tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10131050.post382191236512387242..comments2024-03-01T08:19:54.547+00:00Comments on BobFromBrockley: It's all badbobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15439386754907203808noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10131050.post-47174050350521560412010-05-20T17:24:49.117+01:002010-05-20T17:24:49.117+01:00i've always felt l'armee des ombres (army ...i've always felt l'armee des ombres (army of shadows) was only contingently, or accidentally about politics, but was basically about the refusal to accept one's fate and the courage to act in a seemingly hopeless situation. in fact, how action, i.e. defiance, resistance, creates a space for hope. <br /><br />or better, resistance and ethics makes me think of that line from rene char, the poet who fought with the maquis in provence:<br /><br />"the light has been banished from our eyes. it is buried somewhere in our bones. and we are seeking it, to restore its crown."<br /><br />or,<br /><br />"at every meal that we eat together, freedom is invited to sit down. the chair remains vacant but the place is set."<br /><br />lesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10131050.post-11158184622857334632010-05-20T16:06:59.452+01:002010-05-20T16:06:59.452+01:00Faust indeed!Faust indeed!ModernityBloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06354254639321208955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10131050.post-51518014407373256492010-05-19T20:23:34.182+01:002010-05-19T20:23:34.182+01:00Hey, thanks for the nice mention which I was total...Hey, thanks for the nice mention which I was totally surprised to see while reading your great blog.Ravenhttp://londonmasalaandchips.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10131050.post-3356054230015689032010-05-19T17:37:36.671+01:002010-05-19T17:37:36.671+01:00A big thanks Bob for the link to my Dissent posts ...A big thanks Bob for the link to my Dissent posts - much appreciated. <br /><br />Although our local politics may be quite different (emphasis on 'may'), I am an avowed internationalist and enjoy your blog greatly. <br /><br />MikeMike Harrishttp://lewishamcentralhithergreen.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10131050.post-85541684064732049672010-05-19T14:56:39.016+01:002010-05-19T14:56:39.016+01:00You may want to include the Rosa Parks hairdresser...You may want to include the Rosa Parks hairdresser in Ladywell RoadAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10131050.post-46035341554032199762010-05-19T12:56:57.580+01:002010-05-19T12:56:57.580+01:00Resistance and ethics! That's a big topic!
In...Resistance and ethics! That's a big topic!<br /><br />Initial thoughts. Jacqueline Rose The Last Resistance is probably, I hate to say it, useful. You might be interested in the review <a href="http://www.dissentmagazine.org/democratiya/article_pdfs/d14Gidley-2.pdf" rel="nofollow">here [pdf]</a>, which I think comes from somewhere similar to where you are coming from. <br /><br />The other thing that spring immediately to mind are Army of Shadows, the existential J-P Melville film about the French resistance, which is well watched alongside Camus.<br /><br />Oh, and have you read any of yehuda Bauer's recent work, where he talks about Amidah (defiance?). I've only read reviews - see <a href="http://poumista.wordpress.com/2010/04/15/amidah-defiance/" rel="nofollow">here</a>. <br /><br />I'd love to see what you are thinking about. If you want, e-mail me at bobfrombrockley at googlemail dot combobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15439386754907203808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10131050.post-71719586463142303052010-05-18T17:39:16.737+01:002010-05-18T17:39:16.737+01:00Hey Bob:
I'm compiling a list of sources for ...Hey Bob:<br /><br />I'm compiling a list of sources for a possible course on ethics and resistance. Any valuable suggestions you may offer will be welcome. Fiction as well, if you know of any. Sorry too interrupt the flow. Best, NogaThe Contentious Centristhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07370528817706233156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10131050.post-49360106278550970032010-05-18T10:46:40.884+01:002010-05-18T10:46:40.884+01:00I think that the conclusions at the end of the Dat...I think that the conclusions at the end of the Datacide post are wrong - I clearly do not go along with the idea of "a communist movement not participating but denouncing and fighting politics" and nor do I see the Trots as the “left wing of capital”. Your point about them following in the fetishisation of the figures, which I hadn't thought about before, is also right.<br /><br />However, I found it a nice, concise description of the state of the left of Labour left in Britain today: the oppurtinusm of the SWP, the reactionary politics of its various alliances, the reactionary-ness of No2Eu and the fact that TUSC was little better, and the embarassing performance of the Trot grouplets who stood. <br /><br />I think the sooner the far left escapes the "Leninist cloud cuckoo land" that leads to these disasters, the better. Of course, leaving it for an ultra-left cloud cuckoo land will be an advance in some ways but a step forward in others.bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15439386754907203808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10131050.post-50371523586829000342010-05-17T21:28:26.279+01:002010-05-17T21:28:26.279+01:00God almighty Bob, I thought that stuff from Dataci...God almighty Bob, I thought that stuff from Datacide really was wank - I never thought I'd see the day you were linking to ultra-left bollocks which basically commits its own crime of fetishising electoral figures simply to smack the other Left parties about a bit.Dave Semplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11876639425450919663noreply@blogger.com