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

Meeting of Kabouters in 1970

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.