Tag Archives: anti-capitalism

Beyond violence and non-violence: Peter Gelderloos

Posted on July 31, 2019 by Julius Gavroche

… nonviolence, in its current manifestations, is based on falsified histories of struggle. It has implicit and explicit connections to white people’s manipulations of the struggles of people of color. Its methods are wrapped in authoritarian dynamics, and its results … Continue reading →

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For William Van Spronsen: In memoriam

Posted on July 27, 2019 by Julius Gavroche

From the CrimethInc. Collective …

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Amador Fernández-Savater: Reaching for a politics of pure potentiality, or trying to keep power at bay

Posted on July 7, 2019 by Julius Gavroche

One never takes power, it is power which takes us. Tomás Ibáñez We follow Peter Gelderloos’ critical evaluation of spain’s “radical” municipalism with a more theoretical reflection, by Amador Fernández-Savater, on the political cycle in the country that began with … Continue reading →

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The wayward ways of “radical” municpalism in spain

Posted on July 7, 2019 by Julius Gavroche

Peter Gelderloos’ critical appraisal of spain’s “municipalities of change” is timely. (Roarmag 02/07/2019) In the general municipal elections of 2015, various, large spanish cities (Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, etc.) fell to coalitions that promising greater social and political justice, echoing an … Continue reading →

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Politics in times of madness: Franco “Bifo” Berardi

Posted on June 6, 2019 by Julius Gavroche

Psychosis: A severe mental disorder in which thought and emotions are so impaired that contact is lost with external reality. It is unclear whether the metaphor of being in “touch with reality” is adequate to understand human life in general, … Continue reading →

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Breaking through the domestication of the Stonewall Riots

Posted on June 4, 2019 by Julius Gavroche

‘Q’ then, will never be a coherent letter tacked as a bridge on some list of identities. The past decade shows the poverty or ruin of every attempt to do so. We’ve said already that these words are magic. We … Continue reading →

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Resistance against the carceral state

Posted on May 25, 2019 by Julius Gavroche

[Prison] relieves us of the responsibility of seriously engaging with the problems of our society, especially those produced by racism and, increasingly, global capitalism. Angela Y. Davis, Are Prisons Obsolete? From the CrimethInc. Collective …

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The Vermont Communards: Remembering Roz Payne

Posted on May 25, 2019 by Julius Gavroche

The death of north-american political activist, Roz Payne, takes us back not only to her life, but to an extraordinarily intense moment of radical politics in the united states. It is impossible to say what was most significant politically in … Continue reading →

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Raoul Vaneigem: A radical politics of life

Posted on May 19, 2019 by Julius Gavroche

From Ballast, an excerpt from Raoul Vaneigem’s most recent essay, which we present below in translation.

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The gilets jaunes: Those who walk away from capital

Posted on May 9, 2019 by Julius Gavroche

While the politicians and the media scrutinise the weekly accounting of the number of demonstrators with each Act of the yellow vests’ movement, closely seconded by sociologists and political scientists, the movement persists, defying all predictions. And even if it … Continue reading →

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