Tribute to Dariano, Anarchist and Mail Artist

from International Union of Mail-Artists
November 18, 2024

"A Greeting with the Force of the Wind"
A tribute to a dear friend and comrade, who after a lifelong militancy has left us, present in a thousand struggles, social, cultural and political initiatives, because he believed that society could be changed in a libertarian sense with personal commitment and mutual aid.

Breyten Breytenbach: Cosmopolitan anarchist from the Boland

From Mail & Guardian
November 28, 2024

I received the news that Breyten Breytenbach had died on Sunday. That evening we drove up from Dikeni (Alice), where we live, to Hogsback. With me were my wife Irma and our friend Vangile, on a visit from Tshwane.

On our way up the Amathole Mountains, we listened to Breytenbach’s spoken-word album Lady One. His Buddhist chants sounded as if they somehow belonged to the green hills and villages of the Eastern Cape.

Change the World: Have Fun, be Creative

From Fifth Estate, # 415, Summer 2024
by Norman Nawrocki

Imagine if more people believed in the power and the magic of collective creativity, what a crazy wonderful new anarchist world we could build. Under capitalism, any form of creativity is usually seen as an individual pursuit, the domain of the rich, the elite and artistes. It’s something to be commodified, re-packaged, and sold back to others as pop culture to be consumed.

There's nothing I fear after spraypainting the palace walls

From Thai Lawyers for Human Rights, July 2, 2024

Original title: Thailand: "There's nothing I fear anymore after spraypainting the palace walls that day"

"There's nothing I fear anymore, after spraypainting the palace walls that day, I can see courage, dare to take risks, dare to face them. Because even though I have to go to prison, they still can't stop me, and they can't shut down my thoughts.” A strong sentence from the interview where the Punk Art artist confirmed he was ready to accept every situation that would arise after the court decision.

2024 NYC Anarchist Bookfair, Sep. 20-22

From NYC Anarchist Bookfair

The New York City Anarchist Bookfair Needs Your Help!

This year’s book fair will be held September 20-22, and we need you to help create the schedule of panels, workshops, and presentations that will bring together anarchists and anarcho-curious from around the region and across the country.

Tablers will include books, media, clothing, zines, community organisations, info.

Surrealism and anarchism, past and present

From Freedom News UK

Last June, about fifty people gathered in the Eberhardt Press print shop in Portland, Oregon, to meet with legendary American activist Ben Morea and view a pop-up exhibition of his paintings. Morea was one of the founders of the anarchist affinity group Black Mask in New York in 1966 and also the catalyst for subsequent direct-action collectives like Up Against the Wall Motherfucker in 1968. He was a driving force behind the closing of the Museum of Modern Art in ‘66 and the occupation of the Fillmore East theatre in ’68, and his uncompromising anticapitalist and antiracist activism set the standard for what engaged radicalism could accomplish in the Vietnam War era. An artist since the early 1960s, his austere paintings and satirical graphics are everywhere visible in the distinctive pages of the Black Mask zine (ten issues; New York; November 1966–May 1968).

For Steve Paxton (1939-2024)

From Autonomies

Five years ago, we wrote a short piece lauding Steve Paxton’s work as a dancer and his vision of dance, which we entitled: “Anarchic movement: Ambulations in thought after Steve Paxton”. This week (21/02/2024), we learned of his death. In sadness and celebration, we share our modest thoughts anew.

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