Bim-Bom, Bang Bang! Chekists and Clowns
Submitted by Battlescarred on Mar 6 2018 18:27
A short account of the circus clown duo Bim-Bom and their encounter with the Cheka in revolutionary Russia.
Iron Bars on the House of Labour
Submitted by O Berkman on Mar 2 2018 23:26
How accepting surveillance officers and other parts of the repressive state into trade unions is a threat to organizers across so-called Canada...
“Radical Gotham” – New York City, Just Like You Pictured It
Submitted by Alan W Moore on Sep 8 2017 09:51
Review of Tom Goyens, ed., Radical Gotham: Anarchism in New York City (2017). Describes the essays on 19th-20th century anarchist groups at first by ethnicity and the newspapers they produced in NYC – Johann Most and the Germans; Saul Yanovsky and the Jews; Luigi Galleani and his Italian followers; and the Spanish circle around El Despertar. Also a chapter on Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker. Post-WWII, the essays discuss the Why? group of post-WWII anarchists; the Living Theatre; Black Mask/Up Against the Wall Motherfuckers; the artist Gordon Matta-Clark; the ABC No Rio cultural center; and finally anarchism in Occupy Wall Street.
Medina Onrubia de Botana, Salvadora Carmen, 1894-1972
Submitted by Steven. on Jul 19 2017 17:53
A short biography of Argentinian feminist anarchist poet and writer Salvadora Carmen Medina Onrubia de Botana, written by Cristina Guzzo.
Armand Guerra (1886-1939) Movie-maker and pioneer of militant moviemaking
Submitted by Steven. on Jul 10 2017 17:41
A short biography of Spanish anarchist filmmaker, Armand Guerra, written by Eric Jarry.
Japanese Inter War Proletarian Propaganda
Submitted by Reddebrek on May 30 2017 12:53
A gallery of Proletarian propaganda posters, handbills postcards and photos from the Inter War years. The material was created by multiple organisations and currents, an essay explaining these images can be found here.
Manifesto of proletarian art
“Manifest Proletkunst” (Manifesto of Proletarian Art), a text written by the Dutch artist Theo van Doesburg, published in Kurt Schwitters' periodical Merz #2 in April 1923 (Hannover, p.24-25), with signatures by leading artists of the international avant-garde (Schwitters, Hans Arp, Tristan Tzara and Christof Spengemann).
Manifest Proletkunst (1923)
“Manifest Proletkunst” (Manifesto of Proletarian Art), a text written by the Dutch artist Theo van Doesburg, published in Kurt Schwitters' periodical Merz #2 in April 1923 (Hannover, p.24-25), with signatures by leading artists of the international avant-garde (Schwitters, Hans Arp, Tristan Tzara and Christof Spengemann).
The CIA reads French theory: on the intellectual labor of dismantling the cultural Left - Gabriel Rockhill
Notwithstanding its limitations, an interesting historical look at the state's utilisation of academia and the cultural sphere in the struggle to discredit Marxism. First published 28/02/17 in 'The Philosophical Salon' of the 'LA Review of Books'.
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