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This essay is the fourth part of The Dislocation of Vendémiaire.

This essay, titled The Dislocation of Vendémiaire, explores the theoretical and practical contradictions within contemporary capitalist society, using the socio-political unrest in France as a backdrop. Grounded in Marxist philosophy and dialectics, the author critically examines the illusion of national economics and the polarization of political economy.

This essay is the second part of The Dislocation of Vendémiaire, following Part I, “The Disruptors of the 21st Century and the Ideological Collusion.” While Part I interprets the 2026 France-centered student-led protest wave as a politically dislocated movement—one misread by mainstream discourse as a multi-class coalition when it is in fact an expression of fragmentation within the proletariat—Part II develops the theoretical argument behind that claim.

This article takes the French student-led protests and unrest between September and October 2026 as its point of departure. It rejects the mainstream interpretation of the movement as a broad multi-class alliance of diverse demands, and instead argues that it reflects a deep internal differentiation and fragmentation of the proletariat under digital capitalism.

For over seven decades, Myanmar was consumed by the world’s longest civil war, but the Intha (Insaku), the "Children of the Lake/The People of The Lake," remained a peaceful exception. Nestled among high mountain peaks in Shan State, they lived peacefully with nature on the still waters of Inle Lake, famous worldwide for their stilt houses, floating gardens (ye-chan), and iconic leg-rowing fishermen, or at least that's what the state and tourism agency’s narrative for their brand image.

From October 7 to the Present: States at War with Human Beings The Israeli–Palestinian conflict cannot be said to have begun on October 7, 2023, just as it cannot simply be reduced to a war between “two nations.” The roots of this catastrophe go back decades: to the end of the British Mandate, the 1948 war, the establishment of the State of Israel, the displacement and expulsion of more than 700,000 Palestinians, and the emergence of what Palestinians call the Nakba — the catastrophe.

We publish below the statement from the Spanish group Liza on the Maricarmen mobilisation and the need for revolutionary organisation. Context: On Saturday, September 26, thousands of people marched through the streets of Madrid to protest the eviction of 87-year-old disabled Maricarmen Abascal from her home. Her door was broken down by local riot police, and she was evicted on a stretcher despite the resistance of a cordon of protesters.

This is a peer-reviewed article published via "Anarchist Developments in Cultural Studies (ADCS)".

This is a transcript of a talk by Barry Pateman at the Bay Area Anarchist Bookfair in San Francisco. It shows something of his approach to anarchism, and the history of anarchism, and mentions some of the important people and experiences in his life. Barry spoke with passion and a greater concern for people than abstract ideas. As you’ll see, his humour (and swearing) were always self-deprecating: ‘Thank you for your time.

The only hope of socialism resides in those who have already brought about in themselves, as far as is possible in the society of today, that union between manual and intellectual labour which characterizes the society we are aiming at. ~ Simone Weil The long-foreseen moment has arrived when capitalism is on the point of seeing its development arrested by impassable barriers.