http://www.thehaircutbeforetheparty.net The Haircut Before The Party Wed, 06 Mar 2013 06:58:45 +0000 http://www.thehaircutbeforetheparty.net en http://thehaircutbeforetheparty.net/Interview-with-David-Graeber http://thehaircutbeforetheparty.net/following/thehaircutbeforetheparty.net/Interview-with-David-Graeber Wed, 06 Mar 2013 06:58:45 +0000 The Haircut Before The Party 5121895 I II LB So what does real mutual aid and Big Society look like? Or radical mutual aid? DG I think we know. I mean we do it all the time. It's recognising the forms of imminent communism as being values in themselves rather than simply being valuable to maintain the platform from which people can then extract profit. Interview with David Graeber, AutoItalia 2010 As part of LuckyPDF/AutoltaliaLive episode 5, THBTP wash and cut David Graeber's hair, while asking about anarchism, mutual aid and prefigurative politics. Transcript published in Kuboaa Issue one here <img src="http://payload141.cargocollective.com/1/8/282440/5121895/5200933243_5fc2ed7a80_b.jpg" width="670" height="502" width_o="1024" height_o="768" src_o="http://payload141.cargocollective.com/1/8/282440/5121895/5200933243_5fc2ed7a80_b_o.jpg" data-mid="27503005" border="0" align="left"/> I II LB So what does real mutual aid and Big Society look like? Or radical mutual aid? DG I think we know. I mean we do it all the time. It's recognising the... http://thehaircutbeforetheparty.net/J30 http://thehaircutbeforetheparty.net/following/thehaircutbeforetheparty.net/J30 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 06:48:58 +0000 The Haircut Before The Party 5121638 "We're often told an employment contract is an agreement between two equal parties, but it really isn't. Employers have the strength, and the only strength we have as workers is collective strength. Thats not about being out on strike all the time, but withdrawing our labour is not only a human right, it's our strongest weapon, it's the time when we step out of our subservient roles - being the people who are told what to do, and saying, actually today we are in charge, and we're deciding what we do - and what we're doing this morning is coming out on the picket line and later out on a demonstration with thousands I hope, of civil servants, teachers, demonstrating to show we're not prepared to sit down simply to let our public services and pensions be destroyed" J30, Solidarity with National Union of Teachers, 2011 THBTP set up salons at schools and university pickets within the borough of Tower Hamlets, London in support of teachers striking against pension cuts. Each person was asked what collective action against austerity measures might look like. "We're often told an employment contract is an agreement between two equal parties, but it really isn't. Employers have the strength, and the only strength we... http://thehaircutbeforetheparty.net/Toynbee-Street-Salon http://thehaircutbeforetheparty.net/following/thehaircutbeforetheparty.net/Toynbee-Street-Salon Tue, 02 Oct 2012 18:20:02 +0000 The Haircut Before The Party 4088293 {<img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5342/6927650890_0c5583a7b8.jpg">}{<img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5194/7073698759_b6c88dc4dc.jpg">}{<img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5468/7073605739_6725ea3e51.jpg">}{<img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7229/7073591279_652a9b6976.jpg">}{<img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7188/6960199726_742d38ba96.jpg">}{<img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8017/6960337854_557f3e5112.jpg">}{<img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8143/6960290822_682fe67ce5.jpg">}{<img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5192/7073695673_361daefeb3.jpg">} 26-28 Toynbee Street, E1 1st July - 29th October 2010 The salon opened as part of the 2Degrees Festival of art and politics, responding to climate change and crisis in financial and political systems, and went continued over a 6 month period. Toynbee Street Salon offered free haircuts, popular education events and a library. The salon was designed around poltics of commons and questions of post-Party radical politics. During the 6 months many people came through the salon and shared their stories, ambitions, concerns, strategies, critiques and creativity. Through the barbers chair, we attempted to provide a continuity across differing experiences and affinities between separate networks. The salon provides the core of our hairdressing experience, with over 600 people training us on the specifics of how they want their hair cut. See the portfolio page for past and recent cuts. Links: Maggie Grey, This Is Tomorrow Hannah Newell, Artselector Hannah Newell, Artsadmin Audio Recordings / Presentation within the Salon: David Rosenberg: Battle for East End by Haircutsbtp David Graeber on Debt at THBTP Salon by Haircutsbtp 26-28 Toynbee Street, E1 1st July - 29th October 2010 The salon opened as part of the 2Degrees Festival of art and politics, responding to climate change and... http://thehaircutbeforetheparty.net/Truth-Is-Concrete-24-7-Marathon-Camp http://thehaircutbeforetheparty.net/following/thehaircutbeforetheparty.net/Truth-Is-Concrete-24-7-Marathon-Camp Sat, 29 Sep 2012 19:38:29 +0000 The Haircut Before The Party 4088285 21-27th September 2012 Steirischer Herbst, Graz THBTP opened daily for haircuts from Rebikel's shop on Klosterwiesgasse to both conference participants and the public. Taking the camps programme as a starting point, the reading room focused around public space, processes of democracy and radical subjectivities, with contributions from Verso, semiotext(e) and PM Press. (guide to the reading room can be downloaded here) Mission Statement Short video promotion by Herbst remixed {<img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8455/8036661517_171170294d.jpg">}{<img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8041/8037090710_a029311ac8.jpg">}{<img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8311/8036645904_abedec0a16.jpg">}{<img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8310/8036739045_a2e5f3b618.jpg">}{<img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8173/8036775824_44f0af4ee9.jpg">}{<img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8449/8037095773_7bb0cc3ce9.jpg">}{<img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8039/8037120509_7c432b8d4f.jpg">}{<img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8318/8037195488_e1a5edaa3a.jpg">}{<img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8180/8036445166_eb165977bc.jpg">} 21-27th September 2012 Steirischer Herbst, Graz THBTP opened daily for haircuts from Rebikel's shop on Klosterwiesgasse to both conference participants and the...