Tag Archives: anti-militarism

Solidarity Without Submission: Nestor, Ulysses, Ukraine and the Glory of Heroes

Posted on August 23, 2026 by Julius Gavroche

How can anarchists fight for national resistance without condoning nationalism? by Roderick McMillan Greek epics make us all Cassandras, the scenes are set in divine prophecy, but their acts are only understood in hindsight, the most human tragedy. “National consciousness, … Continue reading →

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Israel’s Long War on Lebanon

Posted on May 18, 2026 by Julius Gavroche

From the CrimethInc. collective (14/05/2026) A Joint History of the Zionist and Lebanese Entities In the following analysis, Ayman Makarem of the From the Periphery media collective reviews a century of colonial violence in Palestine and Lebanon to illuminate the current Israeli … Continue reading →

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George Orwell: Vanity and despotism

Posted on March 16, 2026 by Julius Gavroche

But what light does our difference here throw upon the problem before us? What connection is there between the sartorial splendours of the educated man and the photograph of ruined houses and dead bodies? Obviously the connection between dress and … Continue reading →

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The War on Iran: Immoral allies, False claims and Unnecessary Bloodshed

Posted on March 16, 2026 by Julius Gavroche

From the Verso Books blog (11/03/2026) Ilan Pappe on US and Israeli immorality and why Palestine lies at the heart of the war on Iran.

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The Attack on Iran Is an Attack on All of Us

Posted on March 2, 2026 by Julius Gavroche

From the CrimethInc. collective (28/02/2026) The US and Israeli attack on Iran is morally repugnant. It is calculated only to benefit an elite of racist, Islamophobic warmongers. It will not benefit Iranians or ordinary people anywhere on earth.

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Simone Weil: Reflections on barbarism (1939)

Posted on December 25, 2025 by Julius Gavroche

Many people nowadays, moved by the horrors of every kind that our time provides in a number overwhelming for anyone the least bit sensitive, think that, as a result of an excessively great technical power, or a kind of moral … Continue reading →

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Simone Weil: The power of words (1937)

Posted on December 25, 2025 by Julius Gavroche

In every sphere, we seem to have lost the very elements of intelligence: the ideas of limit, measure, degree, proportion, relation, comparison, contingency, interdependence, interrelation of means and ends. To keep to the social level, our political universe is peopled … Continue reading →

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Simone Weil: Reflections on War

Posted on December 25, 2025 by Julius Gavroche

The perspectives of a revolution seem therefore quite restricted. For can a revolution avoid war? It is, however, on this feeble chance that we must stake everything or abandon all hope. Simone Weil The masks have fallen away, or they … Continue reading →

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Giorgio Agamben: War is peace

Posted on November 2, 2025 by Julius Gavroche

Among the horrors of war that are often forgotten is its survival in peacetime through industrial transformations. It is well known – but forgotten – that the barbed wire with which many still fence their fields and properties comes from … Continue reading →

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Night of the Demon/Rendez-vous avec la peur

Posted on June 23, 2025 by Julius Gavroche

Remake of Jacques Tourneur’s film in six parts, by Nicolas Klotz (From Lundi matin #481, 23/06/2025) 1. The bright TRACES of missiles and bombs that pierced the night sky over Tehran on Friday, 13 June… also pierced television screens, our … Continue reading →

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