Poetry and Truth (magazine)
Poetry and Truth was a German-language anarchist magazine for information and discussion, published from 1990 to 1999 with a total of 83 issues.
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| description | Trade journal for experimental cooperation |
| Area of Expertise | Anarchism , autonomy , self-determination |
| language | German |
| publishing company | Association for the promotion of cultural, political and social communication |
| First edition | 1990 |
| attitude | 1999 |
| Frequency of publication | per month |
| Sold edition | 2000 copies on average |
| editor | Anarchist Association Rhizom, German Peace Society u. a. |
Self-image
In terms of content, poetry and truth ("DiWa") represented a position of the autonomous and anarchist groups with the aim of realizing self-determination for all people in all areas of life (No. 25, p. 2). The subtitle was: “Mainz Trade Journal for Experimental Cooperation”. The editors were various groups and organizations, including the "Anti-Apartheid Movement", "German Peace Society / United War Resisters Mainz" (DFG-VK), "Anarchist Association Rhizome" and " Radio Quer ". The editorial team was in the hands of around 30 employees and the magazine was available free of charge. DiWa was financed through advertisements for alternative projects and donations.
Poetry and Truth saw themselves as a platform and mouthpiece for various politically left-wing groups, people and organizations who wanted to deal with individual and social life and aimed for change “from below” on a social and cultural level. Analyzes, opinions and reports from politics and culture were published. The editorial team was of the opinion that this left-wing information was often censored, not published or simply ignored in the “bourgeois press”. “The representation of our interests” (No. 18) should not be left to parliaments, established parties, trade unions and other large associations. The magazine stood up for a domineered society, for the abolition of patriarchy, against the imperialist oppression and exploitation of the Third World and for the demilitarization of society.
No. 19 brought a supplement Chernobyl is Everywhere , published by the Grassroots Revolution . On the basis of reports in No. 15 (1992) and No. 23 (1993) on neo-Nazism , charges were made for "insulting".
In the last issue, No. 83 (1999), the discontinuation of DiWa was announced for financial reasons: “The all too often lack of money has gradually turned the 32-page issue into a 20-page postil and ultimately causes death ”. (P. 2).
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literature
- Bernd Drücke : Between a desk and a street battle? Anarchism and Libertarian Press in East and West Germany. Ulm 1998, ISBN 3-932577-05-1 , pp. 348-354.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ See this: Bernd Drücke: Between desk and street battle. Anarchism and Libertarian Press in East and West Germany .