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For Russell Maroon Shoatz: The tradition of Maroon “anarchism”

Posted on May 23, 2022 by Julius Gavroche

Russell Maroon Shoatz, activist and writer, was a founding member of the revolutionary group Black Unity Council in 1969, as well as a member of the Black Panther Party and the Black Liberation Army. In 1972, he would be convicted … Continue reading →

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Shane Burley: Building Communities for a Fascist-Free Future

Posted on January 12, 2022 by Julius Gavroche

(From Roarmag magazine online and the 2021, 11th paper issue of Roar Magazine) The challenge for antifascists today is to build the capacity to act as a buffer for marginalized communities and the movements fighting for a new world. On August 17, 2019, … Continue reading →

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For bell hooks (1952-2021)

Posted on December 16, 2021 by Julius Gavroche

Part of the heart of anarchy is, dare to go against the grain of the conventional ways of thinking about our realities. Anarchists have always gone against the grain, and that’s been a place of hope. bell hooks bell hooks … Continue reading →

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Attica is all of us: 50 years after the rebellion

Posted on November 1, 2021 by Julius Gavroche

We are firm in our resolve and we demand, as human beings, the dignity and justice that is due to us by our right of birth. We do not know how the present system of brutality and dehumanization and injustice … Continue reading →

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Occupy Wall Street/Occupy, ten years on

Posted on September 13, 2021 by Julius Gavroche

As a project, yes. Projection, planning and programming have never done anything but project what it was possible to calculate at a given moment. And consequently, they block the image of a future already hemmed in. Of course, it is … Continue reading →

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Louisiana and the era of disasters

Posted on September 10, 2021 by Julius Gavroche

In this era of disaster, one of the most difficult tasks will be to move beyond continuously reacting to one crisis after another in order to plan more ambitiously for an uncertain future. This already feels overwhelming, and it is … Continue reading →

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Mutual Aid in Puerto Rico

Posted on February 11, 2021 by Julius Gavroche

Mutual aid works within the fissures and cracks of state and corporate management; it develops within spaces partially outside the reach of their power. It has the capacity to weave relations of support and autonomy, thereby generating new subjectivities and … Continue reading →

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Mutual Aid: “To decentralise itself into non-existence”

Posted on January 21, 2021 by Julius Gavroche

In solidarity, we share a mutual aid story, a video testimonial of the Mutual Aid Disaster Relief Richmond, Virginia. We and You and So Many Others: A Story of MAD RVA and Mutual Aid in Richmond, VA … WHO ARE … Continue reading →

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January 6: The need for real anarchy

Posted on January 15, 2021 by Julius Gavroche

From the CrimethInc. collective (12/01/2021) … Why We Need Real Anarchy: Don’t Let Trump’s Minions Gentrify Revolt Politicians have come together across the aisle to decry the storming of the Capitol on January 6 as “lawless,” “anti-democratic,” and “extremist,” going … Continue reading →

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January 6: An anarchist response

Posted on January 15, 2021 by Julius Gavroche

A anonymous article posted at It’s Going Down (12/01/2021) … A critical anarchist analysis and critique of the recent events in Washington DC and the response from the political Center and mass media.

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