Tag Archives: Art and Revolution

For Jean-Claude Carrière (1931-2021)

Posted on February 9, 2021 by Julius Gavroche

I should only believe in a God that would know how to dance.And when I saw my devil, I found him serious, thorough, profound, solemn:he was the spirit of gravity–through him all things fall.Not by wrath, but by laughter, do … Continue reading →

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Constantine Cavafy: A poetry to see by

Posted on January 3, 2021 by Julius Gavroche

The poets (by which I mean all artists) are finally the only people who know the truth about us. Soldiers don’t. Statesmen don’t. Priests don’t. Union leaders don’t. Only poets. James Baldwin For those who lead a provincial life, life … Continue reading →

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For Diane di Prima 1934-2020

Posted on October 25, 2020 by Julius Gavroche

Head-on war is the mistake we maketime after timeThere is a way around it, way to outflanktechnology, short circuit“energy crisis”: retreat & silencecunningcourage and love Diane di Prima, Revolutionary Letter #58 Diane di Prima, famous beat poet, radical, anarchist, activist, … Continue reading →

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For Terry Jones (and Monty Python)

Posted on January 25, 2020 by Julius Gavroche

Not by wrath does one kill, but by laughing. Up, let us kill the spirit of gravity! This crown of the laughter, the rosary crown: to you, my brothers, I throw this crown! I pronounced laughter holy: you higher men, … Continue reading →

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Song is a weapon: For José Mário Branco (1942-2019)

Posted on November 24, 2019 by Julius Gavroche

José Mário Branco was musician, song writer, composer, poet and militant. Though largely unknown outside portugal and lusophone countries, he was a central figure, among others (e.g. José Afonso), in what came to be known in his country as “musica … Continue reading →

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For Robert Frank (1924-2019)

Posted on September 12, 2019 by Julius Gavroche

To experience a thing as beautiful means: to experience it necessarily wrongly. Friedrich Nietzsche *** … photographs become standard evidence for historical occurrences, and acquire a hidden political significance. Walter Benjamin *** Photography is the process of rendering observation self-conscious. … Continue reading →

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The anarchy of woodstock

Posted on August 12, 2019 by Julius Gavroche

The Commune was the biggest festival of the nineteenth century. Underlying the events of that spring of 1871 one can see the insurgents’ feeling that they had become the masters of their own history, not so much on the level … Continue reading →

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For Toni Morrison (1931-2019)

Posted on August 8, 2019 by Julius Gavroche

In this here place, we flesh; flesh that weeps, laughs; flesh that dances on bare feet in grass. Love it. Love it hard. Yonder they do not love your flesh. They despise it. They don’t love your eyes; they’d just … Continue reading →

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Why I am an anarchist: Benjamin Zephaniah

Posted on June 20, 2019 by Julius Gavroche

A testimonial by poet and writer Benjamin Zephaniah (from dogsection.org) …

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For Nanni Balestrini (1935-2019)

Posted on May 23, 2019 by Julius Gavroche

Epic Prologue here I am once more sitting in front of the poetry audiencethat is sitting benevolently in front of melooks at me and is waiting for poetryas always I have nothing to tell itas always the poetry audience knows … Continue reading →

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