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Das Wohnen sei die soziale Frage des 21. Jahrhunderts, stellten in den letzten Jahren selbst Vert... more Das Wohnen sei die soziale Frage des 21. Jahrhunderts, stellten in den letzten Jahren selbst Vertreter*innen der deutschen Bundesregierung fest (BMI 2020). Doch was bedeutet es für sozialistische Politiken, das Wohnen als soziale Frage zu verstehen? Mit einer Vorbemerkung zu Marx’ ursprünglicher Akkumulation, einer Betrachtung des «Roten Wiens» als Versuch einer Sozialisierungsstrategie «von hinten» sowie einer kurzen Diskussion aktueller Verknüpfungen von Finanzkapitalismus und urbanem Boden in der Schweiz möchten wir in diesem Text unterstreichen, wie zentral Kämpfe um neue Eigentumsordnungen an Grund und Boden für das Projekt einer emanzipatorischen Linken sein können
Preguntando caminamos"-"Fragend schreiten wir voran"-"Asking, we walk"-This is the powerful sloga... more Preguntando caminamos"-"Fragend schreiten wir voran"-"Asking, we walk"-This is the powerful slogan of the Zapatistas in Chiapas. The revolutionary path we walk is not a paths full of certainties and successes, but of uncertainties, questions and failures. When I was in Vienna, a squatter-friend of mine proposed to write a new slogan at the wall of the squat: "Fragend scheitern wir voran"-The wordplay is hardly translatable, but just by replacing one "r" in the original, the slogan has powerfully changed its meaning: Asking, we fail. The failure is not a loss. The failure is a step on the path we walk asking-a step forward, if the failure is the bearer of new knowledge. Stevphen Shukaitis has written: "Especially if one is speaking of social theory, new ideas are even more likely to emerge from the frustration of revolutionary hopes than from their fulfllment." (Shukaitis & Graeber 2007: 17) He sees the failure of social movements, of revolts, uprisings or revolution the bearer of new imaginaries of new knowledge that can lead to new uprisings. The question is, how we deal with failures. Actually, this thesis is full of failures. One could say, it is a discussion of failures. But, even if the text talks about failures, I don't think it is one. It was an experiment to transgress the framework of an academic world in order to not suffocate personal experience and political action in an alleged objectivity. Therefore, I hope that the text can contribute ideas to those the text is written for: all people struggling for a decent living, who no longer accept capital and state authority over the question of how we want to live, and especially, how we want to dwell in our cities. I thank all the compañer@s, especially in Vienna and Madrid, who were so kind to talk, discuss and fight against evil landlords with me! And I thank all the 4Cities people and professors who made this two years unforgettable. Thanks to Eric Corijn and Miguel Martínez López, for the support. Thanks also to my parents and my closest friends for making this possible by being there for me! And a special thanks to those who helped me in the last desperate hours:
Das Wohnen sei die soziale Frage des 21. Jahrhunderts, stellten in den letzten Jahren selbst Vert... more Das Wohnen sei die soziale Frage des 21. Jahrhunderts, stellten in den letzten Jahren selbst Vertreter*innen der deutschen Bundesregierung fest (BMI 2020). Doch was bedeutet es für sozialistische Politiken, das Wohnen als soziale Frage zu verstehen? Mit einer Vorbemerkung zu Marx’ ursprünglicher Akkumulation, einer Betrachtung des «Roten Wiens» als Versuch einer Sozialisierungsstrategie «von hinten» sowie einer kurzen Diskussion aktueller Verknüpfungen von Finanzkapitalismus und urbanem Boden in der Schweiz möchten wir in diesem Text unterstreichen, wie zentral Kämpfe um neue Eigentumsordnungen an Grund und Boden für das Projekt einer emanzipatorischen Linken sein können
Preguntando caminamos"-"Fragend schreiten wir voran"-"Asking, we walk"-This is the powerful sloga... more Preguntando caminamos"-"Fragend schreiten wir voran"-"Asking, we walk"-This is the powerful slogan of the Zapatistas in Chiapas. The revolutionary path we walk is not a paths full of certainties and successes, but of uncertainties, questions and failures. When I was in Vienna, a squatter-friend of mine proposed to write a new slogan at the wall of the squat: "Fragend scheitern wir voran"-The wordplay is hardly translatable, but just by replacing one "r" in the original, the slogan has powerfully changed its meaning: Asking, we fail. The failure is not a loss. The failure is a step on the path we walk asking-a step forward, if the failure is the bearer of new knowledge. Stevphen Shukaitis has written: "Especially if one is speaking of social theory, new ideas are even more likely to emerge from the frustration of revolutionary hopes than from their fulfllment." (Shukaitis & Graeber 2007: 17) He sees the failure of social movements, of revolts, uprisings or revolution the bearer of new imaginaries of new knowledge that can lead to new uprisings. The question is, how we deal with failures. Actually, this thesis is full of failures. One could say, it is a discussion of failures. But, even if the text talks about failures, I don't think it is one. It was an experiment to transgress the framework of an academic world in order to not suffocate personal experience and political action in an alleged objectivity. Therefore, I hope that the text can contribute ideas to those the text is written for: all people struggling for a decent living, who no longer accept capital and state authority over the question of how we want to live, and especially, how we want to dwell in our cities. I thank all the compañer@s, especially in Vienna and Madrid, who were so kind to talk, discuss and fight against evil landlords with me! And I thank all the 4Cities people and professors who made this two years unforgettable. Thanks to Eric Corijn and Miguel Martínez López, for the support. Thanks also to my parents and my closest friends for making this possible by being there for me! And a special thanks to those who helped me in the last desperate hours: