Author Archives: Julius Gavroche

Solidarity with the Movement to Stop Cop City and Defend Weelaunee Forest

Posted on January 20, 2023 by Julius Gavroche

On January 18, 2023 a multi-agency task force moved to clear out an ongoing tree-sit protest in Atlanta, Georgia. In the opening minutes of this operation, Georgia State Troopers shot and killed a tree sitter.  The tree sitter, Manuel Paez Teran, … Continue reading →

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The Defense of Lützerath

Posted on January 19, 2023 by Julius Gavroche

From the CrimethInc. collective (19/01/2023) … The Defense of Lützerath: A Photoessay and Poster Documenting Ecological Destruction and Resistance Over the past week, police have taken brutal steps to suppress ecological movements in Europe and the United States. In Germany, … Continue reading →

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With Alfredo Cospito

Posted on January 19, 2023 by Julius Gavroche
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Gáspár Miklós Tamás: On Post-Fascism

Posted on January 18, 2023 by Julius Gavroche

On Post-Fascism: How citizenship is becoming an exclusive privilege Gáspár Miklós Tamás (Boston Review, Summer 2000) I have an interest to declare. The government of my country, Hungary, is–along with the Bavarian provincial government (provincial in more senses than one)–the … Continue reading →

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Gáspár Miklós Tamás: Between Rousseau and Marx

Posted on January 18, 2023 by Julius Gavroche

… what happens if one seriously tries to complete Marx’s project of developing, as he put it in an early essay, a “ruthless critique of everything that exists.” The likely result is a picture of the world so relentlessly bleak … Continue reading →

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For Gáspár Miklós Tamás (1948-2023)

Posted on January 18, 2023 by Julius Gavroche

The Romanian-born Hungarian philosopher and political activist Gáspár Miklos Tamás died this last January 15th. In three posts, we celebrate his discernment, his wisdom and his ethical-political engagements, regardless of whatever differences we may have with his work. Below, a … Continue reading →

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The struggle for Lützerath ignites

Posted on January 16, 2023 by Julius Gavroche

Eviction in progress in an occupied village in Germany against the coal industry. From lundi matin #366 (16/01/2023). This morning, Wednesday January 11, around 9 a.m., hundreds of police cars surrounded a village occupied for almost 2 years in western … Continue reading →

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Enzo Traverso: ‘If we wanted to find an ancestor for Giorgia Meloni, it would be the Vichy regime’

Posted on January 12, 2023 by Julius Gavroche

Giorgia Meloni, the leader of Italy’s far-right party, Fratelli d’Italia, spent years on the country’s political margins before she was elected Prime Minister last fall. In this interview, Enzo Traverso sheds light on the significance of her rise and what Fascism … Continue reading →

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January 8, the Brazilian January 6

Posted on January 12, 2023 by Julius Gavroche

From the CrimethInc. collective (10/01/2023) … Tracking the Rise of Fascism from the United States to Brazil On January 8, 2023, far-right supporters of defeated former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro stormed government buildings in Brasília, apparently in grotesque imitation of … Continue reading →

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Utopia?

Posted on January 9, 2023 by Julius Gavroche

Words of Ghassan Salhab, lebanese filmmaker and writer (from lundi matin #365 09/01/2023) … What remains to be said or done once everything has been said, analysed, dissected of the humiliation that power and its mechanisms represent for everyone? From … Continue reading →

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