Notices by Rasmus Fleischer (rasmusfleischer@tldr.nettime.org)

Antiauthoritarian Alliance (Italy) on #Ukraine:
"Not all violence is the same, not all wars are symmetrical, and pretending otherwise means obscuring the responsibility of those who invade.
...
Desertion can be a political act in certain contexts; in others, it means leaving the field open to oppression. Turning it into a universal solution is a theoretical shortcut that completely ignores real power relations.
...
Solidarity is not a slogan. It is a material stance. It means choosing a side when no perfect options exist."

https://www.facebook.com/share/1GG3EEtVNp/

Or there was another popular one called Breaking Rust, I believe, who was a sort of modern hardcore country singer. Nearly every song began with him humming, in the same cadence, followed by the same bluesy percussion. And all were some variation on the theme of being a tough guy who doesn't care about other people's opinions. Like, dozens of these songs.

"Kin is a curated collection of simple, free web tools that work without subscriptions, accounts, or tracking. Small, useful things that you open in a browser, use, and close. Nothing more.
Every tool on Kin is built by a real person.
No app store involved."
https://kintools.net/

A dialectical response to the ban on #sociology [in Florida] must involve a reassessment of its birth.

Preliminary curriculum:
Simon Clarke, "Marx, marginalism and modern sociology"
Marcel Stoetzler, "Antisemitism and the constitution of sociology"
Gillian Rose, "Hegel contra sociology"

Today, Polygonia (München) released her new EP on Timedance (Bristol) and she keeps pointing out a strong direction for #polyrhythmic #techno

https://polygonia.bandcamp.com/album/ceaseless-motion

My essay on Timm Graßmanns book "Marx gegen Moskau", discussing Karl Marx' views on #Russia, #Poland, #Ukraine and "the foreign policy of the working class", has now been published in an English translation:
https://leftrenewal.org/articles-en/fleischer-marx-en/

Originally written in Swedish for @Flamman:
https://www.flamman.se/marx-var-ingen-moskvavan/
#marx #marxism #internationalism #antiimperialism #foreignpolicy #russiaisaterroriststate

I've got a new research article out in the history of ideas yearbook Lychnos. On the political context for the establishment of Sweden's cost-of-living index in the 1910's, the relationship between social statistics and the renewal of right-wing class politics, and a slightly weird example of proto-fascism.

In Swedish, but with English abstract.
Open access: https://tidskriftenlychnos.se/article/view/28346

Cool new music discovery tool based on track adjescency within curated sets at NTS Radio:
https://back2back.space/
#music #musicdiscovery #musiccuration #ntsradio

#panopticon #gambling #polymarket #gamblification

My band Vox Vulgaris just released a new track, slightly different from our usual #medieval #folk #music.
It's a remix/rework on IT'S ON U by the electro-punk-rap group Nora Sharks feat. Luthando Sound, released as the B-side of their single.

We basically replaced their electronic production with out own traditional instruments: two kinds of #bagpipes, recorder, tzouras, buisine, davul, qraqeb... and then we put their rappers back on top of it.
I think we arrived at a rather unconventional sound!

#hiphop #medievalmusic #percussion #experimentalmusic
Bandcamp: https://norasharks.bandcamp.com/album/its-on-u
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/its-on-u-feat-luthando-sound-single/1881630592
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/0Fi1jQ6QSthZQSGUehwzds

Original von Slavoj Žižek:
"The US, itself a de facto colony of Israel, serially violates..."

Übersetzung in Der Freitag:
"Die USA und Israel verletzen wiederholt..."

https://slavoj.substack.com/p/iran-from-heidegger-to-kant-da4
https://www.freitag.de/autoren/der-freitag/slavoj-zizek-teheran-hat-kant-falsch-verstanden | https://archive.is/E6jQE

Was ist erstaunlicher: dass Slavoj Žižek jetzt behauptet, die USA sei eine Kolonie Israels – oder dass Der Freitag eine deutsche Überstezung veröffentlicht, wo mann diese Behauptung ohne Kommentar wegzensiert hat?

@rasmusfleischer ugh. big yikes on all accounts, and truthfully yet another reminder for why i've almost entirely stopped paying attention to the žiž, i just can't bear his half-informed (well, at least this one didn't start with the near-obligatory "a friend recently told me..." lede!?) attention-grabbing and sometimes plainly butthurt (dunking on metoo in this context, really?) claims-for-clicks anymore. his fame has not benefitted his writing, unfortunately.

This is pretty interesting. I found out that this recent piece by Žižek has been translated to German by Der Freitag.

So what did they do with Žižek's bizarre claim that the US is an Israeli coloni? Well, they simply redacted that part away. 🤷♀️
https://archive.is/E6jQE

what the fuck did žižek just claim?

Yesterday I played this set at a small release party at Tropiska Föreningen in the Stockholm suburb Örnsberg.
Beginning with a mashup of Sunn O))) and my own band Vox Vulgaris. Continuing for over two hours with a sometimes chaotic mix of #idm, #breakbeat, #reggaeton, #acid, #tribe, #grime, #electro, #jungle, #footwork... even some unreleased #medievalmusic by Vox Vulgaris!
https://soundcloud.com/rasmusfleischer/tropiska-14-mars

"parts of the international Left approach the Iranian state primarily through the lens of their own interpretation of anti-imperialist geopolitics.
Within this framework, criticism of the regime’s internal repression is often treated with suspicion, downplayed, or denied altogether if it appears to echo Western narratives about human rights."

https://radicaldumpling161.substack.com/p/the-reductionist-dogma-of-campist
#iran #antiimperialism #iranprotests

Daria — ENERGY FOR BLACKOUT DAYS @ Lithium radio 18-02-2026
https://soundcloud.com/lithium-radio/daria-energy-for-blackout-days

Daria - A trip into Ukraine's underground scene @ Lithium radio 24-01-2026
https://soundcloud.com/lithium-radio/daria-a-trip-into-ukraines-underground-scene-lithium-radio-24-01-2026

"All music featured here was composed and released after the beginning of russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Most of the artists reside in Ukraine."

"I can find so many answers on why music is going in a dark direction. I would really hate it if it was something false, an aestheticization of darkness. It’s not a trend. Let’s see it the other way around: imagine artists from our region making hyperpop music. It would be ridiculous, it wouldn’t make sense."

Interview with Egyptian composer/producer ABADIR:
https://sshhhpeaceful.substack.com/p/abadir-i-can-find-so-many-answers
#egyptianMusic #electronicmusic #MiddleEastandNorthAfrica