Category Archives: News blog

Visions of pandora in spain: Anarchist protests

Posted on December 28, 2014 by Julius Gavroche

… contre-insurrection, de doctrine militaire, est devenue principe de gouvernement. comité invisible, A nos amis In one possible interpretation of the mythic figure of Pandora, she is not the harbinger/carrier of evil, but rather a source of gifts to humanity, a … Continue reading →

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Yo también soy anarquista: A spanish pandora

Posted on December 18, 2014 by Julius Gavroche

The unspoken principle which rules our society can be stated like that: every citizen is a potential terrorist. But what is a State which is ruled by such a principle? Can we still define it as democratic State? Can we … Continue reading →

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Victory for the hunger strike of Nikos Romanos

Posted on December 13, 2014 by Julius Gavroche

Autonomies takes this occasion, in solidarity with the greek anarchist Nikos Romanos and his struggle from prison against arbitrary state power, to publish an article from Thrasybulus’s blog, maintained on libcom.org. Anarchist Nikos Romanos ended his hunger strike after thirty … Continue reading →

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Wars for the commons in turkey

Posted on December 10, 2014 by Julius Gavroche

While turkey’s president celebrates his new presidential palace, the White Palace in Ankara, of over one thousand rooms, constructed on more than 150,000 sq m, and costing over 600 million  dollars (BBC 14/11/2014), an okupied social social in the Kadiköy … Continue reading →

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The dispossession of urban commons: Istanbul

Posted on November 26, 2014 by Julius Gavroche

(Photograph by Ufuk Akari) Don’t say it’s the necessary result of historical, social, and economic conditions – I know!  My head bows before the thing you mention.  But my heart doesn’t speak that language. Nazim Hikmet, The Epic of Sheik … Continue reading →

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Impressions of autonomies: Istanbul

Posted on November 17, 2014 by Julius Gavroche

But hope is not enough for me.  I no longer want to listen – I want to sing songs … The scars of Istanbul’s self-inflicted wounds run deep and its self-mutilation appears to know no respite. The centre of the … Continue reading →

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Natural autonomies: The ZAD of Testet: For Rémi Fraisse

Posted on November 2, 2014 by Julius Gavroche

 Nous avons perdu le monde … Michel Serres Le libéralisme économique, c’est la liberté de tuer.  La liberté de tuer le climat, donc de tuer les hommes, les femmes et les enfants. René Dumont On the night of Saturday to … Continue reading →

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Gezi park and beyond: Resonances of rebellion

Posted on October 25, 2014 by Julius Gavroche

(Yüksel Arslan) From the Global Uprisings news/video collective, a new documentary on political protest in turkey, since the Gezi Park commune …

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No Summits on Our heads: Angry Promises from Italy

Posted on October 13, 2014 by Julius Gavroche

(Have they taken everything from you? 16-17-18 October, Turin, No summit on our heads) From a friend of Autonomies … For some, the most appropriate measure to take during times of crisis is the organization of summits. European leaders couldn’t … Continue reading →

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Autonomies in greece

Posted on October 7, 2014 by Julius Gavroche

La révolution socialiste vise la transformation de la société par l’action autonome des hommes, et l’instauration d’une société organisée en vue de l’autonomie de tous. Cornelius Castoriadis, L’institution imaginaire de la société Ce qui nous fait le plus défaut est … Continue reading →

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