Last week, National Bolshevik leader and eXile hero Edward Limonov sat down with eXile editors Mark Ames, John Dolan and Jake Rudnitsky to discuss politics and literature. What follows is the first part of the roundtable, in which we cover Russian and world politics at the turn of the century. Next issue we will print our discussion about Limonov’s own books, the practical side of writing, and his views on what makes for quality literature.
Archive for the ‘Interview’ Category
It’s a Great Time of Struggle. An eXile Roundtable with Edward Limonov
Sunday, January 4th, 2004Dr.Limonov’s Dialogue With a Voice About Thanksgiving
Tuesday, November 25th, 2003A Voice: To whom you are grateful, Edward, to Jesus Christ?
No, I am grateful not to the humain-like God, but to unnamed cosmic force, to the same force what have created the Universe and all those awful planets, made of iron rocks, all those macabre Saturns of the Universe. I am grateful to Unnamed force for pleasure to be. But I am angry with that same Unnamed cosmic force that I am not provided with understanding of my supra-humain goal, if such goal is existing. During last decade, I am often thinking about making planet Saturn my God. It is pretty awful looking planet with its famous ring around his waist. This terribly but also stylishly looking planet perfectly fits to be my God. As to the humainlike and humain centered Gods, I don’t trust them precisely because they are humainlike. I cannot trust someone humainlike. Men are limited.
Raimond Krumgold: A Bomb for President
Thursday, June 26th, 2003
At the end of last week Dvinsk national-bolsheviks Artur Petrov and Raimond Krumgold were released from the Riga Central Prison under the police surveillance. The fellows from Daugavpils were arrested last year on the 20th of November accused of “calling to violent overthrowing of power”.
The fact that sooner or later the Dvinsk national-bolsheviks were to be released was beyond any doubt. Judgind by the present-day situation, the Dvinsk “limonovists” even have a chance to get a welfare from the Ministry of Justice fund for having been unlawfully imprisoned. Our brave police has got into an embarassing position once again.
“There is no left or right. There’s the system and the enemies of the system”
Tuesday, December 30th, 1997— What’s leftist and what’s rightist in Russia and in the world?
— There’s no longer any left or right. There’s the system and the enemies of the system. The system is the liberal democracy that triumphed everywhere, that noxious, shit-colored weed. The enemies of the system — that’s who we are, extreme Communists, extreme nationalists.