Author Archives: Julius Gavroche

With Pablo Hasél

With the arrest and incarceration of the rapper Pablo Hasél on Tuesday (16/02/2021) by the spanish authorities for the crimes of offending the crown and promoting terrorism under the country’s law on public security (Ley Orgánica de protección de la … Continue reading

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In gratitude: For Chick Corea (1941-2021)

Music is our witness, and our ally. The ‘beat’ is the confession which recognises, changes, and conquers time. Then, history becomes a garment we can wear, and share, and not a cloak in which to hide; and time becomes a … Continue reading

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Mutual Aid in Puerto Rico

Mutual aid works within the fissures and cracks of state and corporate management; it develops within spaces partially outside the reach of their power. It has the capacity to weave relations of support and autonomy, thereby generating new subjectivities and … Continue reading

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Tunisia: Rebellions, past and present

News and reflections from Tunisia shared with the CrimethInc. collective (09/02/2021) and a video called “Ten“, a record of some of the many voices of Tunisia’s rebellions produced by the Nawaat news magazine … Ten – Ten years after Tunisia’s … Continue reading

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For Jean-Claude Carrière (1931-2021)

I should only believe in a God that would know how to dance.And when I saw my devil, I found him serious, thorough, profound, solemn:he was the spirit of gravity–through him all things fall.Not by wrath, but by laughter, do … Continue reading

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Remembering a rebel: Peter Kropotkin

Educated men — “civilized,” as Fourier used to say with disdain — tremble at the idea that society might some day be without judges, police, or jailers. But, frankly, do you need them as much as you have been told … Continue reading

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For Cecilia Mangini (1927-2021)

Italian photographer and documentary film director Cecilia Mangini died on January 21. What follows is a modest tribute to an artisan-artist for whom the making of images was always an act of engagement with her subjects and her audience.

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A political reflection on love

For the principle which ought to be the guide of men who would nobly live—that principle, I say, neither kindred, nor honour, nor wealth, nor any other motive is able to implant so well as love. Of what am I … Continue reading

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Message to those outraged by (burnt) rubbish bins

A video intervention from the Cerveaux Non Disponibles collective (the text follows in English and French) …

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Reading the times with Jacques Rancière: The January 6 assault on the Capitol

From the Verso Books blog (for the English language translation) and originally published on Analyse Opinion Critque. Witnessing the assault on the Capitol, it may seem surprising to see Trump’s supporters relentlessly denying the facts to the point of sinking … Continue reading

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