At a time when the words "ideology", "ideal" and "utopia" are anomalies, I call for radicality. The contemporary revolutionaries, by dint of waiting for the Revolution, have never made it. This is why the Marxists no longer scare power.
I do not claim to be a member of this movement, which has proven its faults throughout history. Nor do I believe in the false dichotomy "Marxist versus Capitalist". Neither of them is a model of virtue. But what they do have in common is that they are centered on domination (no matter what the Marxists say, a state is a state).
What if salvation lay in abandoning the state? What if, through the organization of individuals (on a local scale), we could simply do without the apparatus of power?
We have many things to redefine. Revolution, Anarchy, Society, Democracy, Utopia... Words emptied of their meaning. It is up to us to give them sense again.
In recent times, we have seen the operations of a bourgeoisie that knows it is in danger. Repressions, fascist speeches, attempts to divide the middle and working classes, impoverishment of the public debate. We must therefore fight them while continuing to create our own spaces for exchange and reflection. Nothing is more dangerous for power than a people who organize themselves without it.
In this second issue of En Mode, I have chosen to talk about substantive issues while keeping the principles of intersectionality as a basis. The goal is to give a political and engaged reading of the different subjects we have dealt with. To find the "real issue".
You will find Saveria Mendella's manifesto against the gendered press, the fruit of several years of research. We also met with Anas Daif, founder of the podcast À l'Intersection, to discuss the role of journalism in the Revolution. Finally, we spoke with Hanan Besovic about the role of humor in fashion media.
I don't claim to have made an exhaustive work of all the things we could have covered. I just hope that you will see in it a beginning, an attempt to propose something new and to sow the seeds of a political awakening under construction.
Utopia, here and now.
Love, Lenny
