Category Archives: Commentary

The Floyd rebellion: pathway to a revolution?

Posted on June 30, 2020 by Julius Gavroche

Reflecting on the potential of the “Floyd rebellion”: an article by Kali Akuno published with Roarmag (30/06/2020). The article was originally published on the Wire, a project of the Progressive International. … The Floyd rebellion, if followed by a general strike and People’s … Continue reading →

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In praise of riots: From Stonewall to Minneapolis

Posted on June 30, 2020 by Julius Gavroche

Published with CrimethInc. Collective (28/06/2020) … Stonewall Means Riot Right Now: What the Queer Uprisings of 1969 Share with the George Floyd Protests of 2020 “Stonewall was a riot.” In the 51 years since the uprising at the Stonewall Inn in … Continue reading →

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Cesare Battisti: The Plague

Posted on June 30, 2020 by Julius Gavroche

From lundi matin #249, 29/06/2020 … In this text somewhere between poetry and politics, Cesare Battisti takes as a starting point Camus’ novel The Plague, to give us his contribution to the work barely started since the beginning of the … Continue reading →

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For Maurice Rajsfus

Posted on June 29, 2020 by Julius Gavroche

On dit que les révolutionnaires ne meurent jamais. Simplement, vers la fin, ils commencent à avoir mal aux genoux. Maurice Rajsfus The police have always been the essential element of a politics of rejection and exclusion, which hides economic and … Continue reading →

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John Holloway: Cascade of angers; a post-pandemic fantasy

Posted on June 28, 2020 by Julius Gavroche

From Roarmag (27/06/2020), an essay by John Holloway … We do not have the knee of a murderous policeman on our neck, but we, too, cannot breathe. We cannot breathe because capitalism is killing us.

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The five pandemics lashing the ass of the world

Posted on June 28, 2020 by Julius Gavroche

To share, an article by María Galindo reflecting on the coronavirus pandemic from the “Ass of the World”. (lavaca.org 23/06/2020)

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Mutual aid in New York City

Posted on June 26, 2020 by Julius Gavroche

Further news and reflection on mutual aid, from the CrimethInc. Collective (26/06/2020), the first in a promised series covering mutual aid initiatives across the globe … Finding the Thread that Binds Us: Three Mutual Aid Networks in New York City … Continue reading →

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The resilience and fragility of mutual aid: Argentina

Posted on June 25, 2020 by Julius Gavroche

From the Correspondent, an article by Zoe Smith comparing mutual aid initiatives in Argentina and the experience in the United States. A further contribution to thinking through mutual aid and anarchist politics …

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Anarchism and the pandemic: Reflections on mutual aid

Posted on June 25, 2020 by Julius Gavroche

Every time a neighbor delivers loaves of homemade bread to each house in their block, each time someone provides a ride to a medical appointment, a toy to a child, or a grocery run, we learn who we can count … Continue reading →

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Questions In The Face Of Counterinsurgency

Posted on June 19, 2020 by Julius Gavroche

Ongoing reflections on the anti-racist and anti-capitalist rebellion in the united states, by Peter Gelderloos (It’s going down 18/06/2020) … As the rebellion that has rocked the US and spread internationally approaches a full month, the counterinsurgency strategy being used … Continue reading →

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