Category Archives: Commentary

Brazil: Militant mutual aid – the “Kasa Invisível” of Belo Horizonte

Posted on October 3, 2020 by Julius Gavroche

It may be deemed an exaggeration to say that mutual aid, as theorised and practised by anarchists, is both the distillation of perennial human practices of care underlying/surviving/resisting forms of centralised appropriation and domination, and the most important basis for … Continue reading →

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Chile: Militant mutual aid

Posted on October 2, 2020 by Julius Gavroche

From the Inhabit Territories collective, stories of mutual aid and rebellion (yes, they are not opposed) in chile … The People Don’t Need Permission to Feed Each Other Santiago de Chile’s community kitchens amid the pandemic and uprising (27/09/2020) Benito … Continue reading →

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Black anarchists amid the insurrection

Posted on October 2, 2020 by Julius Gavroche

As a compliment to the previous post, we share an excellent article by Vanessa Taylor, published with Mic (30/07/2020). How Black anarchists are keeping the protest movement alive With a series of uprisings gripping the United States, President Trump has … Continue reading →

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Amedeo Bertolo: Fanatics of freedom

Posted on October 1, 2020 by Julius Gavroche

A central thesis animates the following essay by Amedeo Bertolo: for anarchism, freedom is inconceivable independently of equality, diversity and solidarity. Fanatics of freedom Amedeo Bertolo (This essay was presented at the seminar “La libertà, le libertà, i libertari”, in … Continue reading →

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Amedeo Bertolo: Democracy and beyond

Posted on October 1, 2020 by Julius Gavroche

“Why, how can you ask such a question? You are a republican.”A republican! Yes; but that word specifies nothing. Res publica; that is, the public thing. Now, whoever is interested in public affairs — no matter under what form of … Continue reading →

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Amedeo Bertolo: Authority, Power and Domination

Posted on October 1, 2020 by Julius Gavroche

Amedeo Bertolo’s essay, “Power, authority and domination: a proposal of definition” is perhaps one of the most important that he wrote, for its rigour and for its theoretical and potential practical implications. It is undoubtedly one of the clearest examples … Continue reading →

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Amedeo Bertolo: A life in anarchy

Posted on October 1, 2020 by Julius Gavroche

In this way, an iridescent and multiform anarchism is invented in which the militant but also the poet is recognised, which includes struggle, struggle but also life. Amedeo Bertolo [Anarchy is] neither a means, nor an end … it is … Continue reading →

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Franco “Bifo” Berardi: The struggle for new subjectivities

Posted on September 18, 2020 by Julius Gavroche

Last Wednesday, Franco “Bifo” Berardi affirmed in a public Zoom organised by the Untref [Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero] that politics had died. He was referring to politics as the belief that the will can create new collective projects … Continue reading →

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Ungovernable: An Interview with Lorenzo Kom’boa Ervin

Posted on September 14, 2020 by Julius Gavroche

In the interview which we share below (William C. Anderson and published by the Black Rose Anarchist Federation, 11/08/2020), there is a lucidity and wisdom in the words Lorenzo Kom’boa Ervin, words born of struggles, words that cannot be ignored. … Continue reading →

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Julien Coupat et al: Things seen

Posted on September 10, 2020 by Julius Gavroche

Julien Coupat was one of the accused of the so-called “Tarnac” group. He is the author, along with others, of this text on “things seen” of May and August 2020. It was published simultaneously in Reporterre and Terrestres (04/09/2020) and … Continue reading →

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