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Author Archives: Julius Gavroche
Guy Debord: Between theory and practice
The strength and the weakness of the real anarchist struggle resides in its viewing the goal of proletarian revolution as immediately present (the pretensions of anarchism in its individualist variants have always been laughable). From the historical thought of modern … Continue reading
Duane Rousselle: Georges Bataille’s Post-anarchism
Pushing against the limits of anarchism, with George Bataille, as read by Duane Rousselle. [Source: The Anarchist Library] Abstract Post-anarchist philosophy has widely been regarded as an attempt to challenge the ontological essentialism of the traditional anarchist discourse. The problem … Continue reading
Negativity and positivity in anarchism: An inextricable but contradictory duality
Tomás Ibáñez writes on the inherent (contradictory) duality of the anarchist imaginary and anarchist practice, from Redes Libertarias (05/12/2024). When I opened the computer to start writing this text, I was tempted to title it: “In Fiery Praise of the … Continue reading
Simón Royo Hernández: The timeliness of anarchism
From Redes Libertarias (15/11/2024) When we look at what remains of the glorious and spectacular anarchist movement, the fullness of which we can situate between the second half of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century, … Continue reading
Sacrificial Violence and Retribution
From the CrimethInc. Collective (23/12/2024) In the following analysis, we explore the responses to two different extrajudicial killings as a way to understand the different forms of violence that are coming to the fore in our society right now. In … Continue reading
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Tagged State and Capital, State and terror, united states, Violence
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Giorgio Agamben: Labour and life
From Quodlibet (24/12/2024). One often hears the Italian Constitution praised because it has made work its foundation.[1] Yet not only the etymology of the term (labour designates an agonising punishment and suffering in Latin), but also its use as a … Continue reading
We Are Not Pawns, We Are the People Who Rose Against the Regime
From Black Rose Anarchist Federation (18/12/2024). This article by Syrian writer Jwana Aziz reflects on the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Jwana examines the conditions that precipitated the 2011 uprising, the years of civil war, and the difficulties that now … Continue reading
Mikkel Bolt Rasmussen: Class Struggle in What Society?
From Ill Will (17/12/2024). 1. Any analysis of the re-election of Trump must depart from the George Floyd revolt, which remains the most important “political,” or rather anti-political, event in recent American history. In Minneapolis and other cities in 2020, … Continue reading
Diego Sztulwark: One year of Milei’s government
From Lobo Suelto! (09/12/2024) For many months we had the opportunity to investigate the reasons that made Javier Milei’s government possible: the subjective effects of the pandemic and the acceleration of remote communication technologies; the transformations in the structure of … Continue reading
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Tagged anti-fascism, argentina, capitalism, Diego Sztulwark, neoliberalism
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Gaza as extermination camp
Part of our existence lies in the feelings of those near to us. This is why the experience of someone who has lived for days during which man was merely a thing in the eyes of man is non-human. Primo … Continue reading →