Show Notes
&ers makes some recommendations for Mamdani's approach to the NYPD, &y recaps his Irish dérive, & we read together some excerpts from the recently departed Raoul Vaneigem
&ers essay on police reform: https://www.geesemag.com/articles/zohran-mamdani-needs-to-fire-jessica-tisch-but-who-will-he-replace-her-with
& reply from Ant L.: https://www.geesemag.com/articles/letter-the-nypd-is-none-of-our-concern
Basic Banalties: https://libcom.org/article/basic-banalities-parts-i-ii-raoul-vaneigem
Revolution of Everyday Life: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/raoul-vaneigem-the-revolution-of-everyday-life
Vaneigem's address to Greek anarchists in 2010: https://illwill.com/the-state-is-nothing-lets-be-everything
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