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Collective

For a world in the middle

[by V. Wiel, Professor of 17th Century Literature] If it were still necessary to prove that our language is fascist, discriminatory towards minorities and that it urgently needs to be completely remade, we should finally address the fate of the left. Because

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Mikhail Kostylev

The French University - this inclusive kolkhoz

by Yana Grinshpun and Mikhail Kostylev In our (Soviet) youth, France was nicknamed the "16th Republic of the USSR". Emigration was a cruel disillusionment: the French hardly read, drink their vodka without snacking (the savages!) and their

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Collective

Our open letter to the Sorbonne

by the collective, unanimous Following the injunction addressed to us to withdraw article 1269 by the Provisional Administrator of the Sorbonne, here is the letter that we would like to send to him. Mr. Provisional Administrator, We learn from the letter that you

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Xavier-Laurent Salvador

Orthogredience and criminogenic thinking

[by XLS] Rather than “political correctness” – a hackneyed and unfounded expression – I now invite you to prefer the term “orthopensée” which shares the same prefix as the words “orthography” or “orthopedist”. This one presents

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Observers Collective

Day of the fight against delirophobia

[Here is an announcement that we are being asked to distribute, and that we will publish for once without comment:] Paris 21 University supports the international day against delirophobia, megalophobia and paranophobia "That's it, and I

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identity drifts
Yana Grinshpuhn

Old pots and decolonial soups

by Yana Grinshpun In the Soviet Union, it was a question of conforming to the spirit of the system which postulated respect for communist dogma. The latter presented itself as an emancipatory, progressive and humanist project which implied the creation of the New Man. This

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André Malraux
Humor
Observers Collective

The Andro-Anthropocentric Condition of André Mâlraux

We have therefore decided to rewrite the great classics of Literature in inclusive writing in order to compensate for the inefficiency of reactionary publishers who do not dare to take the step. Determined to fight for the beauty of the gesture, we are going to put back

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Collective

Camus's Allochtone

Today, Parent 1 benefited from his right to end of life. I received a text from ADMR, or maybe ADMD, I don't know: "Parent 1 DCD. Humusation tomorrow. Cdt." That doesn't mean much or anything. It could have been yesterday or the day before.

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