Category Archives: Commentary

The gilets jaunes: Tracing the lines of fracture

On the one hand, then, there is antagonism, everything that contributes to our generalized dispossession, itself associated with pure and simple destruction; and on the other hand, everything that seeks to oppose it, in an ethical leap to save the … Continue reading

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In solidarity with Soheil Arabi

Soheil Arabi, the anarchist political prisoner writes from the notorious Evin prison in northern Tehran, Iran. We follow this text with an interview with members of the Anarchist Union of Afghanistan and Iran. Anarchism means flying forever (From the anarchist … Continue reading

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Raoul Vaneigem: Paths to a human future

From the notbored.org journal, we publish a reflection on the insurrections of our times, by Raoul Vaneigem, generously shared with Autonomies. Everything Starts Here and Now (1) (notbored.org) Until now, capitalism has only tottered due to the crises of its … Continue reading

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The ethics of revolution

With resonances of Mario Tronti and with the yellow vests in the background, a reflection on the ethics of revolution … What can, what must keep us standing: About revolutionary ethics Dietrich Hoss (lundi matin #228, 03/02/2020) Always the same … Continue reading

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The many faces of masks: Politics in times of catastrophe (8)

From the CrimethInc. Collective (05/02/2020) … Wherever we are situated in this society, our future boils down to two options: accepting our fate and trying to reduce the harm to our bodies and the environment on a piecemeal basis—or actively … Continue reading

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Mario Tronti: Desperate Hopes

I do not want to know to know, but to overthrow what is, and to the extent that it is possible, into its opposite. Mario Tronti, Noi operaisti Mario Tronti is one of the central figures of operaismo/workerism, a theoretical-practical … Continue reading

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Against All Wars, Against All Governments

From the CrimethInc. Collective (08/01/2020)… Against All Wars, Against All Governments: Responding to the Escalation of the US-Iran War Following the US airstrike that killed Iranian general Qasem Soleimani on January 3 and the Iranian missile strikes against US positions … Continue reading

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Reading state repression in greece

From Roarmag (07/01/2020) … Repression, eviction and dispossession in New Democracy’s Greece Theodoros Karyotis The latest attack on the squatting movement in Greece is the preamble for a massive operation of housing dispossession by the right-wing government. imitris Indares was … Continue reading

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Tracing the lines of the barricade

“Which side are you on?”, asks a famous american labour song. Perhaps the answer to the question, taken as a question with revolutionary implications, has never been simple, contrary to the illusions of hindsight and/or ideology. This seems to be … Continue reading

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In search of forms of life before the desertion of State-Capital

A reflection to interpellate any anarchist: what if State politics and Capital in our time (they having assumed in all lucidity the present reality of the ecological catastrophe that threatens human existence) have taken on as their combined ambition to … Continue reading

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