Praxis Communique (Break/Flow 1, 1996)
The main text from Praxis Newsletter 7 from 1995 was originally titled Break the Circle and was reprinted with a short update in the first issue of Break/Flow in 1996.
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Author: Christoph Fringeli
Network 23 (from Break/Flow 1, 1996)
An early review article from Break/Flow 1 (1996) about the underground record label and distribution operation Network 23, set up by members of Spiral Tribe in 1994.
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Obituary: Michel Roger aka Olivier – Historian and Activist of the Communist Left
Michel Roger, (born March 5, 1948), also known as Michel Olivier, historian of the left communist movement and militant in several organisations of the communist left since the late 60s, died July 3, 2024; with his books researching and detailing unknown aspects of the history of the communist left he made essential contributions to the history of the movement.
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Far-right Compact Magazine Banned
Today, the interior minister of Germany banned the far-right Compact Magazine in an unusual step.
Edited by former leftist Jürgen Elsässer and employing a clever multi-media strategy, it had become the most popular of an array of far-right publications seeking an “overthrow of the regime”.
Nomex & Adverse Discography
Updated version of the Nomex and Adverse Records discography originally from the Almanac for Noise & Politics Volume Two (2016). It includes Nomex’s releases on his own Adverse label, partially based on the now-defunct Adverse website, the Maschinenbau 7″s, the releases on Praxis and other essential noise and concept-core.
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Datacide 19 Record Reviews by Christoph Fringeli
Record reviews by Christoph Fringeli from Datacide 19 feat. new releases on vinyl by GRMMSK, Gwakaï, The DJ Producer, Scorn, HFK, KK Null/Dot Product, R-Zac, Taciturne, C Mantle as well as compilations from Stirpe999 and Sozialistischer Plattenbau.
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Revolution and Counterrevolution in Germany 1919
In January 1919 two important figures of the early German communist movement were murdered in Berlin: Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht. This was in the middle of an attempt to turn the revolution that had forced the Kaiser to abdicate in November, 1918 into a fully socialist one. This attempt, often called the Spartacist Uprising, was defeated, as were other attempts in other parts of Germany to set up council republics and workers’ democracy.
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Video: Paris 5/12/2019 Strike & Demonstration, Place de la République, 3.45pm
Paris, December 5, 2019: Tense moments on the first day of the nationwide strike against the proposed changes of the pension system in France. We’re waiting on Place de la République for the demo to arrive. Video and photos.
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Datacide 18 Record Reviews by Christoph Fringeli
Christoph Fringeli’s record reviews from Datacide Eighteen feat. releases by No Name, The Mover, FFF, Max Durante, Toysfornoise and more.
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