Situationist International

Selected Writings in Chronological Order


Theses on the Cultural Revolution [Guy Debord, 1958; trans. John Shepley].

On Our Means and Our Perspectives [Constant Nieuwenhuis, 1958; trans. Paul Hammond].

Another city for another life [Constant Nieuwenhuis, 1958; trans. Paul Hammond].

The Amsterdam Declaration [Constant Nieuwenhuis and Guy Debord, 1958; trans. Paul Hammond].

In Praise of Pinot-Gallizio [Michele Bernstein, 1958; trans. John Shepley].

The Situationists and Automation [Asger Jorn, 1958; trans. a.h.s boy].

The Situationist International: "Supreme Height of the Defenders of Surrealism in Paris and the Revelation of their Real Value" [unsigned, 1958; trans. NOT BORED!].

No Useless Indulgences [Michele Bernstein, 1958; trans. NOT BORED!]

Defend Freedom Everywhere [Guy Debord and Pinot Gallizio, 1958; trans. NOT BORED!].

The great game to come, Constant, Potlatch #30, 15 July 1959

First proclamation of the Dutch Section of the SI [Alberts, Armando, Constant and Oudejans, 1959; trans. John Hammond].

Manifesto of Industrial Painting [Guiseppe Pinot Gallizio, 1959; trans. Molly Klein].

Unitary Urbanism at the end of the 1950s [unsigned, 1959; trans. John Hammond].

Message from the Situationist International [several authors, 1959; trans. NOT BORED!].

We Defend Freedom [Pinot Gallizio and the Spur Group, November 1959; trans. NOT BORED!].

Detournement as negation and prelude [unsigned, December 1959; trans. NOT BORED!].

Situationist Manifesto 17 May 1960 [unsigned, 1960; trans. NOT BORED!].

The Theory of Moments and the Construction of Situations [unsigned, 1960; trans. John Hammond].

Concerning Several Errros of Interpretation [G.-E. Debord, 1960; trans. NOT BORED!].

The Situationist Frontier [unsigned, 17 May 1960; trans. John Hammond].

Hands off Alexander Trocchi! [Guy Debord, Jacqueline de Jong and Asger Jorn, 7 October 1960].

Resolution of the Fourth Confernce of the Situationist International Concerning the Imprisonment of Alexander Trocchi [unsigned, London, 27 September 1960; published in English in International Situationniste #5, December 1960].

Declaration of the German section of the SI on Madness [Sturm, Prem, Fischer, Zimmer, Jorn, Debord; 7 November 1960; excerpt published in International Situationniste #5, December 1960].

The Minute of Truth [unsigned; published in International Situationniste #5, December 1960].

The Avant-Garde is Undesirable [the German, Scandanavian and Belgian sections of the SI, January 1961; trans. NOT BORED!].

Sunset Boulevard [Michele Bernstein; published in International Situationniste #7, April 1962; trans. NOT BORED!].

Nicht Hinauslehnen (the exclusion of the Spurists) [Guy Debord, Attila Kotyani, Uwe Lausen and Raoul Vaneigem; written 10 February 1962; published in German in Internationale Situationniste #8 (January 1963); trans. John Lepper].

Nicht Hinauslehnen! Ne Pas Se Pencheur au Dehors! E Pericoloso Sporgersi! Danger! Do Not Lean Out! Det Ar Livsfragligt Att Luta Sig Ut! Niet Naar Buiten Hangen! [Jacqueline de Jong, Jorgen Nash and Ansgar Elde; 15 March 1962.]

Proclamation from the [First] Internationale Situationniste! [Debord, Kotanyi, Lausen and Vaneigem, 23 March 1962; published in Situationistisk Revolution #1, 1962].

European critique of the inadequate program that has just been presented to President Kennedy and Governor Rockefeller by the academic staff of Universities, Colleges and Research Institutes for New York City and the Cambridge-Boston Area, with the aim of overthrowing the absurd procedures of "civil defense" in the United States [Mutant, 1962; trans. unknown].

Declaration: On the Charges Brought Against the Situationist International in Germany [25 June 1962.]

Discontent in Civilization [Debord and Vaneigem, 16 July 1962; Situationistisk Revolution #1, October 1962; trans. NOT BORED!]

A Revolutionary Proposal: Invisible Insurrection of a Million Minds [Alexander Trocchi; originally published as "Technique du coupe du monde" in Internationale Situationniste #8 (January 1963)]

The Counter-Situationist Operation in Diverse Countries [unsigned; Internationale Situationniste #8 (January 1963); trans. NOT BORED!]

Into the trashcan of history! [tract signed by Michele Bernstein, Guy Debord, Attila Kotanyi, Uwe Lausen, J.V. Martin, Jan Strijbosch, Alexander Trocchi, Raoul Vaneigem; 21 February 1963; trans. NOT BORED!]

No dialogue with people who are suspect, no dialogue with cunts [co-authored with Jan Strijbosch; 27 February 1963; trans. by NOT BORED!]

On the Exclusion of Attila Kotanyi [signed "Situationist International," December 1963; trans. Anthony Hayes and NOT BORED!].

Spain in the Heart [The Situationist International, Western European Region; tract issued July 1964; trans. NOT BORED!].

Address to Revolutionaries of Algeria and of All Countries [Mustapha Khayati, distributed clandestinely in Algeria, July 1965, reprinted in Internationale Situationniste #10 March 1966; trans. Ken Knabb].

The Class Struggles in Algeria [Mustapha Khayati, distributed clandestinely in Algeria, December 1965, reprinted in Internationale Situationniste #10 March 1966; trans. Ken Knabb].

Summary of 1965 [Guy Debord, printed at the end of the English version of "Decline and Fall of the Spectacle-Commodity Society" and on the poster version The Class Struggles in Algeria; trans. NOT BORED!]

The Algeria of Daniel Guerin, Libertarian [Mustapha Khayati, in Internationale Situationniste #10 March 1966; trans. Ken Knabb].

Decor and the Spectators of Suicide [unattributed, Internationale Situationniste #10, March 1966; translator unknown].

The Ideology of Dialogue [unattributed, Internationale Situationniste #10, March 1966; translator unknown].

Root Structures of Reification [Jean Garnault, Internationale Situationniste #10 March 1966; translated and distributed by the American Section of the SI (1967?)].

Provisional statutes of the Situationist International [Guy Debord, adopted in July 1966, at the conference of the SI In Paris].

On the Poverty of Student Life [Mustapha Khayati, distributed as a pamphlet, Fall 1966; trans. Donald Nicholson-Smith and Christopher Gray].

Be Careful! Three Provocateurs [seven signatories, distributed a pamphlet, 22 January 1967; trans. NOT BORED!]

The Practice of Theory: Selected Judgments; Imitations; The 7th Conference of the SI; A Moralist; The U.A.C.G. and its people; and The Alsatian Ideology [editorial notes, Internationale Situationniste #11, October 1967; trans. NOT BORED!]

Contributions Toward Rectifying Public Opinion Concerning Revolution in the Underdeveloped Countries [Mustapha Khayati, Internationale Situationniste #11 October 1967; trans. Ken Knabb].

Revolt and Recuperation in Holland [unattributed, Internationale Situationniste #11 October 1967; trans. Reuben Keenan].

Two Local Wars [Mustapha Khayati, in Internationale Situationniste #11 October 1967; trans. Ken Knabb].

Text by the English Section of the SI [Clark, Gray, Nicholson-Smith and Radcliffe, November 1967].

The Power of Negative Thinking or Robin Hood Rides Again [Council for the Liberation of Daily Life, April 1968; reprinted by the SI in 1969].

From the Paris SI to the members of the SI; To comrades who have declared themselves in agreement with our theses [Debord, Khayati, Vaneigem and ViƩnet, 15 May 1968; trans. NOT BORED!]

Orientation debate, April 1968 to January 1971 [multiple authors, several translators].

Post Mortem Ante Facto [text of 19 January 1969 wall poster announcing publication of Situationist International #1, June 1969].

When Only the Best Will Do [unattributed, Internazionale Situazionista #1, July 1969; trans. NOT BORED!]

Touched by enemy hands, the gold of the International turns to coal [unattributed, Internazionale Situazionista #1, July 1969; trans. NOT BORED!]

De Donato's Fakes [unattributed, Internazionale Situazionista #1, July 1969; trans. NOT BORED!]

The customs of publishers and ours [unattributed, Internazionale Situazionista #1, July 1969; trans. NOT BORED!]

Concerning Nantes [unattributed, Internationale Situationniste #12, September 1969; trans. Point Blank].

Reasons for reprinting "Into the trashcan of history!" [unattributed; Internationale Situationniste #12, September 1969; trans. NOT BORED!]

The Conquest of Space in the Time of Power [Eduardo Rothe, Internationale Situationniste #12, September 1969, trans. Paul Sieveking and published in Omphalus 1972].

What makes ICO lie? [unattributed, Internationale Situationniste #12, September 1969; trans. Point Blank].

Reform and Counter-reform in Bureaucratic Power [unattributed, Internationale Situationniste #12, September 1969; trans. Cyllene Flottan, 1970].

How situationist books are not understood [unattributed, Internationale Situationniste #12, September 1969; trans. NOT BORED!].

Maitron the Historian [unattributed, Internationale Situationniste #12, September 1969; trans. NOT BORED!].

Is the Reichstag Burning? [Italian section of the SI, 19 December 1969; trans. from the French translation by NOT BORED!, 1998].

The Workers of Italy and the Revolt in Reggio Calabria [Italian section of the Situationist International, Milan, October 1970; translated and mistitled (as "Is the Reichstag Burning?") by Ducasse (England)].

Letters concerning a translation of situationist texts [November 1971 to February 1972, published as a wall poster; trans. from the Italian by Phil Edwards, 1998].

Theses on the Situationist International and Its Time [Guy Debord and Gianfranco Sanguinetti, originally published 1972; trans. Christopher Winks, October 1972].

Notes to serve as a history of the SI from 1969 to 1971 [Unattributed; originally published 1972; translated and published by Chronos Publications in The Veritable Split in the International: Public Circular of the Situationist International, 3rd edition July 1990].



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