Author Archives: Julius Gavroche

For Gato Barbieri

When I play the saxophone, I play life, I play love, I play anger, I play confusion, I play when people scream … Gato Barbieri For the free jazz artist that he was, is, Gato Barbieri, who died on this … Continue reading

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To be without destiny: For Imre Kertész

Man, when reduced to nothing, or in other words a survivor, is not tragic but comic, because he has no fate. Imre Kertész, Liquidation Imre Kertész’s literary work is inseparable from his life as a survivor of the nazi death camps; inseparable from … Continue reading

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Nuit Debout: From protest to rebellious creation in france

In the wake of ongoing mass protests in france against proposed reforms to the labour code in the country, promising only more work and more precariousness for the benefit of Capital, a call was made by numerous collectives and associations, … Continue reading

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If there are no terrorists, then invent them: The criminalisation of anarchy in spain and the condemnation Mónica Caballero e Francisco Solar

All acts of terrorism, all the attacks that have struck and that strike the imagination of men and women, have been and are either offensive or defensive actions. Experience has long since shown that, if they are part of a … Continue reading

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The anarchist critique of democracy (2): CrimethInc.

The anarchist collective CrimethInc. initiated this month a critical analysis and discussion of “democracy”, promising a series of reflections.  What follows is the second essay, From Democracy to Freedom, preceded by the introduction to the series and an introduction to … Continue reading

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Freedom of movement, movement of freedom: Transgressing borders with migrants

Those who cross national borders “illegally” are anti-Statists in action, if not in thought, for they rebel against the violence of sovereignty. Those who transgress frontiers without authorisation are anti-capitalists, for capitalism cannot function without an imposed division of labour … Continue reading

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The anarchist critique of democracy (1): CrimethInc.

The anarchist collective CrimethInc. initiated this month a critical analysis and discussion of “democracy”, promising a series of reflections, the first of which we help to diffuse below.  Preceding it is the introduction to the series …

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Portrait of anarchy by a young artist

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Erasure as resistance: The street artist Blu gives back/commons the walls of Bologna

Street art doesn’t exist, there is just you and the world outside. Do what you like in the best way and think about what you are doing. Blu, Kolah Studio Interview Capitalism is a machine of appropriation, capturing agencies and … Continue reading

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Transfeminism: The promise of freedom in feminism

Our struggle is every day, we are women and not commodities. Against capital, anal pleasure; Against the vatican, clitoral pleasure; Against patriarchy, pleasure everywhere. I was a saint, I was a witch, I was a whore, but I will did not silence myself. … Continue reading

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