Tag Archives: anti-capitalism

For May Day

Posted on May 1, 2019 by Julius Gavroche

Reflections on work and the limits of work centred anti-capitalism (from spain) …

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From extinction rebellion to desirous rebellion

Posted on April 28, 2019 by Julius Gavroche

At the moment when all humanity lives under the menace of possible annihilation, for the very means of this annihilation have ceased to be illusory, then the whole of the real, all at once, descends into fiction. Marcel Mariën, Théorie … Continue reading →

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Giorgio Agamben: The way of poverty

Posted on April 14, 2019 by Julius Gavroche

A reflection on Giorgio Agamben’s work, The Highest Poverty, or on the “way of poverty” against the “way of wealth or enrichment”, by Jacques Fradin. (lundi matin #186, 09/04/2019)

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Lessons from greece: The war on dissidence

Posted on March 20, 2019 by Julius Gavroche

From the CrimethInc. Collective (19/03/2019) … Putting Ideas on Trial: The Greek State’s Laboratory of Repression – An Interview with Nikos Romanos, Imprisoned Anarchist After several failed attempts across Europe to frame anarchists and other anti-authoritarians with conspiracy and terrorism charges, the … Continue reading →

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In solidarity with the Asilo Occupato of Turin: To occupy, to squat is to resist

Posted on February 21, 2019 by Julius Gavroche

Across europe, driven by the desire and need to extract maximum profit from urban spaces, authoritarian handmaidens of capital, in the guise of State-democratic authority, turn their violence on those people who are nothing but obstacles to the management of … Continue reading →

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The gilets jaunes: Creative violence against State brutality

Posted on February 6, 2019 by Julius Gavroche

Fear! How long has it been since the ruling classes (of a “developed” country) have feared their poor? The forced gymnastics of the french government’s “great national debate”, supported and secured by a militarised police apparatus whose only red line … Continue reading →

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The gilets jaunes: A movement that is not a movement

Posted on February 2, 2019 by Julius Gavroche

Movement is the impossibility, indefiniteness and imperfection of every politics. It always leaves a residue. In this perspective the motto I cited as a rule for myself might be reformulated in ontological terms as this: ‘the movement is that which … Continue reading →

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The gilets jaunes: A rebellion against the totalitarians

Posted on January 15, 2019 by Julius Gavroche

How can one not but feel pride in being French? Emmanuel Macron, Letter to the French Act IX, Saturday January 12: the yellow vest insurrection continues. In response to french president Macron’s invitation for a “great national debate” on the … Continue reading →

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The gilets jaunes: Giving colour to suffering

Posted on January 13, 2019 by Julius Gavroche

Writing within the marxist critique of value tradition (e.g., the Krisis group), Benoit Bohy-Bunel offers a theoretically rich reading of the yellow vests movement. Without completely sharing the views of the author, the essay remains important.*

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Finding our way through the yellow vests insurrection

Posted on January 11, 2019 by Julius Gavroche

Reflecting on the yellow vests rebellion with the CrimethInc. collective …

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