Category Archives: Commentary

Federación de Anarquistas Gran Canaria (FAGC): Anarchism in struggle

Posted on January 28, 2021 by Julius Gavroche

Idealism is necessary, but not based on fantasies and chimeras, but on the real capacity to apply our ideas to transform the environment. We must find the limits of our myths – ideological, theoretical or any other kind – to … Continue reading →

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In defence of mutual aid

Posted on January 22, 2021 by Julius Gavroche

From The Commoner (21/01/2021), a reflection on mutual aid … Mutual Aid Does Nothing Alone: A Rebuttal to Joanna Wuest In her article ‘Mutual Aid Can’t Do It Alone,’ The Nation author Dr. Joanna Wuest alleges that mutual aid is insufficient to support … Continue reading →

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Mutual Aid: “To decentralise itself into non-existence”

Posted on January 21, 2021 by Julius Gavroche

In solidarity, we share a mutual aid story, a video testimonial of the Mutual Aid Disaster Relief Richmond, Virginia. We and You and So Many Others: A Story of MAD RVA and Mutual Aid in Richmond, VA … WHO ARE … Continue reading →

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Reading the times with Alain Badiou

Posted on January 19, 2021 by Julius Gavroche

Let us therefore trust the eternal Spirit which destroys and annihilates only because it is the unfathomable and eternally creative source of all life. The passion for destruction is a creative passion, too. Mikhail Bakunin, The Reaction in Germany (1842) … Continue reading →

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January 6: The need for real anarchy

Posted on January 15, 2021 by Julius Gavroche

From the CrimethInc. collective (12/01/2021) … Why We Need Real Anarchy: Don’t Let Trump’s Minions Gentrify Revolt Politicians have come together across the aisle to decry the storming of the Capitol on January 6 as “lawless,” “anti-democratic,” and “extremist,” going … Continue reading →

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January 6: An anarchist response

Posted on January 15, 2021 by Julius Gavroche

A anonymous article posted at It’s Going Down (12/01/2021) … A critical anarchist analysis and critique of the recent events in Washington DC and the response from the political Center and mass media.

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January 6: The dangers of repressive fallout

Posted on January 15, 2021 by Julius Gavroche

State and corporate activism to repress those directly and indirectly involved in the assault on the U.S. Capitol building in Washington DC on the last 6th of January risks extending beyond the limits of the country’s “neo-fascist” and white supremacist … Continue reading →

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EZLN: A declaration … for life

Posted on January 3, 2021 by Julius Gavroche

From the Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional – EZLN …

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In memoriam: Alexandre Skirda (1942-2020)

Posted on December 31, 2020 by Julius Gavroche

The dead live on, and with them, the dreams they carried. Gustav Landauer We share below the announcement and obituary of the death of the anarchist militant and historian, Alexandre Skirda, originally published with Freedom News (30/12/2020). This is followed … Continue reading →

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Refusing to forget a revolution: The Arab Spring

Posted on December 30, 2020 by Julius Gavroche

It was in Spain that [my generation] learned that one can be right and yet be beaten, that force can vanquish spirit, that there are times when courage is not its own recompense. It is this, doubtless, which explains why … Continue reading →

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