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Trump and everyday anti-fascism beyond punching Nazis

Posted on January 25, 2017 by Julius Gavroche

From roarmag (23/01/2016), and in the wake of the anti-Trump and anti-fascist protests on January 20th, we share a reflection on anti-fascism by Mark Bray (for other parallel reflections, click here) …

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Against Trump: J20 Disrupting the taking of power

Posted on January 19, 2017 by Julius Gavroche

On the eve of Donald Trump’s inauguration as president of the united states, and in solidarity, we share the calls for protest …  

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The illusions/delusions of electoral politics: From Crimethinc

Posted on October 27, 2016 by Julius Gavroche

From the CrimethInc collective, a reflection on the pitfalls of electoral politics for radical challenges to Capital and the State, by ret marut … Could there be any better illustration of the shortcomings of representative democracy than this year’s Presidential … Continue reading →

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No Borders: Social Struggles Across the U.S.A.

Posted on June 10, 2016 by Julius Gavroche

We share below the trailer to, and the first episode, of an 11 part series “No Borders: Social Struggles Across the USA” by the international anarchist media team, Sur Negro Productions, in collaboration with members of Black Rose/Rosa Negra and … Continue reading →

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The anarchist critique of democracy (5): CrimethInc.

Posted on April 20, 2016 by Julius Gavroche

The anarchist collective CrimethInc. initiated last month a critical analysis and discussion of “democracy”, promising a series of reflections.  The series gains in significance with events in france around the movement Nuit Debout.  What follows is the fifth essay, Occupy: … Continue reading →

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Education as debt bondage

Posted on May 5, 2015 by Julius Gavroche

Government by debt subjects populations to a particular regime of submission, submission of the present to a future which is nothing more than an extension of the present.  The present in fact vanishes before a kind of eternal “now” in … Continue reading →

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Ferguson and the Criminalization of American Life: David Graeber

Posted on March 21, 2015 by Julius Gavroche

We share below an essay by David Graeber on a report by the  the department of justice of the united states on the Ferguson Police Department, originally published on Gawker (19/03/2015).  See also Black Skin White Cops. 

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The police as the state

Posted on March 3, 2015 by Julius Gavroche

The killing of a homeless black man on March the 1st by the Los Angeles police, one more in the never ending list of murders, is tragic testimony to the racism and violence of capitalist states for whom the “economically … Continue reading →

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The Free Voice of Labor/Freie Arbeiter Stimme: The Jewish Anarchists

Posted on October 3, 2013 by Julius Gavroche

“The Free Voice of Labor: The Jewish Anarchists” traces the history of a Yiddish anarchist newspaper (Fraye Arbeter Shtime – The Free Voice of Labor) publishing its final issue after 87 years. Narrated by anarchist historian Paul Avrich, the story … Continue reading →

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