Author Archives: Julius Gavroche

Giorgio Agamben: A political allegory

We are all in hell, but some seem to think that there is nothing to do here but to study and describe in detail the demons, their horrible appearance, their ferocious behaviour, their infamous machinations. Perhaps they delude themselves into … Continue reading

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Ursula k. Le Guin: A War Without End

From Jacobin Magazine (26/01/2018) Some thoughts, written down at intervals, about oppression, revolution, and imagination. Slavery My country came together in one revolution and was nearly broken by another. The first revolution was a protest against galling, stupid, but relatively mild social … Continue reading

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Ursula K. Le Guin: Is Gender Necessary? Redux

“Is Gender Necessary?” first appeared in Aurora, that splendid first anthology of science fiction written by women, edited by Susan Anderson and Vonda N. McIntyre. It was later included in The Language of the Night. Even then I was getting uncomfortable with some of … Continue reading

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“I Believe in an Anti-Systemic Feminism.” A Conversation with María Galindo

Si el feminismo deja de incomodar, no sirve absolutamente para nada. Por eso es que yo reivindico mucho ese feminismo intuitivo, que es un feminismo que quizás no se llama a sí mismo como feminismo, o sí, pero que básicamente … Continue reading

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“The anti-feminism of the far right is not just a cultural war.”

From lundi matin #459, 14/01/2025 Interview with Argentine philosopher Veronica Gago Philosopher, feminist activist and member of the Ni Una Menos collective. “How has neo-liberalism managed to make the logic of sacrifice part of the common language?” she asks in … Continue reading

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A brief update on capital

We publish below a text from the Temps critiques collective, the English translation of which was generally shared with us. The essay is available in the original French, as well as Spanish and English, on the collective’s website. The essay … Continue reading

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Ursula K. Le Guin: A Non-Euclidean View of California as a Cold Place to Be

A reflection on the desire for utopia, by Ursula K. Le Guin. Introduction to “A Non-Euclidean View of California as a Cold Place To Be” John Clark Fifth Estate # 382, Spring, 2010 Ursula Le Guin’s works typically recount the story … Continue reading

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T. J. Clark: For a left with no future

The British art historian and writer Timothy James Clark published an essay in 2012 with the New Left Review (74, March/April, 2012) that we believe remains as relevant today as it did then. Writing in the wake of the 2008 … Continue reading

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Against the behemoth

The scandal that is Donald Trump’s administration – from the gutting and/or paralysing of federal government agencies, justified in the name of eliminating and controlling government waste of public monies due to indulgent, corrupt government workers and government policies, to … Continue reading

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Giorgio Agamben: The remnant of Israel

And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again stay upon him that smote them; but shall stay upon the LORD, the Holy … Continue reading

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