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Author Archives: Julius Gavroche
Pier Paolo Pasolini: Poetry
Job Request Poetry made to order is a device.The device maker can produce many(only tiring himself out from the manual labor).The subject can, at times, be ironic:the device always is.Gone are the days when I, a voracious economizer,would spend everything, … Continue reading
Remembering Pier Paolo Pasolini
On the anniversary of Pier Paolo Pasolini’s murder, we share (in English and Italian) one of his most cited and debated pieces of journalism, “Is this a Military Coup D’Etat? I Know…”, published in Italy’s “Corriere della Sera” on the … Continue reading
William Morris: The Society of the Future
The only way forward is for all those targeted to gather themselves more effectively than their enemies have, to recognize their alliance, and to fight the phantasms prepared for them with a powerful and regenerative imaginary that can distinguish between … Continue reading
Morocco: The Gen Z 212 Uprising
An interview, from Crimethinc. (13/10/2025) Beginning with the toppling of the president of Sri Lanka in 2022 and the 2024 uprising in Bangladesh, a new revolutionary ferment has begun to spread around the world, gaining momentum with the uprising in Indonesia in August 2025 … Continue reading
Tariq Ali: Unending War
From Sidecar/New Left Review (16/10/2025) The gallery of grotesques assembled by Trump – only the toga was missing in his rendering of the Roman Emperor Nero – at Sharm-el-Sheikh, the Egyptian resort synonymous with luxury and despotism, dutifully celebrated ‘Peace … Continue reading
Giorgio Agamben: On artificial intelligence and natural stupidity
“An age of barbarism is beginning, and science will be at its service.” The age of barbarism is not yet over, and Nietzsche’s diagnosis is now being confirmed. The sciences are so attentive to satisfying and even anticipating every demand … Continue reading
Maurizio Lazzarato: The United States and “Fascistic Capitalism”
From Ill Will (07/10/2025) Continuing the reflections begun in “Why War?,” “Political Conditions of a New World Order,” and “The Impasses of Western Critical Thought,” philosopher Maurizio Lazzarato argues that the shape of the next phase of history will not … Continue reading
Michel Foucault: Grotesque Power
Ah ! saleté ! le mauvais droit ne vaut-il pas le bon?/Ah, crap! Isn’t Wrong worth the same as Right? Alfred Jarry, Ubu roi We fascists are the only true anarchists, naturally, once we’re masters of the state. In fact, … Continue reading
For Gianfranco Sanguinetti (1948-2025)
The theory of the revolution certainly does not depend on the sole area of properly scientific ideas, and still less on the construction of a speculative achievement, or on the aesthetic of that fiery manner of speech that contemplates itself … Continue reading
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Giorgio Agamben: War is peace
Among the horrors of war that are often forgotten is its survival in peacetime through industrial transformations. It is well known – but forgotten – that the barbed wire with which many still fence their fields and properties comes from … Continue reading →