lost poems

What does it mean to be antifascist? The answer seems self-obvious: to oppose fascism. But when does that opposition happen? And at what point does it become a legitimate and recognizable form of resistance? Too often, we tend to discount cultural activism, the only sort of resistance most art can produce, as inadequately political. Political poetry, antifascist poetry, stuck to the page rather than moving through the street, seems detached from oppressive realities, opting for the aesthetic over the sociopolitical. Direct actions, with their performative and theatrical dimensions, have an aesthetic quality, too. But even for those of us who [...]