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The winds of May 68 in France: the Larzac

Posted on April 22, 2018 by Julius Gavroche

An often forgotten or ignored dimension of May 68 were france’s peasant movements, which preceded 1968 and would continue after the student movement and general strike came to an end. The Larzac protest and land occupation against government plans to … Continue reading →

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The winds of May 68 in France: The LIP factory takeover

Posted on April 22, 2018 by Julius Gavroche

France’s May of 1968 brought on the largest industrial strike in the history of modern capitalism.  What began as a student movement quickly overflowed the walls of the universities to spread throughout french society, with hundreds of factories not only … Continue reading →

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From the ZAD of Notre-Dame-des-Landes: An intergalactic call

Posted on April 20, 2018 by Julius Gavroche

From the ZAD of Notre-Dame-des-Landes (Appel Intergalactique 19/04/2018) …

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He who designates the terrorist, in this world, is sovereign: The “Tarnac affair”

Posted on April 15, 2018 by Julius Gavroche

Antiterrorism, contrary to what the term would suggest, is not a means to fight against terrorism, it is the method by which the political enemy is positively produced as a terrorist. It is a matter, by a luxury of provocation, … Continue reading →

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Creating autonomies in the ZAD: Notre-Dame-des-Landes

Posted on April 10, 2018 by Julius Gavroche

The significance of the Notre-Dame-des-Landes ZAD in france is reflected below in two texts, excerpts from longer essays/collections.  The first is from a french publication entitled Défendre la zad, by the Collective Mauvaise Troupe (2016), and available in an english translation … Continue reading →

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The war against autonomy: The State attacks the ZAD of Notre-Dame-des-Landes

Posted on April 9, 2018 by Julius Gavroche

This April 9th, the expulsion of the ZAD of Notre-Dame-des-Landes began.  If the proposed airport for the region was struck down, the french government has repeatedly announced that it will not accept the “illegal” occupation of the land by squatters. … Continue reading →

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Feminism and beyond in May 68

Posted on April 6, 2018 by Julius Gavroche

France’s May 68 not only created space for the emergence of a radical gay movement in the country (with the FHAR), but a parallel feminist movement as well, as expressed in the Mouvement de libération des femmes (MLF).  We share a … Continue reading →

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Was there something queer about May 68?: The FHAR and Guy Hocquenghem

Posted on April 1, 2018 by Julius Gavroche

Workers of the world, masturbate! Front Homosexuel d’Action Revolutionnaire slogan We should put into practice the truth that there is no revolutionary subject—there is no subject at all. There are only historical drives that ruffle this or that part of our … Continue reading →

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The Situationists and May 1968

Posted on April 1, 2018 by Julius Gavroche

We share an essay by Miguel Amorós critically analysing the situationist reading of and role in May 68 (from libcom.org), followed by a series of Situationist texts from the events of May 68 … A brief review of the role played … Continue reading →

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May 68: A Situationist reading

Posted on April 1, 2018 by Julius Gavroche

People strolled, dreamed, learned how to live. … For the first time youth really existed.  Not the social category invented for the needs of the commodity economy by sociologists and economists, but the only real youth, of life lived without … Continue reading →

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