Tag Archives: anti-fascism

Georges Bataille: Popular Front in the Street

Posted on July 19, 2024 by Julius Gavroche

The opium of the people in the present world is perhaps not so much religion as it is accepted boredom. Such a world is at the mercy, it must be known, of those who provide at least the semblance of … Continue reading →

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France’s elections and the evolution of the National Rally party

Posted on July 10, 2024 by Julius Gavroche

From monde nouveau (03/07/2024) and Freedom News (08/07/2024). René Berthier: Answer to an Australian Comrade Question : One thing I’m interested in is the evolution of Rassemblement National itself. There are parts of the “catastrophist” left that want to depict it … Continue reading →

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Bertolt Brecht: Writing the Truth – Five Difficulties (1935)

Posted on June 25, 2024 by Julius Gavroche

Fascism can be combated as capitalism alone, as the nakedest, most shameless, most oppressive, and most treacherous form of capitalism. Nowadays, anyone who wishes to combat lies and ignorance and to write the truth must overcome at least five difficulties. … Continue reading →

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India: A 100 years of liberal fascist solitude

Posted on June 24, 2024 by Julius Gavroche

From lundi matin (#434, 24/06/2024), an interview (largely in English) with the Indian anthropologist, Alpa Shah. As a complement to this interview and to Alpa Shah’s work, we also share a series lectures, other interviews and links to articles. Her … Continue reading →

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France: For an anti-fascist uprising

Posted on June 17, 2024 by Julius Gavroche

From the Soulèvements de la terre, in France … 1 – The neo-fascist danger is real All over Europe and the world, neo-fascist parties are seizing power. Everywhere in society their xenophobic and authoritarian ideas are spreading. However, there is … Continue reading →

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Judith Butler: Fascist Passions

Posted on June 12, 2024 by Julius Gavroche

Judith Butler at the University of Bologna (07/05/2024); an urgent intervention for our times …

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Fredy Perlman: Anti-Semitism and the Beirut Pogrom

Posted on March 10, 2024 by Julius Gavroche

It galls me that a new Fascism should choose to use the experience of the victims of the earlier Fascism among its justifications. Fredy Perlman We return to the work of Fredy Perlman, this time with the Israeli genocide of … Continue reading →

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The Ecological Crisis and the Rise of Post-Fascism

Posted on March 6, 2024 by Julius Gavroche

From Ill Will, an essay authored by the Antithesi collective (18/02/2024) … Other languages: Türkçe, Español The ecological crisis profoundly impacts the material conditions of social reproduction, extending beyond “natural disasters” to encompass a deepening of the contradictions inherent in … Continue reading →

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The visible and the invisible

Posted on February 13, 2024 by Julius Gavroche

… [The trial of Adolf Eichmann in Jerusalem offered] … the most striking insight into the totality of the moral collapse the Nazis caused in respectable European society – not only in Germany but in almost all countries, not only … Continue reading →

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Alberto Toscano: Notes on late fascism

Posted on January 24, 2024 by Julius Gavroche

This is the “last” of a short series of essays (with earlier pieces by Gerard Granel and Simone Weil) exploring dimensions of fascism, as the latter seemingly closes in about us. We share below an essay by Albert Toscano, a … Continue reading →

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