Yearly Archives: 2014

The courage of being one’s self: Beatriz Preciado

Posted on December 3, 2014 by Sorana Inibrina

(Photograph by Joel Peter Witkin) The following is a translation of a text by Beatriz Preciado that originally appeared in the french newspaper Libération (21/11/2014) and was written on the occasion of a debate on courage organised by the festival … Continue reading →

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The dispossession of urban commons: Istanbul

Posted on November 26, 2014 by Julius Gavroche

(Photograph by Ufuk Akari) Don’t say it’s the necessary result of historical, social, and economic conditions – I know!  My head bows before the thing you mention.  But my heart doesn’t speak that language. Nazim Hikmet, The Epic of Sheik … Continue reading →

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Impressions of autonomies: Istanbul

Posted on November 17, 2014 by Julius Gavroche

But hope is not enough for me.  I no longer want to listen – I want to sing songs … The scars of Istanbul’s self-inflicted wounds run deep and its self-mutilation appears to know no respite. The centre of the … Continue reading →

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Natural autonomies: The ZAD of Testet: For Rémi Fraisse

Posted on November 2, 2014 by Julius Gavroche

 Nous avons perdu le monde … Michel Serres Le libéralisme économique, c’est la liberté de tuer.  La liberté de tuer le climat, donc de tuer les hommes, les femmes et les enfants. René Dumont On the night of Saturday to … Continue reading →

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Rethinking Anarchism: Carlos Taibo (2)

Posted on October 28, 2014 by Julius Gavroche

The following is a translation of “Chapter 2” of Carlos Taibo’s Rethinking Anarchy: Direct Action, Self-Management, Autonomy (La Catarata, Madrid, 2013).  We have already translated and posted the “Prologue” and the “Chapter 1” of this work (Click here).  And we … Continue reading →

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The autonomous self-management of land/food: Genuino clandestino

Posted on October 26, 2014 by Julius Gavroche

We civilized men and women know everything, we have settled opinions upon everything, we take an interest in everything. We only know nothing about when the bread comes which we eat … we do not know how it is grown, … Continue reading →

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Gezi park and beyond: Resonances of rebellion

Posted on October 25, 2014 by Julius Gavroche

(Yüksel Arslan) From the Global Uprisings news/video collective, a new documentary on political protest in turkey, since the Gezi Park commune …

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Inspirations/stories from la valle che resiste

Posted on October 25, 2014 by Julius Gavroche

(Dario Ballantini, Rivolto) The following post is authored by Sorana Inibrina and is shared with Autonomies.  “Refuse-and-create!” John Holloway “the question of revolution is not in the future. It is here and now: how do we stop the system by which … Continue reading →

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The illusions of political representation

Posted on October 16, 2014 by Julius Gavroche

As many of the streets of Hong Kong remain occupied, the movement unmasks the nature of the power that it contests. If a guarantee of formal representative democracy was the stated motive for the protest, it has already become, as … Continue reading →

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Unrepresentable stories: Films of resistance

Posted on October 14, 2014 by Julius Gavroche

As long as the lions do not have their own historians, the stories of hunting will continue to glorify the hunter. African proverb Spain’s public prosecutor has recently asked for cumulative legal punishment of up to 74 years and 3 … Continue reading →

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