We discuss an essay by the ultra-left collective 'Endnotes' that deals with the same political questions as we do, but comes up with different answers. Are the fragmented and ephemeral movements that have taken to the streets in France, Chile and the US, for example, the future of politics? Anti-political rejections of the establishment seem radical, but can they overcome their own negativity? And are identity politics the necessary form that re-politicisation has taken? 

 

Readings:

Essay discussed

Onward Barbarians, Endnotes

Background

The Bleak Left, Tim Barker, n+1

Endnotes no.5: A melancholic goodbye…, Angry Workers of the World

On communisation and its theorists, Friends of the Classless Society