"Kriah", Protest Publication – The "Balfour Protests" – All Issues Published Thus Far – July 2020 till July 2021

"Kriah", Protest Publication – The "Balfour Protests" – All Issues Published Thus Far – July 2020 till July 2021

Issue nos. 1-38 of "Kriah: Alon LeTarbut Meha'ah – Hagut; Shirah; Prozah; Omanut." ["A Call: Protest Culture Pamphlet – Thought; Poetry; Prose; Art."] July 25, 2020 – July 1, 2021. Hebrew, with some Arabic and English.

39 issues of the pamphlet "Kriah, " published in conjunction with what were known as the "Balfour Protests" aimed at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (the final issue, no. 38, was printed twice, in two different versions). Among other things, the circulars include works of poetry, prose, philosophy, drawings, and illustrations – by both Israeli and non-Israeli authors and artists – connected to the themes of the protest movement, specifically the struggle for democracy; the battles against corruption, the degenerate political system and establishment, police brutality, and the treatment of refugees; demands for solutions to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; and other issues. These various protests were all waged under the restrictions imposed due to the Covid pandemic.
"'Kriah' is a pamphlet representing protest culture, published and circulated every Saturday night at the various sites of protest demonstrations across the country. The distributors are all volunteers who either receive or print the issues at home. The format is compatible with household printers – a single black-and-white sheet.
'Kriah' was established by a group of individuals from diverse backgrounds, all serving on a purely voluntary basis, seeking to provide a platform for protest culture, out of a belief in its immeasurable value in general, and at this juncture in time in particular. This protest [movement] is intuitive, spontaneous, and highly emotional. Our loss of confidence in the state and its institutions has motivated us to search for the particular path along which each individual among us can operate. The general feeling was that we lacked the platform we needed in order to express whatever is on our minds, and we thus created such a platform in the form of a circular…" (from the 'Kriah' Facebook page; Hebrew).
The present collection comprises the full set of issues of 'Kriah'. The final issue (no. 38, July 1, 2021) was originally published in English and Arabic, and was then translated and republished in Hebrew. It ends with the words: "The protests have ended, but for you, there are more struggles ahead, and more works to create."

39 issues, 30X10.5 cm (Issue no. 36: 21X29.5 cm.). Good condition.