Author Archives: Julius Gavroche

Giorgio Agamben: Our task is to think, together

I believe that it is not certain that we can continue to do as we have done so far, that is, to fight or act in the name of principles and concepts such as democracy, the constitution, law, which perhaps … Continue reading

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Lessons of the Covid mutual aid projects

Whatever may be the shortcomings of my study, it will make [any revolutionary who reads it] reflect on the necessity of bringing to the next revolution a set of constructive ideas (as well as destructive ones), of thinking them through carefully and … Continue reading

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David Berry: Kropotkin’s Great French Revolution

From Robert Graham’s Anarchism Weblog, reflections on Peter Kropotkin’s newly published The Great French Revolution, by David Berry … PM Press is publishing a new edition of Peter Kropotkin’s The Great French Revolution (originally published in 1909), with an introduction by David … Continue reading

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Toni Morrison: Racism and fascism

A recent article in The Guardian by the north american philosopher, Jason Stanley, offers an informed reading of the emerging fascism in the united states. If we do not embrace Stanley’s liberal politics, what this latter lacks is made up … Continue reading

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For bell hooks (1952-2021)

Part of the heart of anarchy is, dare to go against the grain of the conventional ways of thinking about our realities. Anarchists have always gone against the grain, and that’s been a place of hope. bell hooks bell hooks … Continue reading

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Viva l’anarchia: Lina Wertmüller (1928-2021)

In grotesque realism… the bodily element is deeply positive. It is presented not in a private, egoistic form, severed from other spheres of life, but as something universal, representing all the people. As such it is opposed to severance from … Continue reading

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Fascism as the “reconquest”: Éric Zemmour’s political crusade

A breath of African air sweeps them [the Visigoths] from the Peninsula (…) I will be told that, despite this, we knew how to complete our glorious eight centuries of Reconquest. And to this I naively reply that I do … Continue reading

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The anarchy of a music: Niño de Elche

El Grito La elipse de un grito, va de monte a monte. Desde los olivos, será un arco iris negro sobre la noche azul. ¡Ay! Como un arco de viola, el grito ha hecho vibrar largas cuerdas del viento. ¡Ay! … Continue reading

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Noam Chomsky: An interview on afghanistan, china, climate change and anarchism

We share below an interview for the danish magazine Eftertryk with Poyâ Pâkzâd and Benjamin Magnusson in October 2021. The interview has also been published by Jacobin magazine and the conversation is also available on youtube (see below). …

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Freedom for Giorgos Kalaitzidis and Nikos Mataragkas

We return to the imprisonment and trial of Nikos Mataragkas and Giorgos Kalaitzidis, thorough news from Yannis Youlountas‘ blog … Back from the Tribunal, we have just met at the K*Vox with members of the group and the support committee. … Continue reading

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