Political News Datacide 17
Political news section from Datacide 17 which originally appeared in print in 2017. Endless War, Agents Provocateurs, Surveillance, Control, Repression and more
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Datacide Seventeen Editorial
In September 1867, 150 years ago, a book appeared in Hamburg with a first edition print run of 1,000 copies. This book was called Das Kapital, by Karl Marx. In the book, Marx sets out to analyse the capitalist reality in the form of a ‘critique of political economy’. He begins with an analysis of the commodity, describing its use and exchange value, and laying out, both economically and historically, how capital is produced, extracted and accumulated.
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‘Comrade Doctor’ – On David Cooper and ‘Anti-Psychiatry’
‘Comrade Doctor’ is an in-depth article by Howard Slater on David Cooper and ‘Anti-Psychiatry’ from Datacide 16 and a critical response to Christoph Fringeli’s review of Peter Sedgewick’s ‘Psycho-Politics’. He examines the tension between sedate rationality and radical psychiatry, contrasting Laing’s romanticism with David Cooper’s push for politicizing madness to challenge capitalist norms and social alienation.
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NEXT:NOW – Strategies to Re-Sample the Future
On November 10th at Vetomat Berlin, a new event titled next:now will discuss the stagnation of cultural innovation in the 2000s, described as the ‘Re’ Decade by Simon Reynolds, and explore society’s preoccupation with the past through the perspectives of Debord’s spectacle concept. Speakers from various cultural backgrounds will engage in a discussion addressing the dilemma between sharing knowledge and succumbing to nostalgia, questioning our ability to shape reality.
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David Cooper: Note on Mystification (1978)
Mystification: ‘This term, mystification, itself mystified, entered the field of psychotechnology to specifically account for indirect communicative manoevres in families and other micro-groups.’
No, there are no techniques of demystification. There is no human technology.
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A Breakcore Saga
A comic strip by Simon Lejeune aka Haedre from Datacide 16, a satire about the cosmic sci-fi Breakcore scene.
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London Anarchist Bookfair 2017
Event announcement – Datacide taking part in the 2017 London Anarchist Bookfair with a stall – presenting issue 17 of the magazine.
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ARMED COMPETITIVENESS – The Working Class gets Called up to Fight Itself: Notes on a Recruitment Crisis
ARMED COMPETITIVENESS – The Working Class gets Called up to Fight Itself: Notes on a Recruitment Crisis, Datacide 16.
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Poisoned Fruit in the Walled Garden – The Alt Right: A Growing Problem, But Not a New One
In 2016, the Alt Right, a network of neo-fascist trolls, intensified online hate speech, manipulating public opinion on major political issues like Brexit and Trump’s campaign. Their tactics included posing as ordinary users, creating fake accounts, and spreading misinformation, ultimately aiming to propagate a neo-fascist agenda across America and Europe.
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