Tag Archives: anti-capitalism

Mario Tronti: “In art as in politics there is nothing other than struggle”

Posted on August 9, 2023 by Julius Gavroche

For Mario Tronti (from Blackout) … Can you really be outside? This is the question I asked Mario the last time we talked (Francesco Matarrese | Greenberg and Tronti: Being Really Outside?). Today, the eighth of January, his important, extraordinary answer arrived. Now … Continue reading →

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For Mario Tronti (1931-2023)

Posted on August 9, 2023 by Julius Gavroche

For Mario Tronti, who died this last August 7th, we share a short text by Diego Sztulwark and Mario Tronti’s Thesis on Benjamin. Today Mario Tronti passed away. His 92 years were many, but he will surely remain the author … Continue reading →

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Rodrigo Karmy Bolton: The ashes of the Republic

Posted on July 14, 2023 by Julius Gavroche

Reflections on the French police murder of Nahel Merzouk and the country’s July riots, by Rodrigo Karmy Bolton. (Lobo Suelto! 11/07/2023) What does it mean when France burns under barricades? Perhaps, that not only France but also the Republic, as … Continue reading →

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Santiago López Petit: The violence of the force of pain

Posted on July 14, 2023 by Julius Gavroche

Reflections on the French police murder of Nahel Merzouk and the country’s July riots, by Santiago López Petit. (Lobo Suelto! 11/07/2023) Nahel’s mother, surrounded by her son’s friends, makes a motorcycle engine roar. Her son, murdered by a police officer, … Continue reading →

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In praise of riots

Posted on July 9, 2023 by Julius Gavroche

With rebellion, awareness is born. Albert Camus, The Rebel Constitutively out of step with the present, the revolt is an impatient epiphany of the future that comes after tomorrow. Donatella Di Cesare, The Time of Revolt French politicians – the president, … Continue reading →

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Reading Fredy Perlman with Uri Gordon

Posted on June 29, 2023 by Julius Gavroche

We share a timely and critical reading of Fredy Perlman’s work by Uri Gordon … Leviathan’s Body: Recovering Fredy Perlman’s anarchist social theory Uri Gordon (Anarchist Library and Anarchist Studies (2023)) Abstract Fredy Perlman’s anarchist maximalism had a formative influence on … Continue reading →

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Beware the wealthy who speak of changing the world

Posted on June 22, 2023 by Julius Gavroche

On the even of summit called The New Global Financing Pact, an open letter to the world appears … We are urgently working to deliver more for people and the planet. … We are urgently working to fight poverty and … Continue reading →

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War in Ukraine: An anarchist debate (continued)

Posted on May 30, 2023 by Julius Gavroche

As Wayne Price writes, the anarchist debate around the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the anarchist response to it continues; a debate that we continue to follow. Retrieved from anarkismo.net/article/32774 (28/05/2023). Anarchists Support Self-Determination for Ukraine: What Did Bakunin Say About … Continue reading →

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France: Reading events at Sainte-Soline and Serge Duteuil-Graziani

Posted on April 27, 2023 by Julius Gavroche

Serge Duteuil-Graziani came out of a coma, a month after being seriously injured during the demonstration against mega-reservoir in Sainte-Soline on March 25, 2023. But his prognosis remains critical. We begin with a press release of April 26, from his … Continue reading →

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France: The desire for revolution

Posted on April 8, 2023 by Julius Gavroche

Every revolution begins when Society has outgrown the view of life on which the existing forms of social life were founded, when the contradictions between life such as it is, and life as it should be, and might be, become … Continue reading →

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