Heatwave Issue 2

Description

「熱浪」這一個詞呼應了1966年那本曾被譽為「英國最熾烈刊物」的情境主義雜誌的刊名。在夏季溫度屢創新高的當下，這個詞語比以往更顯緊迫。當氣候災害在統計數據中已成定局，而「反叛」則「命名了（其他）無數種「火焰」的形態——在這其中，包括了那種我們稱之為「共產」的奇特烈焰。但如今，我們須得在火焰的餘燼之中翻找它，方能將它再次辨認出來。

The name ‘Heatwave’ echoes that of an old Situationist magazine (‘Britain’s most incandescent journal’ of 1966), but with added urgency in an era where every summer is the hottest on record. While the statistical certainty of catastrophe is inescapable, ‘revolt’ names many species of conflagration, including that peculiar variety we call communism. We must sift through the ashes to find it.

In this second issue, Heatwave bring together perspectives from Serbia, Jamaica, India, France, Iran, Chile, the United States, Palestine, Japan, and the Thailand-Myanmar border. The articles range widely in scope and subject matter, from longer explorations of the conditions surrounding contemporary struggles to reflections on historical movements and their legacies to accounts of the daily work of survival, organising, and community defense. Many are works in translation, a practice we consider integral to our internationalist ethos, and while many of the pieces in this issue think through the conditions in a particular place, others rove over issues of greater breadth. J. CAURINE’s theoretical exploration of communism as a form of ecological partisanship will satisfy those looking for more sweeping analysis, while readers interested in larger movement dynamics will find an evaluation of the pressure campaign’s revitalization as a popular strategy. On the cultural front, this issue features poetry as well as multiple essays exploring popular culture, including meditations on country music, pop albums, and the porous boundaries between genres.