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1970s Dutch anarchist organization

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Kabouters
Meeting of Kabouters in 1970
Named afterKabouter
PredecessorProvos
Formation1969; 55 years ago (1969)
Dissolved1974; 50 years ago (1974)
TypeProtest movement
Location
  • Netherlands
  • Belgium
MethodsAbsurdism
Key people
Websitekabouters.nu

Kabouters (English: Gnomes) were a Dutch anarchist group in the 1970s.

Provos, alongside Kabouters, spread an absurdist, "carnival anarchism" that used provocative tactics, humor, and direct action, to upend cultural norms.

See also

References

  1. Prichard, Alex; Kinna, Ruth; Pinta, Saku; Berry, David, eds. (2012). Libertarian Socialism: Politics in Black and Red. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 407. ISBN 978-0-230-28037-3.

Further reading

  • Bogad, L. M. (2016). "A Prank Too Far? The Kabouters' Electoral Guerrilla Theatre, Amsterdam 1970–1971". Electoral Guerrilla Theatre: Radical Ridicule and Social Movements. Routledge. pp. 43–70. ISBN 978-1-317-29179-4.
  • de Jong, Rudolf (1971). "Provos and Kabouters". In Apter, David E.; Joll, James (eds.). Anarchism Today. Studies in Comparative Politics. London: Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-333-12041-5. OCLC 195124.
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