Tag Archives: colonialism and anti-colonialism

Judith Butler: Palestinians Are Not Being “Regarded as People” by Israel and US

Posted on December 4, 2023 by Julius Gavroche

The Truthout news service has generously given us permission to share an excellent interview with Judith Butler by George Yancy, on this most recent Israeli military campaign against Gaza and its people. (31/10/2023) Judith Butler calls for immediate ceasefire, Palestinians’ … Continue reading →

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Uri Gordon: Anarchism and nationalism

Posted on November 28, 2023 by Julius Gavroche

Uri Gordon’s essay, “Anarchism and Nationalism: On the Subsidiarity of Deconstruction”, is a very important contribution to the to the debate on nationalism and modern anti-colonial struggles within anarchism. And we share it below as a complement to our previous … Continue reading →

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Uri Gordon: The national question in Palestine/Israel (and trying to read events after October 7)

Posted on November 28, 2023 by Julius Gavroche

Uri Gordon’s book, Anarchy Alive! Anti-authoritarian Politics from Practice to Theory (Pluto Press, 2008) remains one of the best recent essays, in the English language, on anarchist practice and theory. His voice, if we can express it this way, is … Continue reading →

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Free Palestine/Free Israel (V)

Posted on November 26, 2023 by Julius Gavroche

We share a short text by Gilles Deleuze on Palestine written at the time of the First Intifada (1987-1997) and an interview, by him, with the Palestinian writer Elias Sanbar from 1982.

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Strategizing for Palestinian Solidarity: Expanding the Toolkit

Posted on November 7, 2023 by Julius Gavroche

“US weapons ship to Israel blocked by peace activists at port of Tacoma. Peace activists have staged a standstill at the Port of Tacoma, blocking the departure of a US ship believed to be carrying weapons destined for the state … Continue reading →

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Fred Moten: Thinking with Palestine

Posted on October 31, 2023 by Julius Gavroche

Angela Davis recently described “Palestine as a moral litmus test for the world”. (Al Jazeera English-Up Front, 27/10/2023) And however much we may sympathise with the statement, it also begs reflection, for what is the test evaluating precisely? What morality … Continue reading →

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Ian Alan Paul: Between the Sea and the Security Fence

Posted on October 18, 2023 by Julius Gavroche

Stretching our imaginaries, our desires, for a different Palestine-Israel. We share an essay originally published with Ill Will (18/10/2023). Across Gaza’s fragmented collage of architectures and ruins, the abstraction of life rivals life itself. Subsumed by social technologies that densely … Continue reading →

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Benjamin Steinhardt Case: Decolonizing Jewishness

Posted on October 12, 2023 by Julius Gavroche

“If you have come here to help me, you are wasting your time. But if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together.”–Aboriginal activist saying, attributed to Lilla Watson Seven decades on, … Continue reading →

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A Coup d’État in Israel?

Posted on March 29, 2023 by Julius Gavroche

From the CrimethInc. collective (27/03/2023) … A Coup d’État in Israel?: The Bitter Harvest of Colonialism On Sunday, March 26, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired his defense minister in an attempt to consolidate power over the country, precipitating spontaneous mass demonstrations. … Continue reading →

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Afghanistan: Readings of the fall of a political regime

Posted on August 24, 2021 by Julius Gavroche

Without sufficient knowledge of events on the ground, or of the broader context (historical, social, economic, geo-political, etc.), we share three texts on the recent Taliban overthrow of the U.S.A.-NATO regime in Kabul, with the aim of navigating beyond the … Continue reading →

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