Kabouters

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

Kabouters

Meeting of Kabouters in 1970
Named after	Kabouter
Predecessor	Provos
Formation	1969; 56 years ago (1969)
Dissolved	1974; 51 years ago (1974)
Type	Protest movement
Location	Netherlands Belgium
Methods	Absurdism
Key people	Robert Jasper Grootveld Roel van Duijn Frans Croes
Website	kabouters.nu

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

See also

• Green anarchism
• Luud Schimmelpennink
• Orange Alternative
• Witkar

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.