Author Archives: Julius Gavroche

Ian Alan Paul: What Is a Repertoire?

From Ill Will (01/12/25) Ian Alan Paul’s The Reticular Society offers a situationist-inspired critique of how the logic of optimized computation and networked calculation has expanded and deepened the capitalist project of exploitation and domination. As Paul shows, the more … Continue reading

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Tristan Lefort-Martine: The irrational springs of the support for fascism

lundimatin, #498, 24/11/2025 The title says it all: this short article addresses the problem, identified early on by Wilhelm Reich, posed by the irrationalism espoused by far-right ideology for its criticism, and draws on the work of Alice Miller and … Continue reading

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Tomà Berlanda: The Impossible Reconstruction

From the Verso Books blog (19/11/2025).

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Mario Tronti: Towards a Critique of Political democracy

Democracy has problems with freedom. if it is true that real democracy is configured as liberal-democracy and that in the end this has been the winning solution, it is precisely  this  conjunction,  binding  together freedom  (or  liberty)  and  democracy,  that … Continue reading

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Luca Salza: Philosophy on a boat

“The history of philosophy is buried in Gaza, but philosophy lives on in the gesture of the Global Sumud Flotilla.” In this article, historian and philosopher Luca Salza[1] reflects on what he sees as the political, philosophical and strategic significance … Continue reading

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How Everyday Organizing Stopped Trump’s Bay Area ICE Surge

In this article a member of Black Rose/Rosa Negra’s California Bay Area Local reflects on the organizing that made recent mobilizations to oppose a “surge” of federal agents in their region both possible and successful. (06/11/2025) Juan Verala Luz Between … Continue reading

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Raúl Zibechi: Gaza is Rio de Janeiro. Gaza is the whole world

From Redes Libertarias (07/11/2025) There are no words to describe the horror we feel at the massacre of more than 130 poor black youths killed by the Rio de Janeiro police, under the pretext of attacking drug trafficking. It was … Continue reading

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For Paolo Virno (1952-2025)

Héctor Pávon: For you, what is the meaning of the word revolution today? Paolo Virno: Perhaps we could do without the word revolution because this model was that of taking power and constructing a new State. It may be better … Continue reading

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For Peter Watkins (1935-2025)

History is the object of a construction whose place is formed not in homogenous and empty time, but in that which is fulfilled by the here-and-now [Jetztzeit]. For Robespierre, Roman antiquity was a past charged with the here-and-now, which he … Continue reading

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Claiming Freedom in Revolution and in War: an Introduction to the Anarchist Group in Sudan

From Black Rose/Rosa Negra Anarchist Federation (30/10/2025) In 2024, Black Rose/Rosa Negra’s International Relations Committee began working closely with anarchist revolutionaries in Sudan. This relationship has involved the exchange of ideas, practical advice, and support. Earlier in 2025, Black Rose/Rosa … Continue reading

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