Critical Times. The earth trembles

GAGO, VERÓNICA

Critical Times

International Consortium of Critical Theory Programs

Lugar: California; Año: 2018 vol. 1 p. 158 - 164

How long does a tremor last? It?s not a moment but a movement, we could say, in the words of BlackLives Matter. On March 8, we felt the earth tremble beneath our feet. During the preceding days,we acted with the certainty that what we did, or what we left undone, was decisive: we organizedassemblies, went to small meetings here and there, had conversations, wrote, listened, fought withone another, conspired, and fantasized. We even dreamed at night about what had yet to be done toprepare for the days to come. Comrades in various places throughout the world did similar thingsat the same time. We were connected by words, signs, and intuitions, and also by gestures that wedidn?t even know had been residing in us. We were magnetized by a strange, shared sense of fury andcomplicity, of power and urgency. But above all we were blown away by the surprise of the event?svast and effective organization.