Category Archives: Commentary

Mario Tronti: “I am defeated”

Posted on August 9, 2023 by Julius Gavroche

For Mario Tronti, from Communists in situ; Italian original / Mar 3rd, 2015 Translated by Rees Nicolas Under the soles of his shoes, you can still recognise the dirt of history. “This is all that remains. A mix of straw and shit … Continue reading →

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Mario Tronti: “In art as in politics there is nothing other than struggle”

Posted on August 9, 2023 by Julius Gavroche

For Mario Tronti (from Blackout) … Can you really be outside? This is the question I asked Mario the last time we talked (Francesco Matarrese | Greenberg and Tronti: Being Really Outside?). Today, the eighth of January, his important, extraordinary answer arrived. Now … Continue reading →

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For Mario Tronti (1931-2023)

Posted on August 9, 2023 by Julius Gavroche

For Mario Tronti, who died this last August 7th, we share a short text by Diego Sztulwark and Mario Tronti’s Thesis on Benjamin. Today Mario Tronti passed away. His 92 years were many, but he will surely remain the author … Continue reading →

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The riot against State-forms: An anarcho-workerist hypothesis

Posted on July 31, 2023 by Julius Gavroche

“All reasoning about the future is criminal, because it prevents pure destruction, and interferes with the progress of revolution.” Souvarine, from Émile Zola’s Germinal In the wake of France’s July riots, an essay/reflection by Erwan Sommerer, inspired by a work … Continue reading →

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France: Let there be order

Posted on July 31, 2023 by Julius Gavroche

… power is not defined only by its capacity to be obeyed but, first of all, by its capacity to give orders and commandments, even if those orders are not totally obeyed. A power does not fall when it is … Continue reading →

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Rodrigo Karmy Bolton: The ashes of the Republic

Posted on July 14, 2023 by Julius Gavroche

Reflections on the French police murder of Nahel Merzouk and the country’s July riots, by Rodrigo Karmy Bolton. (Lobo Suelto! 11/07/2023) What does it mean when France burns under barricades? Perhaps, that not only France but also the Republic, as … Continue reading →

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Santiago López Petit: The violence of the force of pain

Posted on July 14, 2023 by Julius Gavroche

Reflections on the French police murder of Nahel Merzouk and the country’s July riots, by Santiago López Petit. (Lobo Suelto! 11/07/2023) Nahel’s mother, surrounded by her son’s friends, makes a motorcycle engine roar. Her son, murdered by a police officer, … Continue reading →

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In praise of riots

Posted on July 9, 2023 by Julius Gavroche

With rebellion, awareness is born. Albert Camus, The Rebel Constitutively out of step with the present, the revolt is an impatient epiphany of the future that comes after tomorrow. Donatella Di Cesare, The Time of Revolt French politicians – the president, … Continue reading →

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Justice for Nahel

Posted on July 2, 2023 by Julius Gavroche

From the CrimethInc. collective (02/07/2023) … The Roots of the Uprising in France The following text was sent to us by French comrades on the third day of unrest following the murder of the teenager Nahel Merzouk by French police … Continue reading →

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Fredy Perlman: Commodity Fetishism: an introduction to I.I. Rubin’s Essay on Marx’s Theory of Value

Posted on July 1, 2023 by Julius Gavroche

Uri Gordon’s recently published essay on Fredy Perlman’s anarchist social theory “Leviathan’s Body” serves as an inspiration to return to Perlman’s writings. Perlman’s starting point, which informs his entire body of work, is a critique of alienation as practice. Initially … Continue reading →

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