Written by Laura Corcuera
Translated by Christine Lewis

In the midst of the current crisis of meaning, we must repoliticise demonstrations calling for sexual and emotional liberation.

What obligation have I to tell the truth about myself? Who needs to know? What do they expect from me? How should I answer? What would the consequences be? Speech is an act and therefore political in itself. Before we put all our eggs in one basket or engage in public processes and spaces, the common starting point could be doubt. Questions. Confusion. Uncertainty in the face of our own limits and frontiers.

By José Luis Carretero Miramar / translated by Christine Lewis Carroll

Amidst the many discourses that currently flourish in alternative and antagonistic sectors and the development of an increasingly more irrational and chaotic world, we must not lose sight of those which, in one way or another, focus on energy (fossil fuel) or finance (i.e. money in its different formulations).

By Jordi Blanchar (@maqui_tuits), photography by Sergi Bernal | Originally published by The Occupied Times.

By Belén Gopegui / translated by Christine Lewis

The expression “to do the paperwork” used to be common in government departments to describe the process by which an idea is put into practice. For example, if someone proposed opening lending libraries all night, the paperwork would explain how this would be done, the staff necessary and where they would come from, how expenses would be covered, etc. This comes to my mind because political party programmes are more like a list to Father Christmas: wishes, more wishes and debates about the wishes. But not much paperwork gets done any more. And I think what we need today are less debates about what we want and more about how to achieve what we want.