Emergencies of Authoritarianism

Eva von Redecker is kicking off the third and final day of the conference with a panel on ecological struggles against extractivism emergencies-of-authoritarianism.org

To understand the situation in Serbia before the snap elections on Sunday, rewatch this Dispatch with Adriana Zaharijević.

Debaditya Bhattacharya is starting off the second day of the conference with a panel on the psychic and affective dimensions of contemporary fascism emergencies-of-authoritarianism.org

The conference will be live streamed as well! emergencies-of-authoritarianism.org

Next week in Athens - no registration required! "Reconfiguring Political Futures" aims to deliberate on neoliberal governmentality and rising neofascisms, and on ways to envision emancipatory and egalitarian futures!

join us in Berlin for our workshop TOWARDS A SOCIAL THEORY OF FASCIZATION w/ Zeynep Gambetti, Dagmar Herzog, Henrike Kohpeiß, Daniel Loick, Robyn Marasco, Morten Paul, Eva von Redecker, Bafta Sarbo, Simon Strick, Isabella Weber & many more criticaltheoryinberlin.de/event/toward...

In this Emergency Call we spoke with Khaled Ghrairi from DAMJ a Tunisian human rights organization promoting and protecting the rights of LGBTQI+ people in Tunisia, about recent authoritarian shifts and their neocolonial entanglement. youtu.be/HUyWz7HBACM

New Emergency Call with Kolektiv Wakuum: A Sorbian collective doing queer, decolonial, &cultural work.They discuss right-wing violence,the importance of community organizing,(sub)cultural antifascism,and the significance of a deeper understanding of minority&Indigenous cultures youtu.be/Rf6bdZXtWJg

@eoaproject.bsky.social just published a new "Emergency Call" with an activist in Russia, reporting on their struggle against authoritarianism on the ground. Check out our website for a collection of calls with activists all around the world. emergencies-of-authoritarianism.org/emergency-ca...

In this Emergency Call, we spoke with an anonymous grassroots organization that supports activist groups and individuals facing intense pressure and serious danger in today’s militarist and authoritarian Russia youtu.be/B-0geG3uvxs

In our series ‘Emergency Calls’, we talk to non-academic partners to ask them for advice: In this episode, we spoke with Vanja and Lidija from Re:AFK, a collective in Serbia/Croatia that engages with abolitionist feminist ideas: youtu.be/2KiHS1ZKGVA

Finally out! Watch the video of our event earlier this month on Fortress Fascism. It is an insightful conversation between Nandita Sharma, Silky Shah, Mahamat Daoud, and Seán Binder, moderated by Esme Smithson Swain. youtu.be/8foE1RCSD0g

In this Emergency Call, we spoke with Maisan Hamdan from Urfod – Refuse, Your People Will Protect You, a collective supporting Druze Palestinian youth in refusing conscription into the Israeli army. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrTa...htt

The German research group "Politics and Gender" organizes a lecture series (online) on "Authoritarianism, Militarization, Fascistization – Feminist Perspectives and Analyses" www.dvpw.de/gliederung/s...

"In the Midst", the blog of the journal @criticaltimes1.bsky.social, publishes analyses of global authoritarianisms. The newest entry is by two of our members, Rosaura Martinez Ruiz and @danielloick.bsky.social, on the role of "surplus" or "waste" populations.

To understand Milei's midterm victory, re-watch our Dispatch with Gisela Catanzaro from May of this year, explaining "chainsaw authoritarianism".

In this Emergency Call we spoke to Gathanga Ndung’u from the Mathare Social Justice Centre about colonial continuities and continuities of resistance, the fight against extrajudicial killings, community-based organizing and the struggle for social justice in Kenya. www.youtube.com/watch?v=GI3s...

There has been a slight change: The event will take place at 6.00 pm central European time, which is 1.00 pm East Coast time. Please register for the webinar here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Living in Authoritarian Times: An online conversation with Ghazaleh Alimardani (Iran), Rahul Bhatia (India), Volkan Çidam (Turkey), Maik Dele Dittrich Frydetzki (Germany), Joseph Howley (USA). Moderated by Zeynep Gambetti (Turkey). 26.10., 12.00 EST / 18.00 CEST. Live streamed.

What wisdom would you share with your younger self?

How is life under authoritarian conditions for you?

What are your coping mechanisms for fascism?

Living in Authoritarian Times: An online conversation with Ghazaleh Alimardani (Iran), Rahul Bhatia (India), Volkan Çidam (Turkey), Maik Dele Dittrich Frydetzki (Germany), Joseph Howley (USA). Moderated by Zeynep Gambetti (Turkey). 26.10., 12.00 EST / 18.00 CEST. Live streamed.

Authoritarianism is not simply a political order, but also deeply affects the everyday: The way we behave, feel, and relate to each other. Join us for this online conversation with activists and scholars from around the world. @gambettiz.bsky.social

Statement by the International Consortium of Critical Theory Programs on the recent attacks on academic freedom @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social criticaltheoryconsortium.org/announcement...

In this episode of Emergency Calls, we spoke with YoNoFui, an abolitionist, transfeminist, and anti-punitivist collective in Buenos Aires. They shared how they organize against 'contemporary legalized torture centers', and why we should unite against repression youtu.be/t7-7PWJFygo

In our new "Dispatch of Authoritarianism", Rosaura Martínez Ruiz elaborates on her concept of Antigonia, which enables us to perceive the political claim to mourn put forward by the collectives of buscadoras in Mexico as an anti-authoritarian struggle. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXqF...

In our new "Dispatch of Authoritarianism", Rosaura Martínez Ruiz elaborates on her concept of Antigonia, which enables us to perceive the political claim to mourn put forward by the collectives of buscadoras in Mexico as an anti-authoritarian struggle. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXqF...

Check out the latest episode of Dispatches of Authoritarianism: In this episode, Zeynep Gambetti discusses the current situation in Turkey, tracing today's configuration back to the disruptive implementation of neoliberalism and the resulting societal transformation youtu.be/JT_4XysBj0A

“The politicians want to define protest as merely voicing a demand without disrupting anything; they don’t recognize the value of putting one’s body between the state & the scapegoated. There is apparently no ‘peaceful’ way to do that. What we are witnessing is not only protest; it is self-defense.”

If you want to get a first impression of what our Benjamin Lectures next week will be about, you can listen to Tommie Shelby talk to the host Lukas Ondreka on Dissens Podcast about grassroots solidarity and resistance to today's authoritarian movements: podcast.dissenspodcast.de/306-racism

In April, "Emergencies of Authoritarianism” organized a panel discussion in Buenos Aires on "Authoritarian Times". We are proud to anounce that the recording is online now. Check out the English version: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SB4... and the Spanish version: www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7oQ....

Two more contributions on authoritarianism to the "In the Midst" blog facilitated by @criticaltimes1.bsky.social, one by our project member Debaditya Bhattacharya on India and Kashmir, one by Adriana Zaharijević on Serbia: ctjournal.org/in-the-midst...

Our colleague Debaditya Bhattacharya has written an insightful piece on the articulation of authoritarianism in India, examining the context and consequences of the recent acts of war