Author Archives: Julius Gavroche

George Orwell: Vanity and despotism

But what light does our difference here throw upon the problem before us? What connection is there between the sartorial splendours of the educated man and the photograph of ruined houses and dead bodies? Obviously the connection between dress and … Continue reading

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The War on Iran: Immoral allies, False claims and Unnecessary Bloodshed

From the Verso Books blog (11/03/2026) Ilan Pappe on US and Israeli immorality and why Palestine lies at the heart of the war on Iran.

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The Anarchist Plot To Steal The Mona Lisa

From The Transmetropolitan Review (13/03/2026) Bound copies of The Anarchist Plot To Steal The Mona Lisa can be found here. INTRODUCTION Few people know that the French anarchists of the 1890s funded their movement through burglary, and even fewer know that anarchists stole … Continue reading

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“History Is Repeating Itself”

From the CrimethInc. collective (11/03/2026) A Lebanese Perspective on the War on Palestine, Lebanon, and Iran The war that the United States and Israel are waging in the Middle East is not solely directed at Iran. In addition to occupying the … Continue reading

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Gleichschaltung : The normalisation of contemporary authoritarianism

From lundimatin #511, 10/03/2026 In this article, sociologist Michalis Lianos analyses both the conditions and the deployment of this new form of authoritarianism that is spreading across the world. On the one hand, representative democracy is dying, and on the … Continue reading

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Giorgio Agamben: State and terror

What is a state that, ignoring all forms of law, methodically murders or kidnaps the leaders of states it arbitrarily declares to be its enemies? Nevertheless, this is what is happening with the approval or embarrassed silence of European countries. … Continue reading

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The Attack on Iran Is an Attack on All of Us

From the CrimethInc. collective (28/02/2026) The US and Israeli attack on Iran is morally repugnant. It is calculated only to benefit an elite of racist, Islamophobic warmongers. It will not benefit Iranians or ordinary people anywhere on earth.

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Anti-fascism: In solidarity!

The themes which monastic discipline assigned to friars for meditation were designed to turn them away from the world and its affairs. The thoughts which we are developing here originate from similar considerations. At a moment when the politicians in … Continue reading

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Fascist subjectivisation

From lundimatin #509, (18/02/2026) To take an interest in fascism is to feel a connection with a past that is imminent in a threatening future. This past is not simply an ancient present: it is a past that is contemporary … Continue reading

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For Frederick Wiseman (1930 – 2026)

Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity. Simone Weil, Grace and Gravity Frederick Wiseman died this last Monday, February 16, and whatever words we could share to celebrate his work we thought should be his. And as for … Continue reading

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