Swift Winds by Ron Sakolsky

Swift Winds Reviews

• 
  Rand

  Poetic prose explorations of anarchy and revolt and history.
  
  This little zine is worth tracking down to read about the 2008 US financial crisis in light of the
  History of Shit: Since money is symbolically a form of excrement, poetic justice demands that stockbrokers and bankers suffocate in their own shit.
  
  Learning about Harry Smith (of the Anthology of American Folk Music fame) and his Crowley connection was most interesting, as was the history of the
  cover art for that landmark set of recordings. Of course, Sakolsky is just cribbing
  other sources, but who has the time to read a big book like that?
  
  The little essay on radio piracy was well-done. Sakolsky has written extensively about that subject
  elsewhere.
  
  Then there's a dismissive book review on
  Anarchy and Art From the Paris Commune to the Fall of the Berlin Wall, which is understandable, as that book's subject could have been covered in twice as many pages. Still the review was fun to read as it mentioned
  Baroness Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven, who was quite
  a character. But Sakolsky's beef with the author of that history seems to be moreso one of ideology than mere brevity.
  
  The poem on Bakunin and Beethoven's Ninth left me cold but the final and opening poems in this chapbook are a rousing call-to-arms.
• 
  Marty

  A nice bit of inspiration for a grey Sunday. Tiny book packed with poetic inspiration, insurrectionary history and art. Seven thumbs up.