Author Archives: Julius Gavroche

The FAGC’s breakfast programme

News from the FAGC – Federación Anarquista de Gran Canaria (01/06/2022) … The Canary Islands has one of the highest levels of child poverty in Europe. 35% of the minors residing on the Islands are malnourished. This statistic, and this … Continue reading

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Jesse Cohn: Demodernizing Anarchism

Decolonising anarchism, according to Jesse Cohn, amounts to freeing it from its modernist assumptions: that culture is opposed to nature, that human culture progresses by an expanding autonomy from the heteronomy of nature, a progress grounded in the technological dominion … Continue reading

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The folly of grande illusions

Once again, by way of Lundi Matin (#341, 30/05/2022), we share below the third episode of Diamant Palace, with Alain Damasio et Vinciane Despret, from Le Biais Vert (available with english language subtitles). For the first episode, click here. “A robot may not … Continue reading

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No one will be left alone

From the Anarchist Black Cross Belarus (28/05/2022) … It’s been almost two years since the 2020 protests in Belarus. The anarchist movement, just like the rest of activists and jounalists, has faced the biggest crackdown ever. Many activists had to … Continue reading

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Peter Lamborn Wilson: Communities of Resistance

We share, once again, an excellent video interview with Peter Lamborn Wilson/Hakim Bey dedicated to communities of resistance; a rich summary of Wilson’s work, keeping alive a non-ideological, open anarchism.

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For Peter Lamborn Wilson/Hakim Bey (1945-2022)

… the TAZ is in some sense a tactic of disappearance. Hakim Bey Peter Lamborn Wilson or Hakim Bey coined the phrase “Temporary Autonomous Zone” to refer to autonomous communities of conviviality, of freedom and equality, creating thereby a different … Continue reading

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Lucy Parsons’ anarchism

The philosophy of anarchism is included in the word “Liberty,” yet it is comprehensive enough to include all things else that are conducive to progress. No barriers whatever to human progression, to thought, or investigation are placed by anarchism; nothing … Continue reading

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For Russell Maroon Shoatz: The tradition of Maroon “anarchism”

Russell Maroon Shoatz, activist and writer, was a founding member of the revolutionary group Black Unity Council in 1969, as well as a member of the Black Panther Party and the Black Liberation Army. In 1972, he would be convicted … Continue reading

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William C. Anderson: State reform isn’t enough. Our times demand Black anarchism

We share again an essay by William C. Anderson, who continues to pursue his important work in black anarchism. State reform isn’t enough. Our times demand Black anarchism For many who are marginalised, the state has only ever kicked them … Continue reading

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Pier Paolo Pasolini: “We are all in danger”

As we continue to celebrate the hundredth anniversary of Pier Paolo Pasolini’s birthday, we share Pier Paolo Pasolini’s last interview, on the eve of his murder … The very few people who made history are those who said no, not … Continue reading

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