Author Archives: Julius Gavroche

The anti-worlds of communism: John Holloway

Posted on August 16, 2012 by Julius Gavroche

From the The Guardian, a video series that reflects on worlds beyond capitalism.  The first is an animation to the words of John Holloway …

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The Tyranny of Debt

Posted on August 15, 2012 by Julius Gavroche

  Capitalism is an economic-political system of dependency and wage slavery.  Debt is one of the system´s instruments for the domestication and domination of human beings.  It constrains freedom and creativity, it generates fear, it discplines and shapes, through a … Continue reading →

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The fear of chalk: Alex Shaefer

Posted on August 15, 2012 by Julius Gavroche

The artist Alex Schaefer has recently put to the test the limits of freedom of expression, limits revealed to be all too present.  The prohibition on chalking and the violence used against it (Occupy LA) however show far more than … Continue reading →

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The war against okupations: La Cantera de Vicálvaro

Posted on July 27, 2012 by Julius Gavroche

Okupied in early March of this year, the building that became Espacio Vecinal Okupado y Autogestionado LA CANTERA, in the province of Madrid,  was cleared by the police on the 26th of July, in an ongoing struggle against what all such … Continue reading →

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Thinking 15M

Posted on July 26, 2012 by Julius Gavroche

The spanish edition of Le Monde Diplomatique (July/2012) carries a very good analysis/evaluation of 15M.  the text follows in spanish …

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Land to use, land to work, land for freedom

Posted on July 26, 2012 by Julius Gavroche

After Somonte, the Sindicato Andaluz de Trabajadores/as promoted a further okupation of public lands (24/07), military in this instance, known as Las Turquillas, as an act of resistance against idle public wealth, unemployment and the domination of marginalisation and poverty.  The … Continue reading →

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The metamorphosis of a student movement: #YoSoy132

Posted on July 23, 2012 by Julius Gavroche

Interview with Enrique Polanca of #YoSoy132, by Lorena Aguilar for Kaos en la Red (Domingo, 22 de Julio de 2012 02:10) …

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Os quiero, os respeto, os necesito … 15M´s spain

Posted on July 23, 2012 by Julius Gavroche

Becoming "wild" is always an erotic act, an act of nakedness.                                Hakim Bey, The Temporary Autonomous Zone The days and weeks of the white heat of summer bring illusions and hallucinations in their wake, visions of metamorphoses.  Our dreams … Continue reading →

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Governing for freedom: Werner Bonefeld on the Bourgeois State

Posted on July 21, 2012 by Julius Gavroche

Werner Bonefeld’s work on the role of the state in the creation of a liberal economic order, that is, capitalism, is of great value.  Often understood as a simple tool of the bourgeoisie, anti-capitalist politics is then conceived of as … Continue reading →

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From protest to protest … radicalising the general strike in 15M´s spain

Posted on July 20, 2012 by Julius Gavroche

In some 80 cities in spain, over one million people protested the latest government budget cuts.  Called by the principal labour unions of the country, minority unions, social movements and 15M joined the protest as a "critical bloc", to distinguish themselves … Continue reading →

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