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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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