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Less well known than his Abécédaire, or the essay he co-authored with Félix Gattari entitled Qu’est-ce que la philosophie? the lecture given by French philosopher Gilles Deleuze at the Université Paris 8 between 1979 and 1987 has nevertheless been recorded and transcribed in almost its entirety. Available in audio form on the BNF and Université […]

The end of the First World War sounded the death knell of the European monarchies and heralded a period of major upheaval. Faced with deteriorating living conditions, many Swiss citizens aspired to a more consensual decision-making system and greater social justice. From November 12 to 14, 1918, 250,000 workers, civil servants and workers from all […]

In 1818, Karl Marx was born. 200 years later, his theories seem more relevant than ever: denunciation of the evils of a capitalism that ignores the role of the human being, criticism of the concentration of capital in the hands of a few, the distortion between the value of a commodity and the time spent […]

1873, ten young Jura women, their children and their 20A onions, embracing the anarchist ideas of the Commune, set out on a journey to the far reaches of South America, hoping to build a better life. “I leave you Europe, land of thieves, with my comrades I go into exile, and all united to work […]

Pour une histoire des possibles: analyses contrefactuelles et futurs non advenus by Quentin Deluermoz and Pierre Singaravélou From the end of the last century to the beginning of this one, the events of the last thirty years have challenged many of our certainties about the inevitability of history and the way it unfolds. The book […]

Swiss anti-speciesist activist Virginia Markus was awarded the 2018 Champignac d’or on Saturday, December 15, for her statement: “We need to think about the professional survival of butchers without animals being killed at the end.” Winner, from over 40 candidates, of this Grand Prix du Maire de Champignac, which has been awarded each year since […]