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Author Archives: Julius Gavroche
Reflections on a virus: Trying to see the catastrophe where it is not said to be
Power is domination: all it can do is prohibit, and all it can command is obedience. Michel Foucault Human societies have become like devouring and insatiable mono-cultures, and as such, the viruses multiply. Made therefore fragile, we turn to the … Continue reading
Giorgio Agamben: The coronaviris and the state of exception
Before the frenzied, irrational and totally unjustified emergency measures taken for a supposed epidemic due to the coronavirus, it is necessary to start with the declarations of the CNR (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche), according to which “there is no epidemic … Continue reading
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Tagged Giorgio Agamben, State and terror, State terror
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March 8: Calls for a feminist strike
From spain, from the 8M organising committee of the strike, from spain’s CNT anarcho-syndicalist labour union, from an anarcho-feminist collective in south america, and from an anarchist feminist collective in mexico …
Silvia Federici: The joyful militancy of feminism
To share, the first of a series of reflections on contemporary feminism, in interviews, essays and so on, with the eighth of March, international women’s day as a feminist strike, in the foreground. What follows is an interview with Silvia … Continue reading
Achille Mbembe: The society of enmity
Achille Mbembe’s Politiques de l’inimitié reads contemporary politics as a series of strategies and tactics of colonisation, thus grounded on the creation of fictional others (through hierarchising categories of race, sex, ethnicity and the like) and the desire for their … Continue reading
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Tagged Achille Mbembe, State and Capital, State and terror, State terror
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Insurrection in lebanon
From the CrimethInc. Collective, an interview with Joey Ayoub on the rebellion in lebanon (and a followup on an earlier text of his posted by the Collective and shared by Autonomies). Lebanon: The Revolution Four Months in An Interview A massive … Continue reading
Aragorn!: The passing of an american anarchist
The Raccoon people live by simple rules: live life to its fullest, no concession to a world of misery, and run to fight another day. I first met one of the Raccoon people when I was only a child. He … Continue reading
From sea to sea
Indigenous struggles in canada … “From Sea to Sea”: Train Blockades, Colonialism and the Canadian Railways History (Contrepoints: Les temps fous, 15/02/2020) Canadian National Railway network has been paralyzed for more than a week by blockades in solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en … Continue reading
France: Who is afraid of a general strike?
The strangely intermittent general strike in opposition to proposed pension reforms in france is neither “general”, nor truly a “strike”. If the movement is soon to enter its third month, with another day of protest scheduled for today (Paris-luttes.info), the … Continue reading
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Tagged france, General Strike, gilets jaunes, insurrection
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The chilean insurrection: Chronicles and lessons
From the CrimethInc. Collective (02/03/2020) … March is Coming: The Next Phase of Revolt in Chile The Lay of the Land Ahead of Round Two Since October, the territory nominally controlled by the Chilean government has seen massive demonstrations against capitalism and the … Continue reading →