Ken Knabb

Knabb, Ken

American Situationist-inspired writer who translated many key Situationist texts into English.

We don’t want full employment, we want full lives!

If a household gets a washing machine, you never hear the family members who used to do the laundry by hand complain that this “puts them out of work.” But strangely enough, if a similar development occurs on a broader social scale it is seen as a serious problem — “unemployment” — which can only be solved by inventing more jobs for people to do.

Society of the Spectacle - Guy Debord - Treason pamphlet

Ken Knabb's translation of Guy Debord's book "Society of the Spectacle" in a pamphlet produced by Treason.

Comments on CrimethInc. by Ken Knabb

Some critical notes on the US anarchist group CrimethInc. following the publication of their book, Days of War, Nights of Love by webmaster of the leading Situationist website Bureau of Public Secrets, Ken Knabb in 2001.

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