Situationist International

Libertarian Marxist group who wrote extensively on culture and were highly influential on the events of May 1968 in France; members included Guy Debord, Raoul Vaneigem and René Riesel.

The SI was a libertarian socialist group founded in France. Famous for its writings on modern culture among other things, it played an important role in sparking the French mass strikes of 1968.

An examination of the limits of 2nd & 3rd International 'Orthodox Marxism' and the later theoretical contribution of the Situationist Guy Debord.

A look at workers' councils and the historical contexts in which they were created. A useful analysis - which challenges some aspects of the standard anarchist analysis of the events in Spain during the 1936 Revolution.

A situationist-influenced critique of modern art by some UK radicals in the days of 1967 when, for many, revolution seemed to be getting close. Despite the occasional silly over-estimation of delinquency and shop-lifting, still a fine critique of its time of art and its limits.

A free leaflet distributed as a critique of the Luther Blissett pamphlet and its publishers.

Some sections of "le roman de nos origines" from La Banquise No. 2 ( 1983 ) in english translation.

A remembrance of the author's friendship with Guy Debord in the late 1950s and early 60s - with some theoretical reflections.

Documents produced by the Situationist International or groups the Situationists were involved with during the mass strike and revolt of the glorious May 1968 in France.

"...it is time we examine the Commune not just as an outmoded example of revolutionary primitivism, all of whose mistakes can easily be overcome, but as a positive experiment whose whole truth has yet to be rediscovered and fulfilled."