Category Archives: Commentary

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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Reading Fredy Perlman with Uri Gordon

Posted on June 29, 2023 by Julius Gavroche

We share a timely and critical reading of Fredy Perlman’s work by Uri Gordon … Leviathan’s Body: Recovering Fredy Perlman’s anarchist social theory Uri Gordon (Anarchist Library and Anarchist Studies (2023)) Abstract Fredy Perlman’s anarchist maximalism had a formative influence on … Continue reading →

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Amador Fernández-Savater: The reactionary wave and the death drive

Posted on June 28, 2023 by Julius Gavroche

From Lobo Suelto! (25/06/2023) … Sólo el amor nos permite escapar de la repetición Jorge Luis Borges What does “the reactionary wave” mean globally and here in Spain? How to understand this complex and multifaceted phenomenon, in order to better … Continue reading →

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Ghassan Salhab: If only one wall should remain

Posted on June 27, 2023 by Julius Gavroche

From lundimatin #389 (27/06/2023) … To revolutionise ourselves [Révolution sur nous-mêmes]. These three words appeared for the very first time in downtown Beirut, the last two words, about ourselves, had been added to the word revolution, which was already stencilled … Continue reading →

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Remembering Brazil’s Days of Struggle (2013)

Posted on June 26, 2023 by Julius Gavroche

A reflection on Brazil‘s 2013 popular uprising from the CAB (Coordenação Anarquista Brasileira/Brazilian Anarchist Coordination) … Defending 2013 as an experience of popular struggle! (CAB 22/06/2023) Marking 10 years since the 2013 Days of Struggle, part of the forces of … Continue reading →

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Simone Weil: La Personne et le sacré/Human Personality

Posted on June 23, 2023 by Julius Gavroche

Justice consists in seeing that no harm is done to men. Whenever a man cries inwardly: “Why am I being hurt?” harm is being done to him. He is often mistaken when he tries to define the harm, and why … Continue reading →

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