ARMED LOVE 14: Sixties Surrealism w/ Abigail Susik

Abigail Susik is an art historian, vice president of the International Society for the Study of Surrealism, and editor of Resurgence! Jonathan Leake, Radical Surrealism, and the Resurgence Youth Movement , 1964-1967 , a compilation of publications by a surrealist sixties' anarchist group in NYC. For this Armed Love episode, we challenge ourselves to understand the political potency of the interwar avant-garde art movements (Dada, Futurism, Surrealism), their resurgence within the sixties New Left, and the potentials for avant-garde revolutionary praxis to confront political challenges today. For all bonus episodes and Discord access, support the show at TJ Clark works mentioned: Andre Breton's surrealist manifestos: SI's 1957 text mentioning surrealism: Resurgence Youth Movement's Guerilla Manifesto: Archive of Rebel Worker journal: Schizofeminism: Iraqi (not Iranian) artist mentioned at the end: Abigail also recommends David Roediger and Robin DG Kelley Music: George Antheil - Ballet mècanique, part 1

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ARMED LOVE 14: Sixties Surrealism w/ Abigail Susik is an episode from The Antifada by Sean KB and AP Andy.

This episode is 95:14 long.

This episode was published on Feb 20, 2026.

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