#peter linebaugh

[yellowmanula]

Czując się hot 😅

[notsoterriblymisanthropic]

Eduardo Galeano, the historian from Uruguay, reminds us of a simple etymology, that the word “record” as in the record of the past, derives from Latin, to pass again through the heart (“cordis”).

We cannot avoid the ache of history; its grief we feel in the gut. In preparation for the May Day general strike (will it be general?) by the undocumented workers we organize our banners (and May poles?), prepare our slogans (open borders, troops home, no enclosures, health care for all), hopefully many will try their hand at a manifesto, and we alert our lawyer friends to prepare defense for the inevitable victims. It is also essential to study our past, and to learn about our May Day. We must study the record. It must pass through our heart again.

-Peter Linebaugh, May Day With Heart

[nextwavefutures]

The Red May Day and the Green May Day

The Red May Day and the Green May Day: the politics of the environment and the politics of labour. New post.

As May Day approached this year I finally got round to a small project I’d been meaning to do for a few years now. This was to read Peter Linebaugh’s book The Incomplete, True, Authentic, and Wonderful History of May Day, which is a collection of pieces he has written over the years—some pamphlets, some articles—for and about May Day. Peter Linebaugh is a radical American historian, probably…

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[jacobwren]

As a woman and a feminist she observes the production of the commons in the everyday labours of reproduction - the washing, cuddling, cooking, consoling, sweeping, pleasing, cleaning, exciting, mopping, reassuring, dusting, dressing, feeding children, having children and caring for the sick and the elderly.

Peter Linebaugh on Silvia Federici

[gods-and-radicals]

Anti-fascism and the Left's Euro-Secular Arrogance

Anti-fascism and the Left’s Euro-Secular Arrogance

Fighting fascism cannot be done with cheat-sheets, graphics, or slogans ; it must involve building vibrant, tolerant, and culturally-rich communities that refuse to discard spiritual meaning. And that cannot be done without interrogating the secular arrogance of the left’s “founding fathers.”

An editorial, from Rhyd Wildermuth

Perplexity, shock, and a revulsion she tried to temper with all else…

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[dagwolf]

recommended interview with Peter Linebaugh. 

[jacobwren]

We have said the meeting of Caliban and Trinculo under the gaberdine is the beginning of the motley crew. We should explain the significance of the term. In the habits of Royal Authority in Renaissance England, the "motley" was a multicoloured garment, often a cap, worn by a jester who was permitted by the king to make jokes, even to tell the truth, to power.

Peter Linebaugh & Marcus Rediker, The Many-Headed Hydra

[notsoterriblymisanthropic]

The book is trying to put some freedom back into history telling us that it could have been otherwise. We call this human agency. The theory is something like this. It’s human history, we’re humans, history is something we make with our deeds and words. This is where free-will rubs up against determinism. As soon as you put class into the theory it begins to make sense: the ruling class is determined to exploit us, so naturally it says that it can’t help it – the steam hammer is stronger than John Henry, you can’t stand in the way of progress, and so on. That’s the determinism. On the other hand, the working-class will be free. We are not cogs in a wheel; we have not forgotten the good old wooden shoe. We do have choices.

Peter Linebaugh, May Day with Heart