Author Archives: Julius Gavroche

Surrealism and the art of making surrealist objects

Poetry must be made by all, not by one. Comte de Lautréamont In poetry and in painting, Surrealism has done everything it can and more to increase these short circuits. It believes, and it will never believe in anything more … Continue reading

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Surrealism in the Mirror of Anarchism

Man proposes and disposes. He and he alone can determine whether he is completely master of himself, that is, whether he maintains the body of his desires, daily more formidable, in a state of anarchy.Poetry teaches him to. It bears … Continue reading

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André Breton: A Surrealist Manifesto

… make no mistake about it, those responsible for putting this philtre of the absolute into circulation are the enemies of order. They pass it round secretly, under the eyes of the police, in the guise of books and poems. … Continue reading

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Surrealism: The unfinished revolution

Surrealism is not, has never been, and will never be a literary or artistic school but is a movement of the human spirit in revolt and an eminently subversive attempt to reenchant the world: an attempt to reestablish the “enchanted” … Continue reading

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Simon Springer: I, Dirty Anarchist

There are essays that in a few words can sometimes capture the spirit of an idea better than any long, drawn out monograph. Simon Springer’s “I, Dirty Anarchist” (2018) is one such essay: an apology for a Tolstoian anarchism.

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Jacques Rancière: Reading freedom through Anton Chekhov

Jacques Rancière, in his most recent essay, explores through Anton Chekhov’s fiction the unpredictable yet ever possible and disruptive appearance of freedom in the everyday lives of his characters; in our lives. We share below an excerpt from Rancière’s essay, … Continue reading

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Anarchists on the Wave of Protest in Indonesia

From the CrimethInc. collective (23/09/2024). In August 2024, a wave of protests rocked Indonesia, ostensibly in response to political machinations aimed at anointing a successor to President Joko Widodo, popularly known as Jokowi. Very little information has circulated about these protests in the English-speaking world. … Continue reading

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Reflecting on Occupy Wall Street, Thirteen Years Later

From the CrimethInc. collective (17/09/2024). Thirteen years ago, a thousand demonstrators descended on Wall Street, occupying Zuccotti Park and kicking off what came to be known as the Occupy movement. Revisiting that moment today, we can see how dramatically the … Continue reading

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Azad: The Revolution in Myanmar

From Ill Will (13/09/2024). The following is an interview with Azad, an American currently fighting for the revolution in Myanmar. Conducted via email over several weeks between August and September of 2024, Azad’s responses cover a wide range of issues … Continue reading

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Franco “Bifo” Berardi: Hipercapitalism and Semiocapital

Caliban: You taught me language, and my profit on’tIs I know how to curse. The red plague rid youFor learning me your language! Shakespeare, The Tempest Historical colonialism: extractivism of physical resources The history of colonialism is a history of systematic depredation of territory. The object of colonisation is the resource-rich physical places that the colonialist West needed for its accumulation. … Continue reading

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