The most important quote about poetry and politics that I know is from a different situationist, Guy Debord. He was locked in a debate with the French Surrealists, many of whom by the 40s and 50s were part of the… — 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 in insurrectionary activity across the globe for decades and centuries, and I don't think that we've… — 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 fairly profound change. But the change started a while ago, and it has taken a while to appear. Global capital, particularly western capital, has been in decline since the late 60s and early 70s. The softness… — Joshua Clover Copy Share
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 much in the necessity of, and the possibility of, revolution as I ever did. At the same time, I've grown more skeptical about poetry's role in it or art's contribution to it, and I've grown more… — Joshua Clover Copy Share
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
