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The Anarchism of Blackness

Posted on April 4, 2017 by Julius Gavroche

The Democratic Party has led Black America down a dead end. The sooner we begin to understand that, the more realistically we will be able to organize against fascism. by William C. Anderson and Zoé Samudzi from Roar Magazine #5

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Long Term Resistance: Fighting Trump and Liberal Co-option

Posted on February 21, 2017 by Julius Gavroche

From the Its Going Down media collective, an essay by Peter Gelderloos (20/02/2017) … Long Term Resistance: Fighting Trump and Liberal Co-option So far, the only thing that has mitigated the horrifying opening salvos of Trump’s presidency—of course the first … Continue reading →

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First, they shot the anarchists: Trump and ‘The New Normal’

Posted on February 9, 2017 by Julius Gavroche

From the Its Going Down collective (08/02/2017), reflections on resistance to the “new normal” under Donald Trump …

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Donald Trump and the limits of populism

Posted on February 7, 2017 by Julius Gavroche

Political scientists, commentators, journalists tell us that we live in an age of renewed nationalist populism; that against the rational, geopolitical management of global economic agencies, conservative-reactionary political movements threaten to upset the conditions of economic and social progress with … Continue reading →

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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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