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Author Archives: Julius Gavroche
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
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
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
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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Tagged anti-capitalism, Encyclopédie des Nuisances, Jaime Semprun, Miguel Amorós
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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.
Zionism as a politics of everyday violence
With the generous permission of Nika Dubrovsky and the David Graeber Institute, we share an article by David Graeber on his experience and reflection on daily life under Israeli state occupation. Hostile Intelligence: Reflections from a Visit to the West … Continue reading
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Tagged colonialism and anti-colonialism, David Graeber, israel, palestine
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Ghassan Salhab: This name
PalestinianThis nameToday more than ever we must pronounce it, articulate it, utter itchant it, shout it, whisper it, sing itUntil our last breathThis name, this witnessBefore the night swallows it up forever I am writing these few words from Beirut, … Continue reading
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 →