Category Archives: Commentary

The gilets jaunes: Insurrection at the end times of capital

Posted on September 14, 2019 by Julius Gavroche

Walter Benjamin, in an early and originally unpublished essay, described capitalism as a religion, a purely cultic religion without dogma or theology; a religion in which things and deeds have meaning only in relation to the cult. The ends are … Continue reading →

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The burnt earth: Capital’s colonisation

Posted on September 12, 2019 by Julius Gavroche

Reflections on our burning forests: an essay by Alèssi Dell’Umbria (lundi matin #207, 09/09/2019) …

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Eduardo Colombo: The political space of anarchy (1)

Posted on September 10, 2019 by Julius Gavroche

We return to our series grouped under the title of “writers of May 68”, within which we have included Jaime Semprun, Miguel Amorós, Eduardo Colombo and Amedeo Bertolo. The reference to “May 68” is a political metaphor in this instance, … Continue reading →

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For Immanuel Wallerstein (1930-2019)

Posted on September 5, 2019 by Julius Gavroche

It amazes me that people are surprised when underclasses rebel. The surprising thing is that they do not do it more often. The combination of the oppressiveness of poverty and racism and the lack of short-term, or even medium-term hope … Continue reading →

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Urban space and the transformation of society

Posted on September 3, 2019 by Julius Gavroche

Potentialisation is a dynamic, contingent process that transforms habits and not the restoration of an unpolluted, ontologically different beyond. Stavros Stavrides, The Potentialities of Space Commoning Worlds of commoning are worlds in movement. Stavros Stavrides, Common Space: The City as … Continue reading →

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First they take Exarcheia

Posted on September 3, 2019 by Julius Gavroche

From Roarmag (03/09/2019) …

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Frederic Neyrat: A reflection on the fires that burn

Posted on September 3, 2019 by Julius Gavroche

We share a recent short essay by Frédéric Neyrat, in translation, to see our way through the ravaging wild fires …

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Exarchia, mon amour!

Posted on September 2, 2019 by Julius Gavroche

From Yannis Youlountas, from Exarchia …

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Malatesta: Revolution in practice

Posted on August 30, 2019 by Julius Gavroche

Woe betide us and the future of our ideas if we shouldered the responsibility of a senseless destruction that compromised the continuity of life! Errico Malatesta Revolutions do not happen at the behest of revolutionary organisations. As events – and … Continue reading →

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The New War on Immigrants and Anarchists in Greece: An Interview with an Anarchist in Exarchia

Posted on August 29, 2019 by Julius Gavroche

From the CrimethInc. collective … Filled with squatted social centers and characterized by a combative anti-authoritarian spirit, the neighborhood of Exarchia in Athens, Greece has long been an important reference point for autonomous movements around the world. The new right-wing government that … Continue reading →

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