Author Archives: Julius Gavroche

Basic Banalities Concerning the January 31 Demonstration in Turin

From the CrimethInc. collective (07/02/2026) Reflections on Conflict Following a Night of Street Fighting in Italy On December 18, 2025, police evicted the historic Askatasuna social center in Turin, which had been squatted since 1996. After an initial demonstration called … Continue reading

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Rodrigo Karmy Bolton: The law of fire

From Ficción de la razón (21/01/2026) 1. In a short text dedicated to his daughter Anima entitled Land and Sea, the German jurist Carl Schmitt proposed the term nomos of the land to refer to the “original appropriation of space” … Continue reading

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The anarchic culture of the commons

By Regino Martínez, of the Montevideo based magazine, Anarquía The ground of a subversive collective imagination Let us begin with the obvious: in capitalism, common issues are rarely resolved by the people directly involved. While the hegemonic relationships in our society—those … Continue reading

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For Frank Fernández (1932–2026)

Cuba and the anarchists have a long history of the pursuit of freedom. The early labour struggles, the important contributions to Cuban independence from Spain, their protest against U.S. interventions, their critical attitudes toward social problems during the two republics, … Continue reading

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Phil A. Neel: Lies You Will Be Told

From Ill Will (25/01/2026) The frozen city is under siege. In the long cold winters at the heart of the Midwest the air can get so cold it hurts to breathe. Masked mercenaries in unmarked vehicles rove through the snowbanks, … Continue reading

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Daniel Colson: Reflections on anarchism

We share below an interview with Daniel Colson for the French magazine, Ballast (02/02/2015). Recently deceased, Colson’s philosophical readings of the anarchist tradition are among the most significant of the post-May 68 generation.

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State integration forced on Rojava

From Freedom News (20/01/2026) Islamist attacks and great-power manoeuvres place the revolution in existential threat Blade Runner Recent weeks’ clashes between Syrian state forces and Kurdish forces have developed into a multi-front assault on Rojava, threatening open war as a … Continue reading

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For Daniel Colson (1943-2026)

From Freedom News, an obituary for the anarchist Daniel Colson (11/01/2026) by David Berry, followed by a translation of a lecture by him entitled, “Proudhon and the contemporary relevance of anarchism”. A singular and generous thinker of anarchism, his work … Continue reading

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Parham Shahrjerdi – Iran: Woman, Life, Freedom — and nothing else

From lundimatin #504, 12/01/2026 These lines are being written while the internet has been down for three days throughout Iran.Telephone lines are cut.Electricity is also cut, so the darkness of this period reaches its peak.It is Sunday, 11 January 2026. … Continue reading

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Iran: An Uprising Besieged from Within and Without

From the CrimethInc. collective (07/01/2026) Three Perspectives Starting on December 28, 2025, a new wave of protest broke out across Iran, triggered by economic distress and escalating to call for the toppling of the government. This is at least the … Continue reading

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