The Cultural Avant-Garde & the Paris Commune

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Fifth Estate # 413, Spring, 2023

On May 16, 1871, one of the most famous monuments in Europe, the Vendôme Column celebrating Napoleon’s imperial regime, was toppled to the cheers of thousands. It was one of the largest public ceremonies of the short-lived Paris Commune, where …

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Ontological anarchy and punk-inspired zine culture

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Fifth Estate # 411, Spring, 2022

a review of Invisible Generation: Rants, Polemics, and Critical Theory Against the Planetary Work Machine by Jason Rodgers. Autonomedia, 2021

Petrus Borel

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Fifth Estate # 410, Fall, 2021

a review of Champavert: Immoral Tales by Petrus Borel, trans. Brian Stableford. Borga Press, 2013 WildsidePess.com

Artists, Anarchists & Concierges Battle in 19th Century Bohemian Paris

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Fifth Estate # 407, Fall, 2020

In the musical Rent, the archetypal hip, Lower East Side New York Bohemian protagonists call their landlord “the enemy of Avenue A” when he enters their chosen coffee shop, in the song “La Vie Bohême.” The title recalls that of …

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