Author Archives: Julius Gavroche

Virgilia D’Andrea: The poet anarchist

We alone are the vehicle for our Idea, and only through our work will it one day become an indispensable part of life.[1] Virgilia D’Andrea Before the myriad torments of the world – of poverty, slavery, hunger, imprisonment, torture, murder … Continue reading

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For Marjane Satrapi  (1969-2026)

When we’re afraid, we lose all sense of analysis and reflection. Our fear paralyzes us. Besides, fear has always been the driving force behind all dictators’ repression. The regime had understood that one person leaving her house while asking herself:Are … Continue reading

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Sabina Guzzanti: How Tiring Democracy Is!

Embrace diversity.Unite-Or be divided,robbed,ruled,killedBy those who see you as prey.Embrace diversityOr be destroyed. Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Sower We propose to risk making a statement of the basic and interrelated principles of anarchism (basic principles from which all … Continue reading

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Ghassan Salhab: A little poem for nothing, for yesterday and for the days to come

From lundimatin, #522, 01/02/2026 and translated from the french only the olive tree, only the bread, only the thyme, only the oil,only the vine, only the word, only the dance, only the radiance,only the song, only the grain, only the … Continue reading

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Agustín García Calvo: Socrates’ despair for us

Socrates: At the Egyptian city of Naucratis, there was a famous old god, whose name was Theuth; the bird which is called the Ibis is sacred to him, and he was the inventor of many arts, such as arithmetic and … Continue reading

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Hannah Arendt: Personal Responsability Under Dictatorship

Beware:All too often,We sayWhat we hear others say.We thinkWhat we’re told that we think.We seeWhat we’re permitted to see.Worse!We see what we’re told that we see. Repetition and pride are the keys to this.To hear and to seeEven an obvious … Continue reading

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For Sonny Rollins (1930-2026)

It’s not about your music—it’s about what makes your music your music. You’ve got to have a feeling like that. You have to have a reason for your music. Have something besides the technical. Make it for something. Make it … Continue reading

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Israel’s Long War on Lebanon

From the CrimethInc. collective (14/05/2026) A Joint History of the Zionist and Lebanese Entities In the following analysis, Ayman Makarem of the From the Periphery media collective reviews a century of colonial violence in Palestine and Lebanon to illuminate the current Israeli … Continue reading

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Ben Morea in Exarchia

From the CrimethInc. collective (13/05/2026) A Eulogy and Paean to Freedom Ben Morea has passed away. Known for his participation in Up Against the Wall Motherfucker, the self-styled “street gang with an analysis” active in the Lower East Side of Manhattan … Continue reading

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The continuing necessity of Black anarchism

We can work with others, but we must be able to speak for ourselves Lorenzo Kom’boa Ervin, Freedom News, 17/05/2026 I have identified myself as an anarchist since 1969 when I met Martin Sostre, a well-known Black political prisoner and … Continue reading

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