People who oppose violence often defend strikes, forgetting that strikes are historically every bit as violent as riots. They recast history so… — Joshua Clover Copy Share Image
When people are in a workplace where it's possible to organize and engage in labor actions, that's how they fight, and it… — Joshua Clover Copy Share Image
I don't want to be hubristic about art's possibilities. I don't think that art has a causal relationship to revolution. I do… — Joshua Clover Copy Share Image
People often say, "Riots aren't revolutions." That's true. The vast majority of riots never become revolutionary. On the other hand, show me… — Joshua Clover Copy Share Image
The university is one of various funding structures by which people who want to do theoretical work stay alive, the same way… — Joshua Clover Copy Share Image
People do make considered choices about whether they want to fight, and how, and they do so from disparate circumstances. But I… — Joshua Clover Copy Share Image
I'm trying to mediate between individual agency and structural determination. I accept that people make individual choices, quite thoughtful, quite careful, quite… — Joshua Clover Copy Share Image
I don't want to overvalue Donald Trump as some historical rupture, and to admit that I do think Trump is an indication of a… — Joshua Clover Copy Share Image
Over the last few decades, I've grown more skeptical about a few things in which I used to have more faith. I believe as… — Joshua Clover Copy Share Image
People who oppose violence often defend strikes, forgetting that strikes are historically every bit as violent as riots. They recast history so that strikes… — Joshua Clover Copy Share Image
There are places in the world where it's easier than in the US to be a person who produces theory and not require the… — Joshua Clover Copy Share Image
For a long time, early industrializing countries were absorptive. They were endlessly able to absorb new labor inputs to keep expanding. This was both… — Joshua Clover Copy Share Image
My point is that the alienation of theory and practice, intellectual and manual labor, is a real issue, but it's the outcome of social… — Joshua Clover Copy Share Image
When people are in a workplace where it's possible to organize and engage in labor actions, that's how they fight, and it can be… — Joshua Clover Copy Share Image
I don't want to be hubristic about art's possibilities. I don't think that art has a causal relationship to revolution. I do think it's… — Joshua Clover Copy Share Image
The most important quote about poetry and politics that I know is from a different situationist, Guy Debord. He was locked in a debate… — Joshua Clover Copy Share Image
People often say, "Riots aren't revolutions." That's true. The vast majority of riots never become revolutionary. On the other hand, show me the revolution… — Joshua Clover Copy Share Image
The university is one of various funding structures by which people who want to do theoretical work stay alive, the same way that people… — Joshua Clover Copy Share Image
Even as I've become more reticent about the political possibilities of the academic space, I want to note that students have played significant roles… — Joshua Clover Copy Share Image
