Tag Archives: John Holloway

Anarchism: Last ecological hope against the violence of the State

Posted on December 15, 2025 by Julius Gavroche

Against a State that will never resolve the climate crisis, and its violence that force does not know how to overthrow, what remains for ecologists? Historical and present day anarchism, rich in ideas for another future.

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Anarchism: Giving form to autonomy

Posted on September 30, 2021 by Julius Gavroche

This post was born of an exchange of letters between John Holloway and Michael Hardt that focused on the issue of “anti-capitalist social movements” and their “organisation” and “institutionalisation”. The letters date from 2011, but their subject remains contemporary, as … Continue reading →

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John Holloway: Imagining-living anti-capitalism with the Zapatistas

Posted on May 23, 2021 by Julius Gavroche

From Roarmag (20/05/2021) … … civilization cannot be saved from the center. The only way to create a “civilized,” socially acceptable society is by abolishing capitalism and creating other, mutually recognitive ways of living. The task is urgent, the windows … Continue reading →

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John Holloway: We have no answers; we have questions. Urgent ones

Posted on May 2, 2021 by Julius Gavroche

From Roarmag (01/05/2021) … We do not know how to stop the planetary destruction caused by capital — but by asking the right questions we can find our way forward together. We live in a failed system. It is becoming … Continue reading →

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John Holloway: Cascade of angers; a post-pandemic fantasy

Posted on June 28, 2020 by Julius Gavroche

From Roarmag (27/06/2020), an essay by John Holloway … We do not have the knee of a murderous policeman on our neck, but we, too, cannot breathe. We cannot breathe because capitalism is killing us.

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The gilets jaunes: A revolution of the revolution

Posted on May 24, 2019 by Julius Gavroche

The resonances of the gilets jaunes movement(s), as captured by Jacques Fradin. It is a reading of the insurrection that does not hold back or step away from criticising the “Left”, and beyond. The essay was already published in English … Continue reading →

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When rebellion is child’s play: John Holloway on the zapatistas

Posted on April 14, 2019 by Julius Gavroche

John Holloway has been a keen observer of the zapatista movement since its beginning, and we share two reflections by him, as a closing contribution on the mexican revolution, or revolutions, both past and present.

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The illusions of yet another “new” left: Syriza and Podemos

Posted on October 16, 2015 by Julius Gavroche

With national elections forthcoming in spain, and the recent election of Jeremy Corbyn to the head of the Labour Party in britain, enthusiasm for “leftwing governments” survives, even with the debacle of Syriza in greece.  In one more effort at … Continue reading →

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John Holloway: Critical thought against the capitalist hydra

Posted on May 22, 2015 by Julius Gavroche

John Holloway remains one of the most eloquent marxists of our times.  With intellectual roots in italian autonomist marxism, his insistence on reading Capital as a dynamic system of social relations of appropriation constructed through struggles against peoples’ efforts to autonomously and … Continue reading →

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We are the crises: John Holloway

Posted on June 19, 2013 by Julius Gavroche

In our interesting times of rebellion, with protests across north africa, europe, the americas, the work of John Holloway provides us with conceptual tools that help to understand and act in our present …

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