literature
The Writer Hristo Karastoyanov Died
From Federation of Anarcho-Communists in Bulgaria
January 24, 2024
On January 23, the writer Hristo Karastoyanov died.
Hristo connected part of his creative path with the anarchist movement in Bulgaria and presented it in "Cuckoo's Yarn" and "The Same Night Awaits Us All" - as he got to know it over the years.
An Anthology of Puerto Rican Anarchist Texts from the Start of the 20th Century
From 80grados.net English translation by Anarchist News
[Free Pages: A Brief Anthology of Anarchist Thought in Puerto Rico (1900-1919)], edited by Dr. Jorell Meléndez Badillo and published by [Emergent Education Editions] in 2021, compiles a sample of texts from anticlerical and secular Puerto Rican anarchism from the first two decades of the 20th Century, one of the least studied periods of that century.
Love, Hope, & Joy
From Rulerless
An Anarchist Anthology
May 1st (International Workers’ Day), 2022
From fighting for freedom to plain ol’ living, this new anthology explores every facet of anarchic existence via its themes of love, hope, and joy. Open up these pages to experience three dozen fantastic poems and ten fascinating works of fiction and nonfiction alike, curated to inspire and elate whilst still not shying away from the darker sides of life.
Exploring mystical currents within anarchism: a reading list by Pleroma
from Pleroma
edited by Ausonia Calabrese
An introduction and glossary
What cannot be said will be weeped. (Sappho)
Does the Sibilla predict the storm?
from malacoda
At dawn on 11 November, a number of searches were carried out in various Italian cities and six comrades were served with orders for precautionary measures: in prison for Alfredo, under house arrest for Michele, and an obligation to remain and sign three times a week for four other comrades.
FIFTH ESTATE LIVE w/ Cara Hoffman
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FIFTH ESTATE LIVE, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1PM EDT
Broadcast information HERE
This week on Fifth Estate Live, David Rovics speaks with Cara Hoffman, author and frequent Fifth Estate contributor.
God is dead
...what struck me as wild on rereading Jakucho-san’s book was the staggering sense of passion and speed with which she moves from sex with Shusui to the plot to blow up the emperor. I could die right now, I’m doing this knowing I’ll die. That passion swells and explodes, leaving reason aside and connecting directly to terrorism. Of course, love and revolution are different things. But this book doesn’t let the reader feel that. Love makes people into bombs.
"Anarchist Poetry International" Anthology
From El Libertario, English translation by Anarchist News
by Helena Salgueiro
*Interview with Samuel L. Paris, coordinator of the "Anarchist Poetry International".
"Anarchist Poetry International" is the first anthology of anarchist poetry by international authors in Galician, published by Positivas and coordinated by the poet Samuel L. París. We spoke with him after the publication of the book.
If Lyobov's Notes Made It Back to Terra: Ursula K. LeGuin vs. Hollywood
Peter Gelderloos
In 2009, James Cameron made a remake of Dances With Wolves set on the fictitious planet of Pandora and replacing the Lakota with an alien species called the Na'vi. It ended up being far more successful than Edward Zwick's 2003 Dances With Wolves remake starring Tom Cruise, and even more than the Kevin Costner original.
Curiously, all the major elements of this remake that were different from the first Dances With Wolves were lifted from an Ursula K. LeGuin novel, The Word for World is Forest.