Author Archives: Julius Gavroche

State integration forced on Rojava

From Freedom News (20/01/2026) Islamist attacks and great-power manoeuvres place the revolution in existential threat Blade Runner Recent weeks’ clashes between Syrian state forces and Kurdish forces have developed into a multi-front assault on Rojava, threatening open war as a … Continue reading

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For Daniel Colson (1943-2026)

From Freedom News, an obituary for the anarchist Daniel Colson (11/01/2026) by David Berry, followed by a translation of a lecture by him entitled, “Proudhon and the contemporary relevance of anarchism”. A singular and generous thinker of anarchism, his work … Continue reading

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Parham Shahrjerdi – Iran: Woman, Life, Freedom — and nothing else

From lundimatin #504, 12/01/2026 These lines are being written while the internet has been down for three days throughout Iran.Telephone lines are cut.Electricity is also cut, so the darkness of this period reaches its peak.It is Sunday, 11 January 2026. … Continue reading

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Iran: An Uprising Besieged from Within and Without

From the CrimethInc. collective (07/01/2026) Three Perspectives Starting on December 28, 2025, a new wave of protest broke out across Iran, triggered by economic distress and escalating to call for the toppling of the government. This is at least the … Continue reading

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Minneapolis Murder – Cops ICE Good

From AnarCom Network (08/01/2026) Renee Nicole Good’s State murder by US Immigration, Customs and Enforcement (ICE), and its slanderous cover up, show what they would really like to do to if they could get away with it. In fact, what … Continue reading

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“A World Governed by Force”

From the CrimethInc. collective (01/06/2026) The Attack on Venezuela and the Conflicts to Come “We live in a world that is governed by strength, that is governed by force, that is governed by power,” Stephen Miller told CNN host Jake Tapper, … Continue reading

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Giorgio Agamben: The mystery of power

Paul’s second letter to the Thessalonians can be read as a prophecy concerning the current situation in the West. The apostle evokes here “a mystery of anomia”, of “lawlessness”, which is already at work, but which will not be consummated … Continue reading

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For Béla Tarr (1955-2026)

“I still consider myself an anarchist. But there’s an old saying, that goes, “If you’re not a communist by 30, you have no heart. But if you’re a communist after 30, you have no brain.” This is quite an old … Continue reading

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Wishes for the new year

So, certainly, things have changed. And there is a lot to do. The next century is right on us. Policemen need to give up their guns. Society needs to dismantle all our prisons. If we need to detain people, a … Continue reading

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Edward Abbey: Theory of Anarchy

Anarchism is not a romantic fable but the hardheaded realization, based on five thousand years of experience, that we cannot entrust the management of our lives to kings, priests, politicians, generals, and county commissioners. Edward Abbey, A Voice Crying in … Continue reading

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