The Flame

All the social-chauvinists are now “Marxists” (don’t laugh!).The State and Revolution Marx is OK, even on Wall Street, there are people who love him today — Marx the poet of commodities, who provided perfect descriptions of the capitalist dynamics, Marx of the Cultural Studies, who portrayed the alienation and reification of our daily lives -, …

An Excerpt

Rough translation: [...] I asked him, how could that be? Here, the whole of their work could be broken by my hand, and so the work would be for nothing. He told me: But the honey bares witness. And will it not as easily forget, when it has been consumed? Then, what is left? A …

Theses on 5G

1. 5G towers, in contrast to LTE and 3G, are densely distributed across space. They are particularized, minute, purposeful, intensive. They correspond to the era of eco-logy (oikos), the cultivation of space. 2. 5G corresponds to the era of the smart city, and thus, the final nail in the coffin to the long process of …

Glossary for the New Era

Vlast - Russian, for power. Metaphysical, instead of mechanical connotations. Often supra-national, beyond nation-state. The power that transcends statehood. Polarity - From uni/multi-polarity. Polarity as such. Force of partiality. Often used interchangeably with Vlast, depending on context. Latter is usually geopolitical, but not exclusively. Polar Communism - Idea for Communistic revival in ex-Communist states, Russia …

Premonition II

??? A droplet echoed in the sandstone chamber. Soaring high above heaven, and yet deep bellow the earth. A pool of water, still like glass. The sarcophagus of time. Tears were still, and so could not be shed. And their faces turned pale, as the lotus submerged into the water. Hairs rose, closer to the …

Epilogue – I

The romantic era of the 21st century nears its end. For the American left, and the world at large... The ethereal soul is made concrete in the particle virus. The subjective position of the romantic (characterized by irony and moralism), taken before as the supreme horizon of being, dwindles on the edge of its own …

Premonition

Sha`ban 16, 807 Turaband A cold air of silence rose outside the palace walls. No one dared to speak, though no one would be heard. A blanket of snow covered the expanse, as the light upon its surface retreated with the setting sun. A black anticipation smoldered in the frozen breath of the horses; soon …

The Threshold – I

Introduction Most often, the question the youths begin with, or find necessary, is the question of what they must do. Their problems are articulated as problems of absence. They are doing nothing, and this is a problem, since they should be doing something, but either don’t know what to do, or can’t muster the ‘energy’ …

The Wind and the Rain

It seems that the countries of the Americas, Asia and Africa will have to go on quarrelling with the United States till the very end, till the paper tiger is destroyed by the wind and the rain. There are many who worry about American imperialism. They worry so much, that they consider the uprisings in …

And did Those Feet in Ancient Time

Of That Colossal Wreck, Boundless and Bare All hope is lost. A catastrophic defeat. Gloom and doom. Others, who are barely worth mentioning, respond differently. "I told you so." Mocking those who were so gullible and naive - failing to learn the lessons of history - to have invested the whole of their hearts in …