Author Archives: Julius Gavroche

The 90th anniversary of the spanish revolution, today

Manel Aisa Pàmpols, Redes Libertarias, 20/07/2026 Trying to understand the anarchist movement in Barcelona, Catalonia, and the surrounding area in the early 20th century is by no means easy, but ultimately it is a phenomenon that is by no means … Continue reading

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Giorgio Agamben: The first friend and the first enemy

As a scientist friend of mine, who likes to reflect on such matters, writes to me, the fundamental event in the history of living beings was the emergence of a microorganism capable of feeling pain. This thesis must, of course, … Continue reading

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A new hunting season has been declared

Trump and Rubio convene international summit against “anarchists, antifa and the far-left” Osservatorio repressione, July 10, 2026 Washington convenes sixty countries to coordinate the fight against alleged far-left terrorism. Amid political trials, blacklists, and new anti-terrorism strategies, the Trump administration … Continue reading

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Genoa G8 remembered

From Freedom News (18/07/2026) and the CrimethInc. collective (20/07/2026) Genoa G8 remembered 25 years since I was almost killed in the Diaz School raid, I am returning to the city as the Mayor’s guest of honour Mark Covell, Freedom News, … Continue reading

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In solidarity with lundimatin

Since December 2014, we have followed, listened – through lundisoir – and learned from the remarkable effort of the lundimatin collective. An essentially french language website, we have over the years sought to translate, comment on – as much as … Continue reading

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Tomás Ibáñez: Anarchisms at the crossroads

Redes Libertarias (06/06/2026) Tomás Ibáñez’s essay, “Anarchism at the crossroads”, is an intervention in a debate in the Spanish anarchist milieu, but the controversy is neither uniquely Spanish nor novel. What kind of organisation does anarchist politics call for? Must … Continue reading

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Confessions of a communard: Meeting the people where they are

From Freedom News (09/07/2026) Our strategy for 2027 has been about visible grassroots initiatives which announce our presence Wren Albion At the end of 2026 A Commune in the North (ACitN… pronounced “a kitten”) became the focus of a ‘Live Project’, where … Continue reading

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Forms of Attention

by Eli Zaretsky, Sidecar/New Left Review (12/06/2026) In recent years the concept of attention has garnered considerable – well – attention. It has become, we are told, a commodity within the ‘attention economy’, a limited resource over which advertisers, social … Continue reading

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Giorgio Agamben: A way out

Often, in the widespread awareness that we are living through the end of a culture, arises the demand—or the hope—for a new beginning, that is, that after the collapse of a long tradition, a new and more vibrant one will … Continue reading

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Tariq Anwar: Without a future

From Ficción de la razón (02/07/2026) What can a world be that cannot imagine its own future? Far from being mere empty rhetoric, this question touches the very core of our condition. For what has been exhausted is not simply … Continue reading

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