education) David cunningham The question ʻWhat is to be done?ʼ, Adorno remarked, frequently ʻsabotages the logical progress of knowledge that alone allows for changeʼ . However, despite being always-already-inscribed within the imperatives of instrumental rationality, it is, he acknowledged, nonetheless ʻunavoidableʼ. [1] This is especially so for […]

Many enemies, much honour: The founding of The Left Party in Germany

Albrecht von Lucke ~ RP 146 (Nov/Dec 2007) ~ Commentary

Commentary Many enemies, much honour The founding of The Left Party in Germany Albrecht von lucke The foundation of The Left Party in June this year produced a forceful reaction in the German media. In the main, the leading journalistic organs of the Republic dismissed it as an insolent populist gesture. In the words of […]