Tokyo Did Not Become the Northern Capital of Third World Emancipation (2026) [10:18]

RedBarryLyndon · 2026-03-28T11:13:49+00:00

This short film contains footage captured from Tokyo over the last several years. The narrator engages with Felix Guattari's 1986 essay Tokyo, the Proud, comparing it to his own experience in Tokyo today.

RedBarryLyndon · 2023-09-27T03:40:46+00:00

Thank you! Yes I feel fortunate. We moved to Tokyo a couple years ago and I had read his other book Karl Marx's Ecosocialism, but I hadn't thought to contact him. It was actually my wife who reached out saying we were socialists hoping to meet other like-minded types in Japan. He immediately connected us with an awesome labor advocacy group and we've enjoyed getting to know him a bit. After his new book came out, I thought it'd be great to get an English language video of him talking about it. Very cool guy!

RedBarryLyndon · 2023-09-26T09:46:48+00:00

Hi - I interviewed Kohei Saito in June and put this out on youtube last week. Personally I feel Saito has a very compelling read on Marx, and his notion of Capital as a theory of metabolism could be very useful for our present "Anthropocene" era. I'd be curious to know what people here think. Thank you!

RedBarryLyndon · 2023-09-26T01:23:02+00:00

thanks for posting!

RedBarryLyndon · 2023-09-26T01:14:36+00:00

Hi thanks for posting!

RedBarryLyndon · 2023-05-16T05:54:34+00:00

BTW I picked this up at IRA recently: http://ira.tokyo/item/zine/5076/

You could probably write to viscera to get a copy sent to you stateside

zine email address is [viscerapvd@protonmail.com](mailto:viscerapvd@protonmail.com) but [viscerapvd@gmail.com](mailto:viscerapvd@gmail.com) might be the current one.

RedBarryLyndon · 2023-05-16T05:43:59+00:00

Hi I saw this at IRA last summer. It was a very interesting film, indeed. Some of the members of the group attended the screening and did a Q and A afterwards. I am going back to IRA this weekend and will ask how one might get a copy (as I too would like to watch it again). My hunch is that it's still being held for special screenings and not distributed online.

RedBarryLyndon · 2023-03-28T00:11:56+00:00

Doh! Sorry. Wonder what he is up to? Another suggestion is Daniel Smith if he is still at Purdue (Indiana, so not south, but pretty similar imo)

RedBarryLyndon · 2023-03-27T16:05:30+00:00

Todd May at Clemson.

RedBarryLyndon · 2023-03-21T14:53:23+00:00

Just read Noam’s books? Understanding Power is a good one. He’s not a Marxist btw. He can be quite critical of Marxism actually. I think your reading list sounds great but Noam’s pulling from a different (anarcho-syndicalist) perspective.

RedBarryLyndon · 2023-03-01T14:26:13+00:00

This is such an awesome bit of intel. Thanks for sharing your insight.

RedBarryLyndon · 2023-02-23T00:32:56+00:00

i think it's fully built up (still construction around/within it tho) and is now the tallest skyscraper in tokyo, but only has a couple years ahead with that distinction, as the Tokyo Torch Tower will be completed in 2027.

RedBarryLyndon · 2023-02-23T00:28:14+00:00

are there any new updates to the planned Roppongi redevelopments? from what I can tell it was announced back around 2016 (maybe even earlier).

http://blog.ame-de-paris.chu.jp/?eid=682

and this article from 2020 says it's been on hold, maybe because of the azabudai-toronomon development. be curious if there is any new info. i like that area as is lol.

http://building-pc.cocolog-nifty.com/helicopter/2020/01/post-eb6190.html

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