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Tag Archives: State terror
Syria: The dictator has fled, long live the revolution
In less than two weeks, the Bashar al-Assad regime of Syria collapsed, with his flight to Russia, in the face of a military offensive conducted by a coalition of armed groups led by Hay?at Tahrir al-Sham. If we count his … Continue reading
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Tagged anarchism, Omar Aziz, revolution, State terror, syria
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The Syrian Civil War Resumes
From the CrimethInc. collective (02/12/2024) Perspectives on the Conflict from Western and Northeastern Syria The Syrian civil war has remained largely frozen since 2020, owing to a precarious balance of power between various factions with various degrees of support from … Continue reading
The Rat: A Russian anarchist’s story of torture, imprisonment, and compassion
From Freedom News (24/07/2024). Ilya Shakursky was condemned to 16 years on trumped-up terrorism charges Franz Kafka’s The Trial opens with the line, “Someone must have been telling lies about Josef K., he knew he had done nothing wrong but, one morning, … Continue reading
The Gaza Solidarity Movement
Why the State Can’t Compromise with the Gaza Solidarity Movement, And What That Means for Us From the CrimethInc. collective (03/05/2024) … On April 17, students at Columbia University initiated an on-campus encampment in solidarity with Gaza. After the administration called in the … Continue reading
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Tagged insurrection, israel, palestine, solidarity, State terror, united states
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Ian Alan Paul: Liberal Infernos
From Ill Will (27/04/2024) … The liberal order overseeing and administering the genocide in Palestine is built upon the marriage of egalitarian values and exterminating violence, upon the intimate coupling of supposedly hallowed rights and the hell it unleashes upon … Continue reading
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Tagged Ian Alan Paul, Security State, State and Capital, State and terror, State terror
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The riot against State-forms: An anarcho-workerist hypothesis
“All reasoning about the future is criminal, because it prevents pure destruction, and interferes with the progress of revolution.” Souvarine, from Émile Zola’s Germinal In the wake of France’s July riots, an essay/reflection by Erwan Sommerer, inspired by a work … Continue reading
France: Let there be order
… power is not defined only by its capacity to be obeyed but, first of all, by its capacity to give orders and commandments, even if those orders are not totally obeyed. A power does not fall when it is … Continue reading
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Tagged anarchism, anti-statism, france, State terror
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Rodrigo Karmy Bolton: The ashes of the Republic
Reflections on the French police murder of Nahel Merzouk and the country’s July riots, by Rodrigo Karmy Bolton. (Lobo Suelto! 11/07/2023) What does it mean when France burns under barricades? Perhaps, that not only France but also the Republic, as … Continue reading
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Tagged anti-capitalism, anti-fascism, anti-racism, france, Immanuel Kant, Rodrigo Karmy Bolton, State terror
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Santiago López Petit: The violence of the force of pain
Reflections on the French police murder of Nahel Merzouk and the country’s July riots, by Santiago López Petit. (Lobo Suelto! 11/07/2023) Nahel’s mother, surrounded by her son’s friends, makes a motorcycle engine roar. Her son, murdered by a police officer, … Continue reading
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Tagged anti-capitalism, anti-racism, france, insurrection, Santiago López Petit, State terror
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For Gianfranco Sanguinetti (1948-2025)
The theory of the revolution certainly does not depend on the sole area of properly scientific ideas, and still less on the construction of a speculative achievement, or on the aesthetic of that fiery manner of speech that contemplates itself … Continue reading →