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Author Archives: Julius Gavroche
A portrait of Nestor Makhno
tradition is not to preserve the ashes but to pass on the flame For our times of war, we share a portrait of the anarchist Nestor Makhno, by Alexander Berkman. Nestor Makhno, The Man Who Saved the Bolsheviki: Personal Recollections … Continue reading
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Tagged anarchism, Nestor Makhno, revolution, russia, russian revolution, ukraine
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Urgent call for solidarity action: Giannis Michailidis
Urgent call for solidarity action: Anarchist prisoner Giannis Michailidis enters 68th day of hunger strike and is in a dire health condition Freedom News, Jul 29th Giannis Michailidis is an anarchist prisoner in Greece who has been on hunger strike since … Continue reading
Errico Malatesta: Lessons for Anarchists Considering the Ukrainian War
We share below an article by Wayne Price reading the war in Ukraine through the work of Errico Malatesta, published in the last issue of Black Flag Anarchist Review and posted at the Anarchist Library website. Malatesta on War and … Continue reading
Reading war and anarchy with Sigmund Freud
The reflection that follows is driven by our own ongoing effort to understand the crises of our time, which now include the war in Ukraine, as well as being inspired by a video interview with Catherine Malabou, which we share … Continue reading
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Tagged anti-militarism, Catherine Malabou, Leo Tolstoy, Sigmund Freud
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Of war and revolution: Ukraine
Why is our century worse than any other? Is it that in the stupor of fear and grief It has plunged its fingers in the blackest ulcer, Yet cannot bring relief? Anna Akhmatova, from Plantain (1919) “The main enemy is … Continue reading
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Tagged anarchism, anti-militarism, belarus, revolution, Rosa Luxemburg, russia, ukraine, V.I. Lenin
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Melilla: Eichmann at the border
… it is terrible to inhabit and know a world where eyes are no longer able to give a look – I do not say of love, but even of curiosity or sympathy. Pier Paolo Pasolini, Petrolio Have the moral … Continue reading
The Gezi Resistance, June 2013
Going back to Turkey and the Gezi Park insurrection, and keeping the memory of the latter alive, with the CrimethInc. collective (20/06/2022) … Early on May 28, 2013, a bulldozer arrived in Gezi Park, at the center of Istanbul, and … Continue reading
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Tagged anarchism, insurrection, Occupy Gezi/Taksim, revolution, State terror, turkey
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Mutual aid in england
One of the simplest and profoundest teachings of anarchism is that it is only with the help of many, many others that one finds oneself. Jesse S. Cohn, Anarchism and the Crisis of Representation The debate around the “radical” nature … Continue reading
For Jean-Louis Trintignant (1930-2022)
It is rare that we would celebrate the work of a film actor, not however because we disparage their art, but for the intimacy between the cinematographic art and entertainment which renders this artist’s art suspect. This is perhaps unfair. … Continue reading
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Tagged Art and Revolution, Jean-Louis Trintignant
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Destituent power as living communism
“To destitute is not primarily to attack the institution, but to attack the need we have of it.” This statement, from the Invisible Committee’s text Now (2016), is at the heart of an essay by Spencer Beswick that we share … Continue reading →