Tag Archives: democracy

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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Jacques Rancière: Between anarchy and anarchism

Posted on February 4, 2023 by Julius Gavroche

We do not gain from the working operations of history that comprehensive understanding which would reveal the true solution. At best we rectify errors which occur along the way, but the new scheme is not immune to errors which will … Continue reading →

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Occupy Wall Street/Occupy, ten years on

Posted on September 13, 2021 by Julius Gavroche

As a project, yes. Projection, planning and programming have never done anything but project what it was possible to calculate at a given moment. And consequently, they block the image of a future already hemmed in. Of course, it is … Continue reading →

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Jean-Luc Nancy: Populism, Democracy, and Neofascism: Two Essays

Posted on August 28, 2021 by Julius Gavroche

LARB – the Los Angeles Review of Books (17/02/2019) presents two recent essays by Jean-Luc Nancy, translated from the French by Sarah Clift. Populism and Democracy Populism and democracy are an odd couple. The first, populism, rejects the pejorative connotation that … Continue reading →

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Reading the times with Jacques Rancière: The January 6 assault on the Capitol

Posted on January 29, 2021 by Julius Gavroche

From the Verso Books blog (for the English language translation) and originally published on Analyse Opinion Critque. Witnessing the assault on the Capitol, it may seem surprising to see Trump’s supporters relentlessly denying the facts to the point of sinking … Continue reading →

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Remembering a revolution: Portugal 1974-5

Posted on April 26, 2019 by Julius Gavroche

On this, the 45th anniversary of the portuguese revolution, we share a brief account of the revolutionary events of 1974-75 by Raquel Varela (excerpted from her monograph, A Peoples’ History of the Portuguese Revolution, Pluto, 2019) and published at Roarmag.

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With and beyond anti-fascism (1)

Posted on January 6, 2018 by Julius Gavroche

… to make use of the weapons created by fascism, which has been allowed to use the fundamental aspirations of people for affective exultation and fanaticism. But we affirm that the exaltation… must be placed in the service… of a … Continue reading →

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On popular power in venezuela: A statement by uruguayan anarchists

Posted on December 18, 2017 by Julius Gavroche

From the anarchist federation of uruguay (and posted, in english translation, by the black rose anarchist federation – 14/12/2017), reflections on popular power in venezuela’s “bolivarian revolution” …

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The question of the independence of catalonia: From Crimethinc

Posted on October 11, 2017 by Julius Gavroche

We return to the referendum on the independence of catalonia, to the struggle between the spanish state and the state of an aspiring new republic, to where anarchists may find their ground …

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The catalan referendum: From Crimethinc

Posted on October 5, 2017 by Julius Gavroche

Reflections on the catalan referendum, from the Crimethinc. collective …

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