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Author Archives: Julius Gavroche
Horacio González: Half a scarf or an unfinished song
There is no need to ask what remains of the revolution. Nothing remains of the revolution, because the revolution is always what remains. Remnant, excess, surplus: the revolution is not what first exists and then leaves a halo that its … Continue reading
Giorgio Agamben: On identity
Kojève once expressed a warning in the form of a critique of identity that is worth reflecting on: “Be what you can never become”. The mistake of those who seek identity is to want to become what they already are. … Continue reading
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For Octavio Alberola (1928-2025)
The abandonment of utopia and the ethical concept of revolution has led revolutionary ideologies to sclerosis and ruin. Octavio Alberola Turning anarchism into a routine, a habit, which is only expressed on certain days and in a sectarian intimacy in … Continue reading
The End of Biopolitics: Giorgio Cesarano and the Biological Revolution
Revolution is not, to put it in Benjaminian terms, the telos of historical dynamis, the intentional object of a revolutionary politics. Rather, it is a “state of the world,” a mode of being. Outside the sphere of separate politics, revolution is now the … Continue reading
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Tagged biopolitics, ecology, Giorgio Cesarano, Lorenzo Mizzau, revolution
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Giorgio Agamben on Guy Debord
… bringing to light — beyond all vitalism — the intimate intertwining of being and living was certainly then, as it is today, the unavoidable task of thought and politics. Giorgio Agamben From Ill Will (15/07/2025) Earlier this year, Giorgio … Continue reading
Picking Fights
A grounded reflection on “anarchist ways” from the Seattle Solidarity Network, published with CrimethInc. (10/07/2025) Seventeen Years of Organizing in the Seattle Solidarity Network In the following reflections, participants in the Seattle Solidarity Network share what they have learned in … Continue reading
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Tagged anarchism, direct action, mutual aid, theory and practice, united states
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Charles Fourier, by René Schérer
We share below a portrait of Charles Fourier’s critique of capitalism by René Shérer (from Ill Will, 23/05/2025) and a portrait of René Schérer’s continuation of that critique in and through the concept of hospitality (from a 2013 interview). Charles … Continue reading
Do Anarchists Support Democracy?
Do Anarchists Support Democracy? The Opinions of Errico Malatesta Wayne Price (Source: Anarcho-Syndicalist Review, 24/06/2025) In the current U.S.political crisis it is vital for anarchists and other radicals to be clear about their view of democracy. To this end, I … Continue reading
Night of the Demon/Rendez-vous avec la peur
Remake of Jacques Tourneur’s film in six parts, by Nicolas Klotz (From Lundi matin #481, 23/06/2025) 1. The bright TRACES of missiles and bombs that pierced the night sky over Tehran on Friday, 13 June… also pierced television screens, our … Continue reading
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Tagged anti-imperialism, anti-militarism, Gunther Anders, iran, israel, Jean-Luc Nancy, Nicolas Klotz, palestine
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Shawn P. Wilbur: An exercise in theoretical synthesis-distillation of anarchist thought and practice
This is the first opportunity that we have had, as a collective, to celebrate and acknowledge the very impressive work by Shawn P. Wilbur of translating, publishing (into English) and reflecting upon – with others – “classical” anarchist theory and … Continue reading →