Tag Archives: Michael Bakunin

Mikhail Bakunin: A vital, overflowing life

Posted on July 2, 2026 by Julius Gavroche

From Freedom News (01/7/2026) Marking 150 years since the death of the great revolutionary, whose vision of anarchism remains more relevant than ever Nikolay Gerasimov The political and cultural birth of Russian anarchism occurred at the turn of the 20th … Continue reading →

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Carlos Taibo: Bakunin versus Marx

Posted on December 28, 2025 by Julius Gavroche

From Freedom News (26/12/2025) In the persons of these two revolutionaries, two distinct projects clashed within the First International There are more elements of commonality between Bakunin and Marx than might appear. It was hardly a coincidence that both sought the shelter … Continue reading →

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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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The Paris Commune

Posted on March 20, 2021 by Julius Gavroche

To arrive at the unknown through the disordering of all the senses, that’s the point. Arthur Rimbaud We share the words and sentiment of Mitchel Abidor, when he writes that the “Paris Commune of 1871 has been a blank screen … Continue reading →

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