Tag Archives: nationalism

Solidarity Without Submission: Nestor, Ulysses, Ukraine and the Glory of Heroes

Posted on August 23, 2026 by Julius Gavroche

How can anarchists fight for national resistance without condoning nationalism? by Roderick McMillan Greek epics make us all Cassandras, the scenes are set in divine prophecy, but their acts are only understood in hindsight, the most human tragedy. “National consciousness, … Continue reading →

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The Revolution Nationalists Cannot Join

Posted on June 22, 2026 by Julius Gavroche

From Ill Will (21/06/2026) In this conversation, Ralf Ruckus talks to Nandita Sharma, author of Home Rule: National Sovereignty and the Separation of Natives and Migrants (2020), about the emergence of nation states, the construction of the “migrant,” the role … Continue reading →

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“Magical thinking”: Beyond the violence of the two state solution for Palestine-Israel

Posted on October 6, 2025 by Julius Gavroche

Reaching for a Palestine-Israel beyond the nation state, with Mohammed A. Bamyeh. From the early 1990s, global applause for peace talks abounded. But what ultimately happened is that endless calls for a “two-state solution” that evaded explicit realization of Palestinian … Continue reading →

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Uri Gordon: Anarchism and Nationalism

Posted on August 17, 2025 by Julius Gavroche

Continuing from our previous post: “A meeting between Ubu kings“. Anarchism and Nationalism: On the Subsidiarity of Deconstruction Uri Gordon Anarchists are against nationalism; everyone knows that. Instead of solidarity across borders and anti-hierarchical antagonism within them, nationalism engenders loyalty … Continue reading →

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A meeting between Ubu kings

Posted on August 17, 2025 by Julius Gavroche

we seek beyond historyfor a new and more possible meeting. Audre Lorde The image of two men aspiring to absolute national power and imperial expansion meeting to discuss the parcelling out of a country invaded by one of them, with … Continue reading →

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Fire and Ice: Lessons from the Battle of Los Angeles

Posted on June 15, 2025 by Julius Gavroche

An anonymous text, published at Ill Will (14/06/2025) A printable zine version can be downloaded here. I think I’ll stay on this earthquake fault near this still-active volcano in this armed fortress facing a dying ocean & covered w/dirt while … Continue reading →

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Don’t Let LA Stand Alone: A Message to the Gathering Resistance

Posted on June 15, 2025 by Julius Gavroche

From It’s going down, 13/06/2025 Over the past week, tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets of Los Angeles, fighting to defend their neighborhoods and family members from ICE, facing off with the National Guard to demand those imprisoned … Continue reading →

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Ukraine: Voices of resistance

Posted on June 13, 2023 by Julius Gavroche

Step forward: we hearThat you are a good man.You cannot be bought, but the lightningWhich strikes the house, alsoCannot be bought.You hold to what you said.But what did you say?You are honest, you say your opinion.Which opinion?You are brave.Against whom?You … Continue reading →

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War in Ukraine: An anarchist debate (continued)

Posted on May 30, 2023 by Julius Gavroche

As Wayne Price writes, the anarchist debate around the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the anarchist response to it continues; a debate that we continue to follow. Retrieved from anarkismo.net/article/32774 (28/05/2023). Anarchists Support Self-Determination for Ukraine: What Did Bakunin Say About … Continue reading →

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Leo Tolstoy: The moral corruption of patriotism

Posted on February 27, 2022 by Julius Gavroche

Thoughts born of a protest march in solidarity with Ukraine … “Patriotism as a feeling of exclusive love for one’s own people, and as a doctrine of the virtue of sacrificing one’s tranquillity, one’s property, and even one’s life, in … Continue reading →

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