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

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

Provos, alongside Kabouters, spread an absurdist, "carnival anarchism" that used provocative tactics, humor, and direct action, to upend cultural norms.[1]

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References

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  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

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  • 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.