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Author Archives: Julius Gavroche
Peregrination: Foreignness/Strangeness/Otherness as a counterpower
from Ficcíon de la rázon, 10/09/2026 Peregrinatio. La extrañeza como contrapoder Federico Ferrari We have been taken in by the hypnotic fable of the apocalypse. Public discourse, intoxicated by the spectacle of imminent ruin and by the narcissism of catastrophe, continues … Continue reading
Against the Tide
from New Left Review-Sidecar, 18/09/2026 by Morten Høi Jensen Prospective biographers of Victor Serge begin at a disadvantage. Memoirs of a Revolutionary (1951) is one of the great autobiographies of the last century, vividly recounting the twists and turns – from Belgium … Continue reading
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Tagged anarchism, Mitchell Abidor, revolution, russian revolution, Victor Serge
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Isaac Deutscher: Message of the Non-Jewish Jew
The following article by the biographer of Stalin and Trotsky, whose writings on Russia and Eastern Europe appear regularly in periodicals throughout the world, is based on a lecture delivered in London last February during Jewish Book Week to the … Continue reading
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Tagged anti-semitism, anti-statism, Isaac Deutscher, israel, zionism
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Gerrard Winstanley: “To make the Earth a Common Treasury”
from Freedom News (10/09/2026) Marking 350 years since the death of the English revolutionary Digger (1609-1676) Robert Graham, Illustrations: Clifford Harper During the peak of Gerrard Winstanley’s political activity in 1649-1650, he championed an early form of anarchist communism using a radical Protestant … Continue reading
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Tagged Diggers, Gerrard Winstanley, Levellers, revolution, the Commons, united kingdom
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Repression and Resistance in Russia: An Overview
from the CrimethInc. collective (09/09/2026) Across three decades, Russia has been at the forefront of the worldwide descent into authoritarianism. Vladimir Putin’s government has suppressed opposition in ways that aspiring autocrats like Donald Trump are still striving to emulate. Yet despite … Continue reading
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Tagged anarchism, belarus, russia, State terror, ukraine
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The US government attacks internet privacy
The email and website provider Autistici/Noblog.org has been designated as a “global terrorist threat”. from lundimatin #531, 02/09/2026 Founded in 2001, Autistici/Inventati is a volunteer and free provider of email, websites, mailing lists, blogs, and communication tools focused on privacy … Continue reading
Nation of Terrorists
Matthew Wolfe on the use of domestic terrorism charges against activists, from the Earth Liberation Front to Prairieland. from Verso Books Blog 03/09/2026 Late on the night of July 4, 2025, a group of eleven protesters walked up to the … Continue reading
For Tony Gatlif (1948-2026)
I took up the cinema which can tell about the others, about those who have no right of voice and are unable to speak. This kind of cinema is not aimed at tempting or diverting somebody from the world. Tony … Continue reading
Opening essay/An effort at an openning: The State, the people, the strategist
from lundimatin #533, 15/09/2026 This is often the case during election campaigns, and it is probably even more so given the rise of fascist tendencies: everything is put on hold – common sense, reality, boldness, autonomy, determination. Instead, people sound … Continue reading →