The Action (Nautilus)
| The action - magazine for politics, literature, art
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| description | political-literary magazine |
| language | German |
| First edition | 1981 |
| attitude | 2013 |
| Frequency of publication | two to three times a year |
| editor | Lutz Schulenburg (†) |
| Web link | edition-nautilus.de |
| ISSN (print) | 0516-334X |
The Aktion - Zeitschrift für Politik, Literatur, Kunst was published irregularly from September 1981 to September 2013 by Edition Nautilus . The title consciously tried to tie in with the literary-political magazine Die Aktion , published by Franz Pfemfert between 1911 and 1932 ; the year count of Pfemfert's Aktion was continued in the first editions. The editor was Lutz Schulenburg until his death on May 1, 2013 . With issue 220 of September 2013, which was dedicated to the commemoration of Schulenburg, the magazine was discontinued.
founding
The fact that the magazine Die Aktion was re-established by Edition Nautilus was a result of the history of the publisher: It was created as a result of the 1968 movement and endeavored to tie in with the undogmatic left, anarchist movements of the early 20th century and corresponding tendencies to give a forum to the West German left after 1968. These joined the republication of literary texts left and anarchist authors - led by Franz Jung (one lead author from the early days of Pfemfert action ). From 1995, Die Aktion published its special paper Land and Freedom - Tierra y Libertad in support of the Zapatistas and the rebellious communities in Chiapas, Mexico, which is now being continued by others. A 218-page special issue of Aktion No. 137/144 documented a large part of these texts.
Self-image
According to its own statement, Die Aktion saw itself as an organ “for the critical examination of the present”, which published “glosses, essays and polemics against the political and cultural conditions”. This included the analysis of literature, politics, art and economics. The campaign should be a sheet that "strictly opposed every news journalle" and wanted to be a "resolute opponent of literary nerdism, the sedate alliance of commerce and rubbish".
Employees and contributors
Editorial committee: Egon Günther, Hanna Mittelstädt , Lutz Schulenburg
Other contributors: Martin Rheinländer , Andreas Löhrer , Helmut Reinicke , Roberto Ohrt , Anna Rheinsberg , Helmut Thielen , Meinhard Creydt , Adi Quarti , Stefano Benni , Cajo Brendel , Hani Shukrallah , Rosalind P. Petchesky , René Berthier , Kenneth Rexroth , Klaus Voß , Dieter Bott , Inga Buhmann , Jean-Jacques Volz , Michael Halfbrodt , Albrecht Götz von Olenhusen , John Holloway , Michael Rohrwasser , Bianca Döring , Arturo Schwarz , Franco La Cecla , Maria Turchetto , Franz Witzel , Heribert Becker , Fritz Mierau , Al-Maaly , Thorwald Proll , Annett Gröschner , Elke zur Nieden , Jürgen Ploog , Charles Reeve , Christian Sigrist , Lawrence Ferlinghetti , Walter Fähnders , Mary Low , Andreas Löhrer, Gerd Stange .
Participation in Die Aktion was free of charge.
literature
For the story of "Die Aktion" see also:
- XI.6.2 The action , in: Bernd Drücke : Between a desk and street battle? Anarchism and libertarian press in East and West Germany, Klemm & Oelschläger Verlag, Ulm 1998, ISBN 3-932577-05-1 , page 220 ff.
- Subversive cephalopods? A conversation with Hanna Mittelstädt and Lutz Schulenburg on the thirtieth birthday of Edition Nautilus. In: Bernd Drücke (Ed.): Yes! Anarchism. Lived utopia in the 21st century. Interviews and discussions . Karin Kramer Verlag , Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-87956-307-1 , p. 80 ff . ( online in Grassroots Revolution No. 292, October 2004 [accessed November 25, 2018]).
Web links
- Homepage of the magazine Die Aktion
- Search for authors, articles, keywords (places, people, topics) from all editions of Die Aktion ( Nadir.org )
- The action entry in the database of German-speaking anarchism (DadA).