Category Archives: Commentary

The gilets jaunes: Fractures and lines of escape

Posted on January 27, 2019 by Julius Gavroche

Saturday, January 19, Act 10: The blocking of motorways weakens, occupations of roundabouts are increasingly cleared away by force (unless negotiated with local authorities), the marches in different cities appear more ordered, confined by marshals, Macron’s promises and his “great … Continue reading →

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Elements for a cartography of belonging to a group

Posted on January 20, 2019 by Julius Gavroche

An essay ostensibly concerned with theatre becomes the occasion for a Spinozan and Deluzian inspired reflection on human community beyond the opposing, formal conceptions of community as an accidental aggregate of individuals or as a fusional collectivity bound by a … Continue reading →

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The gilets jaunes: A rebellion against the totalitarians

Posted on January 15, 2019 by Julius Gavroche

How can one not but feel pride in being French? Emmanuel Macron, Letter to the French Act IX, Saturday January 12: the yellow vest insurrection continues. In response to french president Macron’s invitation for a “great national debate” on the … Continue reading →

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The gilets jaunes: Giving colour to suffering

Posted on January 13, 2019 by Julius Gavroche

Writing within the marxist critique of value tradition (e.g., the Krisis group), Benoit Bohy-Bunel offers a theoretically rich reading of the yellow vests movement. Without completely sharing the views of the author, the essay remains important.*

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Finding our way through the yellow vests insurrection

Posted on January 11, 2019 by Julius Gavroche

Reflecting on the yellow vests rebellion with the CrimethInc. collective …

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The yellow vests: A chronicle

Posted on January 10, 2019 by Julius Gavroche

From the CrimethInc. collective … How the Yellow Vest Movement Survived into 2019: A Chronicle from December 8, 2018 to January 5, 2019 (09/01/2019) Since November 2018, the yellow vest movement has created a political crisis in France and posed thorny questions … Continue reading →

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The gilets jaunes: Towards a permanent insurrection

Posted on January 10, 2019 by Julius Gavroche

We are approaching a critical moment. We are approaching a historic moment. We are approaching a tipping point of history. We are nearing the end. For several months, we have been fighting on the ground, together, to block the suicidal … Continue reading →

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Gilets Jaunes: Signs of the times / Images from the future

Posted on January 5, 2019 by Julius Gavroche

… from a distance, every judgment, praise and critique are easy. However, because many of us have found ourselves in a similar position, the question faced by the politicized minorities that still raise red and black flags remains: can we participate in something … Continue reading →

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The specter of chaos

Posted on January 3, 2019 by Julius Gavroche

The fairest Cosmos is merely a rubbish-heap poured out at random. Heraclitus, Fragment 124 To share, from lundi.am (#171, 29/12/2018) …

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A yellow costume that creates community

Posted on January 2, 2019 by Julius Gavroche

Photograph by Rémy Soubanère The movement of yellow vests seems to confirm a break of the historical thread of class struggles. If we stubbornly insist on sharing articles on the “gilets jaunes” of france, it is because they embody a number … Continue reading →

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