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Guerrilla Tarbut (Hebrew: גרילה תרבות, "Cultural Guerrilla") is an activist group of Israeli poets. Founded in 2007, the group aims to promote social and political causes through poetry, both in Hebrew and in Arabic, performed by its members during demonstrations against social injustice.

Activities

Guerrilla Tarbut's activities take a form which is somewhere between a demonstration, and a poetry reading using a megaphone.

The poets involved with Guerrilla Tarbut's activities read of their works during demonstrations. Sometimes singer-songwriters will attend also, and perform live during the activities in various musical styles. Although independent by nature, many of the group's activities are sponsored by Israeli poetry magazines, and coordinated with Israeli non-governmental organizations, including B'Tselem, New Israel Fund, and the Mizrahi Democratic Rainbow Coalition. Participants include poets and musicians of various ages and artistic styles, Jews and Arabs alike.

Publications

Guerrilla Tarbut's poets have also published three collections of their poems. The first collection, named Aduma (Hebrew: אדומה, "Red"), was published 1 May 2007 and concerned with workers' rights. The second collection, Latzet! (Hebrew: לצאת, "Out Now!"), was published on January 2009 as a response to the Gaza War. The third, Poetry Dismantles A Wall (Hebrew: שירה מפרקת חומה) was published on 25 March and was a bilingual collection of Arabic and Hebrew poetry against the Israeli West Bank barrier .

Participants

Poets who have taken part in Guerrilla Tarbut's events include: Eran Tzelgov, Aharon Shabtai, Yudit Shahar, Roy "Chicky" Arad, Mati Shemoelof, Ronny Someck, Yuval Ben-Ami, Joshua Simon, Maya Bejerano, Almog Behar, Bo'az Yaniv, Ronnie Hirsch and others.

Past events

Ideology

The group doesn't subscribe to a particular political manifesto, nor is it associated with any political party or movement. Similarly, the participating poets employ various poetical styles.

Critical commentary and response

The group's activities draw significant attention in the Israeli mainstream media, and in literary circles. Yitzhak Laor, prominent leftist poet and publicist, argued that poetry cannot bring about change, and "teaching literature in the periphery is more important than reading poetry in front of a factory".^[11] Elsewhere, Mr. Laor hinted that Guerilla Tarbut's activity "has emptied the term Guerrilla of al meaning".^[12] Some poets object to the mixture of poetry and political activism, claiming that this mixture is "narcissistic", and self-serving for the poets themselves.^[13]

The group members, on the other hand, point out that less than a week after the poetic demonstration in the Akerstein factory in Yeruham, the hard-liner local executive was fired and some of the workers' demands were accepted. Similarly, following the demonstration in the coffee-shop in Tel Aviv, the waitresses' demands were fully granted. Each and every event gained valuable publicity for the corresponding campaign. Moreover, as one of the striking Akerstein's employees put it: "[Guerrilla Tarbut's visit] is empowering us in our struggle, it raises our spirits."^[14]

References

1. ^"Police Attempts To Ban Poetry Demonstration", NRG Maariv (Hebrew)
2. ^"Poetry Is a Dangerous Thing", Ynet (Hebrew)
3. ^{{cite news |author=Ilan Berkovitch |date=8 January 2010 |url=http://www.haaretz.co.il/literature/1.1183428 |title=קבוצת המגאפון הלבן |trans-title=The White Megaphone Crew |newspaper=Haaretz |language=Hebrew |accessdate=12 August 2014}}
4. ^"United Against Subjugation", Channel 10 News (Hebrew)
5. ^{{cite web |author1=Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi |author2=Chana Morgenstern |date=24 September 2010 |url=http://wordswithoutborders.org/dispatches/article/artists-talk-israel-palestine-politics-and-art-in-sheikh-jarrah/ |title=Artists Talk: Israel/Palestine: Politics and Art in Sheikh Jarrah |work=Words Without Borders |accessdate=12 August 2014}}
6. ^The Knesset Rejects Raising Minimum Wage", Globes (Hebrew)
7. ^Ministers and PM's Salaries to Be Raised, Ynet (Hebrew)
8. ^"Poetry of Minimum Wage", NRG Maariv (Hebrew)
9. ^{{cite news |author=Isabel Kirshner |date=25 August 2010 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/26/world/middleeast/26israel.html |title=A Test of Wills Over a Patch of Desert |newspaper=The New York Times |accessdate=12 August 2014}}
10. ^{{cite news |author=Ben Hartman |date=22 August 2010 |url=http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=185542 |title=Poets, Artists, Activists Visit Embattled Beduin Village, |newspaper=The Jerusalem Post |accessdate=12 August 2014}}
11. ^"Still Gloriously Bad", Ynet (Hebrew)
12. ^{{cite news |author=Yitzhak Laor |date=11 June 2010 |url=http://www.haaretz.co.il/literature/1.1206408 |title=כשהגרילה היתה גרילה |trans-title=When Guerrilla Was Guerrilla |newspaper=Haaretz |language=Hebrew |accessdate=12 August 2014}}
13. ^"Hot Firearm", 5 June 2010 Makor Rishon (scan of newspaper clip, Hebrew)
14. ^"United Against Subjugation", Channel 10 News (Hebrew)