Author Archives: Julius Gavroche

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

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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

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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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Leïla Al-Shami: “The future of Syria will be decided by the Syrians and nobody else”

An interview with Leïla al-Shami, from Lundi Matin #456, 16/12/2024. Leïla al-Shami and Robin Yassin-Kassab are the authors of Burning Country: Syrians in Revolution and War, an important book in which they recounted the early years of the revolution and … Continue reading

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Syria: The dictator has fled, long live the revolution

In less than two weeks, the Bashar al-Assad regime of Syria collapsed, with his flight to Russia, in the face of a military offensive conducted by a coalition of armed groups led by Hay?at Tahrir al-Sham. If we count his … Continue reading

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For Nikki Giovanni (1943-2024)

and if ever i touched a life i hope that life knowsthat i know that touching was and still is and will alwaysbe the truerevolution Nikki Giovanni, When I Die (1972) … a poem is pure energyhorizontally containedbetween the mindof … Continue reading

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“All of a sudden the streets were ablaze”: Nikos Romanos and legacy of the Greek revolt

From Freedom News (06/12/2024) The anarchist’s recent arrest continues a long story: ten years ago today, his prison hunger strike brought the country to the edge of insurrection on the anniversary of the 2008 uprising ~ Neil Middleton ~ The recent arrest of … Continue reading

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Georgia: The Firework Protests

From the CrimethInc. collective (04/12/2024) A Report and Video Footage from the Streets of Tbilisi Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government protesters in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. We offer the following short report and … Continue reading

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The Syrian Civil War Resumes

From the CrimethInc. collective (02/12/2024) Perspectives on the Conflict from Western and Northeastern Syria The Syrian civil war has remained largely frozen since 2020, owing to a precarious balance of power between various factions with various degrees of support from … Continue reading

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Joan Busquets Vergés, the last Catalan Maquisard

“Being an anarchist now is no different from 50 years ago. It’s a philosophy and a search for truth. What I want is unity, of Europe and, were it possible, of the whole world, without frontiers, a world in which we all … Continue reading

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