From Anarchism Across the Arts
The conference has been organized by Allan Antliff, Jeffrey Rubinoff Legacy Chair in Art as a Source of Knowledge, Department of Art History and Visual Studies, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Victoria.
Allan Antliff on sculptor Jeffrey Rubinoff (1945-2017)
This week, we’re sharing another presentation from the 2024 ACABookfair in so-called Asheville. On youtube you’ll find the audio sync’d up with the slideshow presentation from the bookfair by visiting youtube.com/@thefinalstrawradio.
For those new, Plastic in Utero: a journal of anti-civ anarchy reborn from the compost of wasteland modernity (from now on, PIU) is an extension of the Uncivilized Project, which encompasses the Uncivilized Podcast and Uncivilized Distro. It centers the idea that anarchist ideas/theory can be fun and provocative, not dry and orderly. PIU contributors don’t participate to make a system of thought or propose a blue-print for the masses (well hopefully not, because we won’t encourage that here).
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.
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.
From Bitter Winter, A magazine on religious liberty and human rights, by Massimo Introvigne
A museum in Sala and a book on his magazine “Il Convito” help understanding the different aspects of the extraordinary career of the Swedish artist.
From Burning Books
We're excited to be carrying these greeting cards from the Children's Art Project and featuring 4 different works of art by political prisoner, Oso Blanco.
Cards are 5"x7" and blank inside.
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.
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.
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.