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Author Archives: Julius Gavroche
Mystery and Hierarchy: On the unassimilable/incomprehensible character of anarchism
Christian Ferrer One In every city in the world, no matter how small, there is at least one person who calls themselves an anarchist. This solitary and unusual presence must conceal a meaning that transcends the order of politics, just … Continue reading
Free Atoms: Refractory Lives
Christian Ferrer What will remain of the word “anarchists” in a future dictionary? A footnote, the conceptual definition of a sect of conspirators, the cardiogram that recorded the historical ups and downs of an extreme idea, the silhouette of an … Continue reading
Christian Ferrer: Essays on the ungoverable
Christian Ferrer’s work on anarchism is among the most erudite and eloquent that we know. Refusing to limit himself to merely describing anarchist acts of militancy, or to fruitless ideological debates, he unearths what we could call the “longue durée” … Continue reading
The Dialectics of Exile
As a complementary text to our last post by Noah Brehmer, we share a further essay by him, again with his generosity and the kind permission of the journal Alienocene (18/08/2025) exploring the concept of “exodus” as an ontological and … Continue reading
We Do Not Belong Here: From the Diaspora to Jalut
In the post-Nazi era, the idea that it is legitimate to decide whom we should cohabit with has held firm. “To each their own home!” It is here that populist xenophobia finds its greatest strength; crypto-racism is its springboard. However, … Continue reading
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Abraham Serfaty: Address to the Wretched of Israel
September 28, 1982 To my Arab Jewish brothers and sisters oppressed in Israel: My brothers, my sisters, I am writing to you from the depths of this prison where I am held as a revolutionary by this country that has … Continue reading
Is there a future for Anarchism in America?
From Freedom News (17/08/25) The co-producer of the landmark documentary film reflects on its legacy amid today’s challenges Joel Sucher Anarchism in America is the title of a documentary produced way back in 1980; a time when the world was a … Continue reading
Uri Gordon: Anarchism and Nationalism
Continuing from our previous post: “A meeting between Ubu kings“. Anarchism and Nationalism: On the Subsidiarity of Deconstruction Uri Gordon Anarchists are against nationalism; everyone knows that. Instead of solidarity across borders and anti-hierarchical antagonism within them, nationalism engenders loyalty … Continue reading
A meeting between Ubu kings
we seek beyond historyfor a new and more possible meeting. Audre Lorde The image of two men aspiring to absolute national power and imperial expansion meeting to discuss the parcelling out of a country invaded by one of them, with … Continue reading
Giorgio Agamben: On False Relationships
A good definition of political power is that which characterises it as the art of placing people in false relationships. This, and nothing else, is what power does first and foremost, in order to then govern them as it wishes. … Continue reading →