Author Archives: Julius Gavroche

Anarchism on the periphery: struggle under conditions of emigration and war

In the article that follows (from Pramen, 06/11/2024), the “introduction” closes with the following statement: “… despite any discomfort you may have in reading this, we ask you to focus on the essence of what’s written, and encourage you to … Continue reading

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Palestine’s Lessons for the Left:Theses for a Poetics of the Earth

Published, in translation, by the Ill Will collective (03/11/2024), we share below a fundamental reflection on the significance of the Palestinian anti-colonial struggle against Israel and the Gaza genocide by the Chilean writer, Rodrigo Karmy Bolton.

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History Repeats Itself: First as Farce, Then as Tragedy

From the CrimethInc. collective (06/11/2024). Why the Democrats Are Responsible for Donald Trump’s Return to Power Donald Trump has won the 2024 presidential election. That means that we will have to fight many of the battles of 2017-2020 all over again. But … Continue reading

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Encyclopédie des Nuisances: Movement as illusion, stillness as meaninglessness (IV)

Introduction It is said that the automobile industry created and brought life to the cities, but once again official history dangerously misrepresents and distorts the facts. In reality, it is responsible for the destruction of viable human communities and emblematic … Continue reading

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Looking Back at the End of Times: Cockroaches, Fire, Monsters

We share below an essay by Iman Ganji, which he very generously passed onto us and for which we are grateful. It is a powerful and eloquent reflection on what may be called the passions of revolution for our time.

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Universal Declaration of the Right(s)-Wing of Man

From lundi matin #450, 04/11/2024. Lahoucine Duvaast sent us this document from Fresnes, where he has been interned since a certain event. He points out that the signatories mentioned at the end of the document are completely fictitious. Déclaration universelle … Continue reading

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Encyclopédie des Nuisances: Literacy, memory and the past (III)

The value of information does not survive the moment in which it was new. It lives only at that moment; it has to surrender to it completely and explain itself to it without losing any time. A story is different. … Continue reading

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Encyclopédie des Nuisances: The means of miscommunication (II)

What news! how much more important to know what that is which was never old! Henry David Thoreau, Walden For anyone who has not renounced the desire for authentic communication, for anyone who is not an impotent intellectual, the real … Continue reading

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Encyclopédie des Nuisances: A cartography of alienation (I)

… the reality that we start from is ignorance. This appears to us to be a human faculty whose exercise must be truly familiar and an everyday experience for all our contemporaries; thus, it is a more solid and more … Continue reading

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C.P. Cavafy/Laurie Anderson: Waiting for the Barbarians

The force of Constantine Cavafy’s poetry continues to resonate in our times.

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