Riot. Strike. Riot: The New Era of Uprisings

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Introduction: A Theory of Riot 1
      A theory of riot. Riot-strike-riot prime. The marketplace and the factory floor. Circulation-production-circulation-prime. Riot and crisis. Circulation struggles.


RIOT
Chapter 1: What Is a Riot? 35
     What is a riot? The economic and the political. The dilemma of reproduction.

Chapter 2: The Golden Age of Riot 49
     The golden age of riot. The world market. Riot and class struggle.

Chapter 3: The Swing, Or, Riot to Strike 61
     The swing: riot to strike. Machine-breaking. The many.


STRIKE
Chapter 4: Strike Contra Riot 77
     Strike contra riot. Spectacle and discipline. Too much and too little.

Chapter 5: The General Strike 89
     The general strike. Engels and Sorel. The inversion of Rosa Luxemburg.

Chapter 6: Crossed Wires, Or, Strike to Riot 103
     Crossed wires, or riot and strike. Struggle and profit. Revolutions per minute. Riot as modality.


RIOT PRIME
Chapter 7: The Long Crisis 129
     The Long Crisis. The arc of accumulation. The specialization of struggle. The end of the program. Overdetermination.

Chapter 8: Surplus Rebellions 153
     Surplus rebellions. Proletarianization and racialization. An agenda for total disorder. The public riot.

Chapter 9: Riot Now: Square, Street, Commune 175
     Riot now: square, street, commune. The square and class alliance. The street and the rift. Commune and catastrophe.


Index 195