The Central Council of Dada for the World Revolution was the name of the political party set up by the Berlin Dada movement following World War I.
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The Berlin Dadaists supported the Spartacist rising of 1918-1919, led by Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg. When this revolution was crushed and Liebknecht and Luxemburg killed, the Dadas continued to seek power through democratic means. They were present at the Congress of the Weimar Congress but remained relatively politically powerless throughout the era of the Weimar Republic, during which time they did gain some infamy for their direct action campaigns and artistic innovations.
In the year 1919 in Berlin, the group outlined the Dadaist ideas of radical communism.
Members included: Johannes Baader, Raoul Hausmann, Tristan Tzara, George Grosz, Marcel Janco, Hans Arp, Franz Jung, Eugen Ernst, A.R. Meyer and Richard Huelsenbeck. Their shocking political tactics and social antics influenced many later counter-cultural movements, such as the Youth International Party and the punk rock movement.
References
- The Central Council of Dada for the World Revolution. “What is Dadaism and what does it want in Germany?” (1919) "Dadaism demands... The international revolutionary union of all creative and intellectual men and women on the basis of radical Communism... progressive unemployment through comprehensive mechanization... immediate expropriation of property... the communal feeding of all... the erection of cities of light, and gardens which will belong to society as a whole and prepare man for a state of freedom... The Central Council demands... Compulsory adherence of all clergymen and teachers to the Dadaist articles of faith... Introduction of the simultaneist poem as a Communist state prayer... Submission of all laws and decrees to the Dadaist central council for approval"
- Hans Richter (author), David Britt (translator), Dada: Art and Anti-Art, London: Thames & Hudson, 1997; p. 126
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