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Author Archives: Julius Gavroche
For Marc Riboud
When somebody asks me what my best photograph is, I answer, I hope to do it tomorrow and thus try to change my way of seeing. Marc Riboud Few photographic journalists traveled the 20th century as Marc Riboud, both in … Continue reading
In Memoriam: For Hande Kader
Amid the violent and often murderous repression in turkey against dissidence, against leftist political militants, ethnic and religious minorities, intellectuals, journalists, academics, LGBT activists also find themselves targeted by public authorities and para-State political and religious groups. On the 8th … Continue reading
Nuit Debout: To live the commune – Interventions by the revolutionary erotic committee
France’s Nuit Debout movement may be the first of the post-2011 “movements of occupation” that dissipates almost entirely due to its own democratic self-delusions.
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Tagged anarchism, autonomy, city, democracy, friendship, occupy the city, revolution
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An illustrated guide to Guy Debord’s “The Society of the Spectacle”
From Hyperallergic, a brief, illustrated reflection on Guy Debord’s The Society of the Spectacle, authored by Tiernan Morgan and Lauren Purje (10/08/2016) …
The anarchist critique of democracy (9): CrimethInc.
The anarchist collective CrimethInc. initiated in the month of May a critical analysis and discussion of “democracy”, promising a series of reflections. What follows is the ninth essay, by Uri Gordon, in which he discusses the attractions and risks of … Continue reading
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Tagged anarchism, autonomy, democracy, Murray Bookchin, revolution, Uri Gordon
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Nuit Debout: Where lies the filthy beast?
The State is a condition, a certain relationship between human beings, a mode of behaviour; we destroy it by contracting other relationships, by behaving differently toward one another… We are the State and we shall continue to be the State … Continue reading
André Laude, anarchist poet
For André Laude (1936-1995), for his poetry, for his fiery beauty … Toute mon expérience poétique s’articule autour de cette perspective : la poésie doit changer la vie. André Laude: Working class family. Exiled to Paris, will later rejoin his homeland: … Continue reading
Scenes from the class struggle in greece
To share, from Roarmag (31/07/2016), an essay by Theodoros Karyotis on the “leftist” Syriza government’s attack on the solidarity work with migrants of social movements in greece.
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Autonomy amid nothing: Reflections on nihilism
Emancipation is for us the meaning of nihilism. Gianni Vattimo By Arran James & Michael Pyska (the occupied times, 01/11/2014), a reflection on what we are tempted to call passive and active nihilism, following Nietzsche, with our two previous posts still … Continue reading
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Struggles for space: Anarchism, architecture and anarchitecture (1)
If there is no art without architecture (for are not most of what we call the “fine arts” housed?) and if architecture is the arkhi-chief-master tekhne-art and the architect the master tekton-artist-artisan-builder, then the anarchist should find little affinity with … Continue reading →