The Anarchist Plot To Steal The Mona Lisa

From The Transmetropolitan Review

Few people know that the French anarchists of the 1890s funded their movement through burglary, and even fewer know that anarchists stole the Mona Lisa from the Louvre in 1911. However, fans of the hit Netflix show Lupin have already ingested the legacy of those anarchist burglars, for the titular Lupin was based on the legendary anarchist burglar Alexandre Marius Jacob, head of the infamous gang of Nightworkers, whose daring thefts resonate even today in 2026.

Mariano Dolci, the Poet of Puppets and Freedom

From Retroguardia 3.0

Mariano Dolci belongs to the history of unique figures. The multiplicity of artistic fields inhabited by this intellectual made him a multifaceted figure, difficult for those who love to categorize. In reality, his work had a guiding star, to which Dolci devoted his entire life, an intense "poetic" activity fueled by a humanistic vision. Indeed, with "the weapons of poetry," he would soon traverse the history of our country, just as Pasolini himself, using the same tools but often in different ways, continued to undertake until his tragic end.

Claire Fontaine at Art Basel Qatar

From &&& by Noor Ben-Ami

For the better part of this 21st century, we have all been expected to come to terms with what is essentially a lie—that the international art world is a place representative of moral superiority, of a heightened way of being, a place where utopias can be imagined (then abandoned), and activism comes at no personal cost.

Anarchy and anti-prison propaganda for imprisoned anarchist comrade Arturo Sheveck

From Act for Freedom Now! - (Xalapa, Veracruz) -Mexico

One night in January 2026, we went out to vandalize some places in the city of Xalapa, Veracruz, joining the solidarity mobilization for the imprisoned anarchist Arturo Lugo “Sheveck”, in a new repressive action by the 4T [Fourth Transformation] and the UNAM [University of Mexico] against the anarchist movement*. Let us fight repression with the strength of our solidarity. Arm your group!

Soccer for Social Good

From Fifth Estate # 417, Winter 2025

A review of Beyond the Final Whistle, Soccer for a Better World by Vasilis Kostakis. Pluto Press, 2025

On a hot night in Houston Texas, two teams played during a social and political moment that carried more meaning than just the end result of the match. The significance was shown by supporters’ shirts depicting half split Mexican and American flags worn by those in attendance.

Marius Mason Update

From Anarchist Agency by Panagioti Tsolkas, art by Marius Mason

This update on political prisoner Marius Mason is published by Agency in collaboration with Fifth Estate Magazine.

Earlier this year, Marius Mason — an anarchist, environmental and animal rights activist, vegan, artist, and trans advocate — was denied his scheduled gender affirming surgery by the Trump administration and transferred to a women’s prison. The Republican candidate’s campaign spent $27 million on ads condemning gender affirming care for prisoners and the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) quickly remanded those detained back to prisons corresponding to the gender they were assigned at birth.

King Mob, The Motherfuckers & Revolutionary Art

From Fifth Estate, #416, Spring 2025

New York City, 1967. Roaming the streets in debate on the merits of the then-peak vogue art movement, Abstract Expressionism, are Ben Morea, part of a local affinity group, Up Against the Wall Motherfucker, and David Wise and Anne Ryder of the English group of cultural subversives known as King Mob.

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