Tag Archives: State terror

The riot against State-forms: An anarcho-workerist hypothesis

“All reasoning about the future is criminal, because it prevents pure destruction, and interferes with the progress of revolution.” Souvarine, from Émile Zola’s Germinal In the wake of France’s July riots, an essay/reflection by Erwan Sommerer, inspired by a work … Continue reading

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France: Let there be order

… power is not defined only by its capacity to be obeyed but, first of all, by its capacity to give orders and commandments, even if those orders are not totally obeyed. A power does not fall when it is … Continue reading

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Rodrigo Karmy Bolton: The ashes of the Republic

Reflections on the French police murder of Nahel Merzouk and the country’s July riots, by Rodrigo Karmy Bolton. (Lobo Suelto! 11/07/2023) What does it mean when France burns under barricades? Perhaps, that not only France but also the Republic, as … Continue reading

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Santiago López Petit: The violence of the force of pain

Reflections on the French police murder of Nahel Merzouk and the country’s July riots, by Santiago López Petit. (Lobo Suelto! 11/07/2023) Nahel’s mother, surrounded by her son’s friends, makes a motorcycle engine roar. Her son, murdered by a police officer, … Continue reading

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In praise of riots

With rebellion, awareness is born. Albert Camus, The Rebel Constitutively out of step with the present, the revolt is an impatient epiphany of the future that comes after tomorrow. Donatella Di Cesare, The Time of Revolt French politicians – the president, … Continue reading

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Justice for Nahel

From the CrimethInc. collective (02/07/2023) … The Roots of the Uprising in France The following text was sent to us by French comrades on the third day of unrest following the murder of the teenager Nahel Merzouk by French police … Continue reading

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The police murder: justice and truth for Nahel and all the victims

Statement from France’s Union communiste libertaire, 28th of June, 2023 … On the night of June 27 to 28, revolts began in the city of Nanterre to denounce a new murder by a policeman. His name was Nahel, he was … Continue reading

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International Call for Support for Soulèvements de la terre

From lundimatin #389 (26/06/2023) … We receive and transmit this international call to carry out solidarity actions all over the world against the criminalisation of Soulèvements de la Terre. Translated into seven languages [we share the English language call below] … Continue reading

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“We’re Not Martyrs”

From the CrimethInc. collective (21/06/2023) … A message from Serge, Who Survived Attempted Murder at the Hands of the French Police Below, we present a translation of the first message from Serge since French police seriously injured him along with many other people during … Continue reading

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Jacques Rancière: Emmanuel Macron’s republican order

While the French people strike, protest against, and decry Macron’s law raising the pension age, Macron remains unmoved, immune to the people’s demands. This, Jacques Rancière argues, inaugurates a new era for the French state: one of brutal police repression. … Continue reading

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