Panagiotis Sotiris Archives - Historical Materialism

From the Nation to the People: Rethinking the “We” of Emancipation

The following text is based on an intervention at the conference Historical Materialism Paris: Conjuring the Catastrophe / Combating the Catastrophe, held from 26 to 28 June 2025. “From Nation to People: Reimagining the ‘We’ of Emancipation” is appearing simultaneously in English on Communis and Historical Materialism, in French on Communis and Contretemps. Revue de

Greece: the mass rallies for justice and truth, the irreversible crisis of legitimacy and the “new that cannot yet be born”

On the 28 February, Greece experienced its biggest day of mass protest in many years. During a general strike with mass participation, large gatherings where organised in every city and town in Greece, along with protests in almost every city abroad with a Greek community. In Athens alone, it was a giant demonstration, with the

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