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• David Graeber

  The Opposite of a Cynic: David Graeber, 1961-2020

  7 September 2020, by BUTLER James

  What is the opposite of a cynic?
  I have been wondering about this question since I heard the news of David Graeber’s death yesterday. I haven’t quite been able to come up with an answer: believer, idealist, optimist? All of those words capture something of his character, though all of them sound (...)

• David Graeber

  David Graeber’s anarchism and the Occupy movement

  5 September 2020, by TAYLOR Daniel

  The news that David Graeber had died so young, at only 59, was shocking and saddening. He had one of those inherently lively, energetic personalities that seems to contradict the concept of death itself. He earned respect as one of the few modern anarchist thinkers who tried to really apply (...)

• David Graeber

  Anarchist: David Graeber, anthropologist and author of Bullshit Jobs, dies aged 59

  3 September 2020, by CAIN Sean

  The anarchist and author of bestselling books on capitalism and bureaucracy died in a Venice hospital on Wednesday.
  ‘There can be no objective measure of social value’
  David Graeber, anthropologist and anarchist author of bestselling books on bureaucracy and economics including Bullshit Jobs: A (...)

• David Graeber

  In loving memory of our friend, comrade, and mentor…David Graeber

  3 September 2020, by GRAEBER David, GRUBACIC Andrej

  Andrej Grubačić shares some thoughts on David’s sudden passing.
  David Graeber was my mentor and my closest friend for the last twenty years. We have participated in dozens of political projects and wrote several things together. He was by far the most brilliant person I have ever met. We all have (...)