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Author Archives: Julius Gavroche
Illuminations from Pier Paolo Pasolini
The magazine Ballast regularly gathers together citations of authors under the generic designation of an abécédaire. We share below, in translation, their most recent “alphabet text”, from the work of Pier Paolo Pasolini.
From the ZAD of Notre-Dame-des-Landes: An intergalactic call
From the ZAD of Notre-Dame-des-Landes (Appel Intergalactique 19/04/2018) …
He who designates the terrorist, in this world, is sovereign: The “Tarnac affair”
Antiterrorism, contrary to what the term would suggest, is not a means to fight against terrorism, it is the method by which the political enemy is positively produced as a terrorist. It is a matter, by a luxury of provocation, … Continue reading
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Tagged france, Invisible Committee, Security State, State and terror, Tarnac, Tiqqun
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Notre-Dame-des-Landes: The ZAD cannot be eradicated
As the resistance of the ZAD of Notre-Dames-des-Landes continues, so too we will continue to share news, communiqués, reflections, in solidarity with all of those who persevere in the struggle.
The fear of the ZAD of Notre-Dame-des-Landes
Forms of life enter into conflict when one or both can survive only by the colonisation of the other. Capitalism as a political project – and it is essentially a political project – cannot but actively undermine and destroy alternative, … Continue reading
Creating autonomies in the ZAD: Notre-Dame-des-Landes
The significance of the Notre-Dame-des-Landes ZAD in france is reflected below in two texts, excerpts from longer essays/collections. The first is from a french publication entitled Défendre la zad, by the Collective Mauvaise Troupe (2016), and available in an english translation … Continue reading
The war against autonomy: The State attacks the ZAD of Notre-Dame-des-Landes
This April 9th, the expulsion of the ZAD of Notre-Dame-des-Landes began. If the proposed airport for the region was struck down, the french government has repeatedly announced that it will not accept the “illegal” occupation of the land by squatters. … Continue reading
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Tagged autonomy, france, Notre-Dame-des-Landes, State and Capital, State terror, ZAD
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Brazil and the permanent state of exception
A prisoner of my class and some clothing, I walk, dressed in white along the gray street. Melancholy and merchandise harass me. Must I keep going until I collapse? Can I rebel without arms? Filthy eyes in the tower clock … Continue reading
Feminism and beyond in May 68
France’s May 68 not only created space for the emergence of a radical gay movement in the country (with the FHAR), but a parallel feminist movement as well, as expressed in the Mouvement de libération des femmes (MLF). We share a … Continue reading
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Tagged Feminism, france, Françoise Picq, LGBTQI, May 68, Paul B. Preciado, transfeminism
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With the war on the ZADs as horizon, a reflection on wilderness
A day will come when all the imaginary lines will be blown away, and in the scattering dust of all the maps made meaningless, all things will be left equal once again. Pray for calamity We do not know if … Continue reading →