Category Archives: Commentary

Racism, from Minneapolis to Portugal

Posted on June 2, 2020 by Julius Gavroche

(https://www.instagram.com/olhosesfomeados/) On racism … Negrophobes exist. It is not hatred of the Negro, however, that motivates them; they lack the courage for that, or they have lost it. Hate is not inborn; it has to be constantly cultivated, to be … Continue reading →

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Against police violence, revolution

Posted on June 1, 2020 by Julius Gavroche

From the CrimethInc. Collective (31/05/2020), a reflection on a question that has so often been raised in the past, and that reappears again in the wake of the George Floyd police murder in Minneapolis … What Will It Take to … Continue reading →

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A.C.A.B.: A Manifesto

Posted on May 31, 2020 by Julius Gavroche

MANIFESTO AGAINST POLICE VIOLENCE / PUSSY RIOT x LASTESIS This manifesto is co-written and co-performed byfeminists from Mexico, Chile and Russia. We unite ourforces to stop police violence. In solidarity we trust.Pussy Riot x LASTESIS. PART 1. LASTESIS a feminist … Continue reading →

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Solidarity With The Rebels In Minneapolis

Posted on May 31, 2020 by Julius Gavroche

An anonymous contribution to the understanding of a rebellion, posted on It’s going down (28/05/2020) … The Following Editorial Looks At The Recent Revolt In Minneapolis In The Context Of Both The COVID-19 Pandemic And The Overall Social War In … Continue reading →

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Tomás Ibáñez: Anarchism as a way of life

Posted on May 29, 2020 by Julius Gavroche

A new way of life, not a new faith…. Friedrich Nietzsche, The Antichrist To speak of anarchism as a way of life, as an ethics, takes us to difficult questions about what it is to be, to act, as an anarchist. And … Continue reading →

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Anarchists in pandemics past

Posted on May 27, 2020 by Julius Gavroche

As a compliment to our last post reflecting on current mutual aid initiatives in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, and for its own sake, we share an excellent piece published by the CrimethInc. collective on anarchist mutual aid practices … Continue reading →

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Mutual aid in pandemic times

Posted on May 26, 2020 by Julius Gavroche

The mutual-aid tendency in man has so remote an origin, and is so deeply interwoven with all the past evolution of the human race, that it has been maintained by mankind up to the present time, notwithstanding all vicissitudes of … Continue reading →

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Greece: The politics of exception in times of the pandemic (2)

Posted on May 20, 2020 by Julius Gavroche

Greece is often presented as an example to follow in the control of the COVID-19 pandemic, having kept numbers of infection and death comparatively low. (the Guardian) What is so often ignored or passed over in these celebratory judgements is … Continue reading →

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Greece: The politics of exception in times of the pandemic

Posted on May 20, 2020 by Julius Gavroche

Greece is often presented as an example to follow in the control of the COVID-19 pandemic, having kept numbers of infection and death comparatively low. (the Guardian) What is so often ignored or passed over in these celebratory judgements is … Continue reading →

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Raúl Zibechi: Mapping militant mutual aid

Posted on May 15, 2020 by Julius Gavroche

Raúl Zibechi has been actively chronicling examples of mutual aid throughout latin america that are of enormous importance for the understanding of what is politically possible in times of crisis and pandemic. His work can be followed in spanish at … Continue reading →

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