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Author Archives: Julius Gavroche
Infrastructure against borders
What follows is the second of a two part essay from the collective Out of the Woods, posted on Libcom.org, reflecting on refugees-migrants, climate change, the violence of border politics, anti-migrant populisms and no borders politics.
Posted in Commentary
Tagged anti-fascism, ecology, family, Feminism, heteronormativity, LGBT, migration, nationalism, patriarchy, racism
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Refuges and death-worlds
What follows is the first of a two part essay from the collective Out of the Woods, posted on Libcom.org, reflecting on refugees-migrants, climate change, the violence of border politics, anti-migrant populisms and no borders politics.
The Commodification of Moments
Reflections on the appropriation of intimacy, affectivity, of moments as commodity, from a friend of Autonomies, danny champion …
The plunder of tourism: Lisbon
There are eyes everywhere. No blind spot left. What shall we dream of when everything becomes visible? We’ll dream of being blind. Paul Virilio Mass urban tourism condemns a city to branding, a product to be consumed, a spectacle to … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Film
Tagged capitalism, Left Hand Rotation Collective, portugal, tourism
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Fidel Castro and the fetishism of power
Talking to us of homeland and freedom is a waste of time unless they start by guaranteeing our independence as individuals; we are not about to redeem the homeland while we are all left slaves. The measure of the homeland’s … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, News blog
Tagged anarchism, Che Guevara, cuba, Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, Nelson Mandela, revolution, third world
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Standing with Standing Rock
“State security services in North Dakota have used tear gas and water hoses against hundreds of activists protesting against the Dakota Access Pipeline. Protesters also reported being hit with rubber bullets and percussion grenades on a bridge just north of … Continue reading
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Tagged capitalism, ecology, Indigenous peoples, Okupations, rebellion
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Orhan Pamuk: “Why didn’t I become an architect?”
(All photographs by Ara Güler) As a sort of envoi for our series “Struggles for space“, we share below a short but rich reflection on the impossibility of architecture, by the turkish writer Orhan Pamuk; an envoi which could just … Continue reading
President Trump: Countdown to Apocalypse – From Crimethinc
After the Trump election, from CrimethInc …
For Leonard Cohen (1934-2016)
I heard of a man who says words so beautifully that if he only speaks their name women give themselves to him. If I am dumb beside your body while silence blossoms like tumors on our lips. it is because … Continue reading
Dancing life: Radical gestures of okupied social centres
Today okupied social centres play today a fundamental role in the renewal, constitution and radicalisation of social movements. Where there presence is marked (e.g. greece, spain, italy), they themselves often constitute a challenge to both State and an economy based … Continue reading →