ron sakolsky

Surrealism and anarchism, past and present

“The imaginary is what tends to become real.” ― André Breton

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).

New Issue of Anarchist Studies journal out now

Anarchist Studies Volume 31 (2023) Issue 1
https://journals.lwbooks.co.uk/anarchiststudies/vol-31-issue-1/

Contents

Editorial: What Happened to the Anarchist Century?, pages 6‑11
Matthew Wilson

Radical Politics, Left Convergence and the War of Position, pages 11‑24
Owen Worth

Against Prefiguration: An Anarchist Iconoclasm, pages 25‑45
Frankie Hines

Spring 2023 Issue of Fifth Estate Out Now!

The new Fifth Estate is published and has arrived to many domestic subscribers. Bulk mailing to stores and distributors are on their way. Thanks for all your support and interest.

Spring 2023
Fifth Estate #413
Subscribe to our print edition here: https://www.fifthestate.org/product-category/print-edition/

CONTENTS
ANARCHIST REVIEW OF BOOKS

WORKS REVIEWED

The Impossible Community: Realizing Communitarian Anarchism
JOHN P. CLARK

“Nature is the marvellous that the surrealist seeks”

marvellous

From: https://anarchysecessionsubsistence.blogspot.com/

By Shaun Day-Woods

One of the most ubiquitous expressions in surrealist writing is the word ‘marvellous’, a term which harkens back to Andre Breton’s original declaration. In the first Surrealist Manifesto of 1924, the founder of the movement wrote ‘Let us not mince words, the marvellous is always beautiful, anything marvellous is beautiful, in fact only the marvellous is beautiful.’

Anarcho-Surrealism on Immediatism Podcast

Immediatism is pleased to feature a new book and another forthcoming. Dreams of Anarchy and the Anarchy of Dreams: Adventures at the Crossroads of Anarchy & Surrealism, by Ron Sakolsky, published by Autonomedia and distributed by Little Black Cart, is available now. The first episode (569), below, is a reading of the Preface of this new title. The other episodes (570-577) are selections from the forthcoming anarcho-surrealist collection Merlin With a Machine Gun, edited by Steven Cline.

Ron Sakolsky, on Immediatism

Two examples of Ron Sakolsky's writing are now available in audio on Immediatism podcast. "Surrealist Desire, Anarchy & the Poetry of Revolt" details the history and contemporary reality of the relationship between surrealism, situationism, and anarchism.

Regarding Surrealist Desire, listener ae says "Thanks for reading this piece from Sakolsky's 'Creating Anarchy.' This type of historical writing is really great and helps ground things in a context for understanding 20th century art movements, politics and how they interact and supersede each other. . . ."

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