Monthly Archives: February 2019

Care as struggle

Posted on February 24, 2019 by Julius Gavroche

It is by no means obvious that the history of anarchist politics every owed anything to the speculations of philosophers, even anarchist philosophers. And in like manner, no such politics could ever be read mechanically off a philosophy. Philosophies of … Continue reading →

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The state against autonomy: In defence of Fraguas

Posted on February 24, 2019 by Julius Gavroche

On the 23rd of February, thousands marched through Madrid in solidarity with and in defence of the Fraguas rural occupation. (Kaos en la red) Six of the accused-defendants involved in the occupation were sentenced to 1 year and 9 months … Continue reading →

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Anarchy against autarchy: Levinas and anarchism

Posted on February 24, 2019 by Julius Gavroche

Over and beyond capitalism and exploitation what was contested were their condition: the person understood as an accumulation of being, by merits, titles, professional competence, an ontological tumefaction weighing on others and crushing them, instituting a hierarchized society maintained beyond … Continue reading →

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Celebrating an anniversary: The 100 years of the anarchist newspaper A Batalha

Posted on February 23, 2019 by Julius Gavroche

We share below, in translation, a text that appears on the portuguese website, Portal Anarquista, marking the one hundredth anniversary of the anarchist newspaper, A Batalha.  We do so for the newspaper’s historical significance, as a testimony to a tradition in anarchism of publishing as an intrinsic part … Continue reading →

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In solidarity with the Asilo Occupato of Turin: To occupy, to squat is to resist

Posted on February 21, 2019 by Julius Gavroche

Across europe, driven by the desire and need to extract maximum profit from urban spaces, authoritarian handmaidens of capital, in the guise of State-democratic authority, turn their violence on those people who are nothing but obstacles to the management of … Continue reading →

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The gilets jaunes: Jacques Rancière on the virtues of the inexplicable

Posted on February 16, 2019 by Julius Gavroche

Beginnings do not reach their end. they remain halfway. But this also means that they never stop beginning over again, even if this means that the actors change. This is the realism of revolt, an inexplicable realism, one that demands … Continue reading →

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The gilets jaunes: Fragments of interpretation

Posted on February 16, 2019 by Julius Gavroche

The yellow vests: February 9th, Act XIII … We continue to share fragments of reflections, of a movement, or movements, in motion. The yellow vests insurrection(s) is a picture of our future today: the only ethical response possible to permanent … Continue reading →

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For Tomi Ungerer: A smiling anarchist

Posted on February 10, 2019 by Julius Gavroche

I think I would have been the perfect anarchist. We have too much discipline. You know my triangle of life? It’s very important. It took me years to do it. It’s a triangle with variable angles and one is for … Continue reading →

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The gilets jaunes: Creative violence against State brutality

Posted on February 6, 2019 by Julius Gavroche

Fear! How long has it been since the ruling classes (of a “developed” country) have feared their poor? The forced gymnastics of the french government’s “great national debate”, supported and secured by a militarised police apparatus whose only red line … Continue reading →

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The gilets jaunes: The war of images

Posted on February 3, 2019 by Julius Gavroche

Everything must be done to preserve the sense of this movement, the originality of the action that is outlined within it, the new freedom that it has already conquered for everyone. No organisation can today pretend to represent alone the … Continue reading →

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