#counterpublic — Public Fediverse posts

#Power hates that it needs a #subaltern #counterpublic to innovate and drive more profitable returns.

The lifecycle of Rome was: Republic, Empire, then a millennia of Theocratic State, before capitalist #institutions tolerated #governance, economic #innovation, and #culture exchange by the #subaltern #counterpublic in their midst.

If that pattern of #history is applied to the #American Republic, the Creepy Weirdos intend to speed-run…all of it.

#israel #palestine : #war / #gaza / #literature / #eyewitness / #documentation / #counterpublic

„Mahmoud Muna is the owner of the Educational Bookshop in East Jerusalem and one of the editors of “Daybreak in Gaza: Stories of Palestinian Lives and Cultures”. The book collects testimonies and stories from over a hundred Gazans, documenting their lives before and during Israel’s ongoing war on the enclave.”

https://qantara.de/en/article/mahmoud-muna-editor-daybreak-gaza-book-about-hope-anger-and-anguish

subaltern counterpublic

- conceptualized by Nancy Fraser (1997)
- parallel discursive arenas where members of subordinated social groups invent and circulate counterdiscourses,
- these permit them to formulate oppositional interpretations of their identities, interests, and needs

https://counterpublic.wordpress.com/2012/10/01/an-introduction-to-counterpublics/

#superversive #subaltern #counterpublic #identity #interests #needs

Fascinating listening to Michael Warner talk about the alt right as a #counterpublic in 2018 https://youtu.be/5PCTL1qidtg?t=1782