Category Archives: News blog

Performing the government of crisis: greece

Posted on September 3, 2013 by Julius Gavroche

The permanent state of emergency/exception that characterises the government by crisis continues unabated in greece.  To eliminate the reality-memory of resistance, squats are brought an end to throughout the country (29/08/2013: the eviction of the squat Antiviosi in Epirus; 02/09/2013: … Continue reading →

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Ofelia Nieto 29: The ethics of resistance

Posted on August 25, 2013 by Julius Gavroche

… what we are waiting for can only come from ourselves, from our own being.  It will come once we force the unknown, the unconscious, up into our spirit; it will come once our spirit loses itself in the spiritless … Continue reading →

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The spreading of okupations: Chronicles from 15m´s spain

Posted on July 15, 2013 by Julius Gavroche

To okupy, to appropriate, to re-appropriate that which was claimed by theft; a theft paid for with public monies.  Today, in spain, okupation has become the central strategy of anti-capitalist politics, a politics that is not only opposed to State-Capital, … Continue reading →

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Rebellion in the city: brazil

Posted on July 1, 2013 by Julius Gavroche

Seuls des groupes, classes ou fractions de classes sociales capables d’initiatives révolutionnaires peuvent prendre en charge et mener jusqu’à plein accomplissement les solutions aux problèmes urbains ; de ces forces sociales et politiques la ville rénovée deviendra l’œuvre. Henri Lefebvre, Le … Continue reading →

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The revolution as trans/queer

Posted on July 1, 2013 by Julius Gavroche

(poster by Javi Larrauri) … only those who find themselves in opposition to the institutionalised Norm can play a fully critical role. In other words, only feminist self-consciousness and homosexual awareness [29] can give life to a vision of the … Continue reading →

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Gezi/Taksim: So that memories are not erased, and the future is not closed

Posted on June 19, 2013 by Julius Gavroche

Video that gathers the lived experience of the occupations of Gezi Park/Taksim square, and beyond …

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Gezi/Taksim: The rebellion of one-many, or a figure of Bartleby

Posted on June 18, 2013 by Julius Gavroche

From Occupied Taksim …

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Gezi/Taksim: From the margins

Posted on June 14, 2013 by Julius Gavroche

Il y a une figure universelle de la conscience minoritaire, comme devenir de tout le monde, et c’est ce devenir qui est création.  Ce n’est pas en acquérant la majorité qu’on y atteint.  Cette figure, c’est précisément la variation continue, … Continue reading →

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Gezi Park/Taksim Square: The festival of revolution

Posted on June 12, 2013 by Julius Gavroche

Le premier geste pour que quelque chose puisse surgir au milieu de la métropole, pour que s’ouvrent d’autres possibles, c’est d’arrêter son perpetuum mobile. comité invisible, L’insurrection que vient The faces and voices of Gezi Park of Taksim Square, Istanbul, … Continue reading →

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Vio.Me: Self-Organization in Greece

Posted on June 6, 2013 by Julius Gavroche

An excellent video report from Global Uprisings and Brandon Jourdan of the Vio.Me. factory occupation in greece.  Any revolutionary movement will inevitably confront the issue of production.  In radically changing capitalist society, how can the basic needs of people be … Continue reading →

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