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All revolutions in history began without leaders, and when they had them, they were finished.
Censor
Saying that two and two make four is on the point of becoming a revolutionary act.
Guy Debord, Considérations sur l'assassinat de Gérard Lebovici
Those who impart to us their thoughts about revolutions usually refrain from letting us know how they have actually lived.
Guy Debord, In girum imus nocte et consumimur igni
Alienated industrial production makes the rain. Revolution makes the sunshine.
Guy Debord, La planète malade
We need to discover and open up the “Northwest Passage” toward a new revolution that cannot tolerate masses of followers, a revolution that must surge over that central terrain which has until now been sheltered from revolutionary upheavals: the conquest of everyday life. We will only organize the detonation: the free explosion must escape us and any other control forever.
Internationale situationniste #8
The ABC of Revolution
  • A. The object of sabotage and misappropriation, whether practised by the individual or the group, is the unleashing of a wildcat strike.
  • B. Every wildcat strike must develop into a factory occupation.
  • C. Every factory occupied must be appropriated and turned promptly to the service of revolutionaries.
  • D. By choosing delegates (who are subject to instant recall and mandated to collate decisions and to oversee their implementation) the assembled strikers lay the groundwork for a radical reorganisation of society… into a society of universal self-management.
Raoul Vaneigem, De la grève sauvage à l’autogestion généralisée
People who talk about revolution and class struggle without referring explicitly to everyday life, without understanding what is subversive about love and what is positive in the refusal of constraints—such people have a corpse in their mouths.
Raoul Vaneigem, Traité de savoir-vivre à l’usage des jeunes générations