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Author Archives: Julius Gavroche
Santiago López Petit: The violence of the force of pain
Reflections on the French police murder of Nahel Merzouk and the country’s July riots, by Santiago López Petit. (Lobo Suelto! 11/07/2023) Nahel’s mother, surrounded by her son’s friends, makes a motorcycle engine roar. Her son, murdered by a police officer, … Continue reading
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Tagged anti-capitalism, anti-racism, france, insurrection, Santiago López Petit, State terror
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In praise of riots
With rebellion, awareness is born. Albert Camus, The Rebel Constitutively out of step with the present, the revolt is an impatient epiphany of the future that comes after tomorrow. Donatella Di Cesare, The Time of Revolt French politicians – the president, … Continue reading
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Tagged anti-capitalism, anti-racism, france, insurrection, State terror
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Justice for Nahel
From the CrimethInc. collective (02/07/2023) … The Roots of the Uprising in France The following text was sent to us by French comrades on the third day of unrest following the murder of the teenager Nahel Merzouk by French police … Continue reading
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Tagged anti-racism, france, insurrection, State terror
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Fredy Perlman: Commodity Fetishism: an introduction to I.I. Rubin’s Essay on Marx’s Theory of Value
Uri Gordon’s recently published essay on Fredy Perlman’s anarchist social theory “Leviathan’s Body” serves as an inspiration to return to Perlman’s writings. Perlman’s starting point, which informs his entire body of work, is a critique of alienation as practice. Initially … Continue reading
The police murder: justice and truth for Nahel and all the victims
Statement from France’s Union communiste libertaire, 28th of June, 2023 … On the night of June 27 to 28, revolts began in the city of Nanterre to denounce a new murder by a policeman. His name was Nahel, he was … Continue reading
Reading Fredy Perlman with Uri Gordon
We share a timely and critical reading of Fredy Perlman’s work by Uri Gordon … Leviathan’s Body: Recovering Fredy Perlman’s anarchist social theory Uri Gordon (Anarchist Library and Anarchist Studies (2023)) Abstract Fredy Perlman’s anarchist maximalism had a formative influence on … Continue reading
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Tagged anarchism, anti-capitalism, anti-statism, Fredy Perlman, May 68, Situationists, Uri Gordon
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Amador Fernández-Savater: The reactionary wave and the death drive
From Lobo Suelto! (25/06/2023) … Sólo el amor nos permite escapar de la repetición Jorge Luis Borges What does “the reactionary wave” mean globally and here in Spain? How to understand this complex and multifaceted phenomenon, in order to better … Continue reading
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Tagged 15M, anti-fascism, love and anarchy, Podemos, Sigmund Freud, spain
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Ghassan Salhab: If only one wall should remain
From lundimatin #389 (27/06/2023) … To revolutionise ourselves [Révolution sur nous-mêmes]. These three words appeared for the very first time in downtown Beirut, the last two words, about ourselves, had been added to the word revolution, which was already stencilled … Continue reading
Remembering Brazil’s Days of Struggle (2013)
A reflection on Brazil‘s 2013 popular uprising from the CAB (Coordenação Anarquista Brasileira/Brazilian Anarchist Coordination) … Defending 2013 as an experience of popular struggle! (CAB 22/06/2023) Marking 10 years since the 2013 Days of Struggle, part of the forces of … Continue reading
Rodrigo Karmy Bolton: The ashes of the Republic
Reflections on the French police murder of Nahel Merzouk and the country’s July riots, by Rodrigo Karmy Bolton. (Lobo Suelto! 11/07/2023) What does it mean when France burns under barricades? Perhaps, that not only France but also the Republic, as … Continue reading →